Caesalpinia. decandria monogynia. 357 



1. C. Sappan. Wiltd. 2. 533. R.Corom. pi. 1. />.17. t.l6. 



Arboreous, armed. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnce from ten 

 to twelve pair ; leaflets from ten to twelve pair, some- 

 what dolabriforra. Panicles terminal. Legumes ligneous 

 sub trapeziform, from three" to four-seeded. 



Lignum sappan. Rumph. Amb. 4. t. 21. 



Sans. Patanga. 



Teling. Beng. and Hind. Bukkum. This is also said to 

 be fhe Arabic and Persian name. 



Tjsam-pangam. Hort. Mai. 6. t. 2. 



Found in most parts of India, and its islands. It flow- 

 ers in the hot season. 



2. C. Bonduccella. R. Fleming in Asiat. Res. 11. 159. 

 Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate ; pinn{e seven pair ; 



leaflets eight pairs, ovate-oblong. Stipules large, and 

 pinnatifid. Bractes lanceolate, reflected. Racemes sim- 

 ple, above the axils. Legumes armed, two-seeded. 



Puticaraja. Adat. Res. 2. p- 351 ; also 4. p, 276, and 

 11.159. 



Guilandina bonduccella. Linn. Lamarck, &c. 



Globuii majores. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 49./. 1. 



Caretti. Rheed. Mai. 2. t. 22. 



Beng. Nata. 



Hind. Katkarunja, Katk^hja. 



The plants reared from seed from the West Indies, 

 proved to be exactly the same. The seed is a powerful 

 tonic- 



3. C oleosperma. R. 



Scandent, prickly. Leaves bipinnate ; pinncB and leaf- 

 lets eight paired. Stipules subulate. Legumes unarmed, 

 from tAvo to three-seeded, and swelled at the seeds. 



Beng. f/mwl koochi. 



Teling. Noonee giika. Noonee means oil, oily. 



This seems to me to be an undescribed species, has 



