358 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Caesolpinia. 



much the habit of Bonduccella. It flowers during the wet 

 season. The seeds ripen in March and April. 



Stem and branches climbing, woody, armed with many 

 small, sharp, recurved prickles. Lcat;es alternate, abrupt- 

 ly-bipinnate, oblong, from eight to nine inches long, and 

 about four broad. Pinnce opposite, seven, eight, or nine 

 pairs. Leaflets opposite, from six to ten pair, linear-ob- 

 long, smooth, entire, about one-third of an inch long, 

 and one-fifth broad. Petioles common, are frequently 

 armed with some, small, scattered prickles, and there 

 is generally a pair below each pair of pinnas. Stipules 

 subulate. Racemes rather above the axils, simple, some- 

 what shorter than the leaves. Pedicels diverging, about 

 an inch and a half long. Flowers many, pretty large, yel- 

 low. Petals orbicular, the lower end smallest, and striated 

 with red. Filaments woolly, alternately shorter. Legume 

 smooth, oblong, obliquely-jointed, very protuberant at 

 the seeds ; about two and a lialf inches long, and one 

 broad. 6'eerfs two or three, oval, smooth, shining, hard, 

 about the size of a large pea. 



From the seeds, an oil is expressed, in some part of the 

 country, which is used to burn in lamps. 



4. C cucullata. R. 



Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnoi from four 

 to six pair ; leaflets from four to five pair, ovate, polished. 

 Panicles terminal, and axillary, thin. Upper petal two- 

 lobed and vaulted. Legume thin, smooth, meihbrane 

 margined on the back, one or two-seeded. 



A native of the Delta of the Ganges where it was found 

 by Dr. William Carey, and by him introduced into the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta where it blossoms in Febru- 

 ary and March. 



Trunk ligneous, stout, scandent, which together with 

 the scandent branches are armed with numerous, strong, 

 very sharp, dark-coloured, recurved prickles, which by 



