360 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Caesalpinia. 



sharp, straight prickles ; young shoots of a bright reddish 

 colour, armed, glandular, and somewhat hairy. Leaves 

 alternate, bipinnate, from one to three feet long. PinncB 

 from twelve to thirty pairs, opposite, about two inches long. 

 Leaflets from eight to sixteen pair, opposite, linear-ob- 

 long, smooth, entire ; nearly half an inch long. Petioles 

 common, nearly round, armed, and chiefly with three 

 larger prickles at or near the insertion of the partial pe- 

 tioles, tw o of them below, and recurved ; one above, and 

 incurved. Partial petioles also armed. Stipules ensi- 

 form. Racemes nearly opposite to the leaves, and some- 

 times terminal, single, and simple, very long. Peduncles 

 armed near the base ; the rest and the diverging long pe- 

 dicels dotted with many, clammy dark-coloured glands, 

 interspersed with a few hairs. Bractes solitary, one- 

 flowered, at the base ovate-cordate with subulate apices, 

 caducous. Flowers solitary, pretty large, colour a bright 

 yellow. Legumes turgid, of an irregular kidney-shape ; 

 acuminate, somewhat hairy ; more than an inch and 

 a half long, and about one inch broad near the apex. 

 Seeds two, oblong, smooth, of a shining dark brown. 

 Emhnjo without perisperm. Cotyledons two. Radicle 

 directed to the umbilicus. 



G. C. sepiaria. R. 



Scandent, prickly. Leaves bipinnate ; piniiee eight pair; 

 leaflets ten pair, linear oblong. Stipules semisagittate. 

 Racemes axillary. Calyces coloured. Legume unarmed, 

 daggered, six-seeded. 



The Mysore thorn, was introduced into Bengal from 

 that country by General Martin, where it is now as com- 

 mon as it is in the Mysore country, and is used to make 

 fences. Flowering time in Bengal the cold season. 



Trunk and branches stout, and ligneous, spreading, 

 or climbing to a considerable extent, if not checked; 

 all armed with strong, sharp prickles. Leaves alter- 



