364 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Caesolpinia. 



Calyx of five, subequal coloured, reflected, caducous di- 

 visions inserted on a permanent base. Corol papilionace- 

 ous ; the upper three petals placed on the upper side re- 

 sembling the banner, the lower pair resembling the wings, 

 while the lower division of the perianth before it becomes 

 quite reflected is not unlike the keel. Filaments ten, de- 

 clined, woolly, alternately shorter. Anthers incumbent, 

 brown. P/sfi/ hid amongst the stamens, ie^fwrne unarmed, 

 smooth ; broad-lanceolate, thin on the back, enlarged by 

 a membranous wing which is united by an elevated suture. 

 Seeds five or six, oval, smooth, flattened. 



11. C. paniculata. R. 



Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate; pinnce and leaflets 

 three or four-paired. Stipules minute. Fanicles ter- 

 minal. Legumes obliquely oval, smooth, cuspidate, one- 

 seeded. 



Kaku-mullu. Rheed. Mai. 6. 1. 19. 



Guilandina paniculata. Willd. 2. 535. Lamarck. En- 

 c?/c/. 1. p.430. 



A native of various parts of India. It blossoms dur- 

 ing the dry months of February and March. The seeds 

 ripen in August and September. 



Stem and branches ligneous, climbing up and over trees, 

 &c. Bark smooth and green until the plants are several 

 years old ; every part armed with dreadfully sharp, 

 strong, recurved chesnut coloured aculei which acquire 

 an immense base like the point of the finger on the trunk 

 and large branches of old plants. Leaves bipinnate, 

 from six to twelve inches long. Pinnce three or four 

 pair, remote. Leaflets three pair, ovate-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, entire, of a firm texture, polisfied on both sides, 

 from one to two inches long. Petioles common and par- 

 tial, armed on the underside, smooth, round, generally 

 coloured on the upperside. Stipules very minute and 

 soon failing ofi". Jnflorencence, generally one terminal 



