370 DECANDRiA MOMOGYNiA. Adenatithera. 



remains of the style. Perisperm none. Embryo inverse, 

 yellowish. Cotyledons conform to the seed, unequal, 

 and sometimes divided. Plumida two-lobed. Radicles 

 oval, curved up, and pointing to the vertex of the seed. 



ADENANTHERA. Schreh. gen. n. 707- 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol five-petalled ; a globular 

 gland crowns the apex of each anther. 



1. A. pavonina. Willd. 2. 550. 



Unarmed. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets smooth. Ra- 

 cemes axillary. 



Sans. Koochunduna. 



Beng. Rwcta chwndan, RMUjj^na, which means red san- 

 dal, whereas we consider Pterocarpus Santalinus to be 

 the tree which yields that wood. 



]Mandsjadi. Rheed. Mai. G. t. 14. 



Corollaria parvifolia. Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 109. 



Found in various forests over most parts of India. It 

 grows to be a very large tree with an erect trunk, and 

 when old, dark-coloured scabrous bark; while young, 

 smooth. The interior wood of large trees is of a deep red 

 colour, very hard and durable. 



Leaves alternate, abruptly bipinnate, from one to three 

 feet long. Pm/?<E opposite, generally from four to six pair, 

 each from four to twelve inches long. Leaflets alternate, 

 short-petioletted, from four to ten or twelve pair, oval, with 

 the margins waved, smooth on both sides, from one to two 

 inches long. Petioles round, smooth, coloured. Racemes 

 terminal and froq? the exterior axils, solitary, cylindric, 

 about a span long. Flowers numerous, small, yellow, 

 fragrant. Bractes minute and caducous. Calyx, &c. 

 parts of fructification as in the genus, only the petals ad- 

 here slightly at the base, and there the filaments are in- 

 serted. 



