544 POLYANDRIA MO^'OGYNIA. MWiOSa. 



S. M. lucida. R. 



Leaves bipinnate, and conjugate-pinnate ; pinncB one or 

 two pair; leaflets from one to three pair, oblonir, lucid. 

 Spikes terminal, sub-panided, round j coroUets from ten 

 to twelve, monadelphous. 



A large and beautiful tree, a native of the mountains 

 north east of Bengal. Flowering time the hot season. 



4. M. monadelpha. R. 



Leaves bipinnate ; pinncB and leaflets about two pair of 

 each, the latter obliquely oblong and smooth. Panicles 

 terminal. Tube of the numerous united filaments very 

 long. Legume pedicelled, one or two-seeded. Nut black 

 uncertain. 



5. M. Sirissa. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves bipinnate, pinnce from two to three 

 pair. Spikes axillary, round ; corollets monadelphous. 

 Segments leafy, dry, long-linear and broad, not opening 

 spontaneously. 



S^r^sha, or Shirish in Sanscrit and Bengalee. 



Teling. D?<rsh?ma. 



This tree is very common in every part of India; all 

 soils and situations seem to please it equally. It 

 grows to be a pretty large tree, but with a short thick 

 trunk covered with ash-coloured bark. It has a very 

 extensive but thin head. Flowering time the hot and 

 rainy season ; the greatest part of its leaves drop dur- 

 ing the cold season. 



Leaves about the ends of the branchlets bipinnate, 

 and about a span long. Pinnce from two to four pair, 

 sometimes the lower pairs are somewhat alternate. Leaf- 

 lets opposite, from four to eight pair, obliquely linear- 

 oblong, slightly emarginate, otherwise entire, smooth, 

 about an inch and a half long and three-fourths broad. 

 Petioles common, round, tapering, with a large gland. 



