Entada.] xlvii. leguminos^. 655 



Entada scandens Benth., Mimosa scandens Linn, is a mixture of several 

 very distinct species from India and Ceylon, Eastern Malaya, Polynesia and 

 South America. Distributed with Wallich Penang, 5293, are some scraps 

 of foliage of apparently E. spiralis. 



(2) E. spiralis Ridl. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvii. (2), 305. 



Stem flattened spiral 3 in. wide, i to 2 in. thick. Leaves 

 alternate, 3 in. long ; pinnae 4 ; leaflets alternate elliptic to obovate 

 oblong retuse, 2 to 3 in. long, i in. wide, dark green above, glaucous 

 beneath, coriaceous. Racemes axillary 6 in. long; peduncle 2 in. 

 long; rachis hairy. Calyx hairy, green. Petals 4 to 5, green. 

 Stamens 8 to 10, white turning yellow, '25 in. long. Pod spiral 

 green, thick, lobed, breaking into joints, and then dehiscing. Seeds 

 5 to II, rounded triangular or heart-shaped, 2 in. long, i in. thick, 

 testa brown, coriaceous. Hab. Common in secondary growth and 

 woods in the south. Singapore, Tanglin; Chan Chu Kang, etc. 

 Malacca, Ayer Panas (Goodenough), (Maingay). Bindings, Bruas. 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



61. LEUCiENA, Benth. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers sessile in globose 

 heads, 5-merous. Calyx cylindrical, short-toothed. Petals free, 

 valvate. Stamens 10, free, exsert ; anthers not gland-crested. 

 Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma minute. 

 Pod flat, strap-shaped, coriaceous. Species 8, American. 



(i) L. glauca Benth. Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 416 ; Prain, I.e. 246. 



Shrub about 6 ft. tall, unarmed. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long ; petioles 

 2 to 3 in. long; pinnse 4 to 8 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 10 to 15 

 pairs, linear-oblong acute, base oblique cuneate, glaucous downy, 

 •4 to '5 in. long, "i to "15 in. wide. Raceme of dense globose heads, 

 •5 to 75 in. through; peduncles i to i"25 in. long, slender. Corolla 

 white "15 in. long. Stamens -25 in. long. Ovary pubescent. 

 Pod 5 to 6 in. long, -4 to -5 in. wide. Seeds 15 to 20, narrow- 

 ovate, base acute, 3 in. long. Hab. Open country and waste 

 ground, introduced, but scattered over the peninsula. Pahang, 

 Pulau Tawar. Selangor. Perak, Gapis (Scortechini). Penang 

 Waterfall (Curtis), Kedah. Distrib. Whole tropics, doubtless of 

 South American origin. Native name : Petal Jawa. 



62. MIMOSA, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs, usually prickly. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets 

 small linear. Flowers minute in dense globose heads, usually 

 4-merous. Calyx campanulate, short-toothed. Petals connate 

 towards base. Stamens 4 to 10, exsert ; anthers not gland-crested. 

 Pod flat, of i-seeded joints, separating from sutures. Species 230, 

 chiefly American. 



Low wiry herb ; leaves sensitive ; flowers pink . . (i) M. pudica 



Shrub; leaves not sensitive ; flowers white . . • (2) M. sepiaria 



