Neptunia. ] Leguminose. 95 
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Pod straight : 
Pod thin, not transversely septate . ; . 63. ALBIZZIA. — 
Pod thick, transversely septate. : 2 Enterolobium. 
58. NEPTUNIA Lour. 
Pinnz 2-3 pairs; rachis. without a gland; 
leaflets 9-14 pairs; seeds 4-6. , : ‘ N. OLERACEA. 
Pinnz 3-5 pairs; rachis with a sessile gland 
below the lowest pair of leaflets ; leaflets 12-40 
pairs; seeds 5-20 ; : , ; N. plena. 
Page 119.—For Entada scandens Bth. read: 
Leaflets 2-4-jugate; seeds 13 in. diam. . : E. PURSA:THA. 
Leaflets 4-5-jugate; seeds 13 in. diam. . . E. monostachya. 
E. Pursetha DC. Mem. Leg. p. 421 (1825). Mimosa scandens 
Linn. Sp. Pl., ed. 2, p. 1501 (1762) pp. Entada scandens Bth. in Hk. 
Journ. Bot. IV, p. 332 (1842) pp. Gigalobium scandens Hitch. in 
Miss. Bot. Gdns. Rep. p. 52 (1893) pp. Entada phaseoloides Merr. in 
Phil. Journ. Sc. Bot. IX, p. 86 (1914) pp. non Lens phaseoloides Linn. 
Entada gigas Fawcett & Rendle Fl. Jam. II, p. 124 (1920) pp. non 
M. gigas Linn. Pusetha Flor. zeyl, no. 644. Burm. zeyl. 139. Perim- 
kaka-valli Rheede Hort. Mal. VIII, t. 32-4, Maha-pus-vel, S. 
Also in India. 
E. monostacuya DC. |. c. p. 422 t. 61 (1825). Mimosa Entada Linn. 
Sp. Pl. p. 518 (1753). Hin-pus-vel, S? 
Also in India (Rheede Hort. Mal. IX, t. 77). 
This species, of which I have seen no specimen but only seeds, has 
5 or more pairs of leaflets and simple spikes. It is considered a young 
form by Wight and Arnott, but distinct by Ridley (Journ. Bot. LVIII, 
p. 195), who regards the typical E. gigas (E. scandens) as restricted to 
the West Indies and E. phaseoloidzs (E. Rumphii) to the Philippines 
and Amboina. 
Lens phaseoloides is considered by some authors to be the type of 
the genus Lens. 
Tennant, Ceylon I, p. 105, makes the following statements: ‘‘ One 
monstrous creeping plant called by the Kandyans the Maha-pus-wael 
or Great Hollow climber, has pods, some of which I have seen fully five 
feet long and six inches broad. . . . The same plant, when found in 
lower situations, where it wants the soil and moisture of the moun- 
tains, is so altered in appearance that the natives call it Heen-pus- 
wael.”’ 
The pods are normally flat, but one of the drawings at Peradeniya 
shows a twisted pod. 
Page 120.—For Adenanthera bicolor Moon read: 
A. aglaosperma Alst. in Ann. Perad. XI, p. 204 (1929). A. bicolor 
Thw. Enum. p. 98 (1859); Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 120 (1894) non Moon. 
61a. DESMANTHUS Willd. 
A shrub; 1. bipinnate, with bristle-like persistent stipules; 
fls. in heads, hermaphrodite; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; 
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