7. CiESALPiNiA.] 42. CJESALPINIACF&. [8. MEZomsirao*. 



with the long hard style, the upper suture very narrowly 

 winged. 



Eare, Saranda Forests in Singbhnm, Gamble. Occasional in gardens 

 and hedges near Eanchi. Fls. Dec-May. ~Fr.May-Oct. Evergreen. 



Branchlets somewhat 5-angled and downy. , L. rachis about 12" pubes- 

 cent. Pinnae about 3-5". Leaflets contiguous', puberuloas both sides or 

 nearly glabrous above, with rounded or retuse tip. Btipules caducous 

 semi-sagittate. Racemes axillary several superposed, of which the upper- 

 most is the first developed ; young pubescent with deciduous lanceolate 

 recurved bracts \" long. 



7. C. Bonducelia, Fleming. Bagni, S. ; Katkaranj, E.i 

 Nata, Beng. The Fever-nut. 



An extensive climbing shrub covered with short straight 

 sharp prickles, those on the leaf rachis reflexed. Pinn® 

 6-8 prs. and leaflets 8 prs. oblong or ovate- oblong J-1* 

 by | . Racemes simple of pale-yellow flowers V by £•" across, 

 the smaller erect 5th petal marked with orange. Young 

 pods softly echinate, old broad oblong, 2-3'' long prickly, 

 dehiscent, 1-2-seeded. 



I have only seeu it in hedges, where it is frequent in the S. F. 

 Fie. A ug.-Od. Fr. Dt.-Teby. Evergreen. 



Branchlets fulvous hairy. Leaflets not contiguous, slightly downy 

 beneath, with obtuse nmcronate tip. Stipules persistent large foliaceoua 

 compound or pinnatifid. Racemes often above the axil, very elongate with 

 age, lower flowers only fertile. Bracts long linear reflexed over the buds 

 deciduous, f-f ". 



The seed is a powerful tonic, Roxb. It is also used as an antiperiodic 

 in fever. 



8. Mezonenron, Deef. 



Differs from Csesalpinia chiefly in its very oblique calyx- 

 tube, and its flat thin indehiscent pod broadly winged down 

 the upper suture, and by the complete absence of bracts to the 

 flowers. 



1. M. CUCUllatum, TP. 8fA. Baghin janum, &j Koko.» 

 botur, K, 



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