8. Mbzoneubon.] 42. CJZSAZPINIACE^. [ 10. Pabkinsonia. 



A large woody glabrous shrub scrambling or climbing by 

 the numerous small black sharp prickles on branches and 

 leaves. Leaves ample 2-pinnate with deep-green shining 

 ovate leaflets l|-3£" long. Fls. articulate on pedicel 

 bright-yellow in numerous panicled racemes mostly from 

 the old wood. Pod 2-4" long, 1-seeded. 



Valleys, esp. in the Saranda Forests ; Dalbhum, wamble ; Santal P. 

 along streams. Fls. Bept.-Feby. Fr. Feby. 



Stems with large conical bosses tipped by a prickle. L. rachis 6-12". 

 Pinna distant 2-5 prs. Lflts. 3-5 prs. opp., ovate to narrow elliptic. 

 Calyx-tube shallow-cnpular thick persistent, two anterior Bep. and ant. 

 median petal produced into s foot receiving tho base of the anterior 

 filaments. Ant. pet. fleshy purple folded, deeply 2-lobed. Other petals 

 and usually calyx, pedicel and rachis, yellow. 



Poinciana regia, Bojer. The Gold Mohur tree, is a 

 beautiful well-known tree with feathery 2-pinnate leaves, 

 numerous small lflts., and large scarlet flowers in terminal 

 corymbs. Often planted. The narrow-oblong seeds have 

 a bony testa and often take two years to germinate. 



Flfl. May-June. Fr. March-April. 



10. Parkinson ia, L. 



I. P.. aculeata, L. Bilaiti Kikar, E. 



A small tree armed with sharp thorns which represent 

 the abbreviated main rachis of a bi-pinnate leaf and bear 2-6 

 pinnee, with a much flattened rachis, at their base, and often 

 2 recurved stipulary thorns. Lflts. numerous linear oblong 

 i" or very small or obsolete (the rachis performing the leaf 

 functions). Flowers yellow in lax axillary racemes. Calyx- 

 tube short. Petals 5 sub-equal. St. 10. Pod turgid dry 

 moniliform, tardily dehiscent, 3-6" long. 



Apparently naturalized in waste ground in many parts, esp. on 

 well-drained soil and growing very fast. Banks of the Sone (Palamau) 

 EasleUl Fh.Bept.-Oct. 



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