xi.viii. ij-.ra'Mixo.s.r. 411 



^ in. long, fulvons-1i!iiry ; lohes obovaie-obloiig, obtuse. Petals obl.aii- 

 ccolate, yellow, J''iiameiits clecliiiate, tlattened at the base, clotbed with 

 long wliite silky luiirs. Pods shortly stalked, oblong, 2-3 by 3 1 in., 

 densely armed on the faces with wiry prickles. Seeds 1-2, oblonp, 

 lead-colored, .-i in, long, i\ B. I. v. '2, p. 254 ; Talb. Trees, Boml), 

 cd, 2, p, 14f; Woodr, in Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1808) p, 42(5; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ, Prod, v, 2, p. 3, GuilancUna BonduceUa, Linn. tsp. 

 PI, ed, 2, p. 545. GailancUna BomJnc, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 280 

 (in part) ; Grab. Cat, p, 60 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p, 79. — Flowers : July- 

 Sept, Yeejs'. Sdgair/ofa ; Gajd, 



Pretty common tlii'oughout the Presidency. C'nniinon in hedges, Graham, Bahsll 

 ^- Gibso7i. Deccan : liilis, Woodrowl; Poona, Wood row I Kanara : common in the 

 forests near Karwar, Talhot. Si.nd : Stocks, 54(i !— Distiub. Throughout India; 

 Tropics generally. 



The seeds, known as FevC7'-7iiits or Physic-iiii/s,]n\ve a high repute in native medicine 

 as a bitter tonic. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Csesalpinia Nuga, Ait. Hort. Keiv. ed. 2, v. 3 (1811) p. 32. 

 An extensive climber; bark rough, yellowish-grey ; branches glabrous, 

 dark green, armed with bard sharp hooked blackish distant prickles. 

 Leaves 6-12 in. long; main rhacbis terete, glabrous, armed with distant 

 hooked prickles ; pinnse 3-4 pairs, 2-3 in. long, with a pair of hooked 

 prickles at the base of each. Leaflets 2-3 (often 3) pairs, 1-2 by 

 ^-1 in., ovate or elliptic, subacute, glabrous and shining above, dull 

 beneath, base rounded or sometimes more or less cuneate; petioles 

 g in. long. Flowers in long-peduncled terminal racemes 10-15 in. long; 

 pedicels ^ in. long, elongating to h in. in fruit, articulated above the 

 middle, slender, glabrous. Calyx |-| in, long, leathery, glabrous. 

 Corolla h in. across, yellow, fragrant. Stamens declinate ; filaments 

 woolly at the base. Pods 2-2| by 1| in., obliquely oblong- ellipsoid, 

 beaked, narrowed at the base into a short stalk, compressed, glabrous, 

 subrugose. Seed 1, black, 1 by 1| in., rotund-ovoid, smooth. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 255 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 99 ; Talb, Trees, Bomb, ed, 2, 

 p, 141 ; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v, 11 (1898) p, 426 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 10, Ccescdpinia paniculata, Eoxb, Hort. 

 Beng. (1814)p. 32; Grab. Cat, p. 60; Dalz, & Gibs. p. 79; Wight, 

 Icon, t. 36. — Flowers : Jan, 



A littoral species found on the banks of rivers near the coast. ICoxkan : pretty 

 common, Dalzell tf- Gih&on ; Eatnagiri, Woodroio ; banks of the Savitri between 

 Dasgaon and Mahar, 6'ra/;ffH/,.— Distrib. India (Chittagong, Silhet, E. & W. Penin- 

 sulas) ; Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines, China, N. Australia, Polynesia. 



3, Csesalpinia Sappan, Linn. &p. PI. (1753) p, 381, A tree 

 20-30 ft. high : stem prickly, 6-10 in, in diam. ; branches rufous- 

 pubescent, armed with a few small prickles. Leaves 8-15 in, long ; 

 pinnae 8-12 pairs, 4-6 in, long, subsessile, with small prickles at the 

 base. Leaflets 10-18 pairs, |-f by | in,, subsessile, close, oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, attached at the lowest corner, very inequilateral 

 (the upper side much the largest), glabrous above, more or less pube- 

 ridous beneath. Flowers in panicles, which are terminal and in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, 12-16 in. long; pedicels |-§ in. long ; bracts 

 lanceolate, 5 in. long, caducous. Calyx j% in. long, leathery, glabrous. 

 Corolla I in. across ; petals orbicular, snbequal. vellow, the upper with 



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