412 \T.TiTr. Lr.Gu^rTvos."E. 



a red spot at the base. Stamens dedinate, \\ axy-wJiite ; filaments 

 densely woolly at the base. Ovary grey-velvety. Pods 3-4 by l|-2 in., 

 woody, obliquely oblong, subcompressed. polished, indeliiscent, with a 

 Lard recurved short beak at the upper angle of the obtuse apex. Seeds 

 :}-4. El. B. I. V. 2, p. 255 ; Grab. Cat. p. GO ; Eedd. For. Man. in Flor. 

 Svlvat. p. xc, t. 13, fig. 1 ; "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p". 42(3 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 2, p. 10.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 

 Verx. Patang, 



A doubtful native in the Bombay Presidency ; often planted in gardens in Bombay 

 nnd the Deccan. Deccan : Podna (planted;, W^oodrotc ; Kolliapiir (cultivated), 

 liitchic, 1689!— DisTRiB. India (E. & W. Peninsulas, Pegu); IMalaya. 



The wood yields a valuable red dye which is largely exported and which is used in 

 Pegu for dveing silk, and in Madras for dyeing straw-plait for hat-making. See 

 \Vatt, Diet.'Ecoii. Prud. 1. c. 



4. Caesalpinia sepiaria, Eoxh. Jlort. Betuj. (1S14) p. 32. A 

 climbing shrub ; stem stout, woody, and, as well as the finely downy 

 branches, armed with strong sharp yellowish hooked prickles. Leaves 

 9-15 in. long; main rhachis prickly; stipules | by g in., obliquely ovate, 

 with crisped margins, acuminate, aurioled at the lower angle of the base, 

 deciduous; pinnjE 5-10 pairs, subequal, 2-3 in. long, with a slender 

 pubescent rhachis. Leaflets subsessile, 8-12 pairs, -i^-| by fV-fV ^^-i 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, pale green, glabrous or faintly piiberulous 

 above, glaucous and slightly pubescent beneath, base rounded, a little 

 oblique. Flowers in simple terminal and axillary racemes 6-12 in. long; 

 pedicels ^-.| in. long, densely pubescent, articulate near the flower ; 

 bracts § in. long, ovate-lanceolate, densely pubescent, caducous. Calyx 

 ^-| in. long, densely pubescent; the upper sepals oblong, very obtuse, 

 pubescent on both sides. Corolla |-|- in. across ; petals suborbiciilar, 

 bright yellow, the lower about h in., the upper \ in. in diam. Stamens 

 declinate ; filaments densely woolly in the lower half. Pods 3-4^ by 

 1-1 1 in., straight or slightly recurved, linear-oblong, with a long beak, 

 not stalked, somewhat turgid, reticulately veined, especially on the lower 

 half, narrowlv ringed, the faces depressed between the seeds. Seeds 

 6-8, greenish, mottled. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 256 ; Grab. Cat. p. 61 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 80; AVight, Icon. t. 37; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 100; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 141 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 426; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 12.— Flowers: Feb.-Maj. 

 VEnx. Chilhar. 



Common, often used in the Deecan as a fence, which is quite impenetrable to men 

 and cattle. It is sometiuies* called the Mysore Tlmrn. Koxkan : Stocks ! Deccan : 

 plentiful. Z'«/-£// 4' Gili»<j)i; along the roatlsicle near Wai, Cooke I 8. M. Country: 

 very common, Tu.lhot. — Distrih. Ihroughout India; Ceylon, Malaya, China, Jajian. 



5. Csesalpinia mimosoides, Lamh. Evcyc. Method, v. 1 (1783) 

 p. 462. A climbing shrub ; stem and branches armed Avith short sharp 

 usually straight prickles ; young parts colored, armed with prickles and 

 stiff bristles from glandular bases. Leaves 1-2 ft. long; main rhachis 

 reddish, armed with distant curved prickles ; stipules | in. long, linear, 

 acute, ciliate ; pinna) 10-30 pairs 2-3 in. long, the secondary rhachis 

 slender, reddish. Leaflets subsessile, membranous, sensitive, 10-20 

 pairs, -1— I by g in., linear-oblong, inequilateral, rounded at both ends, 

 apiculate at the apex, glabrous above, glaucous beneath, the margins 



