MAUI. i,r.i,LMiX()S.v, 41.1 



.npic'iilate at tlie apex, glabrous, caducous. Flowvrs iu terminal few- 

 Hovvered coryinbiform raocines ; pedicels stout, finelv pubescent. Calyx 

 ■J-1 in. long, eoiiaceoup, silivy-pubescent outside; segments linear- 

 oblong, acute. Petals suborbicular, yellow, scarcely exserted, the u])pei" 

 n little snialler and of a deeper color than the others, the margins oP all 

 much curled. Filaments often 2\ in. long, villous and thiikeued at the 

 biise. Pods 5-7 by ^-i\ in., attenuated at both ends, reticulately veined, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4-8. j'l. B. I. v. 2, p. 260 ; (}rah. Cat. p. Gl ; Dalz. <t 

 (iibs. Suppl. p. -\S ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 178 ; Braudis, For. Fl. p. 157 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Boud). ed. 2, p. 142; Woodr. in .Tourn. Bondj. Xat. v. 11 

 (1808) p. 427 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. (!, part 1, p. :?09.— Flowers : 

 June-Sept. 



Doubtfully wild in the Tioinbay Prosidoncy. but ofton pluntcd in gardens and along 

 roadsides. Couiinon in Paona kiuI in Hijapur UL-iir Mahuniedjin tombs. JJahe/l (1. c.) 

 considers it to ha\e coino IVoni Abys::inia. Brandis (1. c.) says that it is indigenous in 

 the forests as far north as Gujarat. 



IViHclana regi.i, Bojer, ex Bot. Mag. (1829) t. 2884. The lloyal Gul- 

 Mohor, a native of Madagascar, has within the last 80 years been in- 

 troduced into and is now grown everywhere in gardens in the Bombay 

 Presidency, and more or less throughout India. The young leaves are 

 exceedingly beautiful, reaching 2 ft. in length, with 11-18 pairs of 

 pinnte. Flowers bright scarlet, in terminal and axillary lax racemes. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 2G0 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 27; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 142; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. ProJ.. v. G, part 1, p. 309. — Flowers : Apr. -June. 

 Veex. Gul-Mokor. 



03. PARKINSONIA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves at tirst sight apparently simply pinnate and fascicled, 

 but in reality 2-pinnate from a very short rhachis ; stipules usually 

 short, spinesceut ; pinna? 2-G, very long, ilattened. Leaflets numerous, 

 very small. Flowers in short axillary lax racemes ; bracts small, very 

 caducous ; bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply cleft ; tube short ; segments 5, 

 membranous, slightly unequal, narrowly imbricate or siibvalvate. Petals 

 5, spreading, somewhat unequal, the ujjper the broadest. Stamens 10, 

 free ; tilaments villous at the base ; anthers uniform, versatile. Ovary 

 shortly stalkid ; ovules many ; style filiform ; stigma small, teru)inal. 

 Pod turgid, moniliform, finally dehiscent. — Disiiiin. Species 3, of which 

 2 are American, the other a nati\e of the Cape. 



1. Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn. ^p. P/. (1753) p. 375. A glabrous 

 bush or small tree armed with sharp woody spines which represent the 

 rhachises of the 2-pinnate leaves. Pinnix; 1-3 pairs, 6-12 in. long, the 

 rhachis much flattened, striate. Leaflets numerous, minute, oblanceolate, 

 obtuse; petiolules distinct, short. Flowers in lax axillary racemes 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels g-§ in. long, slender, jointed near the 

 top, erecto-patent. Calyx } in. long, divided nearly to the base ; segments 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla yellow ; petals g— | iu. long, broadly obovate or 

 suborbicular, with a short stout villous claw, veined. Filaments iiattenetl 

 and densely villous at the base. Ovary silky-villous ; ovules many. 



