410 Xi.VllI. LECiUMIXOS.i:. 



Pods 3-4 bv i^ in., moniliforra, attenuated at loth ends, Bnelv veined, 

 glabrous. Seeds 1-6. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 260; Grab. Cat. p. 61 ; Dalz. 

 &Gibs. Suppl. p. 28: Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Svlvat. p. 91 & Anal. 

 Gen. t. 13, fig. 2; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 142 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427 ; Watr, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 110. — Flowers: Jan. -Mar. A'ern. Vedi-bahJial ; ViUhjaii- 

 lil-ar. 



A native of Tropical Amcrii-a, often erown ns a lieflsre plant, almost naturalized in 

 the £ombaj Presidency and imre or less su tliruiigbuul India. 



64. WAGATEA, Dalz. 



A climbing shrub armed with scattered prickles. Leaves abruptly 

 2-pinnate ; stipules inconspicuous. Flowers subsessile, in long simple 

 or panicled spicate racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate; calyx-segments 

 about as long as the tube, slightly imbricate, tlie lower concave, slightly 

 larger than the others. Petals o, subequal, oblong, erect, imbricate, not 

 .spreading in aestivation. Stamens 10, tree, slightly declinate; filaments 

 short, pilose at the base ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, free ; 

 ovules many; style slightly clavate at tiie apex; stigma oblique. 

 Pod ligulate -oblong, indehiscent, few -seeded, subturulose, with 

 thickened sutures (not winged). — Distrib. AVes.tcrn Peninsula of India ; 

 species 1. 



1. Wagatea spicata^ Jhth. //? Ktiv Journ. But. v. 'A (1851) p. 89. 

 A robust woody climber: branches armed with numerous recurved 

 jrickles. Leaves 2-piimate, 9-12 in. long ; main rhacliis armed with 

 recurved prickles ; pinnae 4-6 pairs, 3-5 in. long, the rhachis tei'ete, 

 puberulous. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, 1-1^ by i-f in., coriaceous, oblong, 

 obtuse or subacute, dnrk green, glabrous and shining above, paler 

 l)eneath, base rounded or cordate : petiolules very short. Flowers 

 liearly sessile, in dense spicate racemes sometimes reaching 2 ft. long ; 

 rhachis stout, more or less grooved, clothed with soft brown pubescence, 

 often armed with recurved ])rickles. Cahx densely puberulous, -yV"! ^°- 

 long, scarlet ; seements oblong or subs])athulate, obtuse, equalling the 

 campanulate ti.b •. Petals f-k in. long, inserted on the top of the 

 calvx-tube, ol o.ate -spathulate, reticulately veined, dark orange. 

 Stamens equalling the petals, alternalely long and short; filaments 

 tlattened and densely pilose at the base. Ovary densely pubescent ; 

 ovules 4-6; style as long as the filaments and the petals; stigma 2-lobed, 

 oblique. Pods 1§-2| by ^-| in., linear-oblong, swollen above the seeds 

 and constricted between them, and with thickened sutures. Seeds 3-4, 

 ubovate-oblong, transverse; testa hard, thick, bony. Fl. B. J. v. 2, 

 p. 261 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. SO ; Wijiht, Icon. t. IL'95 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 143 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 297. Ca'salpinia dvjijna. Grab. Cat. 

 p. 60. — Flowers: Jan. -Feb. Vekn. Vof/dti; Vdkeri. 



KoNKAM Konlian junglpp, Bahell if Gihynii ; south of Panwell, I)al:eU\; Eonibay. 

 Capt. Gehitrnr]: pretty common on the Ghats, Graham. Dkccan : Ghat near Wada 

 below Mahableshwar, Coohel Kanara: Stccks'. — DiSTiiin. Hills of the Western 

 Peninsula. 



