43G xr.viii. ],r-GL".MiX()s.i:. 



with frequently a inenibniiious ovate acute bnict about the middle. 

 Calyx j^j. in. long, membranous ; lobes acute. Corolla i in. long, the 

 lobes linear-oblong, acute. IStainens 10, much exserted ; anthers gland- 

 crested. Pods stalked, deflexed, ^-1 by J in., slightly curved, oblique 

 at the base, depressed between the seeds, benked, dry, dehiscing soon by 

 the upper suture. Seeds 6-9, obovoid-oblong, slightlv compressed, i by 

 i in., brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 285 ; Dalz. & (libs." p. 84 ; Trim." El. 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 118; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (18!)S) p. 428; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 348. IJesnui ntJnis natans, AVilld. Sp. 

 PI. V. 4 (1805) p. 1044 ; Grab. Cat. p. 57.— Elowers : Oct.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : in tanks, Graluim, Dabcll cf- Gibson. Gujarat: Nausari, Krinilh<tr\ 

 Kanara: H.Tlyal (N. Ivanara), /?t7cA/c, 1035!, Talbut, Wovdrow.—DisiiuR. Through- 

 out India in tanks ; Coylon and the Tropics generally. 



2. Neptunia triquetra, Benth. in IJoolc Juum. Bot. v. 4 (1842) 

 p. 35'). A low prostrate perennial ; stems ascending, slender, com- 

 pressed, more or less angular. Leaves abruptly 2-pirniate ; main rhachis 

 grooved ; petioles \-h in. long ; stipules obliquely ovate, acuminate, 

 persistent ; pinnae 2-3 pairs, shortly stalked. Leaflets 10-15 pairs, 

 sessile, );-\ by j-^ in., glabrous. Flowers yellow (the sterile flowers few 

 or absent) in globose heads ; peduncles solitary, axillary, slender, with 1 

 or 2 large ovate distant bracts on the peduncle. Calyx minute, 

 5-toothed. Stamens 10 ; anthers gland-crested. Pods oblong, ^-1 in. 

 long, straight, nearly equal-sided and tapering at the base, rounded and 

 with a minute beak at the apex, veined, glabrous, black when ripe. 

 Seeds 4-8, oblong, rounded at the apex, compressed, i by ^ in., dark 

 brown, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 286; Dalz. & Gibs', p. 84; Woodr. 

 in .lourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428. Desmanthus iriqueirus, 

 AVilld. Sp. PI. V. 4 (1805) p. 1045; Grab. Cat. p. 57; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 756. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Bombay, Capt. Gehtiriicl Deccan : Ahmednagar, Cooke'., Wooc^rom. 

 Gujarat: common in pastures about Surat, Graham, Dalzrll i.'S- Gihsoji; Surat, Wood- 

 riivj. S. M. CouNTKv : Padshapur, near Eelgauni, Ritchie, 1729 ! — Di.stkib. India 

 (W. Peninsula, Paudelkliand). 



72. XYLIA, Benth. 



A fall unarmed tree with hard wood. Leaves 2-pinnate. Leaflets 

 large, of few pairs. Flowers in globose heads, mostly perfect. Calyx 

 tubular, 5-toothed at the tip. Petals 5, valvate, slightly cohering at the 

 base. Stamens 10, free, exserted; anthers gland-crested in an early 

 stage. Ovary sessile; ovules many; style filiform; stigma minute, 

 terminal. Pod large, woody, flat, broadly falcate, finally dehiscent, 

 septate between the seeds. Seeds oblong, compressed, with a short 

 fleshy funicle. — Distbib. Tropical Asia; species 1. 



1. Xylia dolabriformis, Benth. in J fool: Jonrn. Bot. v. 4 (1842) 

 p. 417. A tall tree; young parts tomentose. Leaves 2-piiinate ; 

 pinnai 2, terminal on a petiole 1-2| in. long which is furnished with a 

 gland at the apex between the pinna?. Leaflets 2-4 pairs, diminishing 

 downwards, with often a small unopposed leaflet on the outside belovir 

 the lowest pair of leaflets, the terminal leaflets 3-G by 1^-2^ in., the 

 lowest pair lj-14 in. long, all oblong, acute, with rounded base, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; ])ctiolules j\^ in. long. Flowers sessile, in dense 



