XI. VIII. i.iua Mi.vos.i;. 4:^7 



f;lob()s(' heads ^-.^ hi, in diain. ; piHluiiclfS 'A in. long, slendtT, tiiic'keniii<; 

 in fruit, crowded on short puberulous branchlets developed with tlie 

 3'oung leaves. Calyx tubular, 4 in. long ; teeth 5, valvate. Corolla 

 yellowish white, -J- in. long ; petals lanceolate, valvate. Stamens 10 ; 

 lilaments free, ^ in. long, exserted ; anthers crested when young with a 

 stalked deciduous gland. Ovary sessile; ovules many. Pods 4-6 by 

 l-2i in., large, woody, oblong, falcate, flat, rusty-tomentose, septate 

 between the seeds, iinally dehiscent. Seeds G-10, oblong-ellipsoid, 

 coni])ressed, .\-g by ^-g in., brown, smooth, polished. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, 

 p. 280; Dalzr& Gibs. p. 85; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 186; Talb. Trees, 

 iiomb. ed. 2, p. ]48; AVoodr. in Journ. Eomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 ]). 428 ; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 320. IrKja .vylocarpa, 

 DC. Prodr. v. 2, p. 439; Grab. Cat. p. 57.— Plowers: Mar.-Apr. 

 A'^EUN. Jdmhhd ; Vend. 



KoNKAN : Stocks], Latvl, DnheJll; Savantvadi, Dalzell ^ Gibson, Kanitkarl 

 Dkccan: Piirgbi'it, Grahim. S. M. Countky : Kamghiit, Bitchie, 239! Kanaka: 

 IV. Kaiiai-a, Woodrow; Kala nacldi, Ivifchic, 239! — Distiub. India (W. Peninsula, 

 Binna); Singapore, Philippines, Indo-Cliina. 



The wood is very hard and durable and especially adapted for railway sleepers 

 and telegraph post.s as it resists the attacks of white anis. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



73. ENTADA, Adams. 



Lofty climbing shrubs, cirrhiferous, unarmed. Leaves 2-pinnate ; 

 stipules small, setaceous. Flowers 5-merous, in long narrow spikes, 

 minute, polyi^amous. Calyx campanulate, very shortly and equally 

 5-toothed. Petals free or slightly cohering, valvate. Stamens 10, free, 

 shortly exserted ; anthers crested with a deciduous gland. Ovary sub- 

 sessile ; ovules numerous ; style filiform ; stigma concave, terminal. 

 Pod flat, woody, very large, composed of many discoid l-.seeded joints, 

 the endocarp persistent round the seeds. Seeds orbicular, compressed. 

 — DiSTRiB. Species 10, of which 1, the following, is widely spread 

 throughout the Tropics ; of the others 6 are African and 3 American. 



1. Untada scandens, Bcnth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1842) 

 p. 332. An immense woody climber with a thick trunk ; branches 

 terete, glabrous. Leaves 2-piunate ; main rhachis glabrous, grooved, 

 usually ending in a bifid tendril ; petioles 2-3| in. long, glabrous ; 

 ]iinna! 2-3 pairs, stalked. Leaflets 14-3 by |-1^, oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, often emarginate, rigidly coriaceous, dark green, glabrous, 

 reticulately veined, base acute ; petiolules yL in. long. Flowers in 

 ])eduncled, panicled, or simple spikes 6-10 in. long, axillary or from 

 the nodes of old leafless branches. Calyx about -}-^J in. long, minutely 

 5-toothed. Corolla jV~8 ^^- ^"^"o' yellow. Pods 1-3 ft. long by 3-4 in. 

 wide and 1,4 in. thick, slightly curved, woody, the sutures very thick, 

 indented between the seeds. Seeds 6-15, orbicular or orbicular-oblong, 

 1^-2.| in. in diam., compressed, smooth and shining, brown. The joint.s 

 of the pod break away from the thickened sutures which remain as an 

 empty frame. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 287; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 119; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 148 ; AV^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 428 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 245. Entuda puscetha, 

 DC. Prod. V. 2, p. 425 ; Grab. Cat. p. 56 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 83.— 

 Flo\\ers: Alar.-AIay. A^'enx. Gdrdul-^ Gdntmhl; G'drhi. 



