4:)S xi.viii. lkouminos.t:. 



lu tlie forosts alonn; the Gliiits, DahvU ^- Gibfir»i. Konkan : S/ocAsl ; Ivonltan npsr 

 IVfiiliablesliwar, Ralph I DecCan : Lanoli wood, Woodrow. Kanaiia : forests of tho 

 N. Kauara Gliiits, often aloiisj river banks, Talbot; Sirsi-Kunipta road (N. Kanara), 

 Woodroxv ; Kala naddi, I?i/rhii\ 23(M — Distrib. India (Central and Eastern Hima- 

 layas, Nipal, VV. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, and the Tropics generally. 



74. ADENANTHERA, Linn. 



Unai-med trees. Leaves 2-pinnate. Leaflets miniorotis, small. 

 I'lowers usually 5-merous, in elongate spieiforni racemes, axillary or 

 ])ani('le(l at the tops of the branches, nsually hermaphrodite. Calyx 

 campanulate, shortly and ecpially toothed. Petals valvate, cohering 

 below the middle or at length free. Stamens Id, free, scarcely exserted ; 

 anthers crested with a deciduous gland. Ovary sessile ; ovules numerous ; 

 style filiform ; stigma small, terminal. Pod strap-shaped, tornlose, 

 falcate, compressed or turgid above the seeds, the coriaceous valves much 

 twisted after they separate. vSeeds small, bright-colored. — DiSTinij. 

 Tropics of the Old World ; species 4. 



1. Adenanthera pavonina, Linn. /S"/?. P/. (1753) p. 384. A small 

 unarmed tree 20-50 ft. high ; young parts glabrous. Leaves 2-pinnate, 

 8-12 in. long ; petioles 2-4 in. long; pinna) 3-G ])airs, opposite, 3-6 in. 

 long, with a stalk |-^ in. long. Leaflets alternate, 4-8 pairs, 1-1 1 by 

 13 in.^ papery, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, dark green above, 

 glaucous beneath, base shortly cuneate, unequal-sided ; petiolules ^ in. 

 loug. Flowers in short-pedunded racemes 2-6 in long, axillary or 

 panicled at the ends of the branches ; pedicels jxr^s ^^- ^ong, slender. 

 Calyx minute ; lobes short, triangular. Corolla pale yellow, about i in, 

 lono- ; segments united at the base only, linear-lanceolate, acute, valvate, 

 Stamens 10, free, hardly exserted; anthers gland-crested. Pods 6-5) 

 by |_| in., flat, falcately curved, pointed, tapering to the base, the 

 valves spirally twisted after dehiscence. Seeds 8-15, lenticular-globose, 

 with a blunt keel, smooth, shining, usually brilliant scarlet, 1 in. in 

 diam. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 287: Grah. Cat. p. 57; Dalz. & Gibs. Siippl, 

 p. 26; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 46; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p, 120; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 149 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 428; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 107.— Flowers : Mar.-May. 

 VEim, Thorla-cjvnj, Ratan-r/iDij. 



Often planted ; rare in the wild state. In gardens at Kolaba, Bjculla, and Girganni, 

 wild in some parts of Gujarat and Khandesh, GraJiain. Native of S. India, in gardens 

 Bombay, Dahell ^- Gibson. Moist forests of the Ivonkan and N. Kanara, nowhere 

 abundant, Talbot. — Distrib. India (Bengal, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon ; Malay 

 Island.s, Timor, China, Philippines. 



The timber is used as a substitute for red sandalwood (Ptcrocarpus mntalivns) and 

 the bright red polished seeds are used as vveight.s and are also strung as beads. See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



75. PROSOPIS, Linn. 



Erect prickly trees or shrubs. Leaves 2-pinnate ; stipules small or 0. 

 Leaflets small, narrow. Flo^\•ers 5-merons, usually sessile, in narrow 

 spikes or subspicate racemes. Calyx campanulate, shortly toothed or 

 subentire. Petals connate below the middle or at length free, valvate. 

 Stamens 10, free, shortly exserted ; anthers crested with a deciduous 

 gland. Ovary sessile or stalked ; ovules niiiny ; style liliform ; stigma 



