456 XLVIII. LEGUMIXOS.i:. 



V. 6, part 1, p. 281. Inja li</emina, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 1007 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 57. — Flowers : Jau.-Feb. Vebn. Kachlor. 



Konkak: StocJcs\, Dabell <.f Gibson I, Talbot. Kanaka: evergreen forests, Talbot; 

 Diviiuana (N. Kanara), H'oodrow; Supa, Ritchie, 1728 !— DisTitm. India (E. Hima- 

 layas, W. Peninsula) ; Cejlon, Malay Islands, Philippines. 



FIthecolobiitm dulce, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1844) 

 p. 109. A moderately lari^e tree, a uative of Mexico, introduced into 

 the Philippine Islands, and thence into India, is cultivated, often as 

 a hedge plant, and may be met with in Bombay and Poona. The tree 

 is armed with short stniight stipular thorns, the pods are cui'iously 

 twisted, and the seeds are embedded in a sweet wbitisb edible pulp. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 302 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 156 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 430; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 281. Inga dulcis, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 1005 ; AVight, Icon, 

 t. 193 ; Grab. Cat. p. 56; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 25. — Flowers : Jan.- 

 Mar. V^JDEJT. Vild>jti-dmli ; Vildyti-chinch. 



PitJiecohbium Saman, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1844) 

 p. 216. A tree of rapid growth. A native of Central and Tropical 

 S. America, whence it was introduced into Jamaica, and tlience into 

 India. It is called the liaiii Tree and may be seen growing in Thana 

 and Poona. It has also been introduced into N. Kanara. The pod 

 is straight and indehiscent with a sweet pulp around the seeds. Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 156 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 430 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 283. 



The following non-indigenous plants not belonging to any of the 

 foregoing genera of the Suborder are occasionally cultivated in the 

 Bombay Presidency: — 



ParJcia Utjln ad idosa , Wight & Arn. Prodr. (1834) p. 279. A tall tree 

 a native of Africa, with 2-pinnate leaves, 20-40 pairs of pinnae and 

 60-100 pairs of leaflets, with flowers in dense subspherical heads 1^ in. 

 in diam., on peduncles 5-8 in. long, is occasionally grown in gardens. 

 The heads, when the flowers are in bud, are like balls of fawn-colored 

 velvet and the pods reach 1 ft. or more in length. Fl. B. I. v, 2, 

 p. 289 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 25 ; Grab. Cat. p. 57 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428; AVoodr. Gardening in India, 

 ed. 5, p. 278. — Flowers : Dec. A^een. Chenduphul. 



Denmanihiis virgaius, AYilld. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1047. A glabrous, 

 shrubby perennial, a native of Tropical America, has bean extensively 

 planted in gardens. It has flowers in solitary globose peduncled axillary 

 heads and pods 2-3 in. long, each containing 20-30 seeds. Fl. B. L 

 V.2, p. 290 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 122; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 428.— Flowers : June-July. 



Ceraionia ISiliqua, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1026. The Locust or Caruh 

 Tree ; St. Joluis Bread, a native of S. Europe, Syria, and Palestine, has 

 been occasionally planted in gardens and thrives well if irrigated until 

 well-established. The pods are large, dark-red and woody, with a sweet 

 edible pulp. Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 28 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 



