94 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



Konkan and Mysore (-ff.). * & canariensis (Brachypterum c. D.). 

 Woody, rather hairy, leaflets 15 to 21, flowers of a beautiful pink in 

 3's on racemes or panicles, pod oral, winged on both edges. Gersappa 

 falls (.D.)> and no other authority. * D. oblonga, leaflets 9 to 15, 

 racemes short and close, pod broad, 1-seeded. * D. brevipes, leaflets 

 5 to 7 obovate, flowers red in crowded panicles, pod broad oblong, 

 silky. Both these found in the Konkan by Stocks. 



tophora (tribe Sophorece) stamens diadelphous, but almost free, 

 corolla much exserted. * S. Wightii (8. heptaphylla, D.), Shrub, 

 leaflets 11 to 17, margins recurred, flowers lar^e yellow in lax 

 racemes, calyx brown silky, pod leathery, much contracted between 

 the seeds. Hills E. of Belgaum (D.)' * & tomentosa, common in 

 gardens, an ornamental shrub, leaflets 15 to 19, flowers yellow in 

 racemes, pod necklace-shaped. 



II. SUB-ORDER C^SALPINEJ;. Mostly trees or shrubs : flowers 

 not papilionaceous, but the petals generally slightly unequal : 

 stamens generally free, sometimes more than 10. 



This sub-order contains many species of remarkable beauty, but 

 the genera vary a good deal, so that it is difficult to mention any 

 particular plant as typical. 



(a) EUC^SALPINE-E. Leaves evenly bipinnate. 



45. C^ESALPINIA. Prickly shrubs with showy yellow flowers, 

 calyx deeply cleft, the lowest lobe largest and hooded, petals 

 spreading. 



46. MEZONEURUM. Woody and prickly climbers, calyx very 

 oblique, lobes as in the last, petals spreading, pod large, thin 

 and winged. 



47. POINCIANA. Erect unarmed trees, differing from 

 Csesalpinia in having a valvate calyx of 5 equal segments. 



48. WAGATEA, Flowers in long spikes, calyx with deep 

 segments, the lowest the longest, pod thickened at the edges. 



(6) GASSIER. Leaves pinnate, calyx tube short. 



49. CASSIA. Sometimes herbs, flowers rather large, yellow, 

 some of the stamens often imperfect or obsolete, the petiole or 

 midrib often with one or two conspicuous glands. 



(c) AMHERSTIE^J. Leaves evenly pinnate, disk at the top 

 of a prolonged calyx tube. 



50. SARACA. Corolla none, calyx coloured with 4 unequal 

 segments, stamens 3 to 8, long exserted, pod flat, leathery. 



51. TAMARINDUS. Petals 3, the upper hooded, stamens 3, 

 monadelphous, the rest mere bristles, pod pulpy within. 



(d) BAUHINE^B. Leaves simple, deeply 2-lobed. 



52. BAUHINIA. Flowers showy, petals generally clawed, 

 stamens sometimes imperfect or absent, pod linear flat. 



