254 L. LEGUMINOSJ;. (J. G. Baker.) [Oi-mosia. 



beneath inconspicuous, pedicels very sl*>rt, pod subcompressed with thin valves, 

 seeds oblong turgid. Macrotropis bancana, Miq. Fl. 2nd. Bat. Sujjpl. 295 P 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Branches slender, persistently brown -velvety. Leaflets rigidly coriaceous, grey- 

 green, oblong, distinctly cuspidate, the end one 2-2 in. long, rather glossy above, 

 thinly hairy beneath, the veins fine and scarcely at all raised ; petiolules" - in. 

 Racemes short ; flowers crowded ; bracts and bracteoles distinct, ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 persistent. Calyx % in., brown-silky, cleft half way down. Corolla twice the length 

 of the calyx. Ovary silky. Pod and seeds just like those of 0. microsperma. 



7. O. venosa, Baker-, leaflets 7 obtuse or subobtuse nearly sessile on the 

 rachis with thick much-raised parallel main veins beneath, pedicels long, pod- 

 valves thick turgid, seeds orbicular subdiscoid. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tall tree, with branches clothed with persistent dense velvety pubescence. 

 Leaflets obovate-oblong, rigidly coriaceous, 3-4 in. long, grey-green and glabrous 

 above, densely persistently tomentose beneath. Flowers crowded in terminal racemes, 

 the branches densely velvety, not rigid as in the two preceding ; bracts and bracteoles 

 minute, but distinct and subpersistent ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx % in., 

 densely velvety, cleft down to the middle. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. 

 Stamens distinctly exserted. Pod obtuse or subacute, oblong or obovoid-oblong, 

 glabrous, 1^-lf in. long, 1 in. thick. Seeds bright scarlet, exarillate, f-^ in. broad. 



96. CJESALPINIA, Linn. 



Robust erect trees, shrubs or woody prickly climbers. Leaves large, abruptly 

 bipinnate. Flowers showy, yellow, in copious axillary racemes. Calyx deeply- 

 cleft, with the disk confined to its base, the lobes imbricated, the lowest the 

 largest, cucullate. Petals spreading, usually orbicular with a distinct claw, the 

 uppermost smaller than the others. Stamens 10, free, declinate ; anthers oblong, 

 uniform, versatile. Ovary sessile or subsessile, few-ovuled ; style filiform, some- 

 times clubbed at the tip, stigma terminal. Pod oblong or ligulate, thin and 

 flat, or thicker and subturgid, indehiscent or dehiscent, smooth or in subgen. 

 Guilandina armed all over with wiry spines. DISTKIB. Species about 40, widely 

 spread in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



SUBGEN. 1. G-uilandina (Linn.) Pod dry, armed on the faces with 

 abundant wiry prickles. Petals narrow. 



1. C. Bonducella, Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. 159; leaves stipulate, 

 leaflets small, bracts squarrose. Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 357. Guilandina Bonducella, 

 Linn. ; Wall Cat. 5803. G. Bonduc, W. $ A. Prodr. 280 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 79, in part. 



From the HIMALAYAS, throughout India, ascending to 2500 ft. in 

 DISTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. jf- 



Branches finely grey-downy, with abundant small hard falcate yellow prickles. 

 Leaves a foot or more long, with a pair of reduced pinnae persistent at the base ; pinnae 

 mostly 12-16 ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, membranous, usually ^-1 in. long, 

 rather downy beneath. Racemes long-peduncled, simple or panicled, dense at the top, 

 lax downwards ; pedicels as long as the calyx, finely brown-downy. Calyx 

 -^ in. Petals oblanceolate. yellow, little exserted. Pod short-stalked, oblong, 2-3 in. 

 long. Seeds 1-2, large, oblong, lead-coloured. 



