258 L. LEGUMINOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Mezoneurum. 



confined to the base or extending upwards, the lobes imbricated, the lowest the 

 longest, remarkably hood-like. Petals spreading, obovate-spathulate, subequal. 

 Stamens free, declinate, usually exserted ; anthers oblong, uniform. Ovary ses- 

 sile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved with the stamens, stigma small capi- 

 tate. Pod large, oblong, flat, thin, indehiscent, with a broad wing down the 

 upper suture. DISTRIB. Species 10, mostly Trop. Asiatic, confined to the old 

 world. 



* Eumezoneuron. Calyx deeply cleft ; disk basal. 



1. M. cucullatum, W. $ A. Prodr. 283 ; leaflets 8-10 large ovate acute 

 glabrous, stamens much exceeding the calyx. Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb Fl. 80. 

 Csesalpinia cucullata, Roxb. Hort. Sena. 32 ; 'Ft. Ind. ii. 358 ; G. Don Gen. 

 Syst. ii. 431 ; Wall. Cat. 5828, excl. B. M. macrophyllum, Blume ; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. i. 104. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS from NIPAL, ascending to 4,000 ft. to the KHASIA hills, 

 BEHAR and the WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



Branches glabrous, with small dark hooked scattered prickles. Leaf-r&chis -1 ft. 

 long; pinnae 4-10 long-stalked ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, glabrous, 

 dark-green above, subdistant, rather glaucous below. Racemes simple or forked, 

 sometimes as long as the leaves, the rachis virgate, tinged with yellow ; pedicels as 

 long as the calyx, which is the most oblique of all the species, with the posterior sepal 

 and petal very cucullate. Calyx f in., glabrous, tinged with yellow. Petals bright 

 yellow, streaked with red. Filaments faintly ciliated near the base. Pod like that of 

 a Dalberaia, with a single large seed in the middle, 3-4 in. long, with a wing like 

 the valves in texture ^-f in. broad. 



VAE. grandis, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5830, under Caesalpinia. sp. ; larger in all its 

 parts, the leaflets 3-4 in. long, and wing of the pod ^ in. broad. Guilandina macro- 

 carpa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5804. Distribution of the type. 



Rheede Hort. Mai. vol. vi. t. 20, on which is founded Guilandina axillaris, Lam. 

 (Caesalpinia? axillaris, DC. Prodr. ii. 481) is probably made up of the leaf of this and 

 pod of CoEsalpiniq Sappan. 



2. BX. g-labrum, Desf. in Mem. Mus. iv. 246, t. 10 ; leaflets 14-16 small 

 glabrous oblong obtuse distinctly stalked, stamens much exceeding the calyx. 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 484. Csesalpinia furfuracea, Wall. Cat. 5835. 



TENASSERIM, Wallich. DISTRIB. Philippines, Timor. 



Branches glabrous, the falcate prickles almost restricted to the base of the pinnae. 

 Leaves 1 ft. long; pinnse 12-14, distinctly stalked; leaflets membranous, caducous, 

 close, dark green, alternate, -| in. long. Racemes simple or forked, as long as the 

 leaves ; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long, less oblique than in 

 the last, the upper teeth reaching half down, the lowest twice as long. Filaments 

 densely ciliated near the base. Pod 5-6 in. by 1 J in., 2-4-seeded, with a wing | | in. 

 broad. 



3. M. enneaphyllum, W. $ A, Prodr. 283 ; leaflets 18-22 small gla- 

 brous oblong obtuse subsessile, stamens slightly exceeding the calyx. Csesal- 

 pinia enneaphylla, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 363 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 104, tab. 2 B. 0. sepiaria, Wall. Cat. 5834 H. 



CACHAR and CHITTAGONG, Hook. fil. and Thomson. TAVOY, Gomez. PEGU, McClel- 

 land. CEYLON, Thwaites. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



Branches slender, glabrous ; prickles copious, minute, falcate. Leaves f-1 ft. long ; 



r' anas 16-20, distinctly stalked, 2-3 in. long ; leaflets sensitive, glabrous, membranous, 

 ^ in. long. Racemes copiously panicled, sometimes a foot long ; pedicels slend-er, 

 gla'brous or pubescent, twice as long as the calyx. Flower smaller than in the last. 

 Calyx \-^ in., glabrous. Corolla bright yellow. Filaments densely woolly at the base. 

 Pod 3-4 in. long by less than 1 in., thin and glossy, 4-6-seeded ; wing |-| in. broad. 

 Very like Ccesalpinia sepiaria in habit and inflorescence. 



