J2ntada.~\ L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 287 



1. IS. scan dens, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Sot. iv. 332. Brand. For. Fl. 

 167. E. Purssetha, DC. Prodr. ii. 425 ; Wall. Cat. 5293 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 267 ; 

 Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. E. monostachya, DC. Prodr. loc. tit.; Watt. Cat. 

 6293. E. Rheedei and Parrana, Sprang. Syst. ii. 325. E. Pursaetha and E. 

 Rumphii, Scheff. in Natuur. Tijdschr. Ned. 2nd. xxxii. 99, t. 16-18. Mimosa 

 . scandens, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 554. Rheede Hort. Mai. viii. t. 32-34 ; ix. 

 t. 77. 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, NIPAL, ascending to 4000 ft. in SIKKIM, WESTERN 

 PENINSULA, CEYLON, MALACCA. DISTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



An immense climber, with slender terete woody branches. Leaves long-petioled, 

 the rachis usually ending in a tendril; pinnae stalked, mostly 4 ; leaflets oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse or acute, 1-2 in. long, rigidly coriaceous. Spikes peduncled, ft. 

 long or more, usually panicled from the nodes of old leafless branches, sometimes 

 simple from the axils of the leaves (E. monostachya, DC.). Flowers ^-^ in. long, 

 sessile or on short pedicels. Pod 1-2 ft. or more by 3-4 in., curved, constricted 

 between the seeds. Seeds 2 in. broad. 



118. ADENANTHERA, Linn. 



Erect trees without spines or tendrils. Leaves ample, bipinnate. Flowers 

 minute, in narrow spike-like racemes, hermaphrodite, usually pentamerous. 

 Calyx campanulate, equally toothed. Petals valvate, equal, lanceolate, cohering 

 only at the very base. Stamens 10, free, equalling the corolla ; anthers tipped 

 with a gland. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma minute 

 capitate. Pod strap- shaped, Jorulose, falcate, the coriaceous valves much 

 twisted after they separate. Seeds small, bright-coloured. DISTRIB. Species 4, 

 spread through tropics of Old World. 



1. A. pavonina, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 446 ; pinnae 8-12, leaflets 

 12-18 obtuse, seeds concolorous usually bright scarlet. Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 370 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 5300 ; W. & A. Prodr. 271 ; Wight 211 t. 84 (80) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 46; Brand. For. Fl. 168. 



EAST HIMALAYAS (ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim), WESTEBN PENINSULA and 

 CEYLON, shore of MALAY gulf. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Timor, China, Philippines. 



PinncB short-stalked, 4-8 in. long; leaflets oblong, alternate, short-stalked, not 

 coriaceous, f-1^ in. long. Racemes short-peduncled, 2-6 in. long, ^ in. broad, 

 simple from the axils of the leaves and panicled at the end of the branches ; 

 pedicels as long as the flower, ^- in. Pod 6-9 in. by ^ in., falcate, 10-12-seeded. 

 Seeds rarely yellow-brown. 



2. A . bicolor, Moon ; Thivaites Enum. 98 ; pinnae and leaflets 6-8, the 

 latter acute, seeds half black half bright red. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 94. 



CEYLON, Walker, &c. MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Pinnce short-stalked, 2-3 in. long. Leaflets ovate, rigidly sub coriaceous, f-l 

 "in. long. Raceme and pod just like those of A. pavonina, the flower perhaps 

 rather smaller. 



119. FROSOFXS, Linn. 



Erect trees or shrubs with scattered prickles. Leaves bipinnate, with small 

 narrow leaflets. Flowers minute, in narrow spikes or subspicate racemes, poly- 

 gamous. Calyx minute, campanulate, subentire or faintly 5-toothed. Petals 5, 

 ligulate, subcoherent at the base. Stamens 10, free, slightly exserted, filaments 

 filiform ; anthers crowned with a gland. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style 



