290 L. LEGUMINOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Parkia.- 



PEGU, Kurt. 



An erect tree 80-120 fe"l high. Leaf- 1-2 'feet long; rachis fulvo-pubescent, 

 pinnae 4 in. long ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, shining, glabrous, in. by in., with a 

 distinct fork from the base of the costa and penninerved veinlets. Peduncle 1-1 ft. 

 Calyx ^ in. ; tube glabrous ; lobes round, densely fulvo-tomentose. Pod l-l ft. by 

 l in., glabrous, slightly torulose, narrowed into a 6-9 in. stalk. 



4. P. insignia, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 74 ; leaflets 

 oblong 40-50 to a pinna, pinnae about 8. 



HARTABAN, Kurz. 



An erect tree, 80-100 ft. high. Leaf 1-2 ft. long; rachis fulvo- or ferrugineo- 

 tomentose ; leaflets 1 in. by ^ in., coriaceous, penninerved, glabrous above except on 

 the ribs, pubescent beneath. Peduncles a foot long, many arising from the apex of 

 the branches. Calyx \ in. ; tube glabrous ; lobes obovate-cuneate, with adpressed 

 fulvous pubescence. Pod unknown. Ex Kurz loc. cit. 



123. DESMANTHUS, Willd. 



Suffruticose perennials with the habit and leaves of Neptunia. Flowers 

 polygamous. Calyx minute, campanulate, 6-toothed. Petals 5, valvate, finally 

 nearly free. Stamens 10 ; filaments free, filiform ; anthers not gland-crested. 

 Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma clavate. Pod linear, 

 straight, coriaceous, dehiscent. DISTRIB. Species 8, indigenous in America 

 only. 



D. VIRGATTJS, Willd.', DC. Prodr. ii. 445; Wall. Cat. 5297; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 270. D. strictus and leptophyllus, DC. loc. cit. Mimosa virgata, Linn. 

 JSp. 1502. 



Scattered through India proper and Ceylon, but only int^duced. DISTRIB. Wild 

 through Trop. America and introduced in Africa. 



A glabrous shrubby perennial, 3-4 ft. high, with virgate branches ; stipules 

 subulate. Flowers in solitary globose peduncled axillary heads. Leaves with 6-8 

 pinnae, with a gland on the rachis between the lowest ; leaflets 30-40. Pod 2-3 in. 

 long, 20-30-seeded. 



124. Z.ZSUC2ENA, Benth. 



Unarmed erect trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers sessile, in dense globose 

 lieads, 5-merous, usually perfect. Calyx cylindrical-campanulate, shortly- 

 toothed. Petals valvate, free. Stamens 10, free, much exserted ; anthers not 

 gland-crested. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma minute 

 terminal. Pod flat, coriaceous, strap-shaped, dehiscent. DISTRIB. Species 8, 

 mostly American. 



1. Ii. glauca, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Sot. iv. 416. Acacia frondosa, 

 Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 468 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 276. A. Caringa, Ham. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5239. A. glauca, biceps and leucocephala, DC. Prodr. ii. 467-8. 



Spread throughout India, as it is through Trop. Asia and Africa, but probably 

 indigenous -only in Tropical America. 



A low erect tree, without spines. Pinna 8-16; leaflets 20-30, linear, acute, 

 glaucous, membranous, caducous, f-4 in., finely downy. Heads short-peduncled, very 

 dense, often in pairs, -| in. broad. " Corolla whitish, fa in. Stamens twice the length 

 of the corolla. Pod straight, 5-6 in. by f- in., 15-20-seeded, soon dehiscing. 



