LEGUMINOSAE. 323 



Stems and leaf-rhachises prickly ; standard without appendages : 

 Flowers *4-'5 in. long ; pod straight, erect, 8-12 in. long, '1 in. 



broad, slightly torulose 3. aculeata. 



Flowers '25 in. long or less ; pod straight, erect, 2-4 in. long, 



much torulose 4. procumbens. 



Flowers 3 in. long ; buds falcately recurved; pods 1 ft. or more long, 

 3 in. broad, falcate, not torulose, the sutures much thickened 



5. grandiflora. 



1. SESBANIA AEGYPTIACA, Pers.; F. B. I. ii. 114; W. & A. 214; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 32. 



Cultivated or found run wild in almost all plains Districts. 

 A soft wooded shrub with yellow flowers, the standard 

 usually purple or purple-spotted. It is used to make 

 hedges and the wood gives a good charcoal for gunpowder. 

 Yern. Hind. Jait ; Tel. Suiminta ; Tarn. Chittakatti. 



2. SESBANIA PALUDOSA, Prain. S. aculeata var. paludosa, 

 Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 115, excl. syn. Aescliynomene uliginosa, 

 Roxb. 



Marshy places 011 W. Coast, Travancore (M. Rama Row). 

 An annual shrub with pith-like steins and yellow flowers. 

 Vem. Hind. Kathsola. 



3. SESBANIA ACULEATA, Poir. ; F. B. I. ii. 114; W. & A. 214. 



Wet places in plains Districts, chiefly in the Carnatic, 

 extending to the hills. 



A soft-wooded prickly shrub with long leaves, arid very 

 many small leaflets and pale yellow flowers. 



4. SESBANIA PROCUMBENS, W. & A. 215 ; F. B. I. ii. 115. 



Coast Districts on the East side, chiefly in rice-fields, but 



scarce. 



A diffuse prickly annual herb. 



5. SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA, Pers. ; F. B. I. ii. 115. Agati 

 grandiflora, Desv. ; W. & A. 215. 



Cultivated in gardens or betel-vine plantations, not 



indigenous. 



A small soft- wooded tree reaching 20-30 ft. high, with 



large showy red or white flowers and long pods. The 



wood is sometimes used for posts, and the young leaves, 



flowers and pods eaten as a vegetable. Vern. Hind. 



Basna; Tel. Avesi ; Tarn. Agati. 



