Caesalpinia.~] LEGUMINOSAE. 393 



minal. Pod oblong or ovoid, thin, flattened or turgid, sometimes 

 spiny, sometimes torulose. Seeds transverse, ovate to orbicular. 



Pod covered with wiry prickles, oblong-, inflated ; petals narrow ; 

 seeds 1-3, hard, globose, grey : 



Leaves with large foliaceous pinnate stipules ; leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 1-2 in. long ; \>racts lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, -5 in. long ; pods 2-3*5 in. long, 1*5-2 in. broad 1. crista. 



Leaves without stipules ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acute, 2-3 in. long ; 

 bracts subulate, *25 in. long ; pods 4-5 in. long, 2 in. broad 



2. Jayabo. 



Pod with minute bristles, obo void-falcate, turgid, shortly beaked, 

 1*5-2 in. long, *7 in. broad, 2-seeded ; steins leaf-rhachises and pedicels 

 densely prickly ; leaves with many short pinnae each with 10-20 



pairs of small leaflets ; racemes 1-2*5 ft. long 3. mimosoides. 



Pod without prickles or bristles, usually glabrous : 

 Pod flattened, not twisted or torulose : 



Pod obliquely ovoid, beaked, 2-2*5 in. long, 1*25 in. broad, 

 1-seeded ; stems recurved prickly ; pinnae 3-4 pairs, leaflets 2-3 

 pairs, ovate, acute, up to 2 in. long, 1 in, broad ; flowers in panicles 



of racemes 4. Nuga. 



Pod obliquely-oblong, truncate at apex and prominently beaked 

 on the upper suture, 3-4 in. long, 1*5 in. broad, 3-4-seeded ; stem 

 with few prickles ; pinnae 8-12 pairs, leaflets 10-18 pairs, oblong- 

 falcate ; 5 in. long ; flowers in panicles of racemes Sappan. 



Pod oblong, sometimes slightly winged on the upper suture, 

 prominently beaked 34 in. long, 1 in. broad, 6-8-seeded ; stems 

 etc., with many recurved thorns ; pinnae 5-10 pairs, leaflets 8-12 

 pairs, *5-'7 in. long ; flowers in racemes with long pedicels 



5. s.epiaria. 



Pod oblong, straight, thin, 2-3 in. long, '7 in. broad, shortly 

 beaked ; stems nearly unarmed, erect ; pinnae 6-8 pairs, leaflets 

 about 10, obovate, *5-'7 in. long ; flowers in subcorymbose racemes 



pulcherrima. 



Pod torulose, thick, oblong, with a short recurved beak, 1*5-2 in. 

 long, '7 in. broad, 2-4-seeded ; prickles few ; pinnae about 10 pairs, 



leaflets 8-10 pairs, '3-'4 in. long ; flowers in racemes 6. digyna. 



Pod twisted, thin ; stems unarmed ; pinnae 7-8 pairs, leaflets 

 25-30, very narrow, '25 in. long ; flowers small, in short dense 

 panicles Coriaria. 



1. CAESALPINIA CRISTA, Linn. C. Bonducella, Flem. ; F. B. I. ii. 

 254. Guilandina Bonduc. ; W. & A. 280 in part var. minor, DC. 



