Entada.~] LEGUMINOSAE. 417 



racemose ; bracts ; bracteole club-shaped. Calyx tubular- 

 campaiiulate. 5-lobed. Petals 5, valvate, slightly connate at the 

 base. Stamens 10, free, exserted ; filaments slender ; anthers 

 tipped with a stalked gland which is early deciduous. Ovary 

 sessile, inany-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma minute, terminal. 

 Pod large, woody, flat, broadly falcate, septate between the seeds. 

 Seeds oblong, compressed. 



XYLIA XYLOCARPA, Taub. X. dolabriformis, Benth. ; F. B. I. 

 ii. 286; Bedd. Fl. t. 186. Inga xylocarpa, DC. ; W. & A. 269. 

 Forests of the N". Circars, on the hills from Ganjain to 

 Godavari, the chief tree of some forests ; Deccan, in Hyderabad 

 and Mysore, but scarce ; W. Ghats, from S. Canara to N. 

 Travancore. 



A deciduous tree with 2 pairs of oblong lanceolate leaflets, 

 the end pair up to 8 in. long, white flowers in globose heads 

 and large woody dolabriform pods. Bark reddish-grey ; 

 wood hard, reddish-brown, durable and useful for sleepers 

 and building purposes but difficult to work. Yern. Hind. 

 Jambu; Ur. Boja, Kongora; Tel.. Konda tangedu ; Tarn. 

 Irul ; Mai. Irumalla. 



78. Entada, Adans. 



Large woody unarmed tendril- bearing climbers. Leaves bi- 

 pinnate, the ultimate pinnae sometimes reduced to tendrils ; 

 stipules small, setaceous ; stipels 0. Flowers very small, sessile, 

 in long narrow spikes, polygamous. Calyx minute, campaiiulate, 

 shortly 5-toothed. Petals free or slightly connate at the base, 

 valvate. Stamens 10, free ; filaments filiform or slightly expanded 

 above ; anthers shortly oblong, gland-crested. Ovary subsessile, 

 maiiy-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma terminal, concave. Pod 

 flat, woody, very large, of many discoid 1-seeded joints which 

 with the persistent eiidocarp breakaway from each other and 

 from the persistent thickened sutures. Seeds large, circular, 

 compressed. 



ENTADA SCANDENS, Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 286. E. Pursaefha, DC. ; 

 W. & A. 267. 



Hill forests of the X. Circars; Deccan. in the Nallainalai Hills 



of Kurnool ; W. Ghats, from S. Canara to Travancore, in 



evergreen forests. 



A gigantic climber with very small yellowish flowers and huge 



