418 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Entada. 



pods ; the leaflets 1-3 in. long, oblong, shining, obtuse or 

 ernarginate. The thick stems are spirally twisted, and the 

 climber is bad for forest trees and has to be cut. The round 

 flat shining seeds are eaten and may be hollowed out into 

 small boxes and other articles. Yern. Hind. Gila ; Vr. Geredi ; 

 Mai. Kaka valli. 



79. Adenanthera, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves bipinnate, the pinnae opposite ; leaflets many, 

 alternate ; stipules minute, caducous ; stipels 0. Flowers in 

 slender spiciform racemes, either solitary and axillary or terminal 

 and panicled; bracts minute, bracteoles 0. Calyx short, cam- 

 panulate, 5-lobed. Petals 5, connate below, valvate. Stamens 10, 

 free, scarcely exserted, alternately long and short ; anthers oblong, 

 ending in a stipitate gland. Ovary sessile, inany-ovuled ; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, terminal. Pod linear, torulose, curved, 

 septate within, the valves much twisted after dehiscence. Seeds 

 thick, with a hard shining scarlet or scarlet and black testa. 

 ADENANTHERA PAVONINA, Linn.; F.B. I. ii. 287; W. &A. 271; 

 Wt. 111. t. 84; Bedd. Fl. t. 46. 



Commonly cultivated in gardens and avenues, doubtfully 

 wild. 



A handsome deciduous tree with many ovate-oblong leaflets 

 about 1 in. long, pale yellow flowers and conspicuous pods 

 with scarlet lenticular seeds. Bark grey ; wood hard, close- 

 grained, red, useful for building and furniture. The red 

 seeds are used as ornaments and for jewellers' weights. 

 Yern. Tel. Bandi gurivenda ; Tarn. Ani kundamani ; Mai. 

 Manchadi. 



80. Prosopis, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees with thorns. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae usually 

 few-paired ; leaflets many, small, narrow ; stipules small or 0, 

 .sometimes spinescent; stipels 0. Floixers small, in narrow spikes 

 or subspicate racemes ; bracts and bracteoles 0. Calyx~tu\:>e 

 campanulate, shortly toothed or subentire. Petals 5, valvate, 

 connate at base, at length free. Stamens 10, free, slightly 

 exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers with a deciduous gland. 

 Ovary sessile or stalked, many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma 

 minute, terminal. Pod cylindric or linear, flat or turgid, often 



