156 XXXI. LEGUMINOS^E. [CcBsalpii 



1. C. Bonducella, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 357. Syn. Guilandina Bondu- 

 cella, Linn. The fever-nut. Vern. Katkaranj i kat karinga, karanjo, kar- 

 anja, karonj. (Karbat, kachka, Sindh.) 



A scandent shrub ; pubescent ; branches, petioles, inflorescence armed, 

 sparsely or densely, with short, unequal, slightly recurved prickles. Leaves 

 ample, 1-1 J ft. long, pinnae 6-8 pair; leaflets opposite, 6-10 pair, elliptical 

 with a rounded, somewhat unequal-sided base, apex mucronate. Stipules 

 large, cut into large segments. Eacemes axillary, many-flowered, simple 

 or branched below, bracts linear-lanceolate, with a spreading or recurved 

 apex, projecting beyond the unopened flowers. Calyx rusty -tomentose, 

 with recurved lobes, the inferior lobe largest, hood-shaped. Petals yellow, 

 spreading, the upper sometimes spotted with red. Pods 2-valved, 2-3 in. 

 long, lj-lf in. broad, coriaceous, covered with sharp, straight, spreading 

 prickles. Seeds 1-2, globose or ovoid, smooth, shining, bluish grey or 

 lead-coloured, f in. long. 



Widely spread throughout the tropics, indigenous or naturalised in South- 

 ern, Eastern, and a great part of North-Western India, ascends to 2500 ft. in 

 Kamaon. In the Panjab only cultivated, and occasionally run wild in hedges 

 and waste places. Common in the Salt line fence in Harriana. The large yel- 

 low flowers appear in the rains. Is an excellent hedge -plant. The seeds con- 

 tain a fixed oil, resin, and a bitter substance : they are tonic and antiperiodic 

 (Pharm. Ind. 68). 



C. Bonduc, Roxb. {Guilandina B., Linn.), a nearly allied species in South 

 India and Burma, has nearly glabrous leaves, no stipules, and erect bracts. In 

 W. & A. Prodr. 280, the two are united, under the name of G. Bonduc. 



2. C. sepiaria, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 360_; W. & A. Prodr. 282; Wight 

 Ic. t. 37. Mysore thorn. Vern. Urn, uri, uran, arlu, kando, relu, relmi, 

 Pb. ; Kingri, aira, karaunj, agla, kdrkari, kannena, Garhwal, Kamaon ; 

 Alia, Oudh ; Senseni, Chittor in Meywar ; ChilJar, Bombay. 



A large, prickly climber. Pubescent ; branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 armed with short, strong, recurved prickles. Leaves ample, 10-18 in. long, 

 pinnae 6-10 pair; leaflets opposite, 8-12 pair, oblong, obtuse, on short 

 petioles ; stipules semisagittate, deciduous. Flowers yellow, in simple axil- 

 lary racemes, pedicels longer than flowers, jointed at the top, bracts lan- 

 ceolate, clothed, as well as pedicels and calyx, with ferruginous tonien- 

 tum. Lobes of calyx oblong, broader above, a little shorter than the petals, 

 the inferior lobe hood-shaped, larger than the others. Stamens some- 

 what longer than petals, villous below. Pod glabrous, oblong, obliquely 

 cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad. Seeds 4-8, ovoid, mottled, brown and 

 black, less than \ in. long. 



Indigenous and naturalised throughout India and Burma. Outer hills of the 

 Himalaya, extending to the Indus, ascending in places to 6000 ft. Said by 

 Roxburgh to have been introduced into Bengal from Mysore by General Martin. 

 Fl. Feb.-May ; Aug. (Hazara.) Makes an almost impenetrable fence : Hyder 

 Ali planted it round fortified places. 



Nearly allied is the Sappan-wood, C. Sap>pan, Linn. ; Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 16 ; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 357. Vern. Patang, Bakam, a large prickly tree in South India, 





