84 



Common along the Ghauts. Syn. E monostachya, DC. loc. cit. ; 

 E Rheedei, Spr. syst. ii, 325 ; Pusaetha No. 6441, Linn. Fl Zeyl. ; 

 Mimosa No. 219, Linn. Fl Zeyl. ; M scandens, Linn. sp. p 1601 ; 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 554; M Entada, Linn. sp. p 1502; Acacia 

 scandens; Willd. loc. cit. 1057. An infusion of the spongy fibres 

 of the trunk used with advantage for various affections of the skin 

 in the Philippines, where it is called " Gogo," Adams ; the seeds 

 are eaten roasted in Soonda. 



49. PROSOPIS, Linn. 



1. SPICIGERA, Linn. Maut. p 68. A tree, armed with prickles ; 

 leaves pinnated or bipinnated ; leaflets 7 to 10 pair, oblong linear 

 obtuse, glabrous; spikes axillary, several together, slender elongated ; 

 legumes cylindric, filled with mealy pulp. Very common in Guzerat, 

 where it is called " Sumree." Generally found covered with nume- 

 rous perforated knots or galls, the work of a species of cynips. 

 DC. Prod. 2, 446 ; Syn. Adenanthera aculeata, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 iii, 371. Grows also in the south of Persia. The flowers are almost 

 the same as those of Entada, Burm. Fl Ind. t. 25, /. 3. 



NOTE. Also called Sounder. This is the tree to which (in the Deccan) the 

 processions during Dussera proceed. In Sind very plentiful. 



50. DICHROSTACHYS, DC. 



1. CINEREA, W. and A. Prod. 271. A thorny shrub ; leaves 

 pinnated ; pinnae 5 to 10 pair; leaflets numerous, linear ciliated; 

 spikes usually solitary, rarely 2 to 3 together, drooping, somewhat 

 cylindric, one-half of the spike yellow, the other rose-coloured ; 

 legume thick and coriaceous, curved and twisted, jointed ; joints 

 one-seeded. Common in the Deccan. Syn. Mimosa cinerea, Linn, 

 sp. 1505 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 561 ; Desmanthus cinereus, Willd. sp. 

 iv, 1048 ; DC. Prod. 2, 445; Acacia cinerea, Spr. syst. iii, 143. 



51. NEPTUNIA, Desm. 



1 . OLER ACEA, Lour. Benth in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, 354. Annual, 

 floating and throwing out roots ; leaves bipinnated ; pinnae 2 to 3 

 pair; leaflets 8 to 12 pair; stipules obliquely cordate ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves ; flowers in oblong solitary 

 spikes ; legume stalked, oblique at the base, oblong falcate, 6 to 8- 

 seeded. Tanks throughout the Concan. DC. Prod. 2, 444 ; Syn. 

 Mimosa natans, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 553 ; M prostrata, Lam. ; Des- 

 manthus natans, Willd. sp. iv, 1044; D lacustris, Willd. ; D stolo- 

 nifer, DC. loc. cit. 444. 



2. TRIQUETRA, Benth. loc. cit. Bitriennial, prostrate; stem 



