78 36. LEGUMlNOS/E. [Ccbsalyinici, 



Willd., the divicUvi tree, and C- indclievrinia, Sw., au ornamental slirub, 

 are cultivated throngliout the presidency in jDlantations ; along road, sidea 

 and in gardens. 



MEZONEURON, Dcsf. 



Climbers. Leaves bipimiate. Flowers in large panicles^ yellow. 

 Calyx oblique, lowest lobe cvicullate. Petals spreading, siibequab 

 obovate. Stamens free, exserted. Pod large, flat, thiu, winged 

 down tlie upper suture, indeliiscent. 



M. cucullatum, W. & A. Prod. 283 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 258 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. n. 80. Hagi, Vern. In the moist evergreen forests of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, abundant in the extreme south of North 

 Kauara. PI. Nov. Feb. Fr. March. 



POINCIANA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves bipimiate. Flowers in corymbose racemes, large. 

 Petals orbicular, clawed, margin of blade fiinbriate-crisped. Stamens 

 10; free, exserted. Pod large, flat, ligulate. 



Flowers bright scarlet P. rerjicu 



Flowers yellow ■ P. data. 



P. regia. Bojer. Bot. Mag. t. 2884. Fl. Br. I. 2. 2G0 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 27. Goolmohr tree. Cultivated in gardens throughout 

 the presidency, very ornamental, a native of Madagascar. Fl. H. S. 

 Fr. remains long on tree. 



P. elata, Linn. ; DC. Prod. IL 484 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 2G0 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 178; Brandis For. Fl. 157 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. Suppl. 28. Indi- 

 genous in the forests of the western coast as far north as Gujarat, 

 Brandis. Cultivated in gardens throughout the presidency. Fl. R.S. 

 Fr. C. iS. 



PARKINSONIA, Linn. 



Spinous trees. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae with a flattened rachis, 

 leaflets very small, often absent-. Flowers yellow. Petals exserted, 

 broad with long claws. Stamens 10, villous, included. Pod turgid, 

 dry, nioniliform. 



p aculeata, Linn. DC. Prod. II. 48G ; Fl. Br. L 2. 260; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 91 ; Brandis For. Fl. 158 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 28. 

 Vilayaie kikar. Cultivated as a hedge plant or as a road-side tree 

 throughout the presidency, a native of the West Indies. Fl, throughout 

 the year. 



WAGATEA. Dalz. 



Prickly climber. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in simple 

 or panicled spikes, orange-coloured. Corolla little exserted. Pod 

 lio-ulate oblong, indehisccnt, few seeded, sutures thickened. 



"w. spicata, Dalz. in Kcw Jour. III. 90 ; Fl. Br, I. 2. 260; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80. WaguH, M. Common throughout the presidency 

 both in dry and in moist forests. Fl. C.S. Fr. U.S. 



