80 30. LEGUMINOSiE. [Cfl.<?.snr 



C. grandis, C. hicapsularls, W. & A.) I am unacquainted witli ; sec Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bom. Fl. Suppl. p. 29. 



CYNOMETRA. Liun. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets few. Flowers 

 minute, axillary. Petals 5, equal, not exserted. Pod turgid, inde- 

 hisceut, fleshy, rugose, 1-seeded. 



C. ramiflora, Linn.; DC. Prod. IL 509; Dalz. <& Gibs. Bom. Fl. 83; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 315 ; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 267. In the forests of the Konkan 

 and North Kanara. The characteristic fruit of this species is carried 

 down the Kalanadi during the rainy season and is thrown up on the 

 sea-shore near Karwar. Fl. H. S. Fr. ripe Aug., Sept. 



HARDWICKIA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers small in racemose 

 panicles Sepals 5, petaloid. Petals 0. Stamens 10, alternately 

 shorter. Pod dry, 1-seeded near top. 



H, binata, Roxb. FL Ind. II. 423 ; Fl-Br. I. 270 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 83 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 26 ; Brandis For. Fl, 162. Anjan, M. In the 

 dry forests of the presidency ; a gregarious tree, but very local, common 

 on the trap of the Satpudas in Khandesh ; a small forest of this specie is 

 found in the Ranebennur taluka of Dharwar. Fl. C.S. Fr. Apl., May. 



SARACA, Liun. 



Trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers in dense corymbose 

 axillary panicles. Calyx-tube long, limb 4-cleft. Petals 0. Sta- 

 mens 3-8, exserted. Pod oblong, woody 2-valved. 



S. indica, Linn. Mant. 98 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 271 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 57 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 166; Jonesia Asoca, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 218; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 82. Ashok, jassundie, Vern. In the evergreen forests 

 of the Konkan and North Kdnara, common, sometimes planted. Fl. 

 Mch., Apl. Fr. Aug., Sept. 



TAMARINDUS, Liun. 



Tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate, stipules caducous. Flowers 

 racemed. Calyx-tube turbinate, divisions 4, membranous. Petals 

 3. Stamens 3 perfect, united in a sheath ; remaining stamens re- 

 duced to staminodcs at top of the sheath. Pod 3-10-seedcd, meso- 

 carp fleshy. 



T. indica, Linn. DC. Prod. II. 488 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 273 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 82. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 184 ; Brandis For. Fl. IG3. The tama- 

 rind. Hunase, K.i chinch, 'hi.; amli, Vera. Self-sown near villages aud 

 in waste lauds ; also cultivated throughout the presidency, indigenous 

 in tropical Africa. Fl. May, .June. Fr. ripe Feb.,. Mch. 



