82 36. LEGUMINOS^. [BauMnia, 



B. purpurea, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 320; Fl. Br. T. 2. 284 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 92 ; Brandis For. Fl. 160 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 30. Bewa- 

 huiichun, ragtahanchim, afmoiti, Vern. Cultivated throughout the pre- 

 sidency, also wild in the dry forests of the Deccan and Konkan. Fl. 

 Sept., Nov. Fr. Jan., April. 



B. variegata, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 514 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92 ; Bran- 

 dis For. Fl. 160; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 284 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 30. 

 Kanaraj, hovidara, hanchan, Vern. Cultivated throughout the presidency, 

 often as a road-side tree, Fl. Feb., April. Fr. Nov. 



XYLIA, Benth. 



Tree. Leaves bipinnate, pinnse 1 pair. Flowers in globose, 

 tomentose beads. Petals linear, valvate. Stamens 10, free, anthera 

 with deciduous, stipitate glands. Pod woody, falcate, dehiscent. 



X. dolabriformis, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. IV. 417; Fl. Br. I. 2. 

 286 ; Brandis For. Fl. 171 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 186 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 85. The iron wood of Pegu and Arracan. Pytikado, Barm. 

 Jamba, yerul, suria, M. ; jambe, K. Throughout the deciduous forests of 

 the presidency. Fl. Mch., April. Fr. C.S. Yields a hard, durable, 

 reddish brown timber, suitable for railway sleepers. 



ENTADA, Linn. 



Climber with tendrils. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers minute, yellow 

 in long spikes. Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, free 

 exserted ; anthers glandular. Pod very large, constricted between 

 the seeds ; seeds flat ovate brown shining. 



E. scandens, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. IV. 332 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 287 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 167; E. jmsoetha, DC; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. 

 Qardul, Vern ; gdrambi, garbe, M. Throughout the forests of the North 

 Kanara and Konkan ghats, often along river banks. Fl, Mch., May. 

 Fr. Dec, Jan. 



ADENANTHERA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in slender axillary 

 or paniculate racemes. Petals free or connate at the base. Stamens 

 10, free, anther cells with a deciduous gland at top. Pod linear, 

 2-valved, seeds with a red or bi-coloured testa. 



A. pavonina, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 446 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 287 ; Bedd. Fl. 



Sylv. t. 40 ; Brandis For. Fl. 168, Muvjuti, K. ; vol, thorla-gung, M. 

 In the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara, nowhere abun- 

 dant. Fl. Mch., May. Fr. Aug. -Oct. 



PROSOPIS, Linn. 



Thorny trees. Loaves bipinnate, pinnae 2 pair, leaflets obliquely 

 oblong, 3-nerved. Flowers small, yellow, in the axils of ovate 

 membranous bracts. Stamens 10, free, anthers tipped with a 



