IOO LeguminOSCZ. \Coesalpinia~ 



3. C. sepiaria, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32 (18 14). 



Thw. Enum. 95. C. P. 3602. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 256. Wight, Ic. t. 37 (poor). 



A stout woody climber, branches finely downy with few 

 small yellow prickles ; 1. large, main rachis 5-7 in. with 4-6 

 pair, pinnae pubescent, with small hooked prickles beneath,, 

 lflts. 12-18 (6-9 pair), very shortly stalked, J-f in., oblong,, 

 rounded at both ends, pilose on both sides, paler beneath ; fl. 

 large, 1^ in., ped. 1-1^ in., stout, hairy, ascending, racemes 

 terminal, large 6-12 in. long, erect, bracts long, lanceolate,,, 

 acuminate, caducous ; cal. finely but densely pubescent, segm. 

 very obtuse, reflexed, pet. shortly clawed, reflexed ; stam_ 

 much exserted, fil. woolly for more than lower half; pod 4 in. 

 by i-| wide, not stalked, sharply beaked, pubescent with 

 deciduous hairs, orange -brown, somewhat veiny, tardily 

 dehiscent ; seeds 6-8, oblong, § in., greenish, mottled. 



Var. (3, auricoma, Trim. 



More robust, whole plant including prickles densely 

 covered with a velvet of soft spreading bright golden-yellow 

 hair; 1. larger 9-12 in., with 8-10 pair of pinnae; prickles 

 larger and more numerous. 



Low country, and up to 4500 ft., especially in the dry and intermediate 

 regions. Var. /3, lower montane region to 5000 ft. Matale; Maturata;., 

 Uda Pusselawe. Fl. March, April, September; bright chrome-yellow, 

 filaments crimson. 



Also in India, Malaya, China, and Japan. 



Var. j3 is a very handsome plant, which further examination may show 

 to be a distinct species. I have not seen the fruit. 



[C. mimosoides, Lam., is recorded for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 256, but 

 I am not aware upon what authority. It is native to Peninsular India 

 and Burma.] 



4. C. dig-yna, Rottl. in Neue Schrift. Natarf. Freunde Berlin, iv„ 

 198 (1803). 



Thw. Enum. 95. C. P. 1527. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 256. Rottl. 1. c. t. 3. 



A woody climber, branches glabrous, purple, with hooked 

 brown prickles, young parts rufous-pubescent ; 1. narrow,, 

 main rachis 6-8 in., with 9-12 pair of pinnae, with rachis \\-2 

 in., pubescent, lflts. 20-24 (10-12 pair), | in., sessile, closely 

 placed, overlapping, oblong, very obtuse, pubescent on both 

 sides, thin ; fl. \ in., ped. 1 in., horizontally divaricate, slender,, 

 racemes stalked, axillary, 6-8 in., bracts setaceous, falling very 

 early; cal. glabrous, segm. separating from the flat base; stam. 

 little exserted, fil. very woolly for more than basal half ; pod 

 (not seen ripe) ' oblong, rather fleshy, indehiscent, 2 J in. by 



