120 LegwnifLOSCB. \Adencmthera\. 



60. ADENANTKERA, L. 



Trees, not spinous, 1. bipinnate, without stip., lflts. alternate, 

 fl. very small in axillary spicate racemes ; cal. campanulate,, 

 shallowly toothed; pet. 5, equal, valvate, very slightly coherent 

 at base ; stam. 10, free, equalling pet., anth. with an ovoid 

 gland on summit ; pod narrow, falcate or twisted, thin, torulose,. 

 with several seeds. — Sp. 4 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Lflts. rounded ; seed all red 1. A. pavonina.. 



Lflts. acuminate ; seed half red, half black . . . 2. A. bicolor. 



1. A. pavonina, L. Sp. PL 384 (1753). BXadatiya, S. Anai- 



kuntumani, T. 



Herm. Mus. 21. Burm. Thes. 79. Fl. Zeyl. n. 160. Moon Cat. 34. 

 Thw. Enum. 98. C. P. 3605. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 287. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 46. Wight, 111. t. 80. 



A tall tree with erect trunk, and pale grey rather smooth 

 bark, young parts quite glabrous ; 1. large, wide-spreading,, 

 main rachis 8-12 in., glabrous, furrowed above, striate, pinnae 

 3 or 4 pair with rachis horizontally spreading and thickened at 

 base, lflts. 8-12, alternate, stalked, distant, i| in. or more,. 

 oval-oblong, rounded at both ends, unequal at base, glabrous, 

 thin, dark green, paler beneath ; fl. on short horizontal 

 glabrous ped., racemes stalked, lax, shorter than 1., buds blunt, 

 bracts minute, very early deciduous ; cal. glabrous ; pet. linear- 

 lanceolate, acute; pod 6-8 in. by nearly f in., tapering to base, 

 pointed, falcately curved, glabrous, valves becoming spirally 

 twisted after dehiscence ; seeds 8-10, § in., globose-lenticular 

 with blunt keel, brilliant scarlet, shining. 



Low country; common, but generally planted. Fl. April; greenish- 

 white. 



Also in India, Malaya, Philippines, and China. 



The bright scarlet seeds are well known ; they are called ' Mad-eta,' 

 and are the principal weights used by gold and silversmiths, weighing 

 each somewhat less than 4 grains. 



Heart-wood hard, moderately heavy, close-grained, pale brownish-red. 



2. A. bicolor, Moon Cat. Ceyl. PL 34 (1824). Mas-mora, S. 



[Plate XXXIV.] 



Thw. Enum. 98. C. P. 324. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 287. 



A moderate-sized tree with wide-spreading branches, 

 young shoots glabrous, entirely of a dull vinous-purple 

 colour; 1. numerous, spreading, main rachis 6-8 in., glabrous, 

 shining, purplish, scarcely channelled, pinnae 3 or 4 pair or 

 often alternate with slender purple rachis thickened at base, 

 lflts. 5-7, alternate, very distant, shortly stalked, disarticulat- 



