 Mezoneuron. | LEGUMINOS#. 447 
the lowest outermost narrow. asks 10, ‘decuath free ; la 
ments villous below; anthers uniform; dehiscence longitudinal. 
_ Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled, free from the disk; style some- 
what thickened; stigma small, terminal. Fruita thick, straight, 
_ -Glongated, turgid pod. Seeds transverse, oblong; hilum small. 
685. Conviniea RACEMOSA Boj 
Planted occasionally in _— of the provinces. 
A medium-sized tree; introduced from Mauritius. 
289. Mezoneuron Desf. 
Prickly, woody climbers; leaves abruptly 9-pinnate ; Pp’ 
abruptly pinnate ; leaflets small, numerous, or large; few; stipules 
mall or tela stipels 0. Flowers racemose, 
or in Sige panicles; bracts narrow; bracteoles 0. 
a short, very oblique, disk-lined tube ; segments imbri- 
cate, the aa outermost large, boat-shaped. Petals 5, orbicular, 
A ive much — subequal, or the uppermos rmost inmos 
— Stan 10, declinate, free, glabrous oF pilose ; 
anthers uniform ; lie das longitu Ovary sessile oF 
shortly “Say 2-many-ovuled; stipe or bile free from disk ; 
style subulate, apex obliquely clavate ; stigma te , minute oF 
Concave and ciliolate. Fruit a thin, flattened jomentum, longi- 
udinally winged along the upper suture. Seeds transverse, com 
Pressed, orbicular or reniform; albumen 0: 
xd 
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nm 
Pod l-seeded ; h 
—- 4-5-jugate, large, ovate-acute ; stamens muc 
exceeding the calyx baie : 
feat ets 2 in. or ‘eed long; wing of pod -4 in. or less wide. _cucullatum. 
flets 3 in. or more long; wing of pod ‘5 in. or mor re wide 
Pod cucullatum var. grandis. 
‘ai 4-6-seeded ; leaflets 9-11-jugate, small, oblong, © obtuse, °5 in. } 
sg stamens slightly exceeding the calyx...-.--+1+r1--"77" enneaphyllum. 
686. Mezonzuron cucunnatum W. & A.3 FP. B. 1. ii. 258. 
Cesalpinia cucullata F. I. ii. 358. 
Chota Nagpur; N. Bengal. 
A very extensive climber. 
