448 BENGAL PLANTS. [Mezonenron. 
686/2. Var. cRanpIs Bak.; F. B. I. ii. 258. 
Behar ; Chota Ragone ; Deas 
A very extensive climbe 
687. MezonguRoN ENNEAPHYLLUM W. & A.; F. B. I. ii, 258 4 
Cesalpinia enneaphylla F. I. ii. 363. 
Chittagong. 
A climbing shrub. 
2-pinnate; pinne abru ruptly pinnate ; leaflets many eee ae 4 
firmer, larger ; stipules various ; stipe els 0. Flowers often showy; : 
aaiihive outermost. Petals 5, raniiite or oblong, usually — 
spreading, slightly unequal, imbricate, the uppermost page” : 
Stamens 10, free, declinate ; filaments villous or glandular . Hy 
free from the disk, few-ovuled ; -_— usually terete, filiform, rarely : 
clavate ; stigma terminal, minute, truncate or concave. q 
oblong or ligulate, thin, Ee or turgid pod, meee spiny 7 
outside, usually occluded between the seeds, or an ! mie in 
coriaceous or almost fleshy, subturgid lomentum. See 4 
verse, ovate to orbicular; albumen : 
Pod armed with a ined prickles ; petals narrow «+--+ 
Pod unarmed ; peta a 
Pod dry, icawea sito narrow suture : ely? “ 
Leaflets few, coriaceous, large ; pods sate seeds solitary oF Nugas c 
Leaflets many, membranous or only subcoriaceous, small ; pods : 
longer than broad; seeds 5-8 strap- ; 
Stamens long, far exserted ; pets long-clawed ; pods cherie ‘ 
shaped 
aoesecacet®®, 
Stamens short, little exserted ; petals short-clawed :— bint 
Stipules 0; petals subequal; pod w wingless, broadly 
pointed, with a recurved beak.........-ssceccseseeeetet eee 
Stipules large; upper petal smaller than the © ne io 
narrowly winged along the ventral suture, pees ae 
6 straight beak  .......... incl, 2h. oe sd, 
Pod somewhat fleshy, thick-valved, with seed sutures, t 
» 2-4-seeded 
