454 BENGAL PLANTS. [Neptunia, 
small, terminal, concave. Frwit an obliquely oblong or ligulate, — 
flattened, coriaceous pod. Seeds transverse, ovate, compressed. 
Stems prostrate or nearly 80; leaflets of a pinna 8-15-jugate ; pod oblique, — 
oblong, 6-10-seeded naaniene: 
Stems ascending, stout; leaflets of a pinna 20-30-jugate ; pod oblong- 
ligulate, 15-20-seeded _— 
700. NEPTUNIA OLERACEA Lour.; F. B. I. ii. 285; E. D. N. 7. 
Mimosa natans F. I. ii. 553. 
C. Bengal, in jheels. 
A widely creeping marsh plant. Beng. Pani-najak. a 
701. Nepronta pena Benth.; F. B. I. ii, 286. Mimosa Adenan- , 
thera F. I. ii, 554. . 
C. Bengal, introduced only. ae 
A a marsh-plant; native of America. Beng. 7 
Belati pani-najak, o. 
297. Xylia Benth. a 
A tall, hard-wooded tree; leaves evenly 2-pinnate ; pinn®e A: : 
jugate ; leaflets opposite, even-pinnate, large, few ; stipules small, : 
linear, deciduous ; Stipels 0; interfoliolar glands few. Flowers mS 
globose, peduncled heads, peduncles fascicled in ag si 
racemose at ends of branches; bracts 0; bracteoles 0. Sepals 
elastically but tardily; septate within. Seeds oblong, ™ - 
compressed, 6 
702. XY¥LIA DOLABRIFORMIS Benth. ; F.B. 1. ii. 286; E. D. 
Mimosa wylocarpa F. I. ii. 548 
Orissa, Khurda. 
A tall tree, Uriya Boja, kongora. 
298. Desmanthus Willd. : 
Perennial herbs or undershrubs; branches striate or pen 
leaves evenly 2-pinnate ; pinne even-pinnate; leaflets 8? 
stipules setaceous ; stipels 0. Flowers in ovate-globose heads, 
solitary axillary peduncles ; all ¢ or the lower neuter, sometimes 
