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XLV. LEGUHLN0S2E 



[Ccesalpinia 



Fig. 108. 



Csesalpinia Bonducella, 



Fleming. Fr. J. 



A. Face of pods armed with sharp prickles. 



1. C. Bonducella, Fleming; Pram in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 66, 226.— Syn. C. Bonduca, Kurz F. PL i. 

 406. Tlie Fever nut. Vern. Kanja, Karanju, Kath 

 Karanj, Hind. ; Niata, Sundrib.; Bagni, Sonth. ; Sagar- 

 gota, Mar. ; Gatsakai, Tel. ; Gazzaja, Kan. ; Gajji, 

 Tarn. ; Kalein, Burin. 



A large prickly scandent or straggling shrub. L. 

 pubescent, pinnae 6-8 pair, leaflets opposite, mucronate, 

 6-10 pair. Stipules cut into large segments. Fl. yel- 

 low, in axillary many-fld. racemes, bracts linear-lanceo- 

 late, spreading, longer than buds; filaments rusty - 

 tomentose. Pod coriaceous, obliquely elliptic, 2-3 by 

 1-|— 2 in. Seeds 2-3, lead-coloured, shining. 



Naturalized throughout India, to 2,500 ft. in Kuniaon. Indigenous in the Sundriban, 

 in Burma and on the Andamans. Fl. B. S. A good hedge plant. — Ceylon. On the 

 sea coast in the Malay Archipelago and other tropical countries. 2. Closely allied, 

 united with it by Wight & Arn. C. Bonduc, Boxb., naturalized in the Western Peninsula. 

 L. nearly glabrous, no stipules, bracts erect. 3. C. Minax, Hance, var. burmanica, Prain, 

 Fort Stedman and Saga, South Shan States, Upper Burma. (G Minax is a Chinese 

 species.) A diffuse shrub. Branches at first downy, afterwards glabrous ; pinnae 10- 

 12. Leaflets 6-10 pair. Stipules subulate, rigid, 2-3-fid. Fl. white, in long peduncled 

 racemes, which are sparingly branched near base : bracts very large, enveloping the 

 young fl. Pod 4 by 2 in., with pubescent bristles. 



B. Pods unarmed, dry, finally dehiscent. 



4. C. Sappan, Linn. ; Bedd. Manual 1. 13. Vern. Bakam, Hind. ; Bakapu, 

 Tel.; Pattanga, Kan.; Patunga, Sappangu, Tarn.; 

 Teinnyet, Burm. 



A small or middle-sized thorny tree, heart-wood red, 

 yields a valuable dye. L. nearly glabrous; pinna? 10-13 

 pair. Leaflets obtuse, very oblique, 10-20 pair. Fl. 

 yellow, filaments woolly at base. Pods thick, polished, 

 obovate. obliquely truncate, cuspidate. Seeds 3-4. 



Chittagong. Pegu, Tenasserim. Shan Plateau. Hills east 

 of Bhamo. Planted in the Western Peninsula, common in 

 hedges and run wild. Fl. B. S. — Malay Peninsula and Archi- 

 pelago. 



5. C. Nuga, Ait. — Syn. C.panicidata, Koxb. Vern. 

 SugauJc, Burm. ; Netu, Shingri-lota, Sundrib. 



A large scandent prickly shrub, glabrous, filaments 

 densely woolly in the lower half. Pinnse 2-5 pair. 

 Leaflets 2-3 pair, 1-2 in. long, coriaceous, glossy above, 

 pale beneath. Pod coriaceous, elliptic, pointed at both 

 ends, 2 in. long, 1-seeded. 



Silhet, Sundriban, Chittagong, Lower Burma, Andamans, 

 Western Peninsula, chiefly along the coast, but also inland. 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Queensland. 



Fig. 109.— Csesalpinia 

 Sappau, Linn. Fr. J. 



Fl. May-October.— 



6. C-. sepiaria, Roxb. The Mysore thorn. Vern. Relan, Karur, Pb. ; 

 Aila, Hind.; Gilo, Uriya; Chilian', Mar.; Kitrutit-gajjika, Kan.; Sukyanbo, 

 Burm . 



A scrambling pubescent shrub, forming dense hedges. Pinnse 6-10, 

 leaflets 6-9 pair, oblong, obtuse. Stipules semi-sagittate, deciduous. Fl. 

 bright yellow, on long pedicels. Stamens slightly longer than petals, fila- 

 ments densely woolly in the lower half. Pod glabrous, obliquely oblong, 

 cuspidate, 2-3 in. long. Seeds 4-8. 



