Prosopis] XLV. LEG-UMIXOS.E 261 



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panicles. Stamens 10, free, exserted, anthers gland-tipped. Pod coriaceous, 

 indehiscent, pendulous, linear, 5—10 in. long, filled with a dry sweetish pulp, 

 contracted between seeds. 



Sind, the Punjab. Bajputana, the Dwian. as far south as Tuticorin. Baluchistan 

 and Persia. Leafless for a short time. Fl. after the leaves have eoine out, from 

 Febr. to April. Gregarious, coppices well, the base of the stem often surrounded by a mass 

 of stiff thtiniybraneb.es and suckers. 2. P. Stephaniana, Kuntli. Peshawar, Afghan- 

 istan. Western Asia, a thorny shrub: pimise 2-5 pair; pods short, thick, 1-1$ in. long. 



2. PIPTADENIA, Benin. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 289. 

 (Species 40, tropics of both hemispheres, chiefly America.) 



P. oudhensis, Brandis : Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 43. Vern. Genti, 

 ( rdi nt i, Oudh. 



A middle-sized tree, glabrous, except inflorescence, branches armed with 

 large conical prickles. L. bipinnate, pinna opposite, 2 pair, flat glands at the 

 base of each. Leaflets 1 pair, reniform, subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. long. Fl. 

 greenish-yellow, in dense cylindrical spikes, arranged in short panicles. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, nearly truncate ; petals 5, lanceolate, three times the length of 

 calyx. Stamens longer than petals, terminal glands of anthers globose. Pod 

 stalked, linear, flat, 9-12 in. long, i in. broad. Seeds 15-20. 



Hills of tin- Gonda district ami adjacent hills of Nepal. Oudh, discovered by E. 

 Thompson 1871. Hills above Banndeo, eastern Kumaon. (1). B. 1875.) Fl. April. 



3. DICHROSTACHYS, DC: Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 2S8. 

 (Species 7, most in tropical Africa, one in tropical Australia.) 



D. cinerea, W. et A. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 185.— Syn. Mimosa dm rea, Boxb. 

 Cor. PI. t. 174. Vern. Kurilai, Merwara; Sigamkati, Mar. ; Wadu, Kan.; 



Velturu, Tel. ; Vadataram, Tarn. ; Sitbyu, Burm. 



A rigid thorny pubescent shrub or small tree, with light grey baric, heart- 

 wood dark purple, spines axillary, straight, Btrong and sharp, often prolonged 

 into leaf-bearing branches. L. bipinnate: pinnSB 6-10 pair, opposite, small stipi- 

 tate glands at the base of each pair: leaflets 12-15 pair, ,',, in. long, filiate. 

 Fl. in dense cylindrical spikes, the upper flowers of each spike bisexual, yellow, 



the lower sterile, purple, sometimes white, with long filiform stanii les. I 'mis 



linear, 2-3 in. long, irregularly twisted, indehiscent or opening irregularly. 



Dry stony bills in Central India, Rajputana ami tbe Deccan. Meiktila and Pakokku 

 district in the dry region of the middle [rawaddi valley. El. according to the locality, 

 at different times, In Rajputana, the northern Deccan and Burma in the M.S., Co imba tore 

 in June, Veligondas, NFellore district in November. 



4. ENTADA, Adans.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 286. 



Puscetha, Linn. ; Engler u. Prantl iii. '■'•. 122. 



Spc.ic- ii. tropics of both hemispheres. 



E. scandens, Benth. ; Brandis F. Fl. Hi". Vern. Pangra, Beng. ; Gfila, 

 Sundrib. ; Qaranibi, .Mar.: Gdn-nyin, Burm. 



A 'civ large w I\ climber, stems angled and much twisted. The wood to 



a greal extent consists of thin-walled parenchyma, in which arc embedded 



longitudinal strands of vessels, sieve-tubes and w l-fibres. L. bipinnate, 



common petioles ending In long \* ly bifid tendrils; pinns opposite, 2 pair ; 



leatlets :>-l pair. 1 3 in. long, glabrous, shining. Fl. pale yellow, crowded in 

 long Blender spikes, from the axils of the upper leaves, or arranged in a terminal 



panicle. Calyx shortly 5-tOOthed J petals 5. Stamens 10, tree, exserted. 



