255 L. LEGUMiNOSiB. (J. G. Baker.) [Gcesalpinia. 



6. C. seplarla, Moxb. Sort. Seng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 360 ; downy, pinnse 

 13-20, leaflets 16-24 small oMonp;, stamens little exserted, pod oUong-lignlale 

 subturgid veined 4-8-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5834, excl. H.; W. ^ A. Prodr. 282 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 37 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80. C. ferox. Hassle. PI. Jav. Bar. 

 400. 0. japonica, SiA. Sf Zims. Fl. Jap. 9. 0. crista, Thwnh. Fl. Jap. 179, rum 

 lAnn. Reichardia decapetala, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 484. Biancaea scandens, 

 Todaro Sort. Bot. Paru»-m. 4, t. 1. 



Himalayas to Gsrum and Ata, ascending to 4000 ft. in the North-West. — Dib- 

 TEiB. Malay isles, China, Japan and introduced in Tropical America. 



Branches more or less densely coated with grey or brown pubescence. PricMes 

 small, copious, hooked, pale brown. Leaves |— 1 ft. long ; pinnse distinctly stalked ; 

 leaflets membranous, very obtuse, ^1 in. long, green and glabrous aboTe, glaucous 

 and slightly pubescent beneath. Sacemes simple, distinctly-peduncled, ^1 ft. long ; 

 pedicels rigidly erecto-patent, twice the length of the calyx. Calyx J- j in., more or 

 less pubescent. Corolla J in., bright yellow. Mlaments densely woolly in the lower 

 half. Fod 3-5 in. by above 1 in., sublignose, glabrous, rather recurved, with the upper 

 suture dilated into a narrow i)firris-like wing, subindehiscent. 



7. C. mimosoides, Lam. III. t. 335, %. 2 ; downy, pinnae 20-60, leaflets 

 20-40 oUong very small, stamens little exserted, pod recurved oblong very 

 turgid 2-seeded. DC. Prodr. ii. 482 ; W. 8r A. P-odr. 281 ; Wight. Ic. t. 392; 

 Dalz. Sf Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 80. 0. Simora, Sam. in Boxb. Sort. Beng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 359. 0. resupinata, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 362. 0. horrida. 

 Wall. Cat. 5836. 0. armata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5840. Biancaea mimosoides, 

 Todaro Sort. Bot. Panorm. 3. 



BiKMA at Chappedong, Wallich. Western PENmsuLA. CEn,ON. 



BrancTies armed with copious irregular small prickles, passing down gradually 

 into aciculi, bristles and hairs. Leaves I -1^ ft. long, much narrower than in the other 

 species ; leaflets sessile, membranous, sensitive, glabrous, ^-| in. long. Sacemes lax, 

 simple, 1-2 ft. long, the rachis densely prickly and like the rigidly erecto-patent 

 prickles very rough with hard raised points ; pedicels 2-3 times the length of the 

 calyx. Calf/x ^-| in., more or less downy. Petals broad, bright yellow, scarcely ex 

 serted. Mlaments densely woolly in the lower half. Pod under 2 in. long, more 

 turgid than in the other species, half an inch thick, narrowed to the base, hard, sub 

 indehiscent, clothed with minute deciduous bristles, truncate at the end with a short 

 recurved beak, the sutures not at all thickened. 



Stjbsen. 3. Cinclidocarpus (Z. & M.). Pod rather fleshy, indehiscent, 

 naked on the faces, the sutures much thickened. Petals broad. 



8. C. di^yna, BoUl. ; DC. P-odr. ii. 482 ; leaflets 16-20 membranous, 

 pedicels spreading 2-4 times the length of the calyx. Wall. Cat. 5839 ; W. ^ 

 A. Prodr. 281. 0. oleosperma, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 356. 0. 

 flavicans, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5825. 0. gracilis, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 110. 

 Pterolobium lacerans. Wall. Cat. 5841, F. & I. 



Eastern Himalayas, Eastern and Western Peninsulas, and Ceylon. 



DiSTRiB. Malay isles. 



Branches glabrous or slightly downy ; prickles scattered, uniform. Leaves i-| ft. 

 long; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, sessile, J-^ in. long, dark green and glabrous 

 above, grey and glabrescent or obscurely downy beneath. Racemes peduncled, simple, 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves ; pedicels ^1 in., slender, glabrous, spreading hori- 

 zontally or rather deflexed. Calyx glabrous, 1-1 in. Stamens little exserted, woolly. 

 Pod oblong, glabrous, 1^2 in. long, 2-4-seeded, turgid, torulose. 



9. C. cinclidocarpa, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 110 ; leaflets 28-86 rigidly 

 Bubcoriaceous, racemes copiously panicled, pedicels erecto-patent as long as the 



