Gcesalpmia.] l. lequminosji. (J. G. Bak&r.) 257 



calyx. Oinclidocarpus nitidus, ZoU. ^ Moritz. Nat. Geneegk. iii. 74. C. mi- 

 orophyUa, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5826. 0. tortuosa, Wall. Cat. 5827 D. 



Assam and Silhet. — Distkib. Java. 



Obscurely downy. PricMes scattered, uniform. Leaves- a, foot or more long; 

 pinnse 20-24 ; leaflets close, sessile, obtuse, ligulate, caducous, ^-| in. by ^| in., glossy 

 above. Panicles often as long as the leaves, with finely downy rachises and pedicels. 

 Calyx J-J in. Petals round with a claw, bright yellow. Stamens little exserted. Pod 

 oblong, indehiscent, 2-3 in. by 1 in., glabrous, 3-4-seeded. 



10. C. tortuosa, Soxb. Sort. Seng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 365 ; leaflets 

 40-60 rigidly subcoriaeeous, racemes simple, pedicels ereoto-patent as long as the 

 calyx. Wall. Cat. 5827 A, B, 0. 



Tenasserim, Waliichi — Disteib. Malay isles. 



Branches slightly downy. Prickles small, scattered, uniform. Leaioes X-l^fk. 

 long ; pinnse 30-40 ; leaflets close, glossy, sessile, narrow ligulate, obtuse, J-|- in. by 

 i in., just like those of the last in shape and texture. Sacemes as long as the leaves. 

 Calyx f in., glabrous. Pod just like those of the two preceding. 



97. PEXiTOFKOXtUItl, Vogel. 



Tall unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers showy, yellow, in 

 axillary and panicled terminal racemes. Caiyx witb the disk confined to the 

 base ; teeth subequal, very deep, imbricate. Petals oblong or roundish, imbri- 

 cated, spreading. Stamens 10, free, declinate ; filaments with a dense tuft of 

 hairs at the base; anthers uniform, linear-oblong. Ovary sessile, free, few- 

 ovuled ; style long, filiform, incurved, stigma large peltate. Pod oblong, flat, 

 thin, hard, indehiscent, with a firm broad wing on each suture. — Disteib. 

 Species 6, cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 



1. p. ferru^ineum, Bemth. Fl. Austral, ii. 279 ; flowering pedicels at 

 most as long as the calyx. O^salpinia ferruginea, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 111. 

 0. arborea, Miq. loc. dt. 112. 0. Glenniei, Thwaites F^um. 414. 0. inermis, 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 367. Poinoiana Eoxburghii, G. Don Ge/n.. Syst. ii. 433. 



SiNCApoBE, Malacca, Andamans, and Ceylon. — Distbib. Malay isles, N. Aus- 

 tralia. 



Young branches clothed with thin bright reddish-brown tomentum. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, ^-1 ft. long; pinnK opposite, 16-20, ^-i ft. long; leaflets 20-30, 

 close, ligulate-oblong, sessile, obtuse, unequal-sided, ^-f in. long, rigidly subcpriaee- 

 pus, slightly tomentose below. Branches of the panicle numerous, stifSy erecto-patent, 

 conspicuously ferrugineo-tomentose, as is also the calyx ; bracts minute, lanceolate, 

 caducous. Calyx J in. deep. Pod 1-4-seeded, rigid, glabrous, 2-4 in. by 1 in., narrowed 

 to both ends, closely longitudinally veined. 



2; P. dasyracbls, Zurz MSS. ; flowering pedicels 3-4 times as long 

 as the calyx. Osesalpinia daayrachis, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 292. 0, 

 Finlaysoniana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5971. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay.—DisTaiB. Java, Sumatra. 



Very near P. ferrugineum, with which it agrees in vestiture and leaves. Flower- 

 racemes 6-9 in. by 3 in. ; lower pedicels patent or rather reflexed, 1-li in. long ; 

 bracts linear, subpersistent^ ^ in. long. Flowers rather larger. Pod the same shape 

 but rather larger, thinner and not reticulately veined. 



98. MEZONEVXtVin;, i)««/. 



Robust woody prickly climbers. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in 

 ample panicled racemes. Calyx very oblique, usually deeply cleft, wjth the disk 

 TCI., n. ^ 



