258 I. ■LEGUMiNOSJi. (J. G. Baker.) IMezoneurum. 



confined to the base or extending upwards, the lobes imbricated, the lowest the 

 longest, remarkably hood-Uke. Petals spreading, obovate-spathulate, subequal. 

 Stamens free, decfinate, usually exserted ; anthers oblong, uniform. Ovaiy ses- 

 sile, many-OTuled ; style filiform, incurred with the stamens, stigma small capi- 

 tate. Pod large, oblong, flat, thin, indehiscent, with a broad wing down the 

 upper suture. — ^Distbtb. Species 10, mostly Trop. Asiatic, confined to the old 

 world. 



* Eumezoneuron. Calyx deeply cleft ; disk basal. 



1. m. cucuUatum, W. ^ A. Prodr. 283 ; leaflets 8-10 large ovate acute 

 glabrous, stamens much exceeding the calyx. Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb Fl. 80. 

 Osesalpinia cucullata, Roxh. Sort. Peng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 358 ; G. Don Gen,. 

 St/st. ii. 481 ; Wall. Cat. 5828, excl. B. M. macrophyUiun, Plume ; Miq. Floi: 

 Ind. Pat. i. 104. 



Eastern Himalatas from NiPAt, ascending to 4,000 ft. to the Khasia hilte, 

 .'SisHAB and the Westeen Peninsula. — Distrib. Malay isles. 



Branches glabrous, with small dajrk hooked scattered prickles, ieq/'-rachis J-1 ft. 

 long; pinnje 4-10 long-stalked ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, glabrous, 

 dark-green above, subdistatit, rather glaucous below. Racemes simple or forked, 

 sometimes as long as the leaves, the rachis virgate, tinged with yellow ; pedicels as 

 long as the calyx, which is the most oblique of all the species, witli the posterior sepal 

 and petal very cucuUate. Calyx f in., glabrous, tinged with yellow. Petals bright 

 yellow, streaked with red. FUaments faintly ciliated near the base. Pod like that of 

 a Dalbergia, with a single large seed jn' the middle, 3-4 in. long, with a wing like 

 the valves in texture J— J in. broad. 



Var. grandis, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5830, under Csesalpinia. sp. ; larger in all its 

 parts, the leaflets 3-4 in. long, and wing of the pod ^ in. broad. Guilandina macro- 

 carpa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5804. — Distribution of the type. 



Bheede Sort. Mai. vol. vi. t. 20, on which is founded Guilandina axillaris, I^m. 

 (Csesalpinia? axillaris, DC. Prodr. ii. 481) is probably made up of the leaf of this and 

 pod of Ctesaljpinia Sappan. 



2. nx. g^labrum, Desf. in Mem. Mus. iv. 246, t. 10; leafleta 14-16 small 

 glabrous oblong obtuse distinctly stalked, stamens much exceeding the calyx. 

 JDC. Prodr. ii. 484. Csesalpinia furfuracea. Wall. Cat. 5836, 



Tenasserim, Wallich. — Distrib. Philippines, Timor. 



Branches glabrous, the falcate prickles almost restricted to the base of the pinna. 

 Leaves 1 ft. long ; pinnae 12-14, distinctly stalked ; leaflets membranous, caducous, 

 close, dark green, alternate, J-| in. long. Racemes simple or forked, as long as the 

 leaves ; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, ^in. long, less oblique than in 

 the last, the upper teeth reaching half down, the lowest twice as long. Filaments 

 densely ciliated near the base. Pod 5-6 in. by 1 J in., 2-4-seeded, with a wing 1-4 in. 

 broad. 



3. n. enneapbyllum, W. Sr A. Prodr. 283 ; leaflets 18-22 small gla- 

 brous oblong obtuse subsessile, stamens slightly exceeding the calyx. Offisal- 

 pinia enneaphyUa, Poxb. Sort. Peng. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 363 : Mig. Flar. Ind. 

 Pat. i. 104, tab. 2 B. 0. sepiaria. Wall. Cat. 5834 H. 



Cachae and Chittagosg, Hook. fil. and Thomson. Tavot, Gomez. Pegu, McClel- 

 land. Ceylon, Thwaites. — Distrib. Malay isles. 



Branches slender, glabrous ; prickles copious, minute, falcate. Leaves |-1 ft. long ; 

 pinnse 16-20, distinctly stalked, 2-3 in. long ; leaflets sensitive, glabrous, membranous, 

 |-^ in. long. Racemes copiously panicled, sometimes a foot long ; pedicels slender, 

 glabrous or pubescent, twice as long as the calyx, i^'fowcr smaller than in the last. 

 Calyx J-i in., glabrous. Coreifa bright yellow. Filaments densely woolly at the base. 

 Pod 3-4 in. long by less than 1 in., thin and glossy, 4-6-seeded ; wing i-| in. broad.— 

 Very like Ccesalpinia sepiaria in habit and inflorescence. * 



