Tcmiarindm.'] l. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 273 



racemes, the most showy of those of the Indian LegnminosEe ; pedicels 2-4 in., -with a 

 pair of large lanceolate persistent coloured hracteoles at the apex enclosing the buds. 

 Sepals membranous, coloured, 1 in. long. Petals mixed brilliant red and yellow, the' 

 upper one 2 in. long and broad ; tube as long as the sepals, cylindrical. Pod like 

 that of a Millettia, 4 ft. long, IJ in. bioad, glabrous, truncate, 4-6-seeded. 



111. TADKAXlXirDirS, Linn. 



A spineless tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers racemed. CoZy.r-tub& 

 turbinate ; disk produced some distance above its base ; teeth lanceolate, much 

 imbricated, the two lowest connate. Petals only the three upper developed, 

 the two lateral ovate, the upper hooded, the two lower reduced to scales. 

 Stamens monadelphous, only 3 developed, tie others reduced to mere bristles at 

 the top of the sheath ; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary many-ovuled, with a stalk adnate to the calyx-tube; style filiform, 

 stigma capitate. Pod ligulate, many-seeded, with a thin crustaceous epicarp 

 and thick pulpy mesocarp. Seeds exalbuminous. — A single species. 



1. T. Indica, lAnn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 488 ; Moxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 215 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5824 J W. Sf A. Prodr. 285; Dah. ^ G^s. Bomb. Fl. 82; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 184. T. occidentalis, Gaertn. ; DC. loo. dt. T. officinalis, Sook. Bat. Mag. 

 t. 4663. 



Diffused through India and the Tropics generally, probably indigenous in 

 Africa. 



A large unarmed tree. Leaves abruptlyj pinnate, with 20-40, glabrescent, close 

 obtuse opposite oblong leaflets. Flowers ievi together, in copious lax racemes at the 

 end of the branchlets ; pedicels articulated at the base of the calyx ; bracts boat- 

 shaped, enclosing the buds, caducous. Petals under J in. long, yellow, striped with 

 red. Pod 3-6 in. by 1 in. or more, 3-10-seeded. 



112. KUnXBOIiDTXA, Vahl. 



Unarmed erect small trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with persistent usually 

 peltate stipules. Flowers small, in copious racemes, each furnished with a pair 

 of persistent coloured bracteoles at the base. Calyx-ta}a& turbinate, vyith the 

 disk produced some distance above its base; sepals 4, oblong, subequal, im- 

 bricated. Petals 5 or 3, oblong-spathulate, clawed, subequal, exceeding the 

 calyx. Stamens 5, equal, exserted, alternating with 5 minute staminodes, 

 filaments iiliform ; anthers oblong, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 with a stalk immersed in the disk, linear, few-ovuled ; style very long, filiform, 

 stigma terminal. Pod flat, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. — 

 DisiETB. Species 5, the other Tropical African. 



1. K. laurifolla, Vahl ; DC. Prodr. ii. 488 ; branches hollow, nodes 

 constricted, stipule-spur lanceolate, leaves nearly sessile, leaflets 8-10, petiolules 

 short, petals 5. P. Br. in Wall. PI. As. Par. iii. 18 ; W. S^ A. Prodr. 285; 

 Wight Ic. 1. 1605; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 93. Batschia laurifolia, Vahl, Symb. 39, 

 t. 56. 



Malabae and Cetion. 



A low tree, with the internodes of the branchlets conspicuously swoEen. Leaves 

 ^1 ft. long; leaflets oblong, cuspidate, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long; 

 stipules coriaceous, very large, oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. or more long, above the attach- 

 ment. Saeemes dense, axillaiy, drooping, nearly sessile, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels J-|- 

 in. Mower f in. long, exclusive of the exserted stamens ; bracteoles oblong-spalJiu- 

 late, half as long as the calyx. Pod rigid, ligulate-oblong, 3-4 in, long. Seeds 3-4. 

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