286 x. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. Gr. Baker.) \_Nepiunid. 



2. IS, trlquetra, Benth. in HooK Jovnti. Sat. iv. 355 ; stems slender 

 ascending', leaflets 28-30 small, sterile flowers few, pod oblong not oblique 

 4r-8-seeded. Dalz. §• G^s. Bomb. Fl. 84. Mimosa triquetra, VM ; Bo.vb. Sort. 

 Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 552. Desmantbus triquetrus, WUld. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 444 ; Wall. Cat. 5296 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 270 ; Wiykt Ic. t. 756. 



Western Peninstha and Bottdelktoid. — ^Disteib. Brazil ? 



A low diffusa perennial, with slender stems, angular upwards. Stipules small, 

 acute; pinnse 2-6, an inch or less long, with a gland on the rachis between the 

 lowest pair; leaflets J-5 in. Bisads small, globose, long or short-pedunded. 

 Corolla yellow, jj in. long. Sterile flowers sometimes quite absent from the heads. 

 Pod i— 1 in. long, with more membranous valres than in the two others, and a very 

 minute beak. 



N. PLENA, Bemth. in Sooh. Jown. Bot. iv. 355 j stems stout ascending, 

 leaflets 40-60, sterile flowers numerous,^ pod oblong-Ugulate 15-20-seeded. 

 Mimosa Adenanthera, JRoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 554. Desmantbus Adenanthera, Wall, 

 Cat. 5298. D. plenus, punctatus and polyphyllus, DC. Prodr. ii. 444-5. 



NoHTH West provinces and Ceti.on, introduced. A native of Tropical America. 



Glabrous throughout. SteTTis comparatively stout, suffiniticose, several feet high. 

 Finns 6-10, with a gland between the lowest pair ; leaflets like those of the last. 

 Stipules and bracts copious, cordate-ovate, acuminate. Heads copious, oblong. 

 Flowers and heads just like those of JV. oleracea, but the pod twice as long. 



116. XTIiIA, Benth. 



Tall unarmed tree. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in round heads, mostly 

 perfect. Calj/.i- tubular, 5-toothed at the tip. Petals 5, valvate. slightly united 

 at the base, little longer than the calyx. Stamens 10, fi-ee, exserted; anthers 

 gland-crested in an early stage. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma minute terminal. Pod large, woody, oblong-falcate, finally dehiscing, 

 flat, septate between the oblong compressed seeds. — ^A single species. 



1. X. dolabriformis, Benth. in Mook. Journ. Bot iv. 417. Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 85 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 186 ; Brand. For. Fl. 171. Mimosa xylocarpa, 

 Roxh. Cor. PI. t. 100; Hort. Beng. 40; Fl. Ind. ii. 543. Inga xylocarpa, DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 439 ; Wall. Cat. 5277 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 269. I. lignosa, Crah. in 

 Wall. Cat. 5278. I. dolabriformis, Grah. in Wall. Co*. 5279. 



Western PENiNstmi, Bibma, Sincapobe. — Disthib. Philippines. 



A tall tree, without prickles. Pinnce 2; leaflets 4^10, opposite, with an odd 

 one on the outside and with a gland on the rachis between each, oblong, acute, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, the lowest much shorter. Flowers sessile, in 

 dense globose pedunded heads, crowded on short branchlets developed with the 

 young leaves. CoroUa J in. Pod 4-6 in. by 1-2J in., 6-10-seeded. 



117. ENTADA, Adaos. 



Woody unarmed climbers with tendrils. Leaves bipinnate. Flowei-s ia 

 long narrow spikes, minute, yellowish, polygamous. Cafyx minute, campanu- 

 late, equally 5-toothed. Corolla oblong in bud, the 5 long equal narrow lobes 

 falcate in expansion. Stamens 10, .free, shortly exserted, filaments filifoimi 

 ;anthers crowned with a gland. Ovaiy subsessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma concave terminal. Pod flat, woody, very large, composed of many discoid 

 one-seeded joints, the endocarp persisiiag round the lai-ge compressed orbicular 

 seeds.— DisTEiB. Species 10, the' others Trop. African and American. 



