Untada.'i i. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 287 



1. Er scandens, Benth. in Hook. Joum. Bot. iy. 332. Brand. For. Fl. 

 167. E. Purssetha, DC. Prodr. ii. 425 ; Wall. Cat. 6293 ;W.^A. Prodr. 2Q7 ; 

 Dak. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. E. monostachya, DC. Prodr. loo. oit. ; Wall Cat. 

 6293. E. Eheedei and Parrana, -S^-en^. j$yst. ii. 325. E. Purssetha and E. 

 Kumpliii, Schef. in Natuur. Tijdsehr. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 99, t. 16-18'. . Mimosa 

 iscandens, lAnn. ; Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 554 — Bheede Sort. Mai. viii. t. 32-34 ; ix. 

 t.. 77. 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, Nipai,, ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim:, Westeen 

 PBNiN3Tn:.A, Ceyxon, Maiacca. — Disxrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



An immense climber, with slender terete woody branches. Leaves long-petioled, 

 the lachis usually ending in a tendril; pinnae stalked, mostly 4 ; leaflets oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse or acute, 1-2 in. long, rigidly coriaceous. Spikes peduncled, i ft. 

 long or more, usually panided from the nodes of old leafless branches, sometimes 

 simple from the axils of the leaves (E. monostachya, DC), Flowers A-J in. long, 

 .sessile or on short pedicels. Pod 1-2 ft. or iuore by 3-4 in., curved, constricted 

 between the seeds. Seeds 2 in. broad. 



118. ADENANTKEXIA, Linn. 



Erect trees without spines or tendrils. Leaves ample, bipinnate. Flowei-s 

 minute, in narrow spike-like racemes, hermaphrodite, usually pentamerouS. 

 Calyx campanulate, equally toothed. Petals valvate, equal, lanceolate, cohering' 



■only at the very base. Stamens 10, free, equalling the corolla ; anthers tipped 

 with a gland. Ovary sessOe, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma minute 

 capitate. Pod strap-shaped, torulose, falcate, the coriaceous valves much 

 twisted after they separate. Seeds small, bright-coloured. — Disieib. Species 4, 



.spread through tropics of Old World. 



1. A. pavonina, Unn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 446 ; pinnae '8-12, leaflets 

 12-18 obtuse, seeds concolorous usually bright scarlet. Poxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 370 ; 

 WaU. Cat. 6300; W. & A. Prodr. 271; Wight El. t. 84 (80); Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 



-X4&; Brand. For. Film. 



East Himalayas (ascending to 4000 ft. in Silefcim), Westebn Peninst33qa and 

 ■ Cetion, shore of Malay gulf. — Distbie. Malay isles, Timor, Chins, PhiUppines. 



Fmncs short-stalked, 4-8 in. long; leaflets oblong, alternate, short-stalked, not 



-coriaceous, f-lj in. long. Bacentes short-pedunded, 2-6 in. long, ^ in. broad, 



simple from the axils of the leaves and panicled at the end of the branches ; 



;j)edicels as long as the flower, |-J in. Pod 6-9 in. by J in., falcate, 10-12-seeded. 



-Seeds rarely yellow-brown. 



2, A. blcolor, Moon; Thwaites Fhum. 98; pinnae and leaflets 6-8, the 

 ' latter acute, seeds half black half bright red. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 94. 



Ceylon, Walker, &c. Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Pimiee short-stalked, 2-3 in. long. Leaflets ovate, rigidly subcoriaceous, |-lj 

 in. long. Eaceme and pod just like those of A. pavonina, the flower perhaps 

 ~ lather smaller. 



119. FROSOPXS, Linn. 



Erect trees or shrubs vrith scattered prickles. Leaves bipinnate, with small 

 narrow leaflets. Flowers minute, in narrow spikes or subspicate racemes, poly- 

 ^gamous. Calyx minute, campanulate, subentire or faintly 6-toothed. Petals 5, 

 ligulate, subcolerent at the base. Stamens 10, free, slightly exserted, filaments 

 'filiform ; anthers crowned with a gland. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style 



