290 L. liBGUMiNOsa;. (J. G. Baker.) [^Parkia. 



Pegt7, Kurz. 



An erect tiee 80-120 feet high. Leaf 1-2 feet long ; rachis fulvo-pnbesc^nt, 

 pinnae 4 in. long ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, shining, glabrous, J in. by J in., with a 

 distinct fort from the base of the costa and penninerved veinlets. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. 

 Cah/x jj in. ; tube glabrous ; lobes round, densely folTo-tomentose. Pod 1-1^ ft. by 

 1^ in., glabrous, slightly torulose, narrowed into a 6-9 in. stalk. 



' 4. P.. insi^nls, Kurz in Joum. Asiat. Soe. Beng. xlii. 2, 74 ; leaflets 

 oblong 40-50 to a pinna, pinnae about 8. 



Maetaban, Kurz. 



An erect tree, 80-100 ft. high. Leaf 1—2 ft. long; rachis fnlvo- or fermgineo- 

 tomentose ; leaflets 1 in. by ^ in., coriaceous, penninerved, glabrous above except on 

 the ribs, pubescent beneath. Peduncles a foot long, many arising from the apex of 

 the branches. Calyx ^ in. ; tube glabrous ; lobes oboTate-cuneate, with adpressed 

 fulvous pubescence. Pod unknown. — Ex Eurz loc. cit. 



123. DESMANTHUS, Willd. 



SuBruticose perennials with the habit and leaves of Neptunia. Flowerg 

 polygamous. Caiyx minute, campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, valvate, finally 

 nearly ftee. Stamens 10 ; filaments &ee, filiform ; anthers not gland-crested. 

 Ovary sessDe, linear, many-ovuled -, style filiform, stigma clavate. Pod linear, 

 straight, coriaceous, dehiscent. — ^Disietb. Species 8, indigenous in America 

 only. 



D. viBGATtJB, WiUd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 445; WaU. Cka. 6297; W. 8f A. 

 Prodr. 270. D. strictus and leptophyllus, DC. loc. cit. Mimosa virgata, Idnn. 

 JS^. 1502. 



. Scattered through India proper and Ceylon, but only introduced. — Disteib. Wild 

 "through Trop. America and introduced in Africa. 



A glabrous shrubby perennial, 3-4 ft. high, with virgate branches; stipules 

 subulate. Flowers in solitary globose peduncled axillary heads. Leaves with 6-8 

 pinnae, with a gland on the rachis between the lowest ; leaflets 30-40. Pod 2-3 in. 

 long, 20-30-Beeded. 



124. IiEUCSNA, Benth. 



Unarmed erect trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers sessile, in dense globose 

 leads, 5-merous, usually perfect. Calyx cylindrical-campanulate, shortly- 

 toothed. Petals valvate, free. Stamens 10, free, much exserted ; anthers not 

 gland-crested. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled; style filiform, stigma minute 

 -terminal. Pod flat, coriaceous, strap-shaped, dehiscent. — Disietb. Species 8, 

 mostly American. 



1. Ii. glauca, Benth. in Hook. Joum. Bot. iv. 416. Acacia frondosa, 

 WaU. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 468 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 276. A. Caringa, Ham. in WaU. 

 ■Cat. 5239. A. glanca, biceps and leucoeephala, DC. Prodr. ii. 467-8. 



Spread throughout India, as it is through Trop. Asia and Africa, but probably 

 indigenous only in Tropical America. 



A low erect tree, without spines. Pinrue 8-16 ; leaflets 20-30, linear, acute, 

 glaucous, membranous, caducous, |-i in., finely downy. Heads short-peduncled, very 

 dense, often in pairs, ^ in. broad. CoroUa whitish, | in. Stamens twice the length 

 ■of the corolla. Pod, straight, 5-6 in. by f-J in., 15-20-seefled, soon dehiscing: 



