371. 
Gen. Cian. Trées or shrubs, prickly or unarmed: leaves nb« 
ruptly bipinnated : oWer’s racémose Or panicled : sepals 5, unequal, 
the lower one larger and slightly vaulted: petals 5, unequal, claw- 
‘ed, the upper ofe shorter than the others: stamens distinct: filae 
ymnets villous at the base, ascending: style filiform: legume ¢oni- 
pressed, wingless, 2-valved: seeds roundish, oval or oblong, © 
(1) ©. pawkcutara. (Road) 
Tdent. W. & A. prod. I. p, 281.—Roxb. fl. Ind. IT. p. 364, 
Dec. prod. Ii. p. 481. 
Syn. CO. standéns, Koen, Dee: t.c. p. 482.=Guilandina pani 
alata, im. : ; 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. ¥. t, 36.—Rheede Mal, VI. t. 19. 
Serc. Citak. Climbing? branches and petioles armed with sharp - 
recurved prickles: pinna’3—4 pair: leaflets 8-4 pair, ovate-lanceo= 
jate, shining on the upper side, usually rusty-coloured: calyx gla- 
‘brous: legume obliquely oval, euspidate, shortly tapering at the 
base into a shortish stafix, edmpressed, a little timid in the middle, 
glabrous: seed solitary, roundish, very thick, slightly compressed : 
flowets in terminal panicles, yellow, fragtant. ; 
Malabar. Tiavancore. Conitién in the Concans, lowering 
nearly all the year. ; 
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(2) T. Saran. (Linn. 5) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 281.—Dec, prod, If. p. 482.—m- 
Roxb. fi, Ind. II. p. 357. 
Engrav, Roxb. Cor. 1. t. 16.Rheede Mal. VI. t. 2.-Runiphh 
Amb. TV. ‘t. 21. . ®. 
Spec. Cuan. An armed tree: pinné 10-12 pair: leaflets 10~ 
12 pair, unéqual-sided, obliquely oval-oblong, erarginate, paler on 
the under side : calyx glabrous: legumes compressed, woody, gla« 
brous, elliptic-obovate, obliquely-truncated, cuspidate at the apex, 
a a 
3—4-seeded : Howers ia terminal paricles, yellow. 
Coromandel. Flowering in the hot season. This yield’ the red« 
wood of commerce, which is extensively exported as a-dye wood. 
: (3) C. preyna. (Rottl.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I. p. 281.--Dee, prod, II. p. 482, 
Syn. C. oleosperma, Rozb. jt. Ind. II. p. 856. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1995. 
Srec. Cuan. Climbing, armed with small reeurved prickles: 
pinne 7-10 pair: leaflets 6-10 pair, linear-oblong, obtuse : racemes 
supra-axillary, somewhat shorter thai the leaves: pédicels long, 
slender: legume oblong, obliquely-pointed, very protuberant at the 
seeds, glabrous, 2-3-seedéd : flowers latgish, yellow. 
Peninsula. Bhagulpore, Flowering in the rainy season, 
