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divaricating; flowers small, white, legume lanceolate, thin, brittle, not 

 dehiscing spontaneously, 1 inch broad, 2^ long, 1 -seeded. Southern 

 Concan ; Southern Maratha Country. This furnishes the well- 

 known blackwood so much used for furniture. It sinks in water. 



2. VoLUBiLis, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 23 1 . — A climbing shrub ; 

 leaflets about 5 pair, alternate or nearly opposite, small, oval-obtuse, 

 glabrous ; panicles terminal and axillary, large-branched, spreading ; 

 flowers very small, numerous, blue ; legume linear oblong-obtuse, 

 membranaceous waved, smooth, 2 to 3 inches long, 1 broad, 1 to 2- 

 seeded. Native name " Alei." Kandalla hills ; throughout the Con- 

 can ; flowers in February and March. 



3. Paniculata, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 227. — A tree ; leaflets 5 to 

 6 pair, alternate, obovate-oblong or oval emarginate, glabrous, 1^ 

 inch long ; panicles terminal, leafy, large ; flowers numerous, small, 

 white, tinged with blue ; calyx blackish-purple ; legume lanceolate, 

 1 to 2-seeded. Common in the Mawul districts above the Ghauts, 

 Dr. Gibson. ^ Native name " Passee." The wood of this tree is 

 white and firm. 



4. OojEiNENSis, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 220. — A large tree; leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets subrotund, 4 inches long, 3 broad, with waved 

 margins ; racemes axillary and terminal, rarely compound ; flowers 

 numerous, rather small, of a pale, rose-colour, somewhat fragrant ; 

 legume linear oblong-obtuse, veined and villous on the outside; seeds 



I to 3. North Concan; Dang forests, Dr. Gibson. The wood of 

 this tree is highly valued for its toughness, and is used for carriage 

 poles, &c. It is light-coloured, heavy, and close-grained. Native 

 name " Tunuz." This now forms the genus Oujeinia in Hedy- 

 sareae, and ought to be removed from this place. The bark affords 

 a fine Kino, and is used medicinally in bowel-complaints. 



5. Sympathetica, Nimmo in Grab. Cat. p 55.— A large 

 scandent shrub, running over high trees ; the trunk is armed with 

 strong, blunt thorns, from 6 to 10 inches long, beautifully and 

 fantastically curved ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous, small, 1 1 

 to 15, obovate-oblong, very obtuse, emarginate; cymes of flowers 

 axillary, dense, shorter than the leaf; legume 1 -seeded, 1| to 2 inches 

 long, or 3 when 2-seeded. Common in the Concan jungles. 



6. MoNOSPEKMA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, 36. — A twining 

 shrub ; leaflets 6, alternate, obovate or cuneate-oval, mucronulate, 

 quite glabrous above, glaucous beneath ; petioles and peduncles 

 pubescent; racemes axillary, solitary pr twin, simple, few-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaf; calyx leaves rounded ; corolla white, twice 

 the length of the calyx ; stamens monadelphous ; legume crescent- 

 shaped, one-seeded. Hills in the Malwan district ; flowers in June. 



7. D Lanceolaria, Linn., DC. Prod. 2, 417. — A tree; leaflets 



II to 15, oval or broadly oblong, very obtuse or retuse, smooth, 



