84 



Common along the Ghauts. Syn. E monostachya, DC. loc. cit. 

 E Rheedei, Spr. syst. ii, 325 ; Pussetha No. 6441, Linn. Fl Zeyl. 

 Mimosa No. 219, Linn. Fl Zeyl. ; M scandens, Linn. sp. p 1501 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 554; M Entada, Linn. sp. p 1502; Acacia 

 scandens; Willd. loc. cit. 1067. An infusion of the spongy fibres 

 of the trunk used with advantage for various affections of the skin 

 in the Philippines, where it is called " Gogo," Adams; the seeds 

 are eaten roasted in Soonda. 



49. PROSOPIS, Linn. 



1. Spicigeea, Linn. Maut. p 68. — A tree, armed with prickles ; 

 leaves pinnated or bipinnated; leaflets 7 to 10 pair, oblong linear 

 obtuse, glabrous; spikes axillary, several together, slender elongated ; 

 legumes cylindric, filled with mealy pulp. Very common in Guzerat, 

 where it is called " Sumree." Generally found covered with nume- 

 rous perforated knots or galls, the work of a species of cynips. 

 DC. Prod. 2, 446; Syn. Adenanthera aculeata, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 iii, 371. Grows also in the south of Persia. The flowers are almost 

 the same as those of Entada, Burm. Fl Ind. t. 25, /. 3. 



Note. — Also called Sounder. This is the tree to which (in the Deccan) the 

 processions during Dussera proceed. In Sind vei-y plentiful. 



50. DICHROSTACHYS, DC. 



1. CiNEHEA, W. and A. Prod. 271. — A thorny shrub; leaves 

 pinnated; pinnae 5 to 10 pair; leaflets numerous, linear ciliated; 

 spikes usually solitary, rarely 2 to 3 together, drooping, somewhat 

 cylindric, one-half of the spike yellow, the other rose-coloured; 

 legume thick and coriaceous, curved and twisted, jointed ; joints 

 one-seeded. Common in the Deccan. Syn. Mimosa cinerea, Linn, 

 sp. 1505 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 561 ; Desmanthus cinereus, Willd. sp. 

 iv, 1048; DC. Prod. 2, 445; Acacia cinerea, Spr. syst. iii, 143. 



51. NEPTUNIA, Desm. 



1 . Oler ACEA, Lour. Benth in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, 354. — Annual, 

 floating and throwing out roots ; leaves bipinnated ; pinnoe 2 to 3 

 pair ; leaflets 8 to 1 2 pair ; stipules obliquely cordate ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves ; flowers in oblong solitary 

 s])ikes ; legume stalked, oblique at the base, oblong falcate, 6 to 8- 

 seeded. Tanks throughout the Concan. DC. Prod. 2, 444 ; Syn. 

 Mimosa natans, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 553 ; M prostrata, Lam. ; Des- 

 manthus natans, Willd. sp. iv, 1044; D lacustris, WiUd, ; D stolo- 

 nifer, DC. loc. cit. 444. 



2. Triquetra, Benth. loc. cit. — Bitriennial, prostrate; stem 



