[Cmsalpinia 



Pig. 108. 

 Ceesalpinia Bonducella, 

 Fleming. Fr. ^. 



246 XLV. LEGUMINOS^ 



A. Face of pods armed with sharp prickles. 



1. C. Bonducella, Fleming; Prain in Journ. As. 

 Sec. Beng. m, 226.— Syn. C. Bonduca, Kurz F. Fl. i. 

 406. The Fever nut. Vern. Kaiija, Karanjii^ Katli 

 Karaiij, Hind. ; JSTata, Sundrib.; Bagni^ Sonth.; Sagar- 

 gota. Mar. ; Gatsakaij Tel. ; Gazzaja, Kan. ; Gajjij 

 Tam. ; Kalein^ Burm. 



A large prickly scandent or straggling shrub. L. 

 pubescent, pinnae 6-8 pair, leaflets opposite, mucronate, 

 6-10 pair. Stipules cut into large segments. Fl. yel- 

 low, in axillary many-fld. racemes, bracts linear-lanceo- 

 late, spreading, longer than buds; filaments rusty- 

 tomentose. Pod coriaceous, obliquely elliptic, 2-3 by 

 .l|-2 in. Seeds 2-3, lead-coloured, shining. 



Naturalized throughout India, to 2,500 ft. in Kumaon. Indigenous in the Sundriban, 

 m Burma and on the Andamans. Fl. E. S. A good hedge plant.— Ceylon. On the 

 sea coast in the Malay Archipelago and other tropical countries. 2. Closely allied, 

 . united with it by Wight & Arn. C. Bonduc, Eoxb., naturalized in the Western Peninsula. 

 L. nearly glabrous, no stipules, bracts erect. 3. C. Minax, Hance, var. hurmanica, Prain, 

 Fort^ Stedman and Saga, South Shan States, Upper Burma. (C. Minax is a Chinese 

 species.) A diffuse shrub. Branches at first downy, afterwards glabrous ; pinnge 10- 

 12. Leaflets 6-10 pair. Stipules subulate, rigid, 2-3-fid. Fl. white, in long peduncled 

 racemes, which are sparingly branched near base ; bracts verv large, enveloping the 

 young fl. Pod 4 by 2 in., with j)ubescent bristles. 



B. Pods unarmed, dry, finally dehiscent. 



4. C. Sappan, Linn. ; Bedd. Manual 1. 13. Vern. Bakam, Hind. ; Bakapu, 

 Tel.; Pattcmga, Kan.; Patunga, Sappangu^ Tam.; 

 Teinnyet., Burm. 



A small or middle-sized thorny tree, heart- wood red, 

 yields a valuable dye. L. nearly glabrous; pinnse 10-13 

 pair. Leaflets obtuse, very oblique, 10-20 pair. Fl. 

 yellow, filaments woolly at base. Pods thick, polished, 

 obovate, obliquely truncate, cuspidate. Seeds 3-4. 



Chittagong. Pegu, Tenasserim. Shan Plateau. Hills east 

 of Bhamo. Planted in the Western Peninsula, common in 

 hedges and run wild. Fl. E. S.— Malay Peninsula and Archi- 

 pelago. 



5. C. Nuga, Ait.— Syn. C. jmnictdata^'Roxh. Vern: 

 Sugaiik^ Burm. ; Netii^ Shingri-lota^ Sundrib. 



A large scandent prickly shrub, glabrous, filaments 

 densely woolly in the lower half. Pinnae 2-5 pair. 

 Leaflets 2-3 pair, 1-2 in. long, coriaceous, glossy above, 

 pale beneath. Pod coriaceous, elliptic, pointed at both 

 ends, 2 in. long, 1-seeded. 



Silhet, Sundriban, Chittagong, Lower Burma, Andamans, 

 Western Peninsula, chiefly along the coast, but also inland 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Queensland. 



Fig. 109. — Csesalpinia 

 Sappan, Linn. Fr. ^. 



Fl. Mav-October.- 



6. C. sepiaria, Eoxb. The Mysore thorn. Vern. EeJan^ Karur, Pb. ; 

 Alia, Hind.; Gilo, Uriya; Chillari,Msir.; Ktiriitit-gajjika, Ksm.; Sukyanbo] 



Burm . 



A scrambling pubescent shrub, forming dense hedges. Pinnee 6-10 

 leaflets 6-9 pair, oblong, obtuse. Stipules semi-sagittate, deciduous. Fl! 

 bright yellow, on long pedicels. Stamens slightly longer than petals, fila- 

 ments densely woolly in the lower half. Pod glabrous, obliquely oblong, 

 cuspidate, 2-3 in. long. Seeds 4-8. 



