251 XLV. LEGUMIKOSJE [Ca,s,^la 



apex, stipules hastate or faloatej early deciduous. Racemes axillary or from 

 the old wood, bracts large, ovate or obovate, caducous, pedicels |™1 in. Petals 

 I in. long, longer filaments not thickened in the middle. Pod cylindric, 8-12 

 in. long. 



Hills of the Ivarnatik, Coui^tallum, Tiiinevelli. Deciduoiih forobt, low country of 

 Travaiicore. 



4. C. renigera, Wall. ; Kurz F. PL i. 892. Vern. ISfguslnve^ Lower, 

 Picabet, Upper Bixrma. 



A small or middle-sized deciduous tree, softly tomentose. Leaflets 8-20 

 pair, oblong, obtuse, 1-2 in. long, membranous, softly pubescent on both sides, 

 stipules large, reniform, early deciduous, tips shortly cuspidate. Racemes 

 short, erect, from the old wood, often leaf-beaiing at the base, bracts large, 

 persistent, ovate, long acuminate, pedicels 1^-2 in. PL scented, pink or 

 yellow. Sepals and petals silky, with long hairs on both sides. Petals 

 elliptic-oblong, |~1 in, long, the three longer filaments with a more or less 

 cylindric thickening in the middle, the larger anthers more or less hairy on the 

 back. Pod cylindric, 15-18 in. long. 



Irawaddi valley from Piome upwards. Shan liillb at 3,000 ft. Fl. April, May. 



B. Seven stamens perfect, anthers nearly equal. Pod flat. 



5. C. siamea, Lam.^ — Syn. C florida^ Vahl : Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 179. 

 Vern. Mdzali^ Burm. 



A middle-sized, sometimes a large tree, bark grey, nearly smooth. Leaflets 

 6-10 pair, chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, tipped with a minute sharp mucro, 

 glabron.s on both sides, I2-2V in. long, stipules caducous. Racemes often 

 corymbose, arranged in a large pyramidal terminal panicle, often 2 ft. long, 

 pedicels -^-1 in. long, bracts stiff, linear, much shorter than pedicels. PL 

 yellow, petals \ in, long. Pod flat, thickened at sutures, minutely velvety, 

 4-10 in. long. 



Probably iiidigenouis in Burma and in the southernmost part of the Western Penin- 

 sula. Cultivated througlion.t India and Burma, PI. H. S. — Ceylon low country, 

 chiefly in the moibt region, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



6. C. montana, Heyne. A large shrub. Western Peninsula from Belgaum south- 

 wards. Leaflets 10-15 pair, glabrous, glaucous, elliptic-oblong, muoroiiate, stipnle^ 

 minute, caducous. PI. yellow, in corymbose racemes, forming a large terminal panicle, 

 pod thin, sutures not thickened, 8-5 in. long. 7. C. timoriensis, DC. (Taung mezali, 

 Biirm.), Burma, Ceylon, Malay Archipelago. A large shrub or small tree. Branch- 

 lets pubescent. Leaflets 10-15 pair, pubescent on both sides. Stipules foliaceous, often 

 dentate, more or less persistent, PI. yellow, in large terminal panicles, pod 4-6 by 

 \ in., sutures not thickened. According to Beddome, Talbot and Prain (Jotirn. As. 

 tSoc. Beng., 66. 477) albo in the Western Peninsula. I have not seen siDecimens, and 

 Trimen Handb. Ceylon ii, 109, says : " Not in Peninsular India." 



8. C. tomentosa, Linn., is a tropical American shrub, naturalized in the Western 

 Peninsula and Ceylon. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence grey-velvety. Leaflets 

 6-8 pair, grey tomentose beneath. Stipules small, deciduous. PL bright yellow, in 

 peduncled corymbose racemes, 9. C. goensis, Dalz. ; Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 112. 

 Described as a small tree at the foot of the Goa Grhats, fulvous tomentose, pod flat, 2-3 

 by 4 in. ; may possibly be 0. timoriensis, 



10. C. auriculata, Linn. ; Brandis P. PL 165. Vern. Taroda^ Taricadj 

 Mar. ; Tang&ra^ Tangedtt, TeL ; Tangadij Kan. ; Avaram^ Tarn. ; Peiktliingat^ 

 Burm. 



A gregarious pubescent shrub. Leaflets 8-12 pair, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, J-l in. long, with a filifoi-m gland at the base of each pair, stipules 

 large, foliaceous, persistent. PL yellow, in terminal corymbose bracteate 

 panicles, the lowest branches in the axils of leaves, the upper supported by 

 pairs of stipules. Sepals concave, unequal. Petals clawed, crisped on margin, 

 |-1 in, long. Pod 3-4 by | in., thin^ hairy. 



Western Peninsula, extending north to Ajmere and the Jumna river, covering large 



