Prosopls] XLV. LEGUMINOSiE 261 



panicles. Stamens 10, free, exserted, anthers gland-tipped. Pod ooriaceons, 

 indehiscenty pendulous, linear, 5-10 in, long, filled with, a dry sweetish pulp, 

 contracted between seeds. 



Sincl, the Punjab, Rajptitaiia, the Deccan, as far south as Tuticorin. Baluchistan 

 and Persia. Leafless for a short time. PL after the leaves have come ou.t, from 

 Pebr. to April. GregariouSj coijpices well, the base of the stem often surrounded by a mass 

 of stiff thorny branches and suckers. 2. P. Stepliamaiia, Kunth. Peshawai', Afghan- 

 istan, Western Asia, a thorny shrub ; pinnse 2-5 pair ; pods short, thick, 1-1§ in. long. 



2. PIPTADENIA, Benth. ; FL Brit. Ind. ii. 289. 

 (Species 40, tropics of both hemispheres, chiefly America.) 



P. oudhensis, Brandis ; Ann. Bot. Grard. Gale, ix, t. 43. Vern. Genti, 

 Gainti, Oudh. 



A middle-sized tree, glabrous, except inflorescence, branches armed with 

 large conical prickles. L. bipinnate, pinnse opposite, 2 pair, fiat glands at the 

 base of each. Leaflets 1 pair, reniform, subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. long. M. 

 greenish-yellow, in dense cylindrical spikes, arranged in short panicles. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, nearly truncate ; petals 5, lanceolate, three times the length of 

 calyx. Stamens longer than petals, tei^minal glands of anthers globose. Pod 

 stalked, linear, flat, 9-12 in. long, | in. broad. Seeds 15-20, 



Hills of the Gonda district and adjacent hills of Nepal. Oudh, discovered by E., 

 Thompson 1871. Hillb above Barmdeo, eastern Kumaon. (D. B. 1873.) FL April. 



3. DICHROSTACHYS, DC; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 (Species 7, most in tropical Africa, one in tropical Australia.) 



D. cinerea, W. et A. ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 1. 185.— Sym Mimosa cinerea^ Roxb. 

 Oor. PL t. 174. Vern. Kunlaij IkEerwara; 8 igajnkat i , Mo^r. ; Wadtij Kan.; 

 Velturit, Tel. ; Vadataram^ Tarn. ; Sitbyu, Burm. 



A rigid thorny pubescent shrub or small tree, with light grey bark, heart- 

 wood dark purple, spines axillary, straight, strong and sharp, often prolonged 

 into leaf-bearing branches. L. bipinnate ; pinnse 6-10 pair, opposite, small stipi- 

 tate glands at the base of each pair ; leaflets 12-15 pair, -^^ in. long, ciliate. 

 PL in dense cylindrical spikes, the upper flowers of each spike bisexual, yellow, 

 the lower sterile, purple, sometimes white, with long filiform staminodes. Pods 

 linear, 2-3 in. long, irregularly twisted, indehiscent or opening irregularly. 



Dry stony hills in Central India, Rajputana and the Deccan. Meiktila and Pakokku 

 district in the dry region of the middle Irawaddi valley. FL according to the locality, 

 at different times, in Eajputana, the northern Deccan and Burma in the H. S., Coimbatore 

 in June, Veligondas, Nellore district in Novembex*. 



4. ENTADA, Adans. ; M. Brit. Ind, ii 286. 

 {PuBCBthay Linn.; Engler u. Brantl iii. 3. 122.) 



(Species 11, tropics of both hemispheres.) 



E. scandens, Benth.; Brandis F. M. 167. Vern. Pmi^m, Beng. ; Gila^ 

 Sundrib. ; GaramU, Mar. ; Gdn-nyin, Burm. 



A very large woody climber, stems angled and much twisted. The wood to 

 a great extent consists of thin-walled parenchyma, in which are embedded 

 longitudinal strands of vessels, sieve-tubes and wood-fibres. L. bipinnate^ 

 common petioles ending in long woody bifid tendrils ; pinn« opposite, 2 pair ; 

 leaflets 3-4 pair, 1-3 in. long, glaBrous, shining. IL pale yellow, crowded in 

 long slender spikes, from the axils of the upper leaves, or arranged in a terminal 

 panicle* Calyx shortly 5-toothed; petals 5. Stamens 10, free, exserted, 



