Seihania.] 



37. LEGUMINOS^. 



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2. S. grandiflora, Pers. Syn. II. 316; Fl. Br. I. 2. 115; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 86 ; Braiidis For. Fl. 137. Agati grandiflora, Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. 

 Fl. Snppl. 22. Atigusta, Vern. 



A doubful native of the Western Peninsula ; commonly planted 

 througliont the presidency ; often as a support for the betel pepper vine. 

 A small ornamental tree. Fl. Fr. at various times throughout the year. 

 Wood white, soft ; weighs 32 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



6. ALHAGI, Desv. 



Spinous shrub. Leaves simple. Flowers axillary. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, teeth minute. Corolla exserfced ; standard broad, keel 

 obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Anthers uniform. Style filiform ; 

 stigma minute, capitate. Pod linear, moniliform, falcate or straight. 



A. maurorum, Desv. ; DC. Prod. III. 862 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 145 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 67 ; Brandis For. Fl. 144. The Camelthorn ; the Persian 

 Manna Plant. Kas^ Sind. Joiuassi, Yern. 



N.-W. Provinces ; very common near Delhi. Throughout the dry plains 

 of Guzerat and Sind, rare in the Deccan. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. Aug. A 

 low desert shrub, 



Taverniera nummularia, DO. Prodr. II. 339 ; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 140. 



Guneifolia, Arn,, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 67. A low copiously- 

 branched under-shrub, with shortly pedicelled, 3 -foliate, small leaves. 

 Racemes few, flowered. Flowers small. Calyx thinly silky. Corolla 

 red, glabrous. Pod of 1-4, flattened^ muricated, rounded joints. Plains 

 of Sind and the Punjab. Fl. Feb. This is also a small desert species 

 and is allied to Alhagi. 



7. STYLOSANTHES, Sw. 



Shrub. Leaves rigid, pinnately trifoliate. Flowers inconspicuous 

 in dense heads. Calyx with an elongated, filiform tube. Corolla 

 not exserted, keel subrostrata. Stamens monadelphous, anthers dimor- 

 phous. Style long, filiform, the lowar part persistent ; stigma 

 minute, capitate. Pod flattened^ 1-2-jointed, joints rugose. 



S. mucronata, Willd. ; DO. Prod. II. 318 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 148. 



Common on the dry hills near Dharwar ; shores of the Western 

 peninsula, Fl. Br. I. Fl. Fr. R. S. A low diffuse under-shrub. Flowers 

 small. Not a forest species, and scarcely worth including in this list. 



8. OUGEINIA, Benth. 



A tree. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. Flowers in fascicled axillary 

 racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teelih small, upper 2 sub-connate. 

 Corolla much exserted ; standard broad, keel obtuse. Stamens diadel- 

 phous, anthers, uniform. Style filiform, incurved, stigma minute, 

 capitate. Pod linear, flat, smooth, 2-5-jointed: joints more or less 

 distinct. 



O. dalbergioides, Benth. PI. Jungh. 216; Fl. Br. I. 2. 161; Bedd. 

 Fl, Sylv. t. 36 ; Brandts For. Fl. 146. Dalbergia oojeinensis, Roxb. ; 



