Sop/iara.] 



37. LEOUMINOSJE. 



141 



S. Wightii, Baker. ¥l Br. I. 2. 25 J. S, hoptaphyllay Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 70 ; Bodd. VI Sylv. 80. Hills of tlio Western Peninsula^ 

 Mysore. Konkaa gliats, bills east of Belgaum, Dalz. 



27. C-SISALPINIA, Dinn. 



Trees or woody climbers, armed witli prickles. Leaves large, 

 abruptly bipinnate. Flowers sbowy, yellow, in axillary racemes. 

 Calyx deeply cleft, tbe lowest lobe cucullate. Petals spreading, 

 orbicular, clawed. Stamens 10, free, dcclinate. Style filiform, some- 

 times clubbed at the tip. Pod oblong or ligulate, armed or smooth. 



Pod dry, armed with prickles ... •.. 1. C. Bonducella. 



Pod dry, unarmed. 



Pod broad, glabrous, 1-seeded ... ... 2. C, Nuga. 



Pod ligulate, glabrous 4-8-secded ... 3, C. sejnaria. 



Pod inflated, bristly, 2-seeded ... ... 4. C, mimosoides. 



1. C. Bonducella, Fleming in Asiat. Res. XI. 160 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 254 



Ouilandina Bonducella, Linn. G. Bonduc, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 70 

 in part. Fever Nut; Physio Nut; Nickar. Sagurgota, gaja, gutchka 

 kachki, gajkai, Vern. ; Karhat in Sind. 



Throughout tropical India. Throughout the presidency in hedges 

 and waste places, common in the forests near Karwar, Fl. R. S. Fr. 

 0. S. All parts of the plant are used medicinally in Ceylon, principally 

 by natives, as a substitute for quinine. 



2. C. Nuga, Ait. Hort. Kew. III. 32 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 255 ; G. paniculata, 

 Roxb. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 70. Kaku-muUa, Rheede. Hort. Mai. 



Eastern Bengal, Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Common along the 

 banks of tidal rivers and creeks near the coast of the Konkan and North 

 Kdnara. Fl. 0. & R. S. Fr. remains long on plant. A very prickly 

 climber. Fruit rhomboid, cuspidate, 1-seeded. 



3. C. sepiaria, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32. ; Fl. Ind. II. 360 ; Fl. Br. 1. 

 2. 256 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80 ; Brandis For. Fl. 156. The Mysore 

 Thorn, Ohillur, chillari, M. ; Hotsige, K. 



From the Himalayas to Burma and Ceylon. In hedges throughout the 

 dry districts of the presidency, very common in the Southern Maratha 

 Country. Fl. Feb. -May. Fr. Dec. -Jan. The bark is used for tanning. 

 Makes impenetrable, dense fences. 



4 C. mimosoides. Lam. 111. t. 335. fig. 2 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 256 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80. Kenchigi bally, K. 



Burma, Western iPeninsula and Ceylon. Throughout the moist forests 

 of North Kanara and the Konkan, not found in the dry zone. Fl. cold 

 season. Fr. May. 



G. coriaria, Willd., the Dividivi or American Sumach tree, is cultivated 

 throughout the presidency in plantations ; along road-sides and in 

 gardens, G. Sappan, L. The Sappan Wood. A small thorny tree of 

 Southern India, Pegu, &c., yields the valuable red dye used for colouring- 

 silk. The heartwood is red, lustrous and takes a fine polish. The dye 

 is obiainod from the pidi and also from the heartwood cut into chips. 



