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37. LEGUMlNOSiE. 



38. XYLIA, Benth. 



A large unarmed tree. Leaves bipiwnate, pinnae 1 pair. 

 Flowers sweet-scented in globose, tomentose heads. Calyx tubular, 

 5-cleft. Petals linear, valvate. Stamens 10, free ; exserted, anthers 

 with deciduous, stipitate glands. Ovary sessile ; style filiform, stigma 

 minute, terminal. Pod large, woody, falcate, dehiscent, septate 

 between the compressed seeds. 



X. dolabriformis, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. lY. 417; PI. Br. I. 2. 

 286 ; Brandis For. Fl. 1 71 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 186 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. 

 Fl. 85. The Iron Wood of Pegu and Arracan. Pynkado, Burm. ; Jamha, 

 yerul, suria^ M. ; Jamhe^ tiruwa^ K. 



Central Provinces, Southern India, Burma, Throughout the deci- 

 duous forests of the presidency, Fl. Mch.-April. Fr. C. S. Bark smooth, 

 scaling off in great, thick, irregular patches. Periderm thin with a well 

 developed layer of green cells, under-bark reddish. Sapwood of mature- 

 trees about '75 in. thick ; heartwood reddish-brown, hard. Annual rings 

 visible, but sometimes indistinct. Pores small and moderate sized, often 

 subdivided, enclosed in irregular patches of white tissue, often joined in 

 short zig-zag lines. Medullary rays very fine, uniform, distinct in tho 

 tissue. Weighs 65-75 lbs. to the cubic foot. Yields a hard, durable, 

 reddish-brcwn timber, which resists the attacks of white-ants and is 

 liable to split and crack. Suitable for railway sleepers, wood pave- 

 ments, &c. 



39. ENTADA, Linn. 



Woody-climbers with tendrils. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers 

 minute, yellow, in long slender spikes. Calyx minute, campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corolla oblong in bud, lobes 5, narrow, falcate. Stamens 

 10, free, exserted ; anthers glandular. Ovary sub-sessile, ovules 

 many, style filiform, stigma concave, terminal. Pod very large^ con- 

 stricted between the seeds ; seeds flat, ovate, brown, shining. 



E. scandens, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. lY. 332 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 287; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 167. K puscetha, DC. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. Dadda 

 ganpi^ K. ; Octrdul^ Vern. ; Gdramhi^ garbe, M. 



Central and Eastern Himalayas ascending to 4000 feet in Sikkim. 

 W. Peninsula, Burma and Ceylon. Throughout the forests of the North 

 Kauara and Konkan ghdts, often along river banks. Fl. Mch.-May, Fr. 

 Dec.-Jan. The great seeds contain an oil used as an emetic. They are 

 often hollowed out and made into small boxes. 



40. ADENANTHERA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers minute, in slender 

 axillary or paniculate racemes. Calyx campanulate, equally toothed. 

 Petals free or connate at the base. Stamens 10, free, anther cells 

 with a deciduous gland at top. Ovary sessile ; style filiform, stigma 

 minute. Pod linear, 2-valved, seeds with a red or bi-coloured testa. 



