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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVII. 



Sub-FamsSy 111. — Misnoseee. 



This sub-division is represented by seven Genera in Ceylon: 

 Neptunia, Entada, Adenanthera, Dichrostachys, Acacia, 

 Albizzia, and Pithecolobium. 



140. — Adenanthera pavonina. 



Maditiya, S. ^Scs ; Anai-kundumani, T. $3sff@«ar®tosH8fl. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 120. 



A handsome quick-growing tree with smooth pale brown 

 or grayish-brown bark. Leaves bipinnate, large, wide- 

 spreading. Leaflets small, rather oval in outline, about twelve 

 in number on each division, alternate. Flowers crowded in 

 axillary spike-like racemes, small, yellowish-white. 



Usually a cultivated tree, common in gardens in both 

 Provinces up to 1,500 feet in the wet districts. Wood 

 handsome pinkish-brown, close, even, easily worked. 

 Weight, about 41 lb. Well suited for ceiling boards, dadoes, 

 and light work such as cabinets. 



An excellent fuel and a good shade tree. The bright, 

 glossy, hard, scarlet seeds are well known, and are fre- 

 quently used as weights by silversmiths. 



Carefully cultivated, the tree attains a considerable size 

 and will coppice well. 



141. — Adenanthera bicolor % 



Mas-mora, Kukuruman, S. ®d»®r.d, sa®d?®9«£. 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 120, plate XXXIV. 



A small tree with pale gray bark and rather crowded 

 head. Leaves dull purplish along the rachis, with minute 

 leaflets on alternate short stalks. Easily distinguished by 

 the seed being glossy black over its upper half, followed by 

 bright red, enclosed in thin long twisted papery pods. 



Flowers greenish-pink, small, arranged as in the last. 



Rather uncommon. Occurs in the Ratnapura District up 

 to 1,500 feet, but nowhere abundant. 



