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58 . NEPTUNIA, Lour. 
Aquatic herb. Leaves bipinnate, sensitive; leaflets numerous, 
membranous, oblong. Flowers minute in globose heads on erect 
peduncles, lower ones with staminodes only. Calyx minute, 
campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, strap-shaped, connate at base. 
Stamens exsert; anthers gland-crested. Ovary stalked. Stigma 
clubbed. Pod oblong, coriaceous. Species 8, cosmopolitan. 
( 1 ) N. oleracea Lour. FI. Cochinchine, 654; Baker, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 285; Prain , l.c. 244. Mimosa natans, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 
IX 9 - 
Floating herb with white fleshy horizontal stems. Leaves 
bipinnate, 3 in. long; pinnae 4 to 6, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 8 to 
15 pairs, 35 to ’5 in. long, '2 in. wide. Peduncles 3 to 12 in. long; 
heads *5 to *75 in. through, yellow. Corolla ’05 in. long. Pod 
oblong oblique, *5 to 1 in. long. Hob. Ditches. Formerly very 
abundant in Singapore {fide Jagor). Malacca (Cuming). Selangor, 
Klang (Burkill). Perak, Lenggong. Province Wellesley, Butter- 
worth (King). Penang, Bagian Jennal (Curtis). Rahman, Kota 
Bharu (GWynne Vaughan). Tringganu (Yapp). Distrib. Tropics 
generally. Use : As a pot herb. 
59 . ADENANTHERA, Linn. 
Trees unarmed. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers minute in spike¬ 
like racemes. Calyx campanulate, regular. Petals lanceolate 
cohering at base. Stamens 10; anthers gland-tipped. Ovary 
sessile, many-ovuled; style filiform. Stigma capitate. Pod strap¬ 
shaped, torulose, falcate, valves twisted after dehiscence. Seed 
red, or red and black. Species 4, tropics of Old World. 
Leaves blunt glabrous beneath; pinnae 8 to 12. 
Seed all red . . . . . . . (1) A. pavonina 
Leaves acute, puberulous beneath; pinnae 6 to 8. 
Seed black and red . . . . . (2) A. bicolor 
(1) A. pavonina Linn. Sp. PI. 384; Prain, l.c. 243. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall or more; petioles 2 to 4 in. long ; rachis 6 to 
10 in. long; pinnae 8 to 12, opposite, 3 to 6 in, long; leaflets alternate 
10 to 16, ovate or oblong, base cuneate, tip blunt, membranous, 
dark green above, glaucous beneath, glabrous. Racemes 2 to 6 in. 
long, panicled on ends of branches. Flowers '15 in. long on slender 
pedicels as long. Calyx green. Corolla pale yellow; petals 
narrow, lanceolate. Stamens hardly exsert, pink. Pod 6 to 9 in. 
long, -6 in. wide, *3 in. thick contort in dehiscence. Seeds 10 to 15, 
lenticular, 35 in. across, shining red. Hab. Dubiously wild here 
and often planted. Singapore, Pasir Panjang; Lavender Road. 
Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Jalor, Biserat 
(Gwynne Vaughan). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. S.E. Asia. Native 
names : Saga; Kanduri Batang. 
