Entada .] xlvii. leguminos^e. 655 
Entada scandens Benth., Mimosa scandens Linn, is a mixture of several 
very distinct species from India and Ceylon, Eastern Malaya, Polynesia and 
South America. Distributed with Wallich Penang, 5293, are some scraps 
of foliage of apparently E. spiralis. 
(2) E. spiralis Ridl. Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. lxvii. (2), 305. 
Stem flattened spiral 3 in. wide, 1 to 2 in. thick. Leaves 
alternate, 3 in. long; pinnae 4; leaflets alternate elliptic to obovate 
oblong retnse, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 in. wide, dark green above, glaucous 
beneath, coriaceous. Racemes axillary 6 in. long; peduncle 2 in. 
long; rachis hairy. Calyx hairy, green. Petals 4 to 5, green. 
Stamens 8 to 10, white turning yellow, '25 in. long. Pod spiral 
green, thick, lobed, breaking into joints, and then dehiscing. Seeds 
5 to 11, rounded triangular or heart-shaped, 2 in. long, 1 in. thick, 
testa brown, coriaceous. Hab. Common in secondary growth and 
woods in the south. Singapore, Tanglin; Chan Chu Kang, etc. 
Malacca, Ayer Panas (Goodenough), (Maingay). Dindings, Bruas. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
61 . LEUCiENA, Benth. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers sessile in globose 
heads, 5-merous. Calyx cylindrical, short-toothed. Petals free, 
valvate. Stamens 10, free, exsert; anthers not gland-crested. 
Ovary stalked, many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma minute. 
Pod flat, strap-shaped, coriaceous. Species 8, American. 
(1) L. glauca Benth. Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 416; Prain, l.c. 246. 
Shrub about 6 ft. tall, unarmed. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long; petioles 
2 to 3 in. long; pinnae 4 to 8 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 10 to 15 
pairs, linear-oblong acute, base oblique cuneate, glaucous downy, 
■4 to '5 in. long, *1 to -15 in. wide. Raceme of dense globose heads, 
■5 to 75 in. through; peduncles 1 to 1*25in. long, slender. Corolla 
white *15 in. long. Stamens *25 in. long. Ovary pubescent. 
Pod 5 to 6 in. long, -4 to *5 in. wide. Seeds 15 to 20, narrow- 
ovate, base acute, '3 in. long. Hah. Open country and waste 
ground, introduced, but scattered over the peninsula. Pahang, 
Pulau Tawar. Selangor. Perak, Gapis (Scortechini). Penang 
Waterfall (Curtis), Kedah. Distrib. Whole tropics, doubtless of 
South American origin. Native name : Petai Jawa. 
62 . MIMOSA, Linn. 
Shrubs or herbs, usually prickly. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets 
small linear. Flowers minute in dense globose heads, usually 
4-merous. Calyx campanulate, short-toothed. Petals connate 
towards base. Stamens 4 to 10, exsert; anthers not gland-crested. 
Pod flat, of i-seeded joints, separating from sutures. Species 230, 
chiefly American. 
Low wiry herb; leaves sensitive; flowers pink . . (1) M. pudica 
Shrub; leaves not sensitive; flowers white . . . (a) M. sepiaria 
