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L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 



[^iSpatholobus. 



Calyx J in. ; teeth deltoid. Corolla reddish, -^ in. long; limb and standard broader 

 than deep, emarginate. Pod like the samara of a sycamore reversed, finely downy, 

 3-5 in. long, more membranous than in the last. 



8. S. acumlnatus, Benth, PL JungJi, 238 ; leaflets subeoriaceous ob- 

 long cuspidate rounded at the base glabrous beneath^ flowers small, calyx ob- 

 scurely downy, teeth oblong half as long as the tube, pod sessile narrowed to 

 the tip, Butea acuminata, Wcdl. Cat. 5443. Pongamia rosea. Gi^ah. in Wdl 

 Cat. 5907. P. rigida. Wall Cat 5908 ? 



Forests of Tenasserim and Pen'Axg, Wallich, &c. 



A robust climber, with branches minutely downy at first, soon glabrescent. Petiole 

 2-4 in. long ; leaflets subconcolorous, pale grey-green on both sides, much thinner 

 than in 8, crassifolius, the end one 4-8 in. long. Panicle more than a foot long ; pe- 

 dicels much shorter than the calyx. Calyx ~ in. Corolla bright red, three times the 

 calyx ; limb of the standard as long as broad. Pod just like that of 8, gyrocarfus.— 

 Here most likely belongs * Pongamia ? ' Wall. Cat. 9054, from Penang. "VVe hav^ 

 a closely allied plant from Mishmi, Griffith, 1678, with a more rigid much rpcurv^ 

 larger pod half a foot long ; and another from Concan, Stocks (S. puRPUREtrs, Benth. 

 MSS,) with very dense panicles, dark purple corolla, and longer pedicels, which no 

 doubt is distinct, but of which the pod is unknown. 



4. S. crassifolius, Benth. PL Jungh. 238 ; leaflets very thick and ri?id 

 oblong cuspidate rounded at the base glabrous beneath, flowers small, calyx 

 densely brown-velvety, teeth deltoid half as long as the tube, pod stalked. Pon- 

 gamia crassifolia, Wall, Cat, 5913. 



Forests of Silhet and Penano, Wallich. Khasia, Griffith, 



Brofwc^e^ at first clothed with ferruginous pubescence, Lmflets like those of ^^• 

 acuminatus, 6-9 in. long, thicker in texture, very shining on the upper surface, q^^^^ 

 glabrous beneath from the beginning. Pedicels very short, the flowers densely clus- 

 tered towards the end of the branchlets. Calyx ^ in. long. Corolla dark ptiTpie, 

 scarcely twice as long as the calyx ; limb of the standard broader than deep, emargi- 

 nate. Poti only seen very immature. 



68. BUTEA, Roxb. 



Erect trees or climbing shrubs, with 

 isely fascicled, large, showy, in axil 



Floirers 



petals nearly equal in length, the keel much curved, subobtuse or acute. ^^ 

 mens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, 2-ovuled; s^*? 

 filiform, curved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod firm, ligulate, splitting ro^^*^ 

 the single apical seed, the lowest part indehiscent. — Distrib. No other species. 



1. B. frondosa, Roxb. Car, PL 21 , t. 21 ; FL Ind, iii. 244 ; an erect tree, 

 lower calyx-teeth deltoid, keel much curved acute 4 times as long as the calv^' 

 pod distinctlv stalked. WalL Cat, 55B0, ex parte ; W. ^ A, Prodr. 261 ; -^^' 

 Prod, ii. 415^; WirM in Hook. Bot, Misc, iii. 102, SuppL t. 32; Beddome /<■ 

 Sylv. t. 170; Dalz. 8c Gibs. Bomb. FL 71 ; Brand. For, FL 142. Erythnna 

 monospeima, Lamh, Diet, i, 301. — Jiheede Ilort, MaL vi. t. 16-17. 



Plains from the IIimat^yas to Ceylox and Birma, ascending to 4000 ft. i" 

 north-west. 



An erect tree, reaching a height of 40-50 ft. 8hoots clothed with grey or hro^ ^ 

 silky pubescence. Petiole \-^ ft. ; leaflets 4-8 in. long, coriaceous, glabrescf*nt ab^.^ 

 densely finely silky and strongly veined below; end one roundish, with a ^^^^^-, 

 base, obtuse, often emarginate. Racemes ^ ft. long; pedicels ^1 in., densely h^o^^ 

 velvety. Calyx \ in. long, velvety. Petals bright orange-red, equal, thickly clothe 

 the outside with silvery tomentum, the standard 1 in. broad, the keel semicir*^ ^' 

 beaked. Pod 6-8 in. by 1^2 in., argenteo-canescent, narrowed suddenly into a s 

 longer than the calyx. 



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