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274i li. LEGUMiNOS-E. (J. G. Baker.) IHumholdtia. 



2. IE. unljugra, Bedd. Ic, PI Ind. Or. t. 108 ; branches solid, nodes not 

 constricted, stipules not spurred, leaves and 2 leaflets subsessile, petals 5. 



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(_ Travancore mountains, alt. 3-4500 ft., Beddome, 



A large tree, glabrous in all its parts, with terete slender branchlets. Stipules 

 lanceokte, \ in., rigidly coriaceous ; petiole very short, broadly flattened and 

 hollowed out on the face; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, rather oblique, 6-6 in. long, 

 obtusely acuminate, glossy on the upper surface. Pedicels \-^ in., spreading, finely 

 silky ; bracteol^s obtuse, half as long as the calyx. Flower f in. long, exclusive of 

 the exserted stamens. Petals bright red. 



3. B. Brunonis, Wall. PI As. Ear. iii. 17, t. 233 ; branches solid, 

 nodes not constricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves nearly sessile, leaflets 

 4, petiolules short, petals 3. Wall Cat. 2332 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 285 ; JVufht 

 Ic. t, 1606 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 93. . ^' * 



Ghauts of NiLGHiRis and Coobg. 



Branchlets slender, terete. Petiole not flattened ; stipules small, lanceolate above 

 the attachment, with a transverse oblong spur ; leaflets oblong, rigidly subconaceous, 

 glabrous, obtusely cuspidate, 4-6 in. long. Racemes axillary, distinctly peduncled, 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves ; pedicels |— ^ in., spreading or ascending ; bracte- 

 oles and calyx grey-do-\niy. Flower \-\ in. long, exclusive of the exserted stamens. 



^4. K. Vahliana, Wight Ic. t. 1607-8; branches solid, nodes not con- 

 stricted, spur of stipules rounded, leaves distinctly petioled, leaflets 6-8, petiolules 

 long, petals 5. Bedd. FL Sylv. 93. 



Nelghiris ; Jungles about Conoor, Br. Wight. 



JBra«cAfef5 slender, terete. Stipules 1 in. or more long, lanceolate above, trans- 

 versely oblong below the point of attachment; leaf-rachis 5-7 in. long, including tne 

 1 in, petiole ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 5- ^ 

 in. long, both sides finely venulose. Eacemcs peduncled, subspicate, 1-3-nate, 

 bracteoles and sepals very downy on the back, the latter | in. long. ^^^ V^ 

 caducous, not exceeding the sepals. Pod almost woody, ^ ft. by 1^ in., narrowed to 

 the point. 



113. AFZEXiXA. Smith 



osite 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with few pairs^ of opP 

 leaflets. Flowers in copious terminal panicles. Calyx with the disk produc 

 to the top of its elongated tube ; sepals 4, much imbricated, slightly unequ ^^ 

 Developed petal one, orbicular with a distinct claw, the others absent 

 rudimentary. Stamem 3-9, declinate, filaments long, pilose; anthers i»i°^^ 

 oblong, opening longitudinally. Pod large, oblong, flattish, sublignose, su 

 indehiscent. — Distrib. Tronics of the Old 



World 



1. A. retusa, K\ 



^-6, racemes simple, pe 

 stamens 3. 



leaflets 



limb 



Malacca, Griffith, Andamans, Kurz. , 2^3 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets stalked, oblong, s^bcoriaceous, ^^^ 

 in, long, obtuse, conspicuously emarginate. Flowers in simple corymbose ter ^^^ 

 racemes ; pedicels ^ in. Calyx-tMhe \-% in,, cylindrical ; sepals \ in. broad- 

 twice as long as the sepals ; blade round, ^ in. broad. Pod oblong, subcoriat 

 3-4 in. by 1-1^ in. 



2. A. b^uira, A. Gray Bat. Amer. Expl Expedit. 467, t. 51 ; "^^^^^i 

 panicle corymbose, pedicels pilose^ calyx-tube as long as limb, fertile stanie 



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