276 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. Gr. Baker.) [BauJiinia. 



NoBTH "West Provinces to Ceylon and Pexang. — Distrib. Malay isles, China, 



Trop. Africa. 



An erect shrub, -vritli downy branches. Lccff broader than long, not cordate, 

 coriaceous, 1-2 in. deep, cleft less than half-way do-wn into two obtuse lobes, pubes- 

 cent below, 7-nerved. Flowers usually in short -pedun clod pairs from the axils of thd 

 leaves, rarely 1 or 3 ; pedicels with a pair of large persistent linear bracteoles, 

 Cal^x-limb broad-ovate, finely downy, i in. Petals 1^-2 in. long, obovate-spathulate, 

 yellow, the upper with a red blotch on the face. Sti/le J-| in. Pod distinctly stalked, 

 4-5 in. by ^— f in., 6-10-seeded, glabrous. 



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2. B. bracbycarpa, JValL Cat. 5786 -, flowers racemose, pod small ses- 

 sile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PI, Jungh. 261. 



AvA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich, \ 



A doubtful plant, known only in fruit. Branches slender, glabrous. Leaf c^- 

 date, roundish, thin, glabrous, 9-ribbed, cleft a third down into two obtuse lobes, xta- 

 cemes short -peduncled, many-flowered, about as long as the leaves ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, }-^in. Pod 1^-1 J in. by | in., narrowed to both ends, 2-3-seeded, dehiscent. ^^ 



3. B. polycarpajTT^Z/. Cat, 5787 ; flowers in long racemes, calyx-limb 

 entire, pod nearly sessile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PL Jungh. 

 261. 



IVIaetaean ; banks of the Attran river, Wallich. ^ , . 



Another doubtful species, known only in bud and pod. Leaves suborbicular, slightly 

 cordate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous, flexible, obtusely lobed ^-\ down. Flowers in narrow^ 

 close short-peduncled axillary regular racemes 3-5 in. long. Pedicels shorter than 

 the bud, which is glabrous, ovoid-lanceolate, \ in. long* Pod 3-4 in. long, g ^°* 

 broad, glabrous, dehiscent, nearly straight, 6-10-seeded. 



4. B. acuminata, Linn. ; DC Prodr, ii. 513 ; flowers in close axUiarj 

 racemes, petals as long as the calyx-limb which is cleft into 5 subulate teeth at 

 the tip, pod with a rib on each side of the upper suture. Roxh. Hart. ^^9'f\j 

 J'/. J7(f?. ii. 324 ; Wall Cat. 5794; W.SfA. Prodr. 295. B. purpurea, WaU^ 

 Cat. 6797, D. B. Candida, Ait. : DC I^odr. loc. cit., nc 



isles. 



Malacca 



DisTEiB. China, Malay 



flexible, 3-6 in. long, 9-11-nerred, the 'lobes acute or subobtuse, not reaching ^i^ 

 wny down, at first finely pubescent beneath. Racemes axillary, short -pedunclea, 

 rymbose; pedicels erecto-patent, ^-J in. long, with linear-subulate bracts ^^^,?^^' 

 tcoles. Calyx l-\\ in., narrowed into a long point, cleft at the tip. Petals oblo ^ 

 whitish. Style ^ in. Pod 4-5 in. long, |^ in. broad, firm, glabrous, 8-12-seeded ; staii^ 

 ■J in. long. 



Sect. 2. Fileosti^ma, Hochst. Fertile stamms 10. Calyx vrith a 

 short tube and spathaceous or 5-cleft limb. Pod narrow, indehiscent.— i^ 

 shrubs, or climbers with small flowers and connate leaflets. 



5. B. racexnosa 



7-5- 



calyx 



ribs, isomb. ri. cs:^ ; ^^"j;- y-nL^^ 



Pi'odr. ii. 514 : Roxb. Sort.^^J 



oi 5 jcL, jL7ia. n. ozd. n. spicata, Ji^oemg-^ WaLL Cat. o^t^v. i>. ^" ,7 pi 

 Decaime in Kov. Ann. Mus. iii. 466. Pileostigma racemosa, Bentti- 

 Jungh. 262. 



Punjab and Garwhal to Ceylon and Pegit.— Distbib. China, Malay is 

 Timor. 





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