lauJiinia.^ L. legumixos^e. (J. G. Baker.) 277 



A small crooked bushy tree with drooping branches. Leaves hvoa^iev than long, 

 rigidly coriaceous, lJ-2 in. long, slightly cordate, clothed more or less densely be- 

 neath with grey pubescence. Eacemes short-peduncled, lax, terminal and leaf-opposed, 

 i-\ ft long, with densely grey-downy rachises ; pedicels ^-:J in., erecto-patent. Calyx- 

 tube turbinate, not more than ^ in. long ; limb \-^ in., not splitting up. Petals ob- 

 ^nceolate, yellow, as long as the limb. Pod ^1 ft. by ^-1 in., not yeuulose, falcate, 

 firm, glabrous, turgid ; stalk above an inch long. Seeds 12-20. 



B. injFESCENS, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 514, which is sometimes cultivated, differs 

 from this by its very small leaves, seldom over half an inch deep, short style, and 

 much smaller pod. It is a native of Tropical Africa. 



Sim 



6. B. malabarica, Roxh. Hort. Benff. 31 ; FL Ind. ii. 321 ; erecl 



7-9-nerved slightly cordate deeply bifid, flowers in short mostly ^.- 



■corymbs, bracts minute, lower pedicels 1|— 2 the calvx, calyx-limb 5-cleft, style 

 produced. Wall Cat. 5793 ; TF. 8f A. Prodr. 294 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs, Botnh. 

 fL 82 ; Bedd. FL Syh. 92. B. tomentosa. Wall Cat. 5790 F8f G. Pileostigma 

 aalabarica, Benth. Fl Jungh. 261. 



^ Beha 



» 1000 ft. in KiTMAON and 4000 feet 

 DiSTEiB. B. acida, Reinw. (B. put' 



An erect low bushy tree. Leaves broader than long, rigidly coriaceous, the same 

 fitope as in the last, but longer, with two obtuse lobes reaching about a quarter down, 

 glaucous, subglabrous or finely grey-downy beneath. Bacemes sessile, dense, axillary, as 

 ^d as long; pedicels ascending, very slender, i-1 in. long. Calyx clothed with 

 pale brown down; tube cylindrical, turbinate, ^-J in.; limb \ in. Fetah oblong- 

 pHthulato, little exserted. Pod 1 ft. by f-1 in., nearly straight, firm, glabrous, rather 

 tur^d, reticulato-venulose, rostrate with the style, 20-30-seeded ; stalk 1 in. long. 



VAfi. reniformis, Koylo MSS., sp. ; leaves as small as those of .ff. racemosay densely 

 pubescent beneath.— North-west provinces. 



wj' B. ungruiculata, Baker -^ erect, leaves 7-nerved cordate deeply 



DIM, flowers in short, simr^lp PArvml^s. Wni'tA lartTft. -oedicels 3^ times the calyx, 



SuK, Sir R, Schomhurgk. 



tlosely allied to the last. Leaves broader than long, rigidly subcoriaceous. 2-3 in. 

 dn 'i^i^^^^"^ beneath, with two obtuse lobes reaching \-^ down. Racemes short-pe- 

 ^^cied, as long as the leaves; bracts under ^ in., oblanceolate, reflexed; pedicels 

 }.fj^7^» lower l|-2 in. Calyx thinly groy-downy externally ; tube cylindrical, tur- 

 ^^p. i'l in. ; limb i-^ in. Petals \ in., pilose, with a round limb equalling a dis- 

 '^"ct claw. Ovary downy, with a distinct stalk and style. Pod unknown. 



KifiP'i?" *"a^ilf Benth. MSS.i scandent, leaves deeply cordate shortly 

 ^^iw lo-.17-T»ai.Tr^;i ^ J J" :«^ «,>.>.i^ +nvnii'nnl nnniclftfl With re- 



Jo 



f^ ^fanches, calyx-limb shortly 5-eleft, stigma sessile. ? B. foveolata; Dalz, in 

 "'^^ Lmn. Soc. 13, p. 188. 



JoNCAx, Law. 



coriw?''^^'^* slender, terete, ecirrhose, thinly grey-downy. Leaver orbicular, rigidly 

 jaceous, 4-9 in. long and broad, finely downy, the numerous ribs thick and much 

 bilTf ^^ the under surface. i?«c^;?;^5 forming an ample deltoid panicle | ft. long and 

 m7e\ ^l^^ numerous deflexed densely pale-brown downy branches, the lower com- 

 SoJ .}f ^^l^oid^ minute ; pedicels erecto-patent, very short. Calyx-tnho H 1°- 

 Wge ni^^'^^^^ ; limbH ^n., shortly 5-cleft. P.^a?^ twice the calyx S/?;^^^^^ 

 pWf ^^' i '''' troad. Pod unknown.— Agrees with the description of Dalzells 

 except that it is not dioecious. 



tubers ?' 'ysiphyllum, Benth. Fertile stamens 10- Calyx with a long 

 ^^ o^left limb. Fod broad, indehiscent.— Leaflets distinct. 



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