818 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Bauhinia. 
liquely oblong, tapering equally at each end, with the apex 
acuminate, and somewhat recurved,one-celled, two-valy- _ 
ed, smooth, on the outside dark brown, within pretty . 
and whitish, from three to four inches long and one and 
_ahalf broad. Seeds two, or three, large, and very wne- 
qual, ofa dark brown colour. Perisperm none. Embryo 
as in other Leguminose. 
~ BAUHINIA. 
_ Calyx a spathaceous border or tubular base: Corol ir 
regular, five-petalled, expanding. Anthers incumbent, 
bursting longitudinally on their sides. a4 
* 
SECT. I. Trees or Shrubs. 
1. B. candida. Willd. 2. 510. = 
Arboreous. Leaves roundish, downy underneath. pe 
obtuse, Panicles terminal. Segments five, all fertile. ee. 
gume linear. om 
_ Sans. Kuvidara, also Yooga-putra, doublo‘leated 
Hind, Kana-raja. 
A small handsome tree. I have only found it in gar " be 
dens, where it flowers about the beginning of the hot sem a 
son. . i 
Leaves alternate, petioled, nearly bifarious suborbicu- € 
lar, two-lobed, from nine to eleven-nerved, the middle : 
one ending in a villous bristle between the lobes, below 
downy ; lobes oval, obtuse, or very obtusely-pointed ; the eee 
whole leaf is from three to five inches each way. ptt ee 
‘mes axillary, and terminal, those of the axils small 
_ simple, the terminal ones large, compound, or pa es 
Flowers humerous, white, large, delightfully fragrant, 
Calyx spathiform, leathery, not gaping ‘at the base, split- 
ting longitudinally on the under side; apex. minutely 
five-toothed. Filaments five, ascending, the uppermost 
smallest, Anthers linear, incumbent ; there. seit 
ee arate rare 
