Bauhinia. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 323 
7. B. parviflora, Willd. 2. 509. 
“Arboreous. Branchlets drooping. Leaves subreniform, 
deeply two-lobed ; lobes obtuse. Racemes solitary. Stamens 
ten, all fertile. Legume linear, ligneous, many-seeded. 
Sans. Vuna-raja, 
Tam. Areka-marum. 
 Teling. Arro. 
-/A small, uncommonly crooked bushy tree; a native of 
most forests on the coast of Coromandel. Bark dark and 
scabrous. . 
“Leaves alternate, petioled, two-lobed, ndiiderer built dow- 
ny; lobes oblong, rounded at both ends ; size various, the 
whole leaf generally about two inches’ broad, and not 
quite so long. Petioles round, downy. Racemes simple, ter- 
minal, or leaf-opposed. Flowers scattered, pretty large, 
_ yellow. Calyx spathiform, bursting on the under side, 
reflected, not gaping atthe base. Petals and stamens 
ascending. Anthers fertile on all the ten filaments. Le- 
gume scimitar-shaped, very hard, not opening, inter- 
tupted, Seeds from ten to twenty, oval, smooth, shining, 
brown. Matchlock men make their matches of the bark ~ 
ofthis tree ; it burns long, and slowly, without the help 
Of salt-petre or any other combustible. ‘To prepare the 
bark itis boiled, dried, and beat. Ropes are also made 
of the inner rind, which is fibrous, strong and durable. 
» 
8. B. tomentosa. Willd, 2. 511. 
_ Shrubby. Leaves roundish, deeply two-lobed, villous 
underneath. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles leaf-oppos- 
ed, two-flowered. Petals oval. Stamina ten, all fertile. 
Legume lanceolate, villous. 
Canschena-pou. Rheed. Mal..1. t. 35. 
_ Anative of Malabar, Coromandel mountains, &¢ oo "4 
the Botanic garden at vaca it is in blossom most 
Part of the year. | 
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