294 LEGUMINOSAE. Bavuinia 
—C. ramiflora, Lam. ill. t. 331. f. 1.—C. cauliflora, Wall.! L. n. 5816. c, d.— 
Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 31. Malabar. 
Our specimens of both varieties are from Ceylon. 
Sub-gen. 2. Pseupocynometra.—Calyx-segments naked at the apex. Sta- 
mens very numerous (40-60): anthers didymous, with a broad fleshy con- 
nectivum, dehiscing longitudinally along the margins. Legume smooth and 
even externally.—Leaflets 2-3 pair. Peduncles short, springing from axillary 
buds formed of densely imbricated ovate obtuse concave bracteas. Pedicels 
long and slender, corymbose. 
*908. (3) C. polyandra (Roxb.:) leaflets 2-8 pair, oblong-lanceolate: 
flowers from the branches, axillary: stamens very numerous.—Roab. Cor. 3. 
t. 286: fl. Ind. 2. p. 372 ; DC. prod. 2. 509; Spr. syst. 2. p. 327 ; Wall.! L. 
n. 5815 ; Wight! cat. n. 632. c. : 
Our specimens were obtained from Klein's herbarium, without any locality 
or name attached: it is perhaps not indigenous. 
LXXXVII. BAUHINIA. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 329. 
Sepals 5, united into a calyx that is either 5-cleft, or split up on the lower 
side and spatha-like. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, slightly unequal. Anther- 
bearing stamens either 1 and distinct, with 9 monadelphous sterile filaments ; 
or 3-5, with or without 1—7 sterile ones, all united at the base ; or 10 without 
Sterile ones, all slightly monadelphous at the base, or distinct: ‘ sometimes 
there is a supernumerary or inner verticil (prolongation of the torus?) nearly 
entire, or more or less deeply eut into a greater or smaller number of short 
bristle-like threads." (Graham). Ovary stalked, containing 2 or more ovules. 
_ Style ascending, rarely wanting. Stigma capitate or dilated. Legume 1- 
celled, 2-valved, several- (rarely 1-) seeded. Seeds compressed, oval; 
inner seed-coat tumid. Embryo straight: radicle ovate: cotyledons flat. 
—Trees or shrubs. Leaves consisting of two opposite leaflets at the apex 
of the petiole ; leaflets 2-5-nerved, either (very rarely) entirely distinct, Or 
(usually) more or less united by their inner margins into a 2-lobed emargi- 
nate or entire leaf. Flowers racemose ; racemes elongated, or corymbiform, 
simple, or panicled. 
All the Indian species, which we have examined, have the stamens monadelphous 
at the base, although a very shortly so, and never fewer than three of them 
with perfect anthers. De Candolle's first group Casparia, and his fifth Caulotrepus, 
may therefore be regarded entirely of American origin ; the third Symphyo, aa 
fourth Phanera, are, on the other hand, purely Asiatic; while the second Pauletia, 
contains a mixture from Asia, Africa, and America. 
§ 1. Filaments monadelphous (sometimes only very slightly so) at the base, 5 or 
10 bearing anthers : ovary with the stalk free from the calya -tube.—VPau- 
letia, Cav. ; DC. 
a. Calyx 5cleft, regular: stamens 10, all fertile. 
909. (1) B. Malabarica (Roxb.:) arboreous, unarmed : leaves transversely 
broad-oval, cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets rounded, united consider- 
ably above the middle, parallel, 4-nerved: racemes axillary, corymbiform, : 
almost sessile: calyx funnel-shaped, regular, 5-cleft, pubescent : corolla re- 
gular; petals spathulate: stamens 10, all fertile, very slightly monadelphous 
at their base, alternate ones shorter ; “ inner verticil wanting” (Grah.): wha 
pubescent: legume long-stalked, linear, slightly faleate, at length "ert 
marked longitudinally with waved reticulating lines.— Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. P. 321; 
Wall.! L: n. 5793.——Malabar ; M. Brown, Esq. 
