318 DECANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Bauldnia. 



liquely oblong, taperin? equally at each end, with the apex 

 acuminate, and somewhat recurved, one celled, two-valv- 

 ed, smooth, on the outside dark brown, within pretty 

 and whitish, from three to four inches long and one and 

 a half broad. 6'eeds two, or three, lari^e, and very une- 

 qual, of a dark brown colour. Perisperm none. Embryo 

 as in other Leguminosce. 



BAUHINIA. 



Calyx a spathaceous border or tubular base. Corol ir- 

 regular, five-petalled, expandin;;. Anthers incumbent, 

 bursting longitudinally on their sides. 



SECT. I. Trees or Shrubs. 



1. B. Candida. Willd. 2. 510. 



Arboreous. Leaves roundish, downy underneath. Lobes 

 obtuse. Panicles iermiaixl. ^'cgf/new/s five, all fertile. Le- 

 gume linear. 



Sans. Knyidara, also Yooga-pwtra, double-leaved. 



Hind. Kana-raja. 



A small handsome tree. 1 have only found it in gar- 

 dens, where it flowers about the beginning of the hot sea- 

 son. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, nearly bifarious suborbicu- 

 lar, two-Iobed, froai 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 

 whole leaf is from three to five inches each way. Race* 

 mes axillary, and terminal, those of the axils small and 

 simple, the terminal ones large, compound, or panicled. 

 Flowers numerous, white, large, delightfully fragrant. 

 Calyx spathiforra, 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 are no ste- 



