326 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Bauhuiia. 



the leaves, woody, very strong, simple. Racemes terminal 

 coryrabiform. Peduncles round, downy, not very long:, as 

 the flowers grow near each other. Pedicels about two 

 inches long, thickened near the apex, jointed, and liave 

 there two small lanceolate bractes ; besides a downy, 

 narrow-lanceolate one below each pedicel. Flowers pret- 

 ty large, when they first open white, but gradually be- 

 coming yellow. Calyx spathiform, on a tubular base. 

 Corol, the superior petals larger, the inferior more dis- 

 tant. Filaments on the upper side of the germ three, 

 nearly as long as the petals, ascending, bearing oblong, 

 incumbent anthers ; on the under side two or three 

 very small, and Avithout anthers. Germ oblong, sessile, 

 downy. Style subulate, rather shorter than the filaments. 

 Stigma headed. Legume pendulous, about twelve or 

 eighteen inches long, and from two and a half to three 

 broad, compressed, woody, covered with much, dark 

 brown, soft velvet-like down. Seedsfrom eight to twelve, 

 orbicular, flat, smooth, brown, about an inch in diameter, 

 and one-sixth of an inch thick. They are eaten raw, when 

 ripe, the taste is like that of Cashew-nuts. 



The leaves are employed to line baskets, and various 

 other sorts of packages by the hill people, where the 

 plant grows for which they are well adapted not only on 

 account of their great size, but also on account of their 

 being remarkably firm, tough, and durable. 



11. B. scandens. Willd. 2. 58. 



Scandent. Tendrils opposite. Leaves round cordate, 

 apex two-lobed. Racemes terminal, simple, or ramous. 

 Flowers triandrous. Legumes linear, from four to five- 

 seeded. 



Folium linguae. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 1. t. 1. 



Gunda-gilla the vernacular name in Silhet, where it 

 is indigenous in the forests of that province, running up, 



