Butea. DIADELriMA DECANDRIA. 243 



two remarkably lar^e, callous, margined scales on the inside, 

 near tfie base. Stamens one and nine. Style ending- in a ta- 

 pering-, incurved, smooth, pointed stig-ma. Legume compress- 

 ed, elliptic, rather acute, smooth, about two inches long, and 

 one broad. Seed one, rarely two, reniform. 



5. G. v/iginofta. Roxb. 



Twining-. Leajleta three or five, ovate-oblong', smooth, 

 pointed. Racemes axillary, compound. Legume sub-orbi- 

 cular, compressed, one seeded. 



Dalbergia heterophglla. WilUl, iii. 901. 



Robinia nliginosa of the same volume, page 1133. 



Beng. Pan-luta. 



A native of the lower parts of Bengal, where it is found on 

 the wet banks of rivers, nullas, &c. Flowerino- time the hot 

 sea^^on. 



Stems woody, twining-. Bark scabrous, dark brown ; 

 young parts smooth. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate. 

 Leaflets two-pairs, besides the terminal one, opposite, short- 

 pefiolate, ovale, pointed, entire, smooth, and shining- on both 

 sides ; the exterior one largest. Racemes compound, axillary, 

 or from the old axills over the naked branchlets, erect, about 

 as long as the leaves. Bractes minute, /^/otcers numerous, 

 pretty large, of a beautiful rose-colour. Calyx campanulate, 

 obscurely four or five-toothed. Filaments one and nine. Le- 

 gume orbicular, with a small curved apex, compressed, 

 smooth, rather more than an inch each way. 5'eec/ solitary, 

 large, filling- the whole legume. 



BUTEA. Kon. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate. Stamina simple, and nine- 

 cleft. Legume pedicelled, membranaceous, with one seed 

 at the apex. 



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