LEGUMIXOS.R 535 



Sub-grnus Lasiohema, Korth. 



Cahjx-lahe almost none, the lobes tootli-liko. Stijh very sbort. Pudu 1-2-seedid. 



B. ANGUiNA, Iloxb. E.S.8. Tropical Forests of Chittagong and 

 Lasiohema Jlor-i/ieldii, Miq. Hills East of TouDg-ngoo. 



Glabrous or nearly so. Ovary and jiods glabrous. 



The wood of JIauhinia is of little value and no beauty, but the elegant creepers of 

 the genus are some of the most striking objects in a tropical forest. The leaves and 

 flowers of some species are eaten, as are the seeds, which in some of the scandent 

 species are of very large size. 



" *"" Z/'tires ahrxpHi/ 2>innafc {Amherstieai). 



X Calyx-tube short, the disk basal or nearly so ( Ci/nometriea). 

 + Petals 5 or fewer. 

 CvxoiLETU.v, Lhinaus. 



Sepals 1-5. Pf^fl/s 5, imbricate. Stamens 10 or m-diiy. /'orf fleshy, indehisccnt 

 or tardily dehiscing. L'^aflets in 1 to many pairs. 



X Racemes short and umbel-like, puberulous. 



* C. EAsriFLORA, L. Cultivated iu Tenasserim. Nicobars. 



Myeng-ka-pen (Kurz). 



Leaves and rachis glabrous. Leaflets larger, usually in a single pair ; 1.]— 2 inches 

 long, edible. 



C. BiJTGA, Spanoghe. I! T. Tropical forests of Arakan, Tenasserim, 



the Andamans, and Kicobars. 



Rachis of leaves puberulous, slenderer. Leaflets smaller, usually in 2, very rarely 

 in 3 pairs. Pods about A inch long, insipid. 



X X Racemes longer or shorter, bracted. 



* C. CAULiFLORA, L. H.T. Cultivated (^(f« Masou). 

 Pedicels glabrous or puberulous. Leaflets in a single pair. 



X X Disk at the top of a prolonged calyx-tube {Eu-amherstieai). 



+ Petals 1-5. Trees. 



° Calyx-tube elongate. 



\ Petal one. 



Afzelia, Smith. 



Calyx-segments 4, much imbricated. Petal clawed. Stamens 3-8, free, with or 

 without a few minute staminodes. Pod large, woody or coriaceous. Seeds not 

 aiillate. Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



A. BiJTTGA, Colebr. Coa.st forests of the Andamans. Kamorta 



Jonesia triandra, Roxb. and Katchall. 



Inflorescence and calyx puberulous. Pods i-1 foot long, woody. Leaflets 

 usually bluntish. 



A. KEiisA, Kz. Tidal forests of the Andamans. 



Inflorescence and calyx glabrous. Pods 3-4 ioches long, thin coriaceous. 

 Leaflets notched. 



ft Petals Z-b. 

 TAifABixDrs, Linnaus. 

 Petals 3, with the rudiments of 2 others. Staminodes tccth-liko. Stamens mona- 

 dclphous, only 3 of them developed. Pod turgid, induhiscent, the acid mesocarp pulpy. 



