42. CMSALTINIACEM. [1. Bauhisia. 



1, Baukinia, L. 



Trees, shrubs or climbers with broad basal-nerved 2-lobed, 

 rarely entire, leaves with rounded or cordate base, mid-rib 

 (rachis) usually ending in a bristle. Fls, mod. -sized or large 

 ^,ud showy in simple or panicled sometimes corymbose racemes 

 (only 2-3 axillary in tomentosa). Hypanthium (calyx-tube) 

 usually thickened and tubular, limb lobed or spathaceous. 

 Petals clawed, with the posterior lobe usually different from 

 the others. Stamens normally 10, often reduced, occasionally 

 only 1-3 perfect. Ovary stipitate, stipes free or adnate to the 

 side of the hypanthium. Pod linear to oblong, coriaceous or 

 woody, dehiscent, rarely indehiscent. 



I. Fertile stamens 10. Calyx with short tube and 

 spathacecus or 5-cleft limb. 



A. Fls. not showy. Small or modium-sized trees. 



L. mostly tinder 2" diam. Eacemes simple. 



Pod swollen .1. racemosa. 



L. mostly exceeding 2''. Eacemes branched. 



Pod flattish 2. malabarica. 



B. Fls. showy. Shrubs. 



Fls. 1-3 axillary, yellow . . 3. tomentosa. 



Fls. in axillary racemes, white. Buds beaked 4. acuminata. 



II.. Fertile stamens 3-5. Calyx with an elongated 

 base. 



A. Large climbers with large flowers . . . j, Vahlii. 



B. Trees, rarely in B. purpurea only shrubby. 



a. L. not lobed. Fls. under 1J* diam . . 6. retusa. 



b. L. 2-lobed or cleft. Fls, large and showy. 



L. mostly 11-nerved. Buds acutely 5-angled . 7. purpurea. 

 L. mostly 13-nerved. Buds not angled . 8. variegata. 



1. B, racemosa, Lunik. Kaimu, K\ Katmouli, Kathul, , 

 Kharw ; Ghatouli, Oraon. 



A small tree with pubescent branches, small leaves broader 

 than long, tomentose or pubescent especially on the nerves 



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