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sided), oMong-clliptic, sliortly acuininiife, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 base rounded; main i km- vos O-S pairs ; petiolules j--',,—} in. long. Flowers 

 numerous, in terminal and axillary leal'y much-branclied panicles; pedicels 

 ,\y ill. long, liliforin ; bracts and bracteoles linear, caducous. Calyx 

 j\i-g in. long, tinely pubescent; teetb about ^ as long as the tube, 

 oblong, obtuse, the 2 up|)er connate, except at the tip. Corolla -J—i in. 

 long, p(U"ple; standard ^ in. bro:id, broadly obovate, veined and with a 

 long claw. Pods sessile, 4 in. long, | in. broad at the widest part, 

 ■i-^ in. broad at the thickened apex, reticulately veined, glabrous. 

 Fl. B. 1. V. 2, p. li)4; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 71: Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. U (iS97) p. 424; Praiii, in Journ. As. .Soc. Beug. v. 06 

 (1898) p. 414.— Flowers : Dec.-Feb. 



Rare. Konkan : S/ocksl Kanaka: Supti GluUs, Talbot; Diggi (N. Kanara), 

 Talbot, 1630!; Kanara, <Syoc'.(>-.—DisTiiiit. Apparently endetDic. 



43. BUTEA, Roxb. 



Trees or large climbing shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipules 

 small, caducous. Leaflets stipellate. Flowers large, showy, in axillary 

 or terminal racemes or panicles ; pedicels densely fascicled from the 

 nodes of the rhachis; bracts and bracteoles narrow, caducous. Calyx 

 broadly campanulate; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard ovale, acute, recurved, inappendiculate ; keel much curved, 

 acute, equalling the standard. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. 

 Ovary sessile or shortly stalked ; ovules 2 ; style elongate, incurved, 

 beardless ; stigma terminal, very small or truncate. Pod Arm, oblong 

 or broadly linear, splitting round the single apical seed, the lowest part 

 indehiscent. — Distrtb. Tropical Asia ; species 8. 



All erect tree 1. B. frondosa. 



A climbing shrub 2. B. superha. 



1. Butea frondosa, Koahj, e.v lio.vb. As. Res. v. 3 (1792) p. 469 ; 

 Cor. PI. v. 1, p. 21. t. 21. An erect tree 40-50 ft. high, with crooked 

 trunk and irregular branches ; bark rough, ash-colored : young parts 

 tomentose or downy. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles 4-6 in. long ; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate, deciduous. Leaflets coriaceous (the terminal 4-8 in. 

 long and about as broad as long, broadly obovate from a cuneate base, 

 the lateral smaller, 4-6 by 3-4 in., obliquely rounded at the base, in- 

 equilateral, the lower side the larger), all obtuse, glabrous above when 

 old, flnely silky and conspicuously reticulately veined beneath; petiolules 

 -}- in. long, stout ; stipels subulate, deciduous. Flowers large, in rigid 

 racemes 6 in. long, 3 flowers together from the tumid nodes of the dark 

 olive-green velvety rhachis ; pedicels about twice as long as the calyx, 

 densely brown-velvety ; bracts and bracteoles small, deciduous. Calj-x 

 k in. long, dark olive-green, densely velvety outside, clothed with silky 

 hairs within ; teeth short, the 2 upper connate, the 3 lower equal, 

 deltoid. Corolla l|-2 in. long, clothed outside with silky silvery hairs, 

 orange or salmon-colored ; standard 1 in. broad ; keel semicircular, 

 beaked, veined. Pods stalked, 5-8 by 1-2 in., thickened at the sutures, 

 reticulately veined, argenteo-canescent ; stalk | in. long. Fl. B. L v. 2, 

 p. 194 ; Grab. Cat. p. 54 ; Dalz. & (libs. p. 71 ; Bedd. Flor. 8ylvat. 1. 176 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 66 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 72 ; Woodr. in Journ. 



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