37- XLVIII. LKGUMlNOSll. 



Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1S97) p. 424; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, j). 548. 

 — Flowers : Feb.-Mar. Verx. I'ahcs. 



Tbrougbouttlie Prosidency, common. Konkax : Graham; Tausa, Coo/t'cl Dpxian: 

 Khandesh, (.iraham; Kliaiidala, Stocks\ Gujarat: Graham, Dahell if Gibson. — 

 DiSTRiB. Tliroiitrliout India; Ceylon. 



When ill full flower this tree is a conspicuous and handsome object tliroughnnl the 

 Indian jungles. A gum called Bengal Kino is obtained from the bark and llie fluwcrs 

 furnish a brilliant but fleeting dye." See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I. c. 



2. Butea superba, lio.vb. Cor. PL v. 1 (1795) p. 23, t. 22. A 

 gigantic climber ; stem as thick as a man's leg. Trrainal leatlet G-15 in. 

 long. Flowers briglit orange, i-ather larger than those in the preceding 

 species ; pedicels thrice as long as the calyx. In other respects exactly 

 resembles Biiiea frondosa. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 195 ; Grab. Cat. p. 54 ; 

 Dalz. & (xibs. p. 71 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 72 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 424; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 550. 

 — Flowers : Feb. -Mar. A^ern. Palas-vel. 



Kon'kan: (oresis o(^. Konkau, Da/:^cU if Gibso7i, Ta/hot. Kanaka: Wooflrow. 



Butea Gibsonii, Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. p. 55, which, under the vernacular 

 name of Tewees, Graham describes as having white flowers like the 

 Karunj {Ponijamia glabra) and as being common about Jnuar and to be 

 met with at Telloo on the road from Poona to Mahableshw ar, I can 

 tind no record of. It may possibly be Oui/einia dalbeiyioides, Benth. 



44. CANAVALIA, Adans. 



Climbing or prostrate herbs. Leaves pinnately 8-foliolate ; stipules 

 usuall}^ small. Leaflets stipellate. Flowers rather large and showy, in 

 axillary racemes ; rhachis nodiform ; bi'acts minute ; bracteoles small, 

 caducous. Calyx deep, the limb 2-lipped, the uppei- lip projecting, 

 entire or emarginate, the lower lip shortly ;3-toothed. Corolla much 

 exserted ; standard large, suborbicular ; wings narrow, equalling the in- 

 curved obtuse or obtusely-rostrate keel. Stamens moiiad^elphous; anthers 

 uniform. Ovary obscurely stalked ; ovules many ; style incurved, 

 beardless ; stigma terminal. Pod large, linear or oblong, compressed or 

 turgid, with a distinct rib on eacli valve near the upper suture. — DisriiiB. 

 Warmer regions of both hemispheres; species about 12. 



Sti pules large, oblong, obtuse ; bracteoles large 1 . C. Siocl:sii, 



Stipules small, triangular ; bracteoles minute. 



Racemes many-flowered ; pods many -seeded, l^-- in. broad ... 2. C. ensiformis. 



Racemes fevv-ll(jwered ; pods few-seeded, ^-^ in. broad 3. C. lineata. 



1. Canavalia Stocksii, Dalzell, in Dalz. 6f Gibs. Bo. FL (1861) 

 p. 69. A large twiner ; stems very long, terete, smooth. Leaves large ; 

 petioles 6-8 in. long; stipules |-^ in. long, oblong, obtuse, nerved. 

 Leaflets thinly membranous, 5-8 in. long, nearly as broad as long (the 

 terminal rhomboid-obovale, the lateral broadly ovate or suborbicular), 

 glabrous, reticulately veined ; the 2 basal nerves opposite, conspicuous ; 

 petiolules |- in. lung, hairy ; stipels lanceolate. Flowers several at the 

 apex of an angular naked peduncle 12-15 in. long ; pedicels short ; 

 bracteoles elliptic-oblong, § by \ in., veined, concealing the Howers in 

 bud. Calyx j\-^ in. long, veined, glabrous ; teeth a little shorter than 

 the tube, the upper notched, the li lower deltoid, ciliate. Corolla 1\ in. 



