430 XLVIll. I,EGlMl>"()S.r. 



obloiifr, obi use, glabrous, reticulntely veined. Flowers in lax fcw- 

 Howered racemes at the ends of the branchlets ; pedicels q-g in. lonjj;, 

 slender, aitieulat(^d below the calvx, glabrous ; bracts concave, ^-^ in. 

 long, enclosing the buds, caducous ; bracteoles small. Calyx ^ in. long ; 

 tube narrowly turbinate, ^ in. long ; segments \ in. long, subequal, 

 oblong, somewhat oblique, obtuse or subacute. Petals 3 (an upper and 

 2 lateral), | in. long, subequnl, obovate-oblong, yellowish with pink 

 stripes. Stamens 3 Fertile, connate nearly half their length ; filameuts 

 pubescent at the base ; anthers oblong. Ovary stalked ; ovules 8-12 or 

 more; style pubescent, equalling the stamens. Pods 3-8 in. long by 

 1 in. broad and about f. in. thick, slightly curved, subcom pressed, scurfy. 

 Seeds 3-12, obovate-oblong, truncate at the ends, | by -f^ in., 

 compressed, with a aluillow oblong pit on each of the Hat faces, smooth, 

 brown, shining. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 273 ; Grab. Cat. p. (52 ; Dalz. & 

 (Hbs. p. 82; Bedd. Plor. Sylvat. t. 184 : Aitch, Pb. & 8ind PI. p. 53 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 146; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (18<J8)p. 428 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 404.— Flowers : 

 May-June. Vekn. Amli; Chinch. 



The well-known Tamarind tree cultivated and self-sown tliroughoiit India and tlie 

 Tropics generally, probably indigenous in Africa. The tree is of great value, almost 

 all its parts being useful. Two different kinds of fruit are recognized, dis-tinguished 

 by tiieir color, viz., the red and brown tamarind, of which tlie former is the most 

 valued. Some fine specinu'ns of the red-fruited variety grow at Bijapur in the 

 Deccan. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



70. BAUHINIA, Linn. 



Unarmed erect trees, or climbing shrubs with circinute tendrils. 

 Iiea\es usually simple, more or less deeply cleft from the apex, rarely 

 entire, or fully divided into 2 leaflets; stipules various, usually small, 

 caducous. Flowers usually white, in simple terminal or rarely axillary 

 racemes, or arranged in a large terminal or corymbose panicle. Calyx- 

 tube with the disk ])roduced to the top, sometimes long and cylindric, 

 sometimes short and turbinate or campanulate ; limb entire and spatha- 

 ceous, or cleft into 2 or 5 teeth. Petals 5, subequal, erect or spreading, 

 imbricate, the upper the inner. Stamens lO, or reduced to 5 or 3, 

 if fewer than 10 «ith or without sterile filanients; filaments free, 

 filiform ; anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary stalked 

 (rarely subsessile) ; ovules many ; style long or short; stigma small, or 

 large and peltate, subterminal or oblique. Pod linear or oblong, Hat, 

 conliinious \nihin, dehi-^^cent or indehisceTit. Seeds albuminous. — 

 Djstijii}. Tiiroughout the Tropics; species 150, 



Fertile stamens 10. 



I.enflels distinct 1. B. (Ujiht/lla. 



Leaflets connate. 

 Calyx spathaceous. 



Flowers large, l-'5, on sliort peduncles 2. B. /omrntoui. 



Flowers small, numerous, in ccjjious racemes 3. B. racemom. 



Calyx-limb divided into 5 segments. 



] -eaves 7-9-nerved 4. B. malaharica. 



Leaves 15-17-nerved •">. B. fovadata. 



Fertile stamens 3-5. 



A large climber fi. B. Vah'ii. 



An erect tree 7. B. purpurea. 



