432 XIAIII. LKGLMIXOS.E. 



ill terminal or leaf-opposed racemes 2-5 in. long ; rhachis densely 

 pubescent; buds pointed; pedicels g-f^ in- long; bracts beneath the 

 pedicels linear, acute. Calyx pubescent ; tube very short ; liinb ^-g in. 

 long, spathaceous, at length reflexed. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, 

 acute, g-jV i"- 'ong, white or pale-yellow. Stamens 10, all fertile ; 

 filaments densely hairy at the base. Ovary pubescent ; stigma sessile. 

 Pods stalked, 6-10 by .J-| in., blunt at the apex, tapering to the base, 

 somewhat falcate, glabrous, tui-gid, not or scarcely veined ; stalk |-1 in. 

 long. Seeds 12-2U, oblong, compressed, rounded at the apex, ^-f by 

 fVI in-' l^l^it^'^"- ^^^- B. I. V. 2, p. 276 ; Grab. Cat. p. 64 ; Dal/.. & Gibs, 

 p. 82 ; Hook. Icon. 1. 141 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 116 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 146; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428; 

 AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 422. — Flowers : Mar.-June. Vebn. 

 A'ptd ; Vdmi-rdja. 



Coinmon tlirotigliout the Presidency in doeiduous forests. Konkan : Stocks'., 

 T)ahell\ ; Ghats and billy parts of the Konkan, Graham. Deccan : widely, Woodrow I, 

 Ilhival; Pooua districts, Gooke\, Woodrowl — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, 

 China, Timor. 



A sacred plant of the Hindus, worshipped at the Dasera festival. The leaves are 

 sold iu the market to wrap tobacco in and make cigarettes which are called hidk. 



4. Bauhinia malabarica, Ro.vh. Hort. Benr/. (1814) p. 31. Au 

 erect low bushy tree, sometimes dioecious (Talbot). Leaves broader 

 than long, l^-o by ]|-6 in., divided about | the way down into 2 

 rounded lobes, glabrous above, pale and more or less pubescent beneath, 

 finely reticulately veined, base cordate ; main nerves 7-11 (commonly 9), 

 conspicuous : petioles 1 in. long, thickened at both end'*, channelled, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Flowers in dense axillary subsessile racemes ; 

 })edicels g-1 in. long, slender, ascending, brown-puberulous. Calyx 

 clothed with brown pubescence ; tube g-5 in. long, narrowly turbinate ; 

 limb 5-^; in. long, divided into 5 linear subacute segments. Petals 

 obovate-spathulate, little exserted. Stamens 10, all fertile, alternately 

 long and short. Ovary pubescent. Pods stalked, 10-12 by |-1 in., 

 nearly straight, somewhat turgid, glabrous, conspicuously reticulately 

 veined with longitudinal wavy lines, rostrate with the style; stalk 1 in. 

 long. Seeds 20-30, globose-ovoid, -^^ in. in diam., dark brown, 

 polished. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 277 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 82 ; Bedd. For. 

 JMan. p. xcii ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 147 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1808) p. 428 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 420.— 

 Flowers : Oct.-Nov. Vkrn. Amli. 



Moist forests of the Konkan and N. Kanara, Tcdhot. — Distrib. Throughout India. 



f). Bauhinia foveolata, Dalz. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 13 (1873) 

 p. 188. A large dioecious tree reaching 100 ft. high ; stem straight, 

 9-10 ft. in girth. lieaves suborbicular, 5-9 in. long, about as broad as 

 lone, divided about i of the way down into 2 subacute lobes, glabrous 

 above, more or less pubescent or tomentose beneath, closely reticulately 

 veined and with numerous small pits between the veins on the lower 

 side, base cordate with a deep sinus ; main nerves 15-17, very con- 

 spicuous beneath ; petioles l|-2 in. long, pubescent, thickened at both 

 ends. Flowers subsessile, in dense racemes forming a terminal much- 

 liranched panicle. Calyx ferrugineo-tomentose ; tube i-^ in. long, 

 narrowly turbinate; limb 4-3 in. long, splitting into 5 linear-oblong 



