\ i,\ 1 1 1. i.i,(.i \i i.sos.t;. 4li3 



sul);ii-iili' si'^mciits. IVt'iLs imt much cxscrLnl, ub(j\att;-(jhl<)ii^, (jblii.so, 

 w itii ;i Inii^ cl.iw . StaineiiH in tlic male liowiTS 10, all fertile, alternately 

 Ktii^ and short ; in tlie female fiuwers reduced to minute hairy stami- 

 iiodes. Ovary rudimentary in the male, densely hairy and without 

 stigma ; in the female clotluHl with lon<; hairs and with a peltate stigma. 

 Pods (5-9 by |-1 in., stalked, linear-oblon^', twisted, red, tomentose, 

 rostrate with the style. Prain, in Journ. As. See. Beng. v. 6G (18SJ8) 

 p. 49(). Bauhinia Laivii, Beiith. ex Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 277 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 147 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. 428. — Flowers: Sept.-Oct. Vehx. Chamoli ; 

 Buswanpad. 



KoNKAN : Lniv'.; road to IMiitluTan near lird inileslonc from Nnral, U'liorlnnij. 

 Pkccan : Peint tahika, Wnodrorv. Kanaka : moist forests of N. Kaiiara, Tulliot ; 

 Yellapiir, Talhot ! — Distrib. Apparently eudeiiiie. 



G. Bauhinia Vahlii, ^yl'Jh^ cj- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 297. An 

 iiinueiise climber witli opposite circinate tendrils; young parts clothed 

 with fulvous or rusty tomenttnu. Leaves 4-10 in., suborbicular, 

 scarcely broader than long, divided about J- of the way duwu into 2 

 obtuse lobes with a broad sinus, reticulately veined, glabrous or nearly 

 so above, densely tomentose beneath, base deeply cordate ; main nerves 



1 l-li), fulvous hairy on the underside; petioles 3-6 in. long, densely 

 tomentose. Flowers in long-ped uncled terminal corymbose racemes ; 

 bracts beneath the pedicels -i g^ in. long, linear-spathulate, ferruginous- 

 liairy ; pedicels variable in length, the lower often reaching 2 in., 

 2-bracteolate, the bracteoles linear, subopposite, densely ferruginous- 

 hairy, persistent. Calyx densely villous v\ith fulvous or rufous hairs ; 

 tube very slender, i-j in. long; limb |-jV '^^- loi'g, ■'splitting into 2 

 broadly ovate lobes. Petals white, f-1 in. long, obovate-cuneate, 

 clothed along the middle of the back with appressed silky hairs and 

 with crisped ma,rgins. Fertile stamens 3 ; filaments densely villous at 

 the base. 8taminodes 2-7. Ovary densely villous ; style long, hairy ; 

 stigma capitate. Pods woody, rusty-dow ri}', 9-12 by 2-2| in., shortly 

 stalked, tiat, Hnally splitting open. Seeds 0-12, oblong-ellipsoid, 1^ by 

 ^ in., compressed, dark-brown, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 279 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 64 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 83 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 147 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428; Watt, Diet. Ecou. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 424. — Flowers: Apr. Veen. Chambul. 



Tolerably coniuion throughout the Presidency. Konkan : Stock)''.; Konkan Giiats, 

 Woodrov<\\ moist forests of tiie Kouki'ui (-ihats, Talbot; Thai Ghat, Graham ; near 

 Goa, Dulsclt\ Decca.v : Khandala, Graham. — Distrib. Throughout India in hilly 

 districts. 



A strong cordage is obtained from the bark. The seeds are eaten raw and roasted, 

 and the young pods are used as a vegetable by the bill tribes. Tbe large leaves are 

 used as plates by the poorer natives. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



7. Bauhinia purpurea, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 375. An erect 

 tree 20-30 ft. high ; branches stout, glabrescent. Leaves 4-5 in. in 

 diam., roundish, about as broad as long, divided g-.J the way down into 



2 obtuse or subacute lobes, glabrous above, glabrous or faintly puberulous 

 beneath, base cordate; main nerves 9-11; petioles l-H i'l- ^o^g, 

 glabrous ; stipules j-^ in. long, triangular-oblong, acute, pube.'icent, 

 deciduous, i' lowers fragrant, in terminal and axillary tcw-tiowered 



