434 XLYllI. LlHil'MIXOS-T). 



corymbose racemes : bracts benoath tlie pedicels triangular, acute, 

 pubescent; pedicels pubescent, -!-bracteolate below tlie middle; buds 

 fusiform, pubescent. Calyx fulvous-pubescent ; tube j-y^g- in. long, 

 slightly dilated upwards ; limb j^ in. long, splitting into 2 coriaceous 

 segments sligbtly divided at the apex into 5 short teeth. Petals 1;^ 

 by ^ in., oblanceolate, at-ute, with a long claw, white, rose or purple. 

 Pertile stamens 3-4; filaments as long as the petals. Ovary with a 

 very long stalk, p'.iberulous ; ovules 10-20; style | in. long; stigma 

 oblique, peltate. Pods (5-12 by | in., subwoody, flat, pointed at botli 

 ends, glabrous ; stalk 4-1 in. long. Seeds 12-10, oblong-ellipsoid, 

 compressed, | by i- in., bro\\ n. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 284 ; Grab. Cat. p. 64 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 30; Bedd. For. Man. p. xcii ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 147 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 428; "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 421. — Mowers: Sept.-jN'ov. 

 Veen. Makta-l-dnchan; Deva-kdnchan. 



Cultivated tliroiigliout the Presidency, said bv Tolhof and Woodrov to be wild in 

 tlie dry forests of the Koukan and Dec-can. Graham and Dalzell & Gibson say that 

 it is only found in gardens, and Trinien uiakes the same statement as regards Ceylon. 

 — DiSTKiB. Sparingly throughout India ; China. 



Banhinla aonninata, Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) p. 375, an erect shrub, 

 8 ft. high with leaves di\ided less than g way down into 2 usually sub- 

 ficute lobes, pure white fragrant flowers and a jiod 4-5 in. long with a 

 rib at each side of the upper suture, is often cultivated in gardens but is 

 not indigenous in the Bond^av Presidency, althoit^h indigenous in other 

 Provinces of India. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 276 ; Grab. Cat. p. 63 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 30; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 116; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 419. 

 — Flowers : June. Yekx. Kum-han. 



BaitJiinia variec/aia, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 375, a middle-sized tree 

 with leaves divided ^-^ the way down into 2 obtuse lobes, flowers 

 beautifully variegated with red and yellow, or sometimes pure white 

 (var. Candida) and flat pods which are frequently variegated with 

 reddish-brown streaks, is cultivated throughout the Presidency, often as 

 a roadside tree, but is not indigenous in Bombay. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 284 ; 

 Grah. Cat. p. 64; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 30; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 147; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 425. — Flowers : Nov. Verx. Kach- 

 nar ; Kovidava ; Kanclian. 



Bauhinia monandra, Kurz, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 42 (1873) part 2, p. 73, 

 wljieb may be found in the old botanic gardens at Dapodi and at Ganesh Khind near 

 Poona, lias been mistaken for this, but has only 1 fertile stamen, whereas I he fertile 

 stamens of B. varleiiata are 3-.^. The pods of tiie Dapodi tree are about B by \ in., 

 flat and densely pubescent. See Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Ueng. v. 6(5 (1898) p. 50.3. 



SiBoitDF.R 111. MIMOSEiE. 



Trees, shrubs, or very rarely herl)s. Leaves 2-pinnate or less com- 

 monly simply pinnate. Flow(>rs small, regidar, usually 5-merous, 

 sessile, in globose heads or cylindric spikes rarely shortly pedicelled and 



