118 LEGUMINOS^:. [Tndigofera. 



Colutea nepalensis, Sims.; Brandis 136. (C. arlorescens, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 103). The Bladder Senna. Vern. Braa, Ladak, is a shrub of the arid valleys 

 of the Inner Himalaya. 



3. MILLETTIA, Wight and Arn. 



Contains about 22 species of trees, shrubs or climbers chiefly from Eastern 

 Bengal and Burma, The genus may be divided into 2 sections; 



1. Trees, containing 7 Burmese and 1 Eastern Bengal species. 



2. Climbers, containing 8 species from Burma, 7 from Northern and Eastern 

 Bengal, 3 from Southern India, and 1 from North-West and Central India. 



M. pulckra, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 104 ; Kurz i. 355. Vern. Thitpagan, Burm., 

 is an erect tree of the forests of the Khasia Hills and Eastern Bengal ascending to 4,000 

 feet. M.pendula, Bth. ; M. tetraptera, Kurz ; M. pubinervis, Kurz ; M. ovalifolia, 

 Kurz; M. Brandisiana, Kurz; and M. atropurpurea, Bth.; Kurz i. 358. Vern. 

 Kioay tanyenq, tanyengnee, Burm., are all trees of Burma. Among the climbers, 

 M. auriculaia, Baker ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 108 ; Brandis 138 ; Gamble 26. (Bobinia 

 macropkylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 329, Otosemma macrophylla, Bth.) Vern. Maudh, 

 Oudh ; Gonjha, ganj, Kumaun ; Crurur, Gondi ; Murari, Kurku ; Cronjo, Nep. ; Brurik, 

 Lepcha. (No. 3479, Sukna Forest, Darjeeling Terai) is a very common large climber 

 of the Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Sutlej to Bhutan, ascending to 3,500 feet. M. 

 cinerea, Bth. and M. pachycarpa, Bth., with 3 other species, are common in the forests 

 of Sikkim and the Khasia Hills ; while M. monticola, Kurz, is only found in the 

 forests of Sikkim above 6,000 feet and at Nattoung in Martaban, between 6,500 and 

 7,200 feet. 



1. M. pendula, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 105. 31. leucantha, Kurz i. 

 356. Vern. Thinwin, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, with small purplish black heart wood,, beautifully 

 streaked, very hard. Pores few, moderate-sized, joined by narrow con- 

 centric bands of soft tissue. Medullary rays fine, uniform and equally 

 distributed. 



Savannah forests and dry lower hill forests of Burma, up to 2,000 feet. 



Weight, Brandis' Burma List of 1862, No. 41, gives 60 Ibs. ; our specimens 661bs. 

 per cubic foot. The wood is used for cross pieces of harrows, and is worthy of attention 

 for its beautiful grain and dark colour. 



Ibs. 



B 2520. Myodwin, Burma (1862) 66 



B 2249 (73 Ibs. ) from the Andamans and B 3141 (67 Ibs.) from Myodwin, Burma 

 (1862). Vern. Chloani, Burm.; have a dark, reddish brown, very hard heart wood, in 

 structure resembling that of M. pendula. It is doubtless a species of Millettia. 



Mundulea subcrosa, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 110; Beddome Ixxxv. is an orna- 

 mental small tree of South India, and Tephrosia contains several shrubs, among which 

 may be noticed T. Candida, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. Ill; Brandis 138; Gamble 26. 

 Vern.*Lehtia, Kumaun ; Bodle, Nep., a handsome white-flowered shrub of the Sub- 

 Himalyan tract, Eastern Bengal and Burma. Its leaves are used to poison fish. 



4. SESBANIA, Pcrs. 



Soft-wooded shrubs or trees. Wood white, soft. Medullary rays 

 fine and closely packed. 



1. S. segpytiaca, Pcrs. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 114; Beddome Ixxxvi. ; 

 Brandis 1)37 ; Kurz i. 362 ; Gambit; ^G. Ahchyrwmcnc Sesliui, Koxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. o : -5:i, Vern. Jiii(,j/iijaii,jniij/i(tii, tUiatnliaiu, Hind. ; Jaynnti, Mi-n^-. ; 

 tiaori, sewri, Berar ; S/tewari, Dukkan ; Stih/ihtfa/^l. ; Yuyt/tagt/cc, Harm. 



