88 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



27. GrALACTIA. 



*Q. tenuiflora. (Leucodictyon Malvense, D.). A slender 

 twiner, leaflets oblong, white veined, flowers solitary or twin, 

 purple, pod linear flattened (D.). 



Malwan (D.). 



28. SPATHALOBUS. 



S. Roxlurghii (Butea parviflora, D.). Petioles long, leaflets 

 very large, ovate or obovate, lateral ones oblique, flowers small, 

 white or red, 3 together, in large panicles, corolla not much 

 larger than the calyx, pod velvety, of a rich reddish-brown. 

 Phalsan, pallas. 



Hills in Salsette and other parts of the Konkan. From the Hima- 

 layas to Ceylon (If.). 



29. BUTEA. 



B. frondosa. Petioles long, leaflets large, roundish ovate, 

 flowers large, many together on long racemes, orange-red and 

 silky, calyx and pedicels deep bottle-green, pod thin, downy. 

 Pallas, Kdkria. 



Common in most parts but not in the S. Konkan. The flowers 

 appear before the leaves, completely covering the upper part of the 

 tree. In the Pauch Mahals, where it is commoner, and attains a 

 better size than in any other district I know, it very frequently 

 grows out of the hollow trunk of a wad tree, and gives a character to 

 the whole landscape in the cold weather, having 



" Flowers that with a scarlet gleam 

 Cover a hundred leagues, and seem 



To set the hills on fire." Wordsworth. 



A pale yellow -flowered var. is mentioned as rare in Bombay. 

 N. H. Soc.'s Journal, vol. 6. 



*B. superba, "a gigantic climber, very like this, but leaflets and 

 flowers larger, the latter of a gorgeous orange colour " (-B.). N. 

 Konkan forests (D.)- Palasvel, tivat. 



30. CANAVALLIA. 



C. ensiformis. (C. virosa and C. Stocksii, D.). A large 

 smooth twiner, leaflets ovate pointed, petioles swollen at the 

 base, flowers rather large, of a beautiful pink, sometimes pur- 

 plish, in long-stalked racemes, pod large, plantain-shaped, seeds 

 6 to 8. Gdora, Kismdri, abai. 



Pretty common in hedges. Everywherein the tropics (fl".). Onevar. 

 is commonly cultivated for food, though parts of it are thought 

 poisonous. 



31. PUERARIA. 



P. tulerosa. A large hairy climber, root large, tuberous, 

 leaflets large, oval roundish, with stipels, lateral ones unequal- 



