Cochlianthus.'] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 193 



filiform incurved ; stigma large, terminal. Pod linear, incurved, flattish. 

 DISTRIB. A single endemic species with the habit of a slender Mucuna. 



1. C. gracilis, Benth. PL Jungh. 234. Mucuna? gracilis, Grah. in Watt. 

 Cat. 5626. 



NIPAL, Wallich. 



A slender twining subglabrous herb, with both leaves and flower turning black 

 when dried. Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-foliolate, stipellate, membranous, with a 

 few adpressed hairs on both surfaces, grey beneath ; end one ovate-rhomboidal, acumi- 

 nate, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 6-20 in close racemes on drooping slender peduncles ; 

 bracteoles setaceous, very minute, deciduous. Calyx \ in., densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky hairs. Corolla 3 times as long as the calyx. 



67. SPATKOX.OBUS, Hassk. 



Woody climbers, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves. Flowers small or middle- 

 sized, in ample terminal panicles, extending into the axils of the upper leaves, the 

 pedicels densely fascicled at the tumid nodes. Calyx campanulate ; teeth 

 lanceolate or oblong-deltoid, the upper two connate. Corolla distinctly ex- 

 serted, its petals subequal, the keel obtuse, nearly straight. Stamens diadel- 

 phous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, 2-ovuled ; style incurved, 

 beardless, stigma capitate. Pod exactly like that of Butea. DISTRIB. Species 

 10, the others Malayan and one Trop. African. By the pod dehiscing only at 

 the seed-bearing apex this and Butea approach Dalbergiece. 



1. S. Roxburgh!!, Benth. PL Jungh. 238 ; leaflets subcoriaceous grey- 

 canescent beneath, end one obovate-rhomboidal, flowers middle-sized, pod 

 stalked usually equal in width throughout. Butea parviflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 

 53 ; FL 2nd. iii. 248; DC. Prodr. ii. 415 ; Wall. Cat. 5440 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 261 ; Wight Ic. t. 210; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71. B. sericophylla, Wall. Cat. 

 5441. 



Plains from the foot 1 of the WEST HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, MARTABAN and TENAS- 

 SEEIM. 



A robust climber, with densely grey-downy branches. Petiole \-^ ft. ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, dull green, glabrescent above, obtuse or shortly cuspidate, deltoid at 

 the base, 6-9 in. long. Panicle reaching 1-1J ft. long; branches very downy; pe- 

 dicels ^ in. or less long. Calyx ^~ in., densely grey-velvety ; lower teeth lanceolate, 

 nearly as long as the tube. Corolla bright red, half as long again as the calyx. 

 Pod 3-4 in. long, usually 1 in. broad, clothed with ferruginous tomentum, which is 

 thickest and darkest towards the tip, narrowed suddenly into a stalk ^ in. long. 



VAR. 1. denudatus; leaves nearly concolorous, calvate beneath. Butea gyrocarpa, 

 Wall. Cat. 5442, in part. Penang. 



VAR. 2. platycarpus ; pod nearly 2 in. broad conspicuously narrowed to the seed- 

 bearing tip. Concan, Stocks. 



2. S. gyro car pus, Benth. PI Jungh. 238 ; leaflets subcoriaceous ferru- 

 gineo-pubescent beneath, end one obovate-rhomboidal, flowers small, calyx 

 densely grey-downy, teeth very short, pod sessile narrowed to the tip. Butea 

 gyrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 5442, ex parte. 



Forests of PENANG and MALACCA, Wallich, &c. DISTRIB. Philippines, Cuming, 945. 



A robust woody climber, with densely ferrugineo-pubescent branches. Petiole 



4-6 in. ; leaflets dull green, pubescent on the ribs above, not at all canescent, but beset 



with short spreading hairs and reticulato-venose beneath, the base rather rounded, the 



end one 6-9 in. long. Panicle 1 ft. long ; branches very downy ; pedicels very short. 



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