Butea."] L. LEGUMINOSJJ. (J. G. Baker.) 195 



2. S. superba, Roxb. Cor. PL 23, t. 22 ; Hort. Seng. 53 ; Fl Ind. 

 iii. 247 ; a climber, lower calyx-teeth lanceolate-deltoid, keel much curved acute 

 4-5 times as long as the calyx, pod distinctly stalked. Wall. Cat. 5438 ; 

 DC. Proclr. ii. 415 ; W. 8f A, Prodr. 261 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 143. B. frondosa, Wall. Cat. 5569, ex parte. 



Forests of CONCAN, BENGAL, ORISSA and BIRMA. ' ,- 



Very near the last, from which it differs mainly by its scandent habit, not by any 



botanical characters. Leaflets and flowers larger, the former reaching 20 in. long. 



Racemes 1 ft. long ; pedicels sometimes 3 times as long as the calyx. 



3. B. minor, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5439 ; a climber, corolla three times the 

 calyx, keel little curved subobtuse, pod subsessile. 



East Himalayas ; NIPAL, Wallich ; SILHET, Da Silva ; KHASIA, 1-4000 ft., Hook.fil. 

 $ Thomson, Lobb. ; MISHMI, Griffith. 



Branches robust, clothed at first with grey or brown silky hairs. Petiole ^ ft. ; 

 leaflets obtuse or cuspidate, 6-15 in. long, coriaceous, scabrous above, finely silky 

 beneath, the end one orbicular, with a rhomboidal base. Racemes -1 ft. long. Calyx 

 - ^ in., brown-velvety, as are the pedicels ; teeth very short. Corolla dull red, 1 in. 

 long, densely velvety on the outside ; keel rather exceeding the wings and standard, 

 which is ^ in. broad. Pod 3-3^ in. long by 1-1^ in., cuneate at the base. 



69. IKE ASTERS! A, Benth. 



Calyx-tube turbinate ; teeth long 1 , lower lanceolate, two upper connate. Co- 

 rolla scarcely exserted ; petals nearly equal in length ; standard roundish ; keel 

 obtuse, little curved. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform ? Ovary sessile, 

 many-ovuled ; style short, filiform, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod linear-ob- 

 long, flat, indehiscent, the dorsal suture bordered by a narrow erect wing. 

 DISTRIB. A single endemic species, combining the habit of Phaseolece with the 

 pod of Dalberyiece. 



1. IK. cleistocarpa, Baker. 



EAST HIMALAYAS, ASSAM and MISHMI, Wallich, Griffith. 



A woody climber, with firm terete glabrous branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, distinctly 

 petioled ; leaflets subcoriaceous, stipellate, glabrous above, inconspicuously downy be- 

 neath ; end one obovate-cuspidate, 5-6 in. long, rounded at the base. Racemes reaching 

 a foot long ; pedicels \-^ in., geminate, from very tumid nodes. Calyx ^ in. long, the 

 tube hidden by a pair of large round striated bracteoles. Pod shining, very flat, 

 3-5 in. by f-1 in. 



70. CANAVAX.XA, DO. 



Large twining perennials or biennials, with stipellate 3-foliolate leaves and 

 showy flowers. Calyx deep, the limb 2-lipped, the upper lip projecting, entire 

 or emarginate, the lower shortly 3-toothed. Corolla much exserted ; standard 

 large, roundish ; wings shorter, equalling the incurved obtuse keel. Stamens 

 rnonadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary obscurely stalked, many-ovuled ; style 

 incurved, beardless, stigma terminal. Pod large, linear or oblong, flattish, with 

 a distinct rib oh each valve near the upper suture. DISTRIB. Species about a 

 dozen, two widely- spread in the tropics, the others mostly American. 



1. C. ensiformis, DC. Prodr. ii. 404 ; leaflets ovate or oblong usually 

 ?,cute, racemes many-flowered, pod many-seeded. Dolichos ensiformis, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1022. 0. gladiata, DC. loc. dt. ; Wall. Cat. 5531 ; W. fy A. Prodr. 253. 



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