406 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Bauhinia. 



Fertile stamens 3, sometimes 4 or 5 : 

 Trees : 



Flowers small, in large terminal panicles, the petals yellow with 

 purple streaks : leaflets connate almost to the apex, coriaceous, 

 4-6 in. long; pods 5-6 in. long, 15 in. broad, flattened, gradually 



widening to an obtuse tip , 4. retusa. 



Flowers large, the petals purple-pink or white ; pod 6 in.-l ft. 

 long, '75-1 in. broad, flat: 



Flowers white or pink, the uppermost petal darker and 

 variegated, usually appearing before the leaves ; leaflets 

 ovate, rounded at apex, connate for about two-thirds up 



5. variegata. 



Flowers purple or rose, petals all similar, appearing with the 

 leaves ; leaflets oblong, obtuse or subacute at apex, connate 



about half way up and sometimes overlapping 6. purpurea. 



Olimbers : 



Flowers rather large, in corymbose racemes : 



Fertile stamens 3 ; branchlets, leaves beneath, conspicuous 

 tendrils and corymbs densely tawny villous ; leaflets often 

 very large, up to 18 in. long, connate for two-thirds up or 

 higher; pod large, velvety, 9-18 in. long by 2-3 in. broad, the 



seeds flat 7. Vahlii. 



Fertile stamens 4-5; no tendrils; branchlets, leaves beneath, 

 and corymbs finely ferruginous pubescent ; leaflets oblong, 

 connate for about three-fourths up, about 5 in. long ; pod flat, 

 up to 6 in. long by 1 in. broad, slightly pubescent, ridged 



along the upper suture 8. phoenicea. 



Flowers very small, in panicles of cylindric racemes ; fertile 

 stamens 3 ; glabrous, with many tendrils ; leaflets small, when 

 young long caudate-acuminate, when older joined in a nearly 

 entire cordate leaf : pod thin, flat, oblong, 1 -5-2 in. long 9. anguina. 

 Fertile stamen 1 ; calyx-limb spathaceous ; leaflets ovate, semi- 

 cordate, subacute at apex, up to 8 in. long, connate for nearly 

 three-fourths up ; pod flat, narrow, long-beaked monand ra. 



1. BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 275 ; "VV. & A. 295. 



Circars and Carnatic, in dry forests from the Chilka Lake 

 to Tinnevelly, especially in Kistna and Guntur Districts, 

 often planted for ornament. 



A shrub with pretty flowers and a tough, nearly black 

 wood. Vern. Hind. Kachnar; Tarn., Tel. Kanchini. 



2. BAUHINIA RACEMOSA, Lamk. ; F. B. I. ii. 276 ; W. A. 295 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. t. 182. 



