Humboldtia.^ LEGUMINOSAE. 411 



1. HUMBOLDTIA UNIJUGA, Bedd. Ic. t. 108 ; Fl. t.183; F. B. I. 



ii. 274. 



W. Ghats, in dense evergreen forests in S. Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly, at 3,000 to 4,000 ft. 



A moderate-sized tree with crimson flowers, said to have a 

 hard durable wood. 



2. HUMBOLDTIA BRUNONIS, Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. t. 233; 

 F. B. I. ii. 274 ; W. & A. 285 ; Wt. Ic. t. 1606. 



W. Ghats, in evergreen forests of S. Canara, Coorg, Mysore, 

 Malabar and W. Nilgiris. 



A diffuse shrub or small tree with orange flowers, the 

 bracteoles and calyx tawny-pubescent. 



3. HUMBOLDTIA LAURIFOLIA, Yahl ; F. B. I. ii. 273 ; W. & A. 

 285 ; Wt. Ic. t. 1605. 



W. Ghats, in Malabar, apparently very scarce. 

 A small tree or shrub with numerous branches, the inter- 

 nodes of the branchlets curiously fistular, the cavities 

 usually inhabited by small ants ; flowers pink ; pod acute ; 

 glabrous. 



4. HUMBOLDTIA YAHLIANA, Wt. Ic. t. 1607-8 ; F. B. I. ii. 274. 



W. Ghats, in Malabar, Travancore and Tinnevelly, on low 



ground near rivers, Nilgiris (Wight). 



A moderate- sized tree, the flowers white with a buff calyx, 



the pod acute at both ends, tawny-pubescent. Bark dark 



brown ; wood light brown, moderately hard. Yern. Mai. 



Korattbi. 



/>. HUMBOLDTIA BOURDILLONI, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 Ixxiii. 200. 



W. Ghats, on the,Peermerd Ghat, Travancore, at 3,000 ft. 

 A moderate-sized tree reaching 50 ft. in height, with petals 

 white, veined with pink, the calyx crimson, the pod scarlet, 

 dolabriforrn, 4 in. by 1 in., pubescent. 



7. HUMBOLDTIA DECURRENS, Bedd. ex Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. 

 t. 2368. 



W. Ghats, in valleys about Ponmudi in C. Travan^xre, at 

 500-3,000 ft., in evergreen forest; Tinnevelly (Beddome). 

 A moderate-sized tree with pink flowers and brown toruen- 

 tose pod 3'5-5 in. long. Young leaves are white and 

 pendulous. Bark bluish-green; wood greyish-brown. Yern. 

 Mai. Kunthaiii. 



