Bauhinia.] XXXI. LEftUMINOSiE. 161 



short, axillary or terminal, with few flowers. Bracts small, broad, tri- 

 angular. Flowers large, 2 in. long, fragrant. Calyx spathaceous, ovate, 

 5-toothed at the apex. Petals oblong, the fifth broader, ovate or obovate. 

 Perfect stamens 5. Ovary-stalk cohering with the calyx-tube. Legume 

 6-18 in. long, linear, flat. Two varieties : one with red flowers, 4 petals 

 light purple, the 5th deep purple, tinged with cream and red ; the other 

 with white flowers, B. Candida, Eoxb. 1. c. 318, 4 petals white, the 5th 

 variegated inside with yellowish green. 



Wild in most wooded parts of India, as far west as the Indus, also in Burma. 

 Abundant in the warm glens between the Kosilla and Sarda (Madden). Culti- 

 vated throughout India. Fl. Feb. -April ; old leaves are generally shed before 

 flowers appear ; young foliage in April and May. 



A moderate-sized tree, with a short erect trunk, attaining 4-5 ft. girth. Bark 

 light or dark grey, with vertical cracks. Wood light or reddish brown, weight 

 54 lb. per cub. ft. (seasoned), 67f lb. (green), R. Th., considered less durable 

 than that of B. pu^urea, much used for agricultural implements. Bark 

 astringent, used for tanning and dyeing. Leaves and flower- buds eaten as vege- 

 tables ; flower-buds are often pickled. 



5. B. retusa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 322. Syn. B. emarginata, Eoyle. 

 Vern. Kurdl, Pb. ; Kandla, kanalla, Kamaon. 



A small tree, glabrous, only extremities of inflorescence and calyx 

 with short whitish pubescence. Leaves entire, or emarginate, broad-ovate 

 with a cordate or straight base, broader than long, with 9-11 nerves, branch- 

 ing above the middle. Flowers numerous, pale yellow, J in. across, on long 

 slender pedicels in corymbose, pedunculate racemes, forming large terminal 

 panicles. Calyx ovate, split into 2 or 3 segments. Petals clawed, hairy 

 outside, lamina orbicular, beautifully marked with dark purple veins. 

 Perfect stamens 3, ovary hairy below, curved, the stalk adnate to the 

 calyx-tube. Legume oblong, 4-6 in. long, 1 in. broad, often broader at 

 the top. 



Siwalik tract and outer N.W. Himalaya, ascending to 4500 ft., west to the 

 Bias. Oudh, and occasionally in the Central Provinces. Chiefly in damp places. 

 Fl. Sept. A small tree with a short trunk 3 ft. girth, spreading branches, and 

 long, slender, waving, pendulous branchlets. Bark smooth, cinereous. Wood 

 reddish. A brown insipid gum exudes from the bark, and is collected in the 

 Dehra Doom 



6. B. Vahlii, W. & A. Prodr._297. Syn. B. racemosa, Vahl ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 325. Vern. Marwar, taur, Pb. ; Malghan, mdljan, mdlu, 

 N. W.P. ; Maurain, jallaur, Oudh ; Sihdr. maul, C.P. 



A gigantic climber, clothed with dense grey or ferruginous tomentum, 

 branchlets frequently terminating in a pair of opposite, revolute tendrils. 

 Leaves very large, often 12 in. across, deep-cordate, as broad as long ; 

 leaflets connate to the middle, each with 5-7 prominent arcuate, penni- 

 veined nerves. Stipules obtuse, falcate. Flowers f in. broad, on long 

 slender pedicels, in terminal corymbose racemes. Bracts subulate, bract- 

 lets 2, above the middle of pedicel. Calyx-limb ovate, splitting to the 

 top of the tube in two reflexed segments. Petals clawed, obovate, hairy 

 outside. Perfect stamens 3. Ovary oblong, hairy, stalk adnate to calyx- 



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