LEGUMINOSyE 



463 



No. 2. Of two pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute 

 leaflets. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Very small, each with two pairs of leaflets. 



Nos. 5-7. Of two pairs of leaflets ; lower pair ovate, obtuse, 

 penninerved and reticulate, entire, petiolulate ; upper pair ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, otherwise like the lower pair ; 

 petiole subterete, slightly channelled above, 9-15 mm. long ; 

 primary rachis 8-9 mm. long, ending in a mucro between the 

 upper pair of leaflets ; petiolules about 1 mm. long. 



TRIBE BAUHINIE^. 



Bauhinia tomentosa, L. (fig. 303). 



Seeds oblong, subrotund or orbicular, much compressed laterally, 

 6'5-8 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, 2-2 - 25 mm. thick, not transverse 

 to the placenta. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, subgla- 

 brous, pale green, 1-25-1'S cm. long. 



Cotyledons foliaceous, obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse and rounded at both 

 ends, five-nerved from the base in 

 a somewhat radiating manner, gla- 

 brous and shining on both surfaces, 

 light green above, paler beneath, 

 subfleshy, sessile, 2'1 cm. long, 

 1-2 cm. wide. 



Stem shrubby after a time, 

 erect, terete, hairy, pale green when 

 young; 1st internode 1*45 cm. long. 



Leaves simple, bilobed (appa- 

 rently consisting of two united leaf- 

 lets), cauline, alternate, stipulate, 

 petiolate, more or less hairy on 

 both surfaces (in the seedling), five- 

 nerved, reticulate, with the median nerve prolonged or aristate in the 

 apical sinus, with strong branches running to the apex of the lobes, 

 and the lateral ones ascendingly penninerved ; petioles semiterete, 

 channelled above, hairy ; stipules small, subulate, acute, colourless. 



No. 1. Broadly obcordate, rounded at the base, divided at the 

 apex for about one-fourth its length, with the lobes rounded and 

 obtuse. 



Nos. 2 and 3. (Deformed in specimen). 



Nos. 4 and 5. Similar to No. 1, but smaller. 



FIG. 303. Bauhinia tomentosa. 

 Nat. size. 



