BOWDICHIA. 



Near Barbula, between New Valentia and Portocapello ; in the 

 Llanos of Barcelona, near Villa del Pao ; and on the banks of 

 the Oronoco between Carichana and its confluence with the 

 ocean. 



A tree. Young branches downy, ferruginous. Leaves unequally 

 pinnated ; leaflets about 13, lanceolate-oblong, rounded at each end, 

 often emarginate, entire and rather revolute at the edge, netted, coria- 

 ceous, downy on each side, ferruginous on the ribs beneath, 6-7 lines 

 long, 5-5i lines, broad. Racemes' terminal, 3 inches long and more, 

 downy. Flowers violet, the size of those of Cercis siliquastrum. 

 Calyx coloured, downy. Petals 5, somewhat papilionaceous, smooth, 

 crisp at the edge. Legumes linear-oblong, somewhat falcate, compressed, 

 tumid in the region of the seeds, membranous, transversely netted, with 

 a narrow membranous margin on the ventral suture, about 2| inches 

 long by 7 lines broad. 



BAUHINIA. 



Calyx either 5-cleft, or split up on the lower side and spatha- 

 like. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, slightly unequal. Anther- 

 bearing stamens either 1 and distinct, with 9 monadelphous 

 sterile filaments ; or 3-5, with or without 1-7 sterile ones, all 

 united at the base, or distinct. Ovary stalked, containing 2 or 

 more ovules. Style ascending, rarely wanting. Stigma capitate 

 or dilated. Legume 1 -celled, 2-valved, several- (rarely 1-) 

 seeded. Seeds compressed, oval ; inner seed-coat tumid. Em- 

 bryo straight ; radicle ovate : cotyledons flat. Trees or shrubs. 

 Leaves consisting of 2 opposite distinct, or united leaflets. 



551. B. tomentosa Linn. sp. pi. 536. DC. prodr. ii. 514. 

 Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 323. W. and A. i. 295. (Burm. zeyl. 44. 

 t. 18.) Ceylon, Malabar, Coromandel mountains. 



Trunk straight. Branches numerous forming a compact bush. 

 Young shoots shaggy. Leaves bifarious, stalked, roundish, deeply 2- 

 lobed ; lobes oval, obtuse, parallel, 3-nerved, softly shaggy underneath ; 

 stipules filiform, villous. Peduncles forked, 2-flowered. Flowers large, 

 pale sulphur colour, drooping. Bracts 3, on the outside of the base of 

 each pedicel. Petals oval, the upper one smaller, and sometimes marked 

 on the inside with an oblong deep purple spot. Filaments 10, all 

 fertile. Legume lanceolate, villous, 5-6 seeded. Dried buds and 

 young flowers prescribed in dysentery, in India. 



*** The leaves of several species are employed in Brazil, under the 

 name of Unha de Boy, or Oxhoof, as mucilaginous remedies. Martins. 



TAMARINDUS. 



Calyx tubular at the base : limb bilabiate, reflexed : upper lip 



3-partite ; lower broad, 2-toothed. Petals 3, alternating with 



the segments of the upper lip of the calyx; 2 of them ovate, the 



middle one cucullate. Stamens 9-10 ; 7 very short and sterile ; 



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