72 36. LEGUMINOS/E. [Butea. 



Erect tree B. frondosa. 



Climbing shrub ... ... ... ... B. superha. 



B. frondosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind, III. 244 ; Dalz. & Gib.g. Bomb. Fl. 71 ; 

 Fl. Br. I. 2. 194; Brandis For. Fl. 142. Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 176. Bastard 

 teak. Tesn-kd-jhar, H.; muttala, K.; phidas, M.; phullas kakria, Guj. 

 Throughout the presidency, common in deciduous forests. Fl. March. 

 Fr. June, July. 



B. superba, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 247 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 195. Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 71 ; Brandis For. Fl. 143. Palasvel, heltivas, M. In the moist 

 forests of the North Konkan. Fl. Mch. 



CANAVALIA, DC 



Twining shrubs. Leaves 3-foliate, stipellate. Flowers large, in 



racemes. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla exserted, standard large, keel 



short, incurved. Pod large, ribbed along upper suture. 



Bacemes many ilowered. Pod many seeded G. ensiformin. 



Racemes few flowered. Pod few seeded ... ... C. ohtusifoUa 



C. ensiformis, DC Prod. 2. 404 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 195. C. Stncksii, Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 69 ? G. virosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 69. Goioara, 

 arsamldl, Vern. In hedges throughout the presidency, common. Fl. 

 Feb. Fr. June. 



C. obstusifolia, DC. Prod. 2. 404 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 196. Along the coast 

 of North Kanara and Konkan. Fl. Mch. Fr. June, July. 



PUERARIA, DC. 



Herbs or twining shrubs. Leaves trifoliate, stipellate. Flowers 

 fascicled, in long racemes. Corolla exserted ; standard spurred at 

 base, equalling in length the keel and wings. Pod linear, flattish. 

 Root immense, tuberous, in P. tuber osa. 



P. tuberosa, DC. Prod. II. 240 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 197 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. &7. Brandis For. Fl. 141. Throughout the Konkan and North 

 Kanara, in open situations. Fl. Mch., Apl. ; leafless when in flower. 

 Fr. May. 



ATYLOSIA, W. & A. 



Erect or twining shrubs. Leaves trifoliate, gland-dotted beneath. 

 Flowers axillary or racemed. Corolla more or less exserted, keel 

 not beaked. Pod linear or oblong, turgid ; seeds with a divided 

 strophiole. 



Petals marcescent. Pod not lineate. Erect shrubs. 



Flowers in peduncled pairs A. rjemlniflom. 



Flowers in sessile pairs. 



Pod thinly ijilosc... y\. llneata. 



Pod densely pilose A, sericea. 



Twiners. Pod lineate l;ct\veen seeds, 



Pod grey cancscent A. mollis. 



Pod densely hiiiry A. hi/ncihHis, 



Petals caducoiLS. Pod bristly, recurved A^rofttndci.. 



Pod pilose straight A, Oarbaia. 



