Ciinavatia.] LeguminoSCB . 6j 



at the sutures, leathery, transversely veined, densely but finely 

 pubescent especially at end; seed i^ in., flat broadly oval, 

 smooth, reddish brown. 



Dry region in open country; rather rare, but locally abundant. 

 Jaffna; Batticaloa; Bintenne; about Bibile gregariously. Moon's locality 

 is Wellasse. Fl. July; orange- scarlet, very silvery outside with silky 

 hair, so that the buds are white. 



Also in India and Burma. 



A dark red astringent juice exudes from the bark, which hardens into 

 a brittle, ruby-coloured, resinous-looking gum, the 'Bengal Kino' of 

 commerce. Wood whitish, soft, light, not durable. 



[Moon 1. c. gives also B. superba, Roxb., with the name ' Wel-Kela ' 

 and the locality ' Kandy.'] 



31. CANAVAZiXA, DC. 



Perennial herbs, 1. pinnately 3-foliolate with stipels, fl. large, 

 in erect racemes with large swollen nodes ; cal. deeply 

 campanulate, 2 upper segm. connate to form a rounded 

 projecting lip, 3 lower small, equal, triangular; standard rather 

 longer than wings, keel curved, obtuse, equalling wings; stam. 

 monadelphous, style beardless, stigma terminal ; pod large, 

 linear or oblong, somewhat compressed, with a prominent rib 

 on each side close to dorsal suture; seeds several, with a short 

 linear hilum. — Sp. 12; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Lflts. oval, thin 1. C. ensiformis. 



Lflts. broadly obovate, thick 2. C. OBTUSIFOLIA. 



1. C. ensiformis, DC. Prod. ii. 404 (1825). Wal-awara, S. 

 Koli avarai, T. 



Dolichos gladiatus, Jacq., and D. rotundif otitis, Moon Cat. 53. C. 

 gladiata, DC, Thw. Enum. 88. C. P. 1481. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 196. Wight, Ic. t. 753. 



A stout perennial twiner, stems long, glabrous or nearly 

 so, young shoots pubescent ; l.-rachis about 3 in., channelled 

 above, stip. inconspicuous, deciduous, lflts. about 3 in., shortly 

 stalked, oval, rounded at base, very shortly acuminate, 

 apiculate, glabrous on both sides, thin, reticulately veined; fl. 

 numerous, large, 1 in. long, on very short ped., generally in 

 pairs from the tumid nodes of stout, curved, erect long- 

 stalked racemes, bracts minute, caducous; cal. very finely 

 pubescent, upper lip with 2 rounded lobes ; pod shortly 

 stalked, about 6 in., by nearly 1 in wide, straight or very 

 slightly curved upwards, shortly pointed, smooth; seeds 8-10. 



Var. (3, virosa, Baker. Dolichos virosus, Roxb., Moon Cat. 53. C. 

 virosa, W. and A., Thw. Enum. 89. C. P. 2782. 



