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Fig. 113. — Bauliinia malabarica, Roxb. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Central 

 India, Behar, Western Peninsula, Lower Burma. Fl. Sept.-Jan. L. acid, eaten. 



6. B. tortuosa, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. (1891) t. 8. Southern Shan 

 hills at 5,000 ft. A small tree, more or less climbing. Branchlets, petioles and under- 

 side of 1. tawny-tomentose. L. shortly 2-lobed, broader than long, 1-2 in. across. 

 Fl. in small dense racemes, on pedicels 4, in. long. Calyx-segments 5, spreading, obtuse. 

 Petals spathulatc, white. Stamens 10, all perfect. Ovary densely villous. Pod de- 

 hiscent, 'J by ; ', in., obliquely acute, gradually tapering to the base. 7. B. enigmatica, 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beug., 66 (1898) 496. Maymyo and Fort Stedman, Shan hills. 

 Similar, but leaves 4 in. across. Fl. larger on slender pedicels, A in. long. 



8. B. foveolata, Dalzell ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 66(1898) 496.— 

 Syn. B. Lawii, Benth. 



A tall dioecious tree. L. orbicular, shortly 2-lobed or entire, base deeply 

 cordate, blade 5-9 in. diara., pet. 2 in. loug, basal nerves 13-19, very pro- 

 minent, minute pits between the closely reticulate veins on the underside. Fl. 

 white, scented, almost sessile, in broad panicles with divaricating branches. 

 Calyx clothed outside with a dense rust-brown felt of very minute hairs. 

 Petals obovate. <$ : stamens 10, all fertile, the shorter filaments epipetalous, 

 ? : 10 minute statniuodes. Ovary cylindric, densely clothed with long hairs, 

 stigma broad, fleshy. Pod twisted, red-tomentose, 12 in. long. 



Common in moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. Sept.-Oet. 



!). B. diphylla, Ham. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 399. 



A large glabrous climber. Stems 2-3I.XJ ft. lone;, tendrils axillary, circiimate. 

 often forked. Leaflets quite free, 3 by 2 in. Fl. large, in loose terminal 

 racemes, 8-12 in. long. Calyx-tube jj-l in. long, segments 5, coriaceous, linear- 

 lanceolate, 11 in. Petals white, lanceolate, erect, as long as calyx-lobes. 

 Stamens ID, fertile, equal. Pod flat, thin, 10-16 by 3 in., on stalk 2 in. long. 



Drv regi f I he trawaddi valley from l'rome upward-. PI, U.S. Specimens at 



Kew. collected by Stocks in the Konkan. 



C. Fertile stamens 3, sometimes 4 or 5. Erect trees. 



111. B. retusa, Ham.: P.randis !•'. fl. 161. Vern. Sr,iila, Kanilhi. Kan- 



ddhi, Hind. ; Laba. Col; Thaur, Gond. ; Oondi, Tel. 



A small tree, bark grey. Branchlets long, slender, pendulous. L. entire or 

 slightly emarginate, coriaceous, broader than long, 3-S in. across. Fl. 

 numerous, in pedunculate corymbose racemes, forming large terminal panicles, 

 pedicels long, slender. Calyx-limb splitting into 2 or '■'< segments. Petals 

 clawed, hairy outside, blade orbicular, pale-yellow, marked with dark-purple 

 reins, perfect stamens 3. Pod late dehiscing, 4-G by 1 in., generally broader 

 at top, seeds 6-8. 



