242 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Differs from the glabrous Ceylon plant chiefly in the smaller leaves, 

 and in the pods, which are not torulose. 



Galaotia, P. Br. 



Conspectus of Species. 



All parts scantily and minutely appressed-pubescent ; leaTes glabrous above, 



. . G. tenuiflora. 

 All parts, also the upper side of the leaves, softly but shortly pubescent, . . G. villosa. 



1. G. tenuifloba, WA. Prod. I 206 ; Micp PL Ind. Bat. I. 220 ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 192. (Glycine tenuiflora, Willd. sp. pi. III. 1057 ; Pcoxb. 

 M. Ind. III. 319). 



Hab. Ava, Irrawaddi, on the hills opposite the island Loongyi ("Wall. 

 Cat. 5520).— Fl. Sept. 



2. G. yillosa, WA. Prod. I. 207 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 220. (G. 

 tenuiflora var. 3. villosa, Bak. in Hf. Ind. PL II. 192). 



Hats. Ava, Segain, on the limestone hills. — Fr. Nov. 



Grona, Bth., vix Lour. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Leaves 3-nerved at the base, glabrous above ; flowers J in. long, in lax racemes, 



. . G. Grahamii. 



Leaves palmately 5-nerved, sparingly hirsute on both sides ; flowers 2 lin. long, yellow, 



solitary on filiform axillary peduncles, 67. filicaulis. 



1. G. Gbahamii, Bth. in PL Jungh. I. 233 ; Hf . Ind. PL II. 191. 

 Hab. Prome hills (Wall.).— FL Sept., Octob. 



2. G. FiBiCATTLis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 232 ; Hf. 

 Ind. PL II. 191. 



Hab. Frequent in the low and the savannah-forests of the Irrawaddi 

 plains of Pegu.— FL Close of ES. ; Fr. CS. 



Butea, Eoxb. 

 (Meizotropis, Voigt Cat. Hort. Calc. 239 ; Megalotropis, Griff. Not. 

 Dicot. 441.) 



Conspectus of Species. 



Subg. 1. Butea, Eoxb. Corolla very large, orange-scarlet, appressed silk-hairy 

 outside, the keel and standard more or less acute. 

 x Pods stalked. 



Tree ; pedicels \ — 1 in. long, B. f random. 



Woody climber ; pedicels 1 — 1 \ in. long, B. superia. 



x x Pods sessile. 



Erect shrub ; corolla only an inch long, B. minor. 



Subg. 2. Spatholobus, Hassk. Corolla small, white or purple, glabrous keel and 

 standard more or less blunt. Woody climbers. 



Leaves large, beneath appressed silvery pubescent ; pods stalked ; flowers white, 



. . B. parvijlora. 



