Brythina.] t. LBGUMiuosa;. (J. G. Baker.) 18& 



A tell tree, with thin grey bark, the prickles minute, conical, usually black. Pe- 

 tioles 4-6 in., mostly unarmed; leaflets membranous, subconcolorous, glal)rous, the 

 end one round-cuspidate, 4-6 in. long and broad, truncate or broad-rhomboidal at the 

 base. Eacemes dense, ^ ft. long, on spreading woody peduncles ; pedicels J-^ in., 

 downy. Calyx 1-lJ in. long, with a very oblique mouth from the first, subglab- 

 rous, minutely 5-tooflied at the very tip. Standard 2-2^ in. long, the blade 1 in. 

 broad ; wings and keel subequal, not more than half as long as the calyx. Fod J-1 ft. 

 long, distinctly torulose. — ^E. picta, lAnn. {Evmph, Amhoin. t. 77) .appears to be a 

 mere form of this, with variegated leaves. 



2. E. stricta, Roxb, Hart. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 261 ; calyx entire at 

 the tip, keel-petals coimate, pod 2-3-seeded. W. 8r A. Prodr. 260 ; Dalz. 4r 

 Gibg. Bomb, Flora, 70 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 175. Micropteryx stricta, Walp. m 

 Linncea, xxiii. 740. 



Western Peninsula, common. 



A large tree. FHclcles whitish, rarely extending to the petioles. Leaflets same 

 shape as in E. indica, glabresoent on both surfaces. Calyx subglabrous, J in. long. 

 Standard oblong-lanceolate, 1^ in. long ; keel half as long as the standard, much ex- 

 ceeding the truncate wing. Stamens as in the last. Pod 4-5 in. long, less torulose 

 than in the last, narrowed to both ends, glabrous, its stalk longer than the 



Stjbgen. 2. micropteryx, Walp. Calyx campanulate, more or less 

 distinctly 2-lipped, but not splitting down to the base. Pod turgid and seed- 

 bearing through its vrhole length. 



3. E. resupinata, Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 220 ; Sort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 

 257 ; herbaceous, leaflets as broad as long, limb of standard oblong. DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 410 ; Brand. For. Fl. 141, 



XJppEE GrANGETic plain ; Nawal Khar, Dr. Brandts. Oudh, jDr. Stewart. 



Eacemes direct from the rootstock, under a foot high, dense, appearing before the 

 leaves. Petioles and peduncles prickly. Leaflets round-cordate, 2-3 in. long and 

 broad. Calyx ^ -^ in. long, campanulato-bilabiate. Standard 3-4 times the 

 calyx ; keel half as long as the standard tinged with red, its petals united ; wings much 

 shorter, greenish. Upper stamen free from low down. 



4. E. ovalifolla, Eoxb. Sort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 254 ; arborescent, 

 leaflets twice as long as broad, glabrous, limb of the standard as broad as long. 

 Wan. Cat. 5961 ; Wight Ic. t. 247 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 88 ; Benth. PI. Jimgh. 237. 

 E. picta. Wall. Cat. 5960, non lAnn. Duchassaingia ovalifolia, Walp. in Idn~ 

 n<ea, xxiii. 742. 



Forests of SmtET, Assam, Bengal, Ceylon, Birma and Malacca. — Distelb. Java, 

 Polynesia, and perhaps not distinct from American E. glauca, Willd. 



branches pale grey. Prickles usually black, not extending to the petiole. Leaflets 

 subcoriaoeous, glaucous, the end one ovate or obovate-oblong, very different in shape 

 from that of any other species, often ^ ft. long, obtuse or subacute. Calyx |-| in., 

 brown-velvety, splitting nearly down to the base in two halves. Standard deep scarlet, 

 li-2 in. by i^ in, emarginate ; keel petals adherent, half as long as standard ; wing 

 rather shorter. Pod 6-8-seeded, ^ ft. long, distinctly torulose, narrowed into a short 

 stalk. 



5. E. suljerosa, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 58 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 253 ; arborescent, 

 leaflets as long as broad matted with pubescence beneath, limb of • the standard 

 3-4 times as long as broad, pod turgid. Wall. Cat. 5959 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 260; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 87 ; Dak. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl 70. Micropteryx suberpsa. 



