194 L. LBGnMiNOSj). (J. G. Baker.) [Spathohbits. 



Calyx I in. ; teeth deltoid. Corolla reddish, ^ in. long ; limb and standard broader 

 than deep, emarginate. Pod like the samara of a sycamore reversed, finely downy, 

 3-5 in. long, more membranous than in the last 



3. S> acuminatus, Senth. PI. Jwngh. 238 ; leaflets subcoriaceous ob- 

 long cuspidate rounded at the base glabrous beneath, flowers small, calyx ob- 

 scurely downy, teeth oblong half as long as the tube, pod sessile narrowed to 

 the tip. Butea acuminata. Wall. Cat. 6443. Pongamia rosea. Orah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5907. P. rigida, WdU. Cat. 6908 ? 



Forests of Tenassebim and Pbnanq, WaZlich, &c. 



A robust climber, with branches minutely downy at first, soon glabrescent. Petiole 

 2-4 in. long ; leaflets subconcolorous, pale grey-green on both sides, much thinner 

 than in 8. crassifoUus, the end one 4—8 in. long. Panicle more than a foot long ; pe- 

 dicels much shorter than the calyx. Calyx i in. Corolla bright red, three times the 

 calyx ; limb of the standard as long as broad. Pod just like that of S. gyrocarpw. — 

 Here most likely belongs ' Pongamia ? ' "Wall. Cat. 9054, from Penang. We have 

 a closely allied plant from Mishmi, Griffith, 1 678, with a more rigid much recurTed 

 larger pod half a foot long; and another from Concan, Stocks (S. purpubbus, 5emiA. 

 MS8.) with Tery dense panicles, dark purple corolla, and longer pedicels, which no 

 doubt is distinct, but of which the pod is unknown. 



4. S. crassifolius, Bemth. PI. Jungh. 238 ; leaflets very thick and rigid 

 oblong cuspidate rounded at the base glabrous beneath, flowers small, calyx 

 densely brown-velvety, teeth deltoid half as long as the tiabe, pod stalked. Pon- 

 gamia crassifolia, Wall. Cat. 6913. 



Forests of Silhet and Pbnano, Wallich. Khasia, Griffith. 



Bratiches at first clothed with ferruginous pubescence. Leaflets like those of S. 

 acuminatus, 6-9 in. long, thicker in textiure, very shining on the upper surface, quite 

 glabrous beneath from the beginning. Pedicels very short, the flowers densely clus- 

 tered towards the end of the branchlets. Calyx i in. long. Corolla dark purple, 

 scarcely twice as long as the calyx ; limb of the standard broader than deep, emargi- 

 nate. Pod only seen very immature. 



68. BUTE A, Boxb. 



Erect trees or climbing shrubs, with 3-foliolate large stipeUate leaves. Flowers 

 densely fascicled, large, showy, in axillary racemes or terminal racemes or pani- 

 cles. Calyx broadly campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla much exserted ; 

 petals nearly equal in length, the keel much curved, subobtuse or acute. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, 2-ovuled; style 

 filiform, curved, beaidless, stigma capitate. Pod firm, ligulate, splitting round 

 the single apical seed, the lowest part indehiscent. — Disiktb. No other species. 

 1. B. frondosa, Roxh. Cm: PI. 21, t. 21 ; PI. Ind. iii. 244 ; an erect tree, 

 lower calyx-teeth deltoid, keel much curved acute 4 times as long as the calyx, 

 pod distinctly stalked. Wall. Cat. 6569, ex parte ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 261 ; BC. 

 Prod. ii. 415 ; Wight in Rook. Bot. Misc. iii. 102, Suppl. t. 32 ; Beddome Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 176 ; Balz. 8f _ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71 ; Brand. For. Fl. 142. Erythrina 

 monosperma, Lamk. Diet. i. 391. — Rheede Hart. Mai. vi. t. 16-17. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Ceylon and Biema, ascending to 4000 ft. in the 

 north-west. 



An erect tree, reaching a height of 40-50 ft. Shoots clothed with grey or brown 

 silky pubescence. Petiole \-^ ft. ; leaflets 4-8 in. long, coriaceous, glabrescent above, 

 densely finely silky and strongly veined below ; end one roundish, with a rhomboid 

 base, obtuse, often emarginate. Bacemes ^ ft. long ; pedicels ^1 in., densely brown- 

 velvety. Calyx \ in. long, velvety. Petals bright orange-red, equal, thickly clothed on 

 the outside with silvery tomeutum, the standard 1 in. broad, the keel semicircular, 

 beaked. Pod 6-8 in. by 1^2 in., argenteo-canescent, narrowed suddenly into a stalk 

 longer than the calyx. 



