Butea.] L. LEGUMiNOSJ). (J. G. Baker.) 195 



2. B. superba, Soxb. Cor. PL 23, t. 22 ; RoH. Bmg. 63 ; Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 247 ; a climlDer, lower calyx-teeth lanceolate-deltoid, keel much curved acute 

 4^5 times as long as the calyx, pod distinctly stalked. Wall Cat. 5438 : 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 415 ; W. 8f A, Prodr. 261 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71 : Brand. 

 For. Fl. 143. B. frondosa, Wall. Cat. 6569, ex paHe. 



Forests of Concan, Bjengai,, Orissa and Biema. 



Very near the last, from which it differs mainly by its scandent hahit, not by any 

 botanical characters. Leaflets and flowers larger, the former reaching 20 in. long. 

 Racemes 1 ft. long ; pedicels sometimes 3 times as long as the calyx. 



3. B. minor, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 6439 ; a climher, corolla three times the 

 calyx, keel little curved suhohtuse, pod subsessile. 



East Himalayas ; NiPA't., Wallich ; Silhet, Da Silva ; Khasia, 1-4000 ft., Hook. fit. 

 ^ Thomson, Lobb. ; Mishmi, Griffith. 



Branches robust, clothed at first -roth grey or brown silky hairs. Petiole ^-^ ft. ; 

 leaflets obtuse or cuspidate, 6-15 in. long, coriaceous, scabrous above, finely silky 

 beneath, the end one orbicular, with a rhomboidal base. Bacemes \-\ ft. long. Calyx 

 ^-^ in., brown-velvety, as are th« pedicels ; teeth very short. Corolla dull red, 1 in. 

 long, densely velvety on the outside ; keel rather exceeding the wings and standard, 

 which is J in. broad. Po<f 3-3^ in. longby 1-lJ in., cuneate at the base. 



69. nXASTEZtSZA, Benth. 



Calyx-tube turhinate ; teeth long, lower lanceolate, two upper connate. Co- 

 rolla scarcely exserted ; petals nearly equal in length ; standard roundish ; keel 

 obtuse, little curved. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform ? Ovary sessile, 

 many-pvuled ; style short, filiform, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod linear-oh- 

 long, flat, indehiscent, the dorsal suture bordered by a narro\y erect wing. — 

 DiBTBiB. A single endemic species, combining the habit of Phaeeole<e with the 

 pod of Dalbei-gieis. 



1. M. clelstocarpa, Baker. 



East Himalatas, Assam and Mishmi, Wallich, Griffith. 



A woody climber, with firm terete glabrous branches. Leaves 3-foliolate, distinctly 

 petioled ; leaflets subcoriaceous, stipellate, glabrous above, inconspicuously downy be- 

 neath ; end one obovate-ouspidate, 5-6 in. long, rounded at the base. Racemes reaching 

 a foot long ; pedicels \-^ in., geminate, from very tumid nodes. Calyx ^ in. long, tha 

 tube hidden by a pair of large round striated bracteoles. ■ Pod shining, very flat, 

 3-5 in. by |-1 in. 



70. CANAVAI.ZA, DO. 



Large twining perennials or biennials, with stipeUate 3-foliolate leaves and 

 showy flowers. Calyx deep, the limb 2-lipped, the upper lip projecting, entire 

 or emarginate, the lower shortly S-toothed. Corolla much exserted ; standard 

 large, roundish ; wings shorter, equalling the incurved obtuse keel. Stamens 

 monadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary obscurely stalked, many-ovuled ; style 

 incurved, beardless, stigma terminal. Pod large, linear or oblong, flattish, with 

 a distinct rib on each valve near the upper suture. — Disteib. Species about a 

 dozen, two widely-spread in the tropics, the others mostly American. 



1. C. ensiformis, DC. Prodr. ii. 404 ; leaflets ovate or oblong usually 

 tcute, racemes many-flowered, pod many-seeded. Dolichos ensiformis, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1022. C. gladiata, DC. loc. cit. ; Wall. Cat. 5531 ; W. '8f A. Prodr. 253. 



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