270. L. LBGUMiNOSj;. (J. G. Baker.) [Bialium. 



4. D, patens, Baker ; leaflets 3-5 rounded at the base, tranches of the 

 panicle spreading, pedicels as long as the calyx, pod not velvety. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leaflets opposite or subopposite, oblong, rigidly coriaceous or subeoriaceous 

 glabrous, 3-5 in. long, obtusely pointed, finely veined, rather glossy; petiolnles 

 ^i in. Panicles both axillary and terminal, ample, flexuose with the distant main 

 branches spreading or even sometimes decurved ; pedicels ascending, spreading or 

 cernuous. Sud J in., ovoid-oblong. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subpetaloid, thinly 

 grey-downy. Filaments very short. Pod 1 in. long, round-oblong, firm, black 

 thinly coated with grey-brown down ; seed oblong, ^-J in. long. 



** Sepals ovate-lanceolate |— J in. broad. 



6. S, platysepalum, Baher, 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leaflets 5-7, distant, conspicuously alternate, oblong, pointed, 4-6 in. long, 

 rounded or the end one subcuneate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, rather glossy 

 above, finely veined beneath, with a persistent coating of bright yeUowish-brown 

 silky pubescence; petiolules J in. Panicles ample, deltoid, moderately dose, ter- 

 minal and axillary, the branches clothed with fine brown silky pubescence, the 

 main ones erecto-patent ; pedicels ascending or cernuous, much shorter than the 

 calyx. Bvd ovoid, under ^ in. long. Sepals leathery, densely brown-velvety on 

 the back, reflexed when the flower is fully expanded. Filaments thick and fleshy, 

 nearly as long as the anthers. Pod round-oblong, |— f in. long, hard, persistently 

 brown-velvety. Seeds oblong, compressed, glossy, chestnut-brown. 



Vah. Wallichii, Baker ; leaflets 9-11 closer smaller oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 



the upper 2-2J in. long, petiolules shorter. " Connaracea ? " Wall. Cat. 8634. 



Sincapore, Wallich. Malacca, ifaingay. 



107. KARDWICK.XA, Boxl. 



Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with few leaflets. Flowers very 

 abundant, minute, panicled. Calyx with scarcely any tube and a subbasal 

 disk; sepals usually 6, rarely 4, oblong, imbricated, subpetaloid, persistent. 

 Corolla 0. Stamens twice the sepals in number, included or exserted : 

 jBlaments filiform ; anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally, Ovary sessile 

 ^-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod subindehiscent, dry, with only 

 the upper ovule perfected ; seeds exalbuminous. — Distbib. One other species, 

 Trop. African. 



1. ». binata, Boxb. Cm: PI. iii. 6, t. 209 ; leaflets 3 sessile oblique 

 flabellately veined, stamens included, stigma large peltate, racemes few- 

 flowered, pod strap-shaped thin with the seed at the tip. Boxb Fl Ind ii 

 423; DC.Prodr. ii. 487; Wall. Cat. 5808; W. ^ A. Prodr. 284:-' Bah & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 88 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 26. 



Behae and "Western Peninsula, ascending to 3500 ft. 



A tree 100 feet high, with slender glabrous branches. Leaflets like those of a 

 Bauhinia, oblique, ovate-trapezoid, 1-3 in. long, obtuse or subacute, with 4-6 ribs 

 radiating from the base. Panicles axillary and terminal ; pedicels as long as the 

 calyx, not braeteolate. Sepals oblong, obtuse, under ^ in. long. Pod like that of 

 ^atholobus, thin, flexible, 2-3 in. long. 



2. K. pinnata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 425; leaflets 4-6 alternate petiolulate 

 not oblique, stamens exsei-ted, stigma minute, racemes dense narrow pod 

 obovoid or oblong nearly or quite filled up by the seed. JVall Cat 6807- 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 487 ; W. Sr A. Prodr. 284 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 255 ' ■ 



