276 L. LEGUMiNOSiB. (J. G. Baker.) 



NoBTH "West Provinces to Cetlon and Penaiig. — Disteib. Malay isles, China, 

 Trop. Africa. 



An erect shrub, Tpith downy branches. Leaf broader than long, not cordate, 

 coriaceous, 1-2 in. deep, cleft less than half way down into two obtuse lobes, pubes- 

 cent below, 7-nerved. Flowers usually in short-peduucled pairs from the axils of the 

 leaves, rarely 1 or 3 ; pedicels with a pair of large persistent linear bracteoles. 

 Cal^x-limh broad-ovate, finely downy, i in. Petals lJ-2 in. long, obovate-spathulate; 

 yellow, the upper with a red blotch on the face. Style ^^ in. Pod distinctly stalked, 

 4-5 in. by ^-f in., 6-10-seeded, glabrous. 



2. B. bracbycarpa, Wall. Cat. 5788; flovrers racemose, pod small ses- 

 sile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PI. Jimgh. 261. 



AvA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



A doubtful plant, known only in fruit. Branches slender, glabrous. Leaf cor- 

 date, roundish, thin, glabrous, 9-ribbed, cleft a third down into two obtuse lobes. Ra- 

 cemes short-peduncled, many-flowered, about as long as the leaves ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, |-gin. Pod Ij-lJ in. by f in., narrowed to both ends, 2-3-seeded, deliscent. 



8. B. polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 6787 ; flowers in long racemes, calyx-limb 

 entire, pod nearly sessile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PI. Jvmgh, 

 261. 



Mahtaban ; banks of the Attran river, Wallich. 



Another doubtful species, known only in bud and pod. Leaves suborbicular, slightly 

 cordate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous, flexible, obtusely lobed J-J down. Flowers in narrow 

 close short-peduncled axillary regular racemes 3-5 in. long. Pedicels shorter than 

 the bud, which is glabrous, ovoid-laneeolate, \ in. long. Pod 3-4 in. long, f in. 

 broad, glabrous, dehiscent, nearly straight, 6-10-seeded. 



4. B. acuminata, Idrm. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 513 ; flowers in close axillary 

 racemes, petals as long as the calyx-limb which is cleft into 6 subulate teeth at 

 the tip, pod with a rib on each side of the upper suture. Roxh. ECm-t. Beng. 31 r 

 J"/. /««?. ii. 324; Wall. Cat. 5794; W.8f A. Prodr. 295. B. purpurea, WaU, 

 Cat. 5797, D. B. Candida, Ait. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit., rum Roxh. 



NoETH West Provinces to Cetion and Malacca. — Distbib. China, Malay 

 ^sles. 



An erect shrub, with obscurely downy angular branches. Leaves slightly cordate, 

 flexible, 3-6 in. long, 9-11-nerved, the globes acute or subobtuse, not reaching Jialif " 

 way down, at first finely pubescent beneath. Sacemes axillary, short-peduncled, co- 

 rymbose ; pedicels erecto-patent, J-| in. long, vrith linear-subulate bracts and brac- 

 teoles. Calyx l-lj in., narrowed into a long point, cleft at the tip. Petals oblong, 

 whitish. Style ^ in. Pod 4-8 in, long, f-f in. broad, firm, glabrous, 8-12-seeded ; stalk 

 ^ in. long. 



Sect. 2. FUeostig'ma, Hochst. Fertile stamms 10. Calyx -'with a. 



short tube and spathaceous or 5-cleft limb. Pod narrow, indehiscent. ^Erect, 



shrubs, or climbers with small flowers and connate leaflets. 



6. B. racemosa, Lam. Diet. i. 390 ; erect, leaves small deeply cleft 7-9- 

 nerved, flowers in lax simple racemes, calyx-limb entire, stigma sessile, W. ^■ 

 A. Prodr. 295 ; Hooh. le. 1. 141 ; Dah. %■ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 82 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 182, non Vahl. B. parviflora, Vahl ; DC. P-odr. ii. 514 ; Boxh. Sort. Benff.. 

 SI ; Fl. Ind. ii. 323. B. spicata, Komig ; Wall. Cat. 5789. B. timoriensis,. 

 Decaisne in Nov. Ann. Mus. iii. 466. Pileostigma racemosa^ Benth. PI. 

 Jvngh. 262. 



Ptinjab and Gaewhai to Cetlon and Pegu, — ^Disteib. China, Malay isles,. 

 Timor. 



