,] L. LEGUMDiosa. (J^ G. Baker.) 277 



A small crooked bushy tree with drooping branches. Leaves broader than long, 

 rigidly coriaceous, 1 J-2 in. long, slightly cordate, clothed more or less densely be- 

 neath with grey pubescence. Eacemes short-peduncled, lax, terminal and leaf-opposed, 

 ^J ft. long, with densely grey-downy rachises ; pedicels ^-J in., ereeto-patent. Ccdyx- 

 tnbe turbinate, not more than ^ in. long ; limb J-j in., not splitting up. Pftals 6b-. 

 lanceolate, yellow, as long as the limb. Pod j— 1 ft. by J-1 in., not venulose, falcate, 

 firm, glabrous, turgid ; stalk above an inch long. Seeds 12-20. 



B. mrFESOENS, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 514, which is sometimes cultivated, differs 

 fcom this by its very small leaves, seldom over half an inch deep, short style, and 

 much smaller pod. It is a native of Tropical Africa. 



6. B. malabarlca, Soxb. Hort. Beng. 81 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 821 ; erect, leaves 

 7-8-nerved slightly cordate deeply bifid, flowers in short mostly simple 

 corymbs, bracts minute, lower pedicels 1^2 the calyx, calyx-limb 6-cleft, style 

 produced. ' Wall. Cat. 5798 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 294 ; Dalx. ^ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 82 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92. B. tomentosa, Wali. Cat. 5790 F^ O. Pileostigma 

 malabarica, Benth. PI. Jvngh, 261. 



Western and Central Himalayas (ascending to 1000 ft. in XniAOK and 4000 feet 

 in Behab) through India proper and to Biema. — Distrib. B. ucida, Eeinw. (B. pwr- 

 purea DC. of Malay isles and Timor scarcely more than a variety.) 



An erect low bushy tree. Leaves broader than long, rigidly coriaceous, the same 

 shape as in the last, but longer, with two obtuse lobes Teaching about a quarter down, 

 glaucous, subglabrous or finely grey-downy beneath. Bacemes sessile, dense, axillary, as 

 broad as long ; pedicels ascending, very slender, i-1 in. long. Calt/x clothed with 

 pale brown down ; tube cylindrical, turbinate, |^-J in. ; limb J in. Petals oblong- 

 spathulate, little exserted. Pod 1 ft. by |-1 in., nearly straight, firm, glabrous, rather 

 turgid, reticulato-venidose, rostrate ^th the style, 20-30-seeded ; stalk 1 in. long. 



Vae. reniformis, Boyle MSS., sp. ; leaves as small as those of B, raoemosa, densely 

 pubescent beneath. — ^North-west provinces. 



7. S. ungulculata, Baker; erect, leayes 7-nerved cordate deeply 

 bifid, flowers in short simple corymbs, bracts large, pedicels 3-4 times the calyx, 

 calyx-limb 5-cleft, style produced. 



SiAH, Sir B. Sehomburgk. 



Closely allied to the last. Leaves broader than long, rigidly subcoriaceous, 2-3 in, 

 long, glabrous beneath, with two obtuse lobes reaching J-j down. Bacemes short-pe- 

 duncled, as long as the leaves; bracts under ^ in., oblanceolate, reflexed; pedicels 

 slender, lower 11-2 in. Calyx thinly grey-downy externally; tube cylindrical, tur- 

 binate, J-l in. ; limb |-^ in. Petals ^ in., pilose, with a round limb equalling a dis- 

 tinct claw. Ovary downy, with a distinct stalk and style. Pod unknown. 



8. S. Iiawii, Berdh. MSS.; scandent, leaves deeply cordate shortly 

 "bifid 15-17-nerved, racemes dense forming^ ample terminal panicles with re- 

 fiexed branches, calyx-limb shortly 5-cleft, stigma sessile. ? B. foveolata, Balz. in 

 ■Joum. lAnn. Soc. 18, p. 188. 



' CoNCAN, Lam. . 



SrancKLets slender, terete, ecirrhose, thinly grey-downy. Leaves orbicular, rigidly 

 coriaceous; 4-9 in. long and broad, finely downy, the numerous ribs thick and much 

 raised on the under surface, ^occjrees forming an ample deltoid panicle | ft. long and 

 broad, with numerous deflexed densely pale-brown downy branches, the lower com- 

 pound ; bracts deltoid, minute ; pedicels ereeto-patent, very short. C<%a;-tube ^-J in., 

 narrow, turbinate ; limb l-^ in., shortly 5-cleft. Petals twice the calyx. Stigt^ 

 large, peltate, ^ in. broad. Pod unknown.— Agrees with the description of Dalzell s 

 plant except that it is not dicecious. 



Sect. 3. Iiysipliylluni, Bemth. Fertile stamens 10. _ Calyx with a long 

 tube and 5-clefl limb. Pod broad, indehiscent— Leaflets distinct. 



