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ealyx villously pubescent, broad cup-shaped, 4-toothed : corolla 
glabrous; vexillum thickened above the claw, somewhat bicallous 
inside : ovary linear, longer than the defiexed glabrous style. 
~ Silhet. 
GENUS LVIIL. BRACHYPTERUM. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Brachys, short, and Pteron, a wing, alluding to the 
short-winged legumes. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees or shrubs: leaves pinnated: leaflets oppo- 
site; calyx obliquely truncated: corolla papilionaceous: anthers 
ovate: legumes with a narrow wing along the seed~-bearing suture. 
(1) B. scanpens. ( Benth.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 264.—Roxb. fi. Ind. EIT. p. 232. 
—Dec. prod. If. p. 417. 
Syn. Dalbergia scandens, Roxd. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 192.—Wight’s Icon. t. 275.— 
Rheede Mal. VI. t. 22. 
Spec. Cuar. Twining shrub: leaflets opposite, oblong-lanceo- 
late, obtuse at the apex: petioles channelled: calyx with 2 small 
bracteoles at-its base, truncated, with a short tooth opposite the keel : 
vexillum callous at the base of the limb: wings ciliated at the base: 
legume almost sessile, linear-lanceolate, 2—3-seeded: racemes axil- 
Jary, longer than the leaves: pedicels fascicled, slender: flowers. 
numerous, white or pale-rose, fragrant. 
Coromandel Coast. Travancore. Concan Jungles. Chittagong. 
Assam. Flowering in August, 
(2) B. Cananense. ( Dalz.) 
Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 76. 
Syn. Pongamia Canarensis, Dalz. in Hook. Bot. TE. p. 37. 
Spec. Cuar. A woody climbing plant: leaflets 7-10 pair: 
ovary hirsute, 2-3-avuled : legume very flat, oval, winged on both 
sides : racemes terminal, shorter than the leaf: pedicels in threes: 
flowers pink. 
Garsuppa, flowering in April. 
(3) B, ropustum, (Dalz, ) 
Fdent. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 77. 
Syn. Dalbergia robusta, Rowd, 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 244. 
