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‘GENUS LXXXKVI. ‘CYNOMETRA. 
Decandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
_ Deriv. From Kyon, a dog, and Metra, a matrix, in allusion to 
the shape and consistence of the legumes. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees: leaves‘composed of 2-6 opposite leaflets : 
‘ealyx without bracts: tube very short; limib 4-partite, deciduous 3 
segments reflexed, upper one broadish : petals 5, oblong, lanceolate, 
‘equal: stamens ‘10, or numerous, distinct,'inserted with the petals 
‘into a glandular ring lining the calyx-tube: style erect: stigma 
‘capitate’: legume nearly half-orbicular, thick, tunfid, fleshy, 1-cell- 
ed, 1-seeded: flowers springing from the trunk or branches, 
(1). namirtora. (Linn. ) 
Ident, W. & A. prod. I. p. 293.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 509. 
Engrav,. Rumph. Amb. I. t. 63.—Rheede Mal. IV. t. 31.— 
‘Lam ‘Ii. t. 331. f. 1. ; 
Srzc.-Cuar. Tree: calyx-segments ‘tipped with a tuft of hairs: 
Teaflets 1-3 pair, dblong, acuminated or emarginate: peduncles 
‘solitary, few-Howered, springing from the branches among the leaves: 
stamens 10:: legume ‘tubercted and rugged on the outside: flowers 
reddish. 
Malabar. Travancore. South Concans. Flowering in the cold 
“season. 
(2) C. ‘rotyanpra. (Roxb.) 
Ident. ‘W. & A. prod. 1. p. 294.—Roxb. fl. Ind. ll. p. $72, 
—Dec. prod. IT. p. 509. 
- Engrav. Roxb. Cor. TH. t. 286. 
~ Spec. Cuan. Tree: calyx-segments naked at the apex: stamens 
‘very numerous: leaflets 2-3 pair, oblong-lanceolate; peduncles 
short, springing from axillary buds formed of. densely-imbricated 
‘concave bracts: pedicels long and slender, corymbose: legume 
smooth and even: flowers white, springing from the branches, ° 
Assam, flowering in March and April. 
GENUS LXXXVI. BAUHINIA. ' 
Decandria Monogynia... Sex: Syst: 
Deriv.: Named: in honor. of John and Caspin Bauhin, famous 
Botanists of the 16th century. 
Gyn. Coan. Trees or shrubs: leaves consisting of two opposite 
Jeaflets atthe apex of the petiole. leaflets.2—-5-nerved, almost inva- 
tiably united by their inner margins into a 2-lobed emarginate or 
‘entire leaf: racemes elongated or corymbiform, simple or panicled ; 
