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28. SPATHOLOBUS, Hassk., Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 193. 

 Woody climbers witli 3-foliolate stipellate leaves. Flowers 

 small or medium-sized, in ample terminal panicles, extending into 

 tlie axils of tlie upper leaves, the pedicels densely fascicled at the 

 tumid nodes. Calyx campanulate ; teeth lanceolate or oblong-deltoid, 

 the upper 2 connate. Corolla distinctly exserted, its petal; sub-equal, 

 keel obtuse and nearly straight. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary sessile or stalked, 2-ovuled ; style incurved, beardless, 

 stigma capitate. Fod thick, flat, indehiscent and seedle^-s below, 1- 

 seeded and tardily dehiscent at the tip.— Species about 10, one in W. 

 Africa, the rest in Trop. Asia. 



S. Roxburgii, Benth. in Miq. PL Jungh. 238; Brand. For. Fl. 143; F. B, 

 I. ii, 193 ; Watt E. D. ; Prain in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI (1897), 412. 

 Butea parviflora, Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 248 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 261 ; D. ^ G. 

 Bomh. Fl. 71. Vern. Mula, maula, malha-hel (Dehra Dun). 

 A robust climber. Toung parts, inflorescence and underside of leaflets grey- 

 velvety. Leaflets 6-8 in- long, obovate or elliptic, obtuse emarginate or 

 abruptly acuminate, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above. Flowers leas 

 than t in. long, very shortly pedicelled, fascicled on the tumid nodes of 

 large terminal panicles. Calijx densely pubescent. Corolla about twice 

 the calyx, whitish. Pod S-l in. long and about 1 in. broad, clothed with 

 soft brown tomentum, stalk about ^ in. long. 

 Common in Dehra Dun and on the Siwalik range, as well as in the 

 forests of Eohilkhand and N. Oudh. Disteib.: From the foot of the 

 Himalaya to S. India, also in Burma. Flowers during the cold season. 

 As a climber it does great damage to trees The stems exude a red 

 astringent gum, resembling Tcino. 



29. PSORALEA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 103. 

 Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple or odd-pinnate, conspicuously 

 gland-dotted. Cnlyx-tiihe campanulate, teeth distinct. Corolla little 

 exserted ; petals all with distinct claws ; heel obtuse, the tip slightly 

 incurved. Upper stamen free or connate, the tube in an early stage 

 often closed ; anthers small, uniform or slightly dimorphous, obtuse. 

 Ovary sessile or shortly stalked, 1-ovuled ; style long, filiform, 

 incurved ; stigma minute, terminal. Fod ovoid or oblong, 1-seeded, 

 indehiscent, tlie pericarp adhering to the seed. — Species about 100, 

 mostly S. African and N. American. 



P. corylifolia, Lmn. Sp. PI. 764; Eoxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 387; W. <Sr A. 

 Prod. 198 ; Boyle III. 191 ; D. S( G. Bomh. Fl. 60 ; F. B. I. ii, 103 ; Watt 

 E. D' Vern. Bahchi. 

 An erect annual, 1-3 ft high. Branches firm, gland-dotted. Leaves 



Bimple, 1-3 in. long, roundish, repand-toothed, firm, glabrescent, both. 



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