366 LEGUMIN08M. [Ptebocaepus. 



standard reflaxed at the base of the orbicular emarginate limb. Stamens 

 10, in two bundles of 5 each. Fod like that of D. lanceolaria. 

 .^Forests of N". Oudh (Wallich, Duthie), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Dis- 

 TBIB. Eastward along the foot of the Himalaya to Assam, Burma and 

 the Shan Hills, and south from Bengal to C. W. and S. India. Flowers 

 January to March. 



43. FTEROCARPUS, L^nn* ; I^i- Brit. Ind. ii, 238. 

 Erecb trees. Leaves with alternate coriaceous exstipellate leaflets. 

 Flowers yellowish, in copious panicled racemes ; bracts and brac- 

 teoles m'xuute, csid-acous ; pedicels distinctly articulated at the apex. 

 Calyx turbinate, curved before expansion, the teeth short. Petals 

 exserted, witii long claws ; standard and wings crisped ; heel 

 obtuse, its petals scarcely or not at all coherent. Staminal- sheath 

 slit both above and below, or above only, the upper stamen often 

 nearly or quite free ; anthers versatile. Ovary stalke.i, 2-ovule'd, 

 ^stijle incurved, stigma terminal. Pod orbicular, rarely more than 

 l-'seeded, indelii?cent, with a broad rigid wing, the point turned 

 down to opposite the base or near it. — Species about 15, cosjnopo- 

 .litan in the tropics. 



■ P. Marsupium, B^oxb. Cor. PI. ii, 9,t. 116; Fl. Ind. Hi. 234; W. ^ A- 



Prod. 266; D, Sf O.Bomh. Fl. 76 ; Brand. For. Fl. 152 ; F.B.I, ii, 239; Wat^ 

 E. D.; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI, part 2 (1897), 455 ; Indj. For. 

 XXVI (1900), Su^p^pl. 15. -Yevn. Bija-sdl. 



A. tall or medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves 7-9 in.; leaflets 5-7 ; 

 firmly coriaceous, sparingly clothed beneath with persistent ap- 

 pressed hairs, 1^5 in. long and t-3 in. wide, elliptic or ovate to 

 lanceolate, obtuse acute vi acuminate, the end leaflet the largest ; 

 nerves 15-20 pairs, slightly prominent beneath. Flowers in large 

 much-branched terminal panicles ; rachis and pedicels rasty-puberul- 



- ous ; 'pedicels -^ in., with 2 small ovate caducous bracteoles at the apex. 

 Pod orbicular, stipe yo iii. long, style at some distance above the base, 

 periphery of pod between stipe and style convex. 



Forests of Pilibhit, N. -Oudh, Gorakhpur and Bundelkhand. DiSTRiB. 

 Kumaon Terai, Eajmahal Hills, and in C. W. and S. India to Ceylon. 

 Flowers during the rainy season. Dr. Prain, who has specially studied 

 this genus, recognizes two rather marked varieties, each of which shows 

 two distinct geographical forms. The tree, as represented within the 

 area of this flora, belongs to the form acuta of his report on the Indian 

 species of Peterocarpus, published as ^ Supplement to the Indian Forester 

 for 1900. The bark of this and other species yields a valuable astringent 

 gum, which is sold under the name of 'Indian Kino '. The timber ia 

 highly prized, and the foliage affords excellent fodder for cattle. The 

 valuable Burmese tree, known as Padauk, has been identified by Dr. 

 Prain as P. macrocarpus, Kurz. 



