Bauhinia.] LBaVUmOSM. 299 



all fertile, ^iyle produced. Vod, stalked, up to 12 in. in length by 

 |-1 in. broad, nearly straight, acuminate, firm, glabrous ; valves 

 marked with distinct diagonal parallel veins. &eeds 2U— 30. 



Forests of Dehra Dun and of the Siwalik range, Eohilkhand and 

 N. Oudh. DiSTEiB. Outer Himalaya, at low elevations, from the Jumna 

 to Assam, hilly parts of Chota ISTagpur and in C. and S. India to Burma; 

 also in the Malay Islands and Java. Flowers October and November; 

 The leaves are very acid and are sometimes eaten In the Fl. Brit. India 

 I.e. a variety named reniformis B. reniformis, Boyle Mss. (sp.) is 

 described as having leaves as small as those of B. racemosa and densely 

 pubescent beneath. I have seen no specimens. 



4. B. retusa, Boxh. Eort Beng. 31 ; Fl. Ind. ii, 322 ; Brand. For. Fl.- 

 161 ; F. B. I. a, 279 ; Watt E.D. B. emarginata, Wall.; Boyle III. 185.~ 

 Vern. Semla. 



An erect medium-sized tree, with dark-brown bark. Leaves 4-6 in. long 

 and rather broader than long, entire or emarginate at the apex, cordate 

 or truncate at the base, 9-11-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous or finely 

 pubescent beneath, petiole H-3| in. Floivers f in. across, on long 

 slender pedicels, arranged in ample terminal corymbose panicles, the 

 branches clothed with grey silky pubescence. Calyoc ^ in., split nearly 

 to the base into 2-3 segments, huds ovoid. Petals twice as long as the 

 calyx, oblong or obovate, pale-yellow spotted with red and veined with 

 purple. Fertile stamens 3. Ovary hairy below, its stalk adnate to the 

 calyx-tube, style produced, stigma long. Pod 4-6 in., oblanceolate, flat, 

 bright brownish-red till ripe, dehiscing late. Seeds 6-8, brown, smooth.. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Disteib. Abundant on the Outer 

 Himalaya from Simla to Nepal, up to 4,000 ft.; also in Chota Nagpur 

 and in the Oentral Provinces. Flowers September to November. A 

 clear gum, resembling gum arable in appearance, is obtained from inci- 

 sions made in the bark. It is annually exported from Dehra Dun, 

 and is used chiefly for medicinal purposes and in the manufacture of 

 native sweetmeats. 



5. B. Vahlii, W. ^ A. Prod. 297 ; D. <^ G. Bomb. Fl. 83 ; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 161 ; F. B. I. ii, 279 ; Watt E. D. B. racemosa,' FaTit ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. 

 a, 825 ; Boyle III. 184 {not of Lam'k.).—Yevn. Maljhan, mdlu. 



An immense climber, with thick cable-like branches. Young parts and 

 leaves beneath rusty- or grey-velvety ; branchlets usually ending in a 

 pair of strong revolute tendrils. Leaves up to 18 in. across, about as 

 broad as long, deeply cordate, cleft to about * of the length, 11-18- 

 nerved ; lobes obtuse, diverging, rigidly subcoriaceous, dark-green 

 and glabrescent above, persistently tomentose beneath ; 'petiole stout, 

 3-6 in. long ; stipules obtuse, falcate. Flowers f in. across, in dense 

 terminal long-peduncled corymbs or corymbose racemes; lower pedi- 

 cel.? 1-2 in., with persistent linear bracteoles. Calyx-tube 1-5 in. long, 

 cylindrical; limb splitting into 2 lobes, rusty- tomentose. Petals 

 white, obovate, shortly clawed, hairy outside. Stamens 3. Ovary 

 tomentose, its stalk adnate to the calyx-tube. Pod pendulous, 6-12. 



