Butea] 



XLV. LEGUMINOStE 



231 



and calyx densely silky outside, keel obtuse, little curved, three times the 

 length of calyx. 



Kumaun, Nepal. Sikkim (rare). Assam, Kliasi liills. Fl. U.S. - — 



Cruddasia insignis, Prain in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 34, Kachin hills. Upper 

 Burma. A slender climber, tawny pubescent ; leaflets 5 , stipellate, 8-6 in. long ; fl. 

 purplish, fasciculate on long axillary racemes ; stamens monadelphous, anthers uni- 

 form, pod flat, linear 3 in. long. 



17. FLEMINGIA, Roxb. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 226. {Moghania, St. Hil. ; 



Taubert in Engler und Prantl, iii. 3, 375). 



Ercet shrubs, leaves digitately 

 3-foliolate or simple, gland dotted 

 below. Lowest pair of secondary 

 nerves basal. Stipules lanceolate, 

 prominently ribbed, deciduous. 

 Calyx tube short, teeth narrow 

 acuminate, the lowest often the 

 longest. Corolla barely exserted, 

 petals equal in length. Stamens 

 diadelphous, anthers uniform. Pod 

 oblong turgid, small, 1- or 2-seeded. 

 species 25 ; 3 in tropical Africa, 

 the rest Asiatic. The more common 

 species only are mentioned here. 



A. Leaves simple, bracts large, 

 membranous, broadly ovate, folded, 

 each enclosing a short raceme, fre- 

 quently with sterile flowers. 



1. F. strobilifera, R. Br. ; 



Wight Ic. t. 267 ; El. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 227. Vern. Kasraut, Oudh ; Se 

 luppya^ Upper Burma. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 in. 



Fig. 99. — Flemingia Chappar, Ham. 



long, secondary nerves 4-10 pair, petiole :^ in. to 1 in. 



This widely-spread and variable species, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 66 (1898), 

 436, divides into 4, with the following characters. 



Erect sliruhs 5-10//^. Jiigh^ bracts f-1 in. long. 



(a) F. strobilifera, E.. Br. Secondary nerves 8-10 pairs, nearly equal, bracts 1 in., 

 finely pnberulous. Subhimalayan tract from Kumaun eastwards, Assam, Khasi, and 

 Naga hills, Chittagong, Western Peninsula and Burma, Malay Peninsula and Malay 

 Archipelago. FL C. S. 



(6) F. bracteata, Wight Ic. t. 268 ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 372. Second, nerves 4-6 pair, the 

 basal pair longest, bracts | in., softly hirsute with long hairs. Subhimalayan tract 

 from Garhwal eastward, Behar, Western Peninsula, and Burma. Fl. C. S. 



Low shrubs 1-^ft. high. 



(c) F. fruticulosa, Wall. ; Collett, Simla Flora, fig. 41. Leaves ovate, with subcordate 

 base, bracts | in. long, sparsely hirsute on nerves. N.W. Himalaya from Simla to 

 Kumaun, 5,000-7,000 ft. Fl. Aug.-Oct. 



(d) F. fluminalis, C. B. Clarke. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, base cuneate. Chitta- 

 gong hills, rocky river beds. Burma. 



The last-named appears to be a distinct species, and F. fruticulosa is a well-marked 

 local form ; stunted in the climate of the N.W. Himalaya. 



2. F. Chappar, Ham. ; El. Brit. Ind. ii. 227. Vern. Salpan^ Hind. Beng. ; 

 Kasrautj Oudh. 



Leaves broad-cordate, acuminate, 2-4 in. long and as broad as long, petiole 

 1| in. long. 



