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37. LEGUMlNOS-ir. 



[CanavaUa, 



2. C. obstusifolia, DC. Prod. 2. 404; Fl. Br. I. 2. 196. 0, Uneata, 

 DC. Prodr. V. 2. 404; Cooke Fl. Pres. Bomb. 373. Along tlie coast of 

 North Kanara and the Konkan. Fl. Mch. Fr. June-July. 



C. Stocksii, Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 69 ; Cooke Fl. Pres. Bomb. 372. 

 C. ensiformis, var. turgida, Baker, FL Br. I. 2. 196. A twining shnib 

 witli large stipules and bracteoles is considered to be a species distinct 

 from 0. ensiformis, DC, by Dr. T. Cooke in his Fl. Pres. Bomb. Deccan 

 and Konkan hiils; very rare. 



14. PUERABIA, DC. 



Herbs or twining shrubs. Leaves trifoliate, stipellate. Flowers 

 large or small, densely fascicled, in long racemes. Calyx-teeth 

 long or short, the upper two connate. Corolla exserted ; standard 

 spurred at base, equalliDg in length the keel and wings. Stamens 

 monadelphous, anthers uniform. Style filiform incurved, stigma, 

 capitate. Pod linear, liattish. Root immense, tuberous, in P. 

 tuberosa, 



P. tuberosa, DC. Prod. II. 240 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 197 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 67. Brandis For. Fl, 141. Dan. Vern. ; Karwi-nai^ Guz. 



Western tropical Himalaya, hills of S. India and Orissa. Throughout 

 the Konkan and North Kanara, in open situations. Fl. Mch -Apl. ; 

 leafless when in flower. Fr. May. 



15. SPATHOLOBUS, Hassk. 



Largo woody climbers. Leaves trifoliate, stipellate. Flowers 

 gmall, in large terminal panicles, pedicels densely fascicled at the 

 tumid nodes. Calyx campanulate, teeth slender. Corolla exserted, 

 keel straight. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. Style in- 

 ^.urved, stigma capitate. Pod 1-seeded, winged, like that of Butea. 



Pod broad, rusty tomentose ... ... ]. S. RoxhurgMi. 



Pod glabrescent, narrower ... ... 2. S. jpiirpureus. 



1. S. Roxburghii, Benth. Pi. Juugh. 238 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 193 ; Branr 

 dis For. Fl. 143 ; Butea yarviflora^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71. Phuhun., 

 M, 



From the Himalayas to Ceylon. Throughout the forests of the Kon- 

 kan and North Kanara. This lofty, soft-wooded climber does great 

 damage to the teak and other timber trees in North Kanara. Fl. C. S, 

 Fr, April. 



2. S. purpureus, [Benth, MSS. Fl. Br. L 2, 194. 



Evergreen forests of North Kdnara on the Supa ghats, rare ; also found 

 in the Konkan, Stocks. Fl. C. S. Fr. Apl., May. A lofty climber. 

 Fruit like the samara of the sycamore reversed, narrow, glabrescent. 



16. BUTEA, Roxb. 



Trees or climbing shrubs. Leaves large, trifoliate, stipellate, 

 Flowers densely fascicled, large, showy, in racemes or panicle^? 



