Butea^ 



37. LEGUMINOS^. 



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Calyx broadly campanulate ; tee^th short, deltoid. Corolla exserted ; 

 keel semicircular. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. Style 

 filiform ; stigma capitate. Pod stalked,, compressed^ thin, mem- 

 branous, 1-seeded. 



Erect tree ... ... ... ... 1. B, frondosa. 



Climbing shrub ... ... ... 2, B. snperba. 



1. B. frondosa, Roxb. ^'l. Ind. III. 244 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 71; Fl. Br. I. 2. 194; Brandis For. Fl. 142; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 176. 

 Bengal Kino. Butea Gum. Bastard Teak. Tem-kd-jhar, H. ; Muttala, 

 muttugal^ K. ; Phulas, M. ; Fhullas kakria, Guz. 



Throughout India and Burma, extends as far north as the Jhelum in 

 the N.-W. Himalaya. Throughout the Presidency, common in deciduous 

 forests. Fl. March. Fr. June, July. A moderate sized tree. Bark 

 rough, undulated, inner bark jBbrous, and spongy. Wood dirty-white, 

 poft, not durable, except under water ; weighs 35 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Yields a gum, sold as Bengal kino and used as a dye and tan. The fibre 

 from the inner bark is strong and useful. The leaves are used as plates 

 and also for native umbrellas. The seeds are used in native medicine as 

 an anthelmintic and purgative. 



2. B. superba, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 247 ; Fl. Br. I 2. 195 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71; Brandis For. Fl. 143. PalasvSl, beltivas, M. 



Central Provinces, Central India, Bengal, Burma. In the moist forests 

 of the North. Konkan. Fl. Mch. Differs from B. frondosa^ only in its 

 scandent climbing habit. 



17. ATYLOSIA, W. & A. 



Erect or twining shrubs. Leaves trifoliate, gland-dotted beneath. 

 Flowers axillary or racemed. Calyx- teeth distinct, longer or 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla more or less exserted, keel not 

 beaked. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Style filiform, 

 glabrous ; stigma capitate. Pod linear or oblong, turgid ; seeds with 

 a divided sjbrophiole. 



Petals marcescent. (Atylia.) 



Erect shrubs. Flowers in sessile pairs. Pod not lineate between the 

 seeds. 



Pod thinly pilose ... ... 1. A, lineata. 



Pod densely pilose ... ... 2. A. sericea. 



Twiners. Flowers in peduncled racemes. Pod 

 lineate between the seeds. 



Pod grey canescent ... ... 3. A, mollis. 



Pod densely hairy ... ... 4. A. Jculnensis, 



Petals caducous. (Cantharospermum.) 



Pod bristly, recurved ... .. 5. ^. rostrata. 



Pod pilose, straight ... ... A, harhata. 



1. A. lineata, W. & A. Prod. 258 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 213. Oajani(,s Uneatus, 

 Grab. Atylosia Lawii, Wgt. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 74. Uan-tooTj 



