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5. Cassia dimidiata, Baker ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 266, under C. 
mimosoides. An annual, nearly glabrous herb ; stems erect, 
li-3 ft. Leaves 2-3 in. ; leaflets 50-100, narrowly oblong, J in., 
acute, midrib close to the upper margin, a small, circular, sessile 
gland between or just below the lowest pair. Flowers yellow, 
hardly \ in. diam., axillary, usually solitary. Stamens 4 or 5, nearly 
equal, perfect. Pod flat, thinly hairy, 1^ X J in. ; seeds 10-15. 
Valleys below Simla, in fields ; August, September. — Throughout India, 
ascending to 5000 ft. — Most tropical regions. 
42. BAUHINIA. In memory of John and Caspar Bauhin, 
German botanists of the sixteenth century. — Widely spread in 
tropical and subtropical regions. 
Erect trees or tendril-bearing climbers. Leaves simple, 
notched or 2-lobed, entire. Flowers large, showy, in racemes, 
corymbs or panicles. Calyx-tube short ; limb long, spathe-like 
and undivided or splitting as the flower opens into 2 or 3 often 
reflexed segments. Petals 5, slightly unequal, clawed, erect or 
spreading, the upper one the innermost. Stamens 3-5, free, 
anthers versatile. Ovary stalked ; style cylindric ; stigma ter- 
minal. Pod flat, oblong ; seeds 6-15. 
Trees. 
Leaves notched at the top. Petals ^ in., pale yellow . 1. B. retusa. 
Leaves deeply 2-lobed. Petals 1-2 in., pink or purple. 
Calyx splitting to the base in 2 ultimately reflexed 
segments. Perfect stamens 3, rarely 4 . . . 3. B. purpurea. 
Calyx spathe-like, not splitting. Perfect stamens 5 . 4. B. variegata. 
A climbing shrub. Petals 1 in., white, changing to cream- 
yellow . . . . . . . . . . 2. B. Vahlii. 
1. Bauhinia retusa, Buck. -Ham . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 279. A small 
tree. Leaves glabrous, cordate, orbicular, 4-6 in., notched at the 
tip. Flowers in large, terminal panicles. Calyx pubescent ; limb 
splitting to the base in 2 or 3 segments. Petals pubescent out- 
side, oblong, J-J in., pale yellow, with purple streaks or spots. 
Stamens 3. Pod glabrous, 5 x 1 in. 
Valleys below Simla ; September, October.— Central and N. India, W. Hima- 
laya from Kumaon to the Beeas up to 4000 ft. 
2. Bauhinia Vahlii, Wight & Am . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 279. A 
large climber, sometimes 100 ft. long, covered with red-brown 
tomentum ; branches frequently terminating in a pair of opposite 
tendrils. Leaves cordate, orbicular, 6-18 in., 2-lobed nearly to 
the middle. Flowers in large, terminal corymbs. Calyx-limb 
splitting into 2 ultimately reflexed segments. Petals hairy out- 
side, obovate, 1 in., white, turning to cream-yellow. Stamens 3. 
Pod tomentose, thick, 6-18 x2-3 in. 
Sutlej valley, Kalka ; April-June. — Throughout Central and Northern India, 
ascending to 5000 ft. 
