LEGUMINOS^J. 
CfiOTALARIA LAN AT A. (Bedd.) A large shrub 12-15 feet high, stems angled very woolly above, leaves oblong oval or 
suborbicular raucronate 4 6 inches long by 3-3J broad, glabrous above densely woolly beneath, petioles |-1 inch long woolly, stipules 
very large transversely lunate apiculate, racemes terminal bracts hairy ovate apiculate calyx pubescent, flowers large yellow, legume 
glabrous many seeded. 
Anamallnys and Pultiies, grass land and dry forest, 3*4,000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CV. 
CROTALARIA ELEGANS. (Bedd.) Herbaceous erect glabrous, 
mucronate, petioles 1 line long slightly hairy (under the lens) as is the costa i 
caducous, racemeB terminal and from the upper axils slender many flowered> bi 
rachis of the raceme, flower pedicels about | an inch long increasing to one inch 
ves narrow linear 4-6 inches long by 2- 3 lines broad, 1 
the under side of the leaves, stipules minute early 
s large ovate apiculate adnate and decurreut to the 
hen in fruit, legume sparingly hairy (under the lens) 
Anamallaja and Pulnies, grassy places about 4,000 feet elevation ; a very pretty species, 
PLATE No. CVI. 
BaUHINIA BeNTHAMI. (Bedd.) A gigantic climber, the young branches inflorescence and legumes fuscoi 
minute reddish tomentum otherwise glabrous leaves broadly oblong to suborbicular 7-9 nerved 3-5 inches long and nearly ai 
divided down £th-$rd into 2 obtuse lobes, above glabrous, beneath minutely hairy (under the lens) racemes leaf opposed supra-i 
or terminal, few flowered, flowers pedicellate bright crimson about 2\ inches each way, calyx with a long tube below and 5 im 
closed segments above, 5 angled in bud at length splitting in the upper portion into 5 equal narrow lanceolate segments or 
divisions of 2-3 each, petals 5 very long clawed, nearly twice the length of the calyx segments, stamens 5 free all fertile and o 
length inserted into the hairy apex of the calyx tube, anthers versatile, ovary stalked about 5 ovuled, stalk below adhering to 
side of the calyx tube, legume about 6 inches long and 1* broad obliquely lanceolate with a long fine point, seminiferous suture i 
slightly winged about 5 seeded. 
A moat gorgeous creeper, eery common .boat the Wynad and South Canara ghats, from the foot up to about 1 
ation ; it climbs to the top of the highest trees. 
PLATE No. CVII. 
HtfMBOLDTIA TOIJUGA. (Bedd.) A tree, young parts minutely etrigose otherwise glabrous, leav 
pinnate, common peholea about 2 lines bug. leaflets only one pair with a flat depreaaed gland at iheir hmertio 
ttion at the apex 5-7 inches 1 
* lanceolate very unequal at the base, and with a long ; 
boughs and mors rarely from the younger branchbts, pedtnclt H^nthTong'pTcllnlTi^hTo^Tilbh 
alternate with the petals on to the hairy apex „f the calyx tube, MamenJ glahrom e~ lh X b ° f' T “ 
hairy 2-3 ovuled, stipe adnate to the wall of the calyx tube, legume unknown. ? b Stammodla n0DI 
A tolerably large tree, abundant on the Travancnrp hill# i no i * , , 
1 aVanCOre hllIs JQst AghusteeT peak, at 3-4,000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CHI!. 
ternate abruptly 
the apex of the 
g 1£ to 2 broad 
truuk and older 
id with 2 oblong 
*e than twice as 
1 fertile inserted 
, ovary stipitate 
-p. B08ACEJS. 
x ARINARIUM iNDICUM. (Bedd.) A middling sized „ 
-e entire glabrous slightly undulate, 8-9 inches long by 3 broad with 2 elandsTJ th'’ 1 “ fl ° re8Cence * Ieaves Ornate^liiptii 
petiole i to i inch long, racemes slightly pubescent, shorter than the leaves leaf onno*.d 7 , ° D Under 8ide cIose aboV6 
ated, outer bract large ovato-lanceolate, 2 inner one. linear lanceolate, calyx tube tatadibuli^™!.-’ ^ " hit ' subse3sile 3 brai 
minate snbequal pilose, petals 6 inserted into tbs jaws of the calyx between its divisions and ft 5 ”“ br,cala lanceoU,,>1 
former ovate pointed imbricate equal, a little shorter than the cal,cine lobes, stamen tube linino T T"*" 1 ' 0 aUerMte wiUl 
it to its base densely hairy itiside, stamens 12-15 all together on one side of the tube 8 th IDSide ° f the and connate " 
of the calyx ^duplicate in estivation, anthers 2 celled bursting longitudinally, thoTeaYof toe^enTul 8labr0118 *** ** 
