s. m, n immense climber (Bauhinia racemosa, B. Vahlii, Nat. Ord. Leguminosæ), with very large leaves and great flowers and pods which grows in the Siwalik tract as far west at least as the Chenab. The branches are used as ties for fences, and a strong and durable rope is manufactured without steeping from the bark. The leaves are eaten by buffaloes, and are used for packing and for making umbrellas (being put between strips of bamboo, so as to overlap each other.) They are also much in vogue as plates, used at the marriages of Brahmins, for which purpose they are at times brought from some distance. The seeds are eaten in various places. The huge seed vessels look like the soles of shoes or thick pieces of brown leather. When ripe they are cooked over embers, split open, and the flat seeds are found each in an envelope of better skin which contains a very palatable kernel; i. q. Máljuṉ.