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Seyhndia.] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 65 



elongated filiform abruptly incurved at the base ; stigma terminal. Pod oblong, 

 flat, 1-2-seeded.— DisTEiB. A single endemic species. 



1. H. latebrosa, DC. Meyn. Leg. 201 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 180; JDak. .5- 

 (jm. Bomb. FL 54. Hedysarum latebrosum, Linn. Mant. 270. H. leiocarpa, 

 ^C.loc. cit'^ Wall. Cat 5342. Hallia hirta, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 1169. Cro- 

 ^na uniflora, Kom. in Roxb. FL Ind, iii. 271. Heylandia hebecarpa, DC. 

 i^'Ctt. t 34. Goniogvna hebecarpa, leiocarpa and latebrosa. DC in Ann. Sc. 



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iiverywhere in the tropical region from the Gangetic plain and Scinbe to Ceylon. 



A prostrate more or less silky much-branched herb. Leaves close-set, alternate, 

 ^pie, subsessile, cordate-ovate, ^-| in. long, more produced in the lower half. 

 mers in the axils of most of its leaves, subsessile, solitary. Corolla yellow, 

 din. -Po^ silky, H in. long. 



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talyx-tube camp^ulate ; teeth subequal. Corolla much exserted ; standa 

 imdish ; wings obpvate-oblong ; heel broad, with a long distinct ascendi„„ 

 ' *^^^^e?i^ monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Omry distinctly stalked^ 



siif^ ^^^ ' ^^^^ ^^^y abruptly incurved at the base, bearded on the inner 

 ^% stiOTia capitate. Pod distinctly-stalked, 5-6-seeded, oblong, flattened, 



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withm. — DisTRiB. A single endemic species. 

 csrtisoides, W. & A. Prodr. 180 ; Bmth. in Hook. Lond. 



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TP- 7, ' ''"*/'. ^nn. IV. 401. urotalaria cytisoiaes, Moxo.j^t. ma. 111. z/o: 

 '^««.C««. 6422 ;i)C.P;-oJr.ii. 131. ^ ' 



^opicAL East Himaiaya ; Nipal to Ava, ascending to 6000 ft. in Sikkim. 

 StimdV^^^^- ^^^^ ^^® ^^^^^ °^ Crotalaria striata, with, slender glabrous branches. 

 2-3 in^^l ' P^^i^l®s as long as the leaves ; leaflets 3, oblong, glabrous, membranous, 

 and t " * ^' °^^^^^«^ to both ends. Racemes copious, short-stalked, leaf-opposed 

 lonff a ^^^^^' closely 12-20-flowered. Calyx \ in., finely silky ; teeth lanceolate, as 

 Jin I ^^^^- Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1 in. by 



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foli^T^ °^ slu'u'bs of very various hal)it and vestiture. Leaves simple or 3- 

 often i!' ^^^ ^^™^y odd-pinnate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, 

 «onnat • ^^' CW/yx-^ufte short ; teeth linear or lanceolate) suhequal or shortly 

 claw r "' iV^^ '^P^- Cb^'o^/rt equalling or exceeding calvx ; standard with a short 

 ^DM ^^ round ; wings obovate-oblong, shorter ; keel broad, equalling the 

 ^rniL ^^^^^ joined down the back, much incurved, distinctly beaked. 

 }t^ monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile or stipitate, linear, 

 leard^ ^ '"^^^'^^ 2-ovulate ; style long, abruptly incurved at the base, 

 W '^P^^r^is, stigma minute oblique. Pod sessile or stipitate, straight, 

 Speciea^rt „"^ong, turgid, continuous within, usually many-seeded.— Distrib. 



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often^' ■^*'«narl8B, ^en/A. Rigid copiously stifflv-branched undershrubs 

 chaiactpX'- ^^^ ^'^^^^^^'^ small rigid deciduous simple leaves.— A small group, 

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