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former being the same size, but cleft more deeply, with narrower teeth and the latter 

 much smaller. Leaves rather more coriaceous, 3-4 in., narrowed from the midale 

 to both ends, the adpressed brown pubescence of the underside coarser and less silKy. 

 Pod oblong, glabrous, distinctly stalked. 



42. C. Zieschenaultil, DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branches and calyx sub- 

 glabrous, stipules minute lanceolate, leaves obtuse glabrous above densely grey- 

 silky below, bracts ovate persistent, corolla much exserted. W. ^ A, P)*odr. 186; 

 Bmth. in Hook. Lmd. Journ. ii. 481 ; Grak Cat. Bomh. PI. 44 ; Dah. 8f Gibs. 

 Bo7nb. Fl. 54. C. lupiniflora, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6407. 



NixGHiRis and highest Ghauts of Concan. 



General habit of the three preceding, to which it is closely allied. Leaves oblan- 

 ceolate-ohlong, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in., cnneate at the base, clothed beneath witn 

 thick white silky pubescence. Eacemes rather densely 20-30-fiowered, reaching i ft* 

 long ; bracts like those of C sericea but smaller ; lower pedicels as long as the caljx. 

 Cah/x I in.; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla yellow, J in. deep. 

 Pod distinctly stalked, linear-oblong, 1^ in. long. — A specimen from Ram Ghaut, 

 Bitchie, perhaps distinct, has subidate bracts and leaves finely silky beneath. 



43. C. formosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5393; branches and calyx densely 

 silky, stipules lanceolate minute, leaves obtuse glabrous alx)ve densely silky 

 beneath, bracts linear silky persistent, corolla not exserted, W. 8f A. Frodr* 

 186 ; JVi. 2c. t. 981 ; Benth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. ii, 481, 



Dwarfer and more branched than the four preceding, with woody stems densely 

 clothed with grey or yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 2-3 iB* 

 moderately firm, short-stalked, cuneate at the base. Bacemes very dense, 1-2 in., 

 long ; pedicels ^^ in., densely silky. Calyx shaggy, ^-| in. ; teeth deep, lanceolate- 

 deltoid. Pod oblong, 1^1^ in. long, distinctly stalked. 



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44; C. barbata, Grah. in Wall. ^t. 5394 ; sTimlaby, stipules 0, leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong sul>acute thinly silky alxtYe densely silky Ijeneath, raceme 

 simple 6-1 2-flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod 

 stalked. W. ^ A. Prodr. 181 ; Wt. Jc. t. 980 : Benf.h. in Hook. Land. JourH- 

 ii. 483. 



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NiLOHrKis ; Travancor, ascending to 6000 feet, Beddome. 



Sparingly branched. Branches woody, clothed with ascending dart brown silly 

 hairs. Leaves like those of C. sericea in shape and size, moderately firm, short -stalked, 

 cuneate at the base. Bacemes finally half a foot long ; pedicels ^ in., densely 

 silky, not bracteolate at the middle. Calyx J in., deeply bilabiate, densely shaggy 

 with dark brown silky hairs ; teeth of lower lip linear, equalling limb. Corolla scarce 

 exserted. Pod 1^ in. long by half as broad, 15-20-8eeded. 



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45. C. lon^lpea, W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 183 ; shrubby, stipules 0, leave« 

 obovate-oblong rather obtuse both sides minutely silky, racemes copiously 

 ^nicled, bracts foliaceoua ovate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod stalked. Benth. 

 trt Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 483. 



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A Stiff undershrub with a straight woody stem, copiously paniculately branched- 

 Branches densely clothed with short ferruginous silky hairs. Leaves coriaceous, short- 

 stalked, more or less rounded at base, vestiture thin and shining, lower 3-4 i^ 

 Flowers 3-4, close together near the top of numerous rigid branches ; bracts copious, 

 reflexed, foliaceous- Calyx i in., densely clothed with brown silkv hairs, deeply 



bilabiate; lower teeth reaching half way down. CoroZZa f-J in. ; standard silky o^ 

 the back. Pod linear-oblong, 1-1^ in. long, 10-12-seeded, narrowed info'a^lo^S 



gynophore. — Except for tbe glabrous pod, ita affinity is with C Tnodurmsis. 



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