Tsoraka.] l. LEGm[i:.-os^. (J. G. Baker.) 103 



V _ 





18. PSORAZ.EA 



■ — _ M 



lleros or uuderslirii'bs. Leaves simple or odd-pinnate, conspicuouslj^ 

 gland-clotted. Calf/j-tuhe camnannlatft : f.p.t^ih />. rli.^Hnp.f.. Corolla little ex- 



«,^ slioflitly incui'ved, 

 often closed; anthers 



«erted ; petals all witU distinct claws ; keel obtuse, the tip 



Lpper stewew free or connate, the tube in an early stage ofte 



smallimifonn or slightly dimorphous. Ovanj sessile or short-stalked,' ovulate ; 



style long, filiform, incurved, stigma minute, terminal. Tod ovoid or oblong, 



^seeded, mdehiscent, the pericarp adhering to the seed.— Disteib. Species 



about 100, mainly Cape and N. Amer 



■lean. 



1- P. corylifolia, Lmn. ; JDC. Frodr. ii. 218 ; herbaceous, leaves simple, 

 nJ^"')?^^ ^"^^ ■^^°^^' ^"^■'"- ^^- ^'^- 172, t. 40, fig. 2 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 387 ; 



1 49 ^^^^^^°^ unifolium, Forsk. Flor. JEijypt. Arab. 130 ; Burnt. Fl. Ind. 



Kainsfrom the Himalayas through India proper to Ceyloj^, ' . \ 



i\^\\ ^ ?^*^^^ ^^^^a^> 1-3 ft. high. Branches firm, conspicuously gland-dotted. Leaves 



^unctly petiolod, roundisli, 1-3 in. long, inciso-repand, firm in texture, both sides 



ooDm^T^^^ ^-^otted with black dots, nearly glabrescent. Flowers 10-30 in dense 



1q^ "y^^S-peduiicled heads. Calyx nearly sessile, |^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, long, the 



St longest. Corolla yellow, little exserted. Fod small, black, subglobose, glabrous. 



1^.5 ^; PlScata, DeUh) DC Frodr, ii. 221: shrubbV; leaves trifoliolate, 

 kernes lax elongated. Delile, Egypt, t. 37, fig. 3. " 



T^op i/*°^ tho Punjab, Tliomson, Edgeworth, Stewart— Distrib. Arabia, Egypt, 



^^cose ^r ^*^P^^^^®^7'^^^"ched shrub, the stems obscurely argenteo-canescent, ver- 

 ■*^'oriace 1 ^^^^^'^^ branchlets subspinescent. i^a^e^ short-potiolod ; leaflets sub- 

 ^I in^r* g^*^en, oblanccolate, obtuse, repand, gland-dotted below only, reaching 



^-3 ID ' 1 ^' ^^^ ^"^^ ^^^ largest, the side ones oblique. Racemes short-peduncled, 

 i jjj 'i ^j^Sj lower flowers in distant fascicles; bracts ovate, very minute. ' Calya? 

 pod'V*^ } ^^ ^^^^^ adpresscd white hairs, accrescent, clasping tightly the included 

 > eetii short, the lowest lon<rest. Corolla velloAv, sliffhtlv esserted. 



V - 



d- 



Slirubs 



19, COZiUTEA, Linn 





-* V*.- 



: 4 . 



1^ J ' 





ousavll ^ ^^^^ odd-pinnate leaves and showy yellow flowers m'spai-se copi- 

 -exs^'r?^^'^ racemes. Calyx campanulate, with 5 short teeth.^ ^Ci»-o//« much 

 much • ^^^"^^^iard round, fixed in its place by two basal callosities ; keel broad, 



uniform. Ovary sti- 



. ^ 



side A- "^^^' ** -ovulate ; stvle Jiliform, much incurved, bearded along the inner 

 Wlv '^ Jarge oblique. Fod large, membranous, inflated, continuous within, 

 Eiirn; °^ *ij"*® indehiscent.— DisTRiB. Species 3 or 4, spread through South 

 ,/i^ope and Temperate Asia. 



Man f^o^!!'r^°^®scens, Z/nn. var. uepalexbis. C. nepalensis, Sms Hot. 



■f'^.136 ' -^^'^^' ^^^- ^^"J- *• ^''2^5 -^"'^'^'' ^" -^^^^^ /^/- l^Sj Brmxd. For. 



V. 



#11' ■ ' - 



Tibet, Nipal, &c., alt. 8-11,000 ft. 



f ' H 



tip before ripenin 



V- 



J. I .?-■ ..1. V- ■ '-.,*. - ■ * - : - J^ ^- t ^ *■ -^ I - ■ 





V 



■= ^ - ■■ .:ii^' 



,:^ ft;'', v.,^ 



/ 





-,■. 



- '^ - 'r 

 ^ J , 'I 







