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1. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 



\^8huteria. 



Stems Blender, Troody, glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate, rigid, under I in. ; peti- 

 ole 1-3 in., hairy or glabrous ; leaflets membranous or subcoriaceous, obscurely 

 hairy on both sides or glabrescent, the end one 1-2 in. long. Racemes copious, close, 

 1-4 inJong, sometimes 2-3 from same node ; lower flcwers often geminate ; bracts rigid, 

 about as long as the densely hairy pedicels. Calyx ^ in., densely hair}^ ; teeth shorteir 

 than tube, upper lanceolate-cuspidate. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod l-ljin. 

 long, linear, hairy, recurved, 5-6-seeded. 

 ^^i^1^^ Var. 1. glabrata ; calyx and leaves nearly or quite glabrescent. S. glabrata, W- Sf 



A> Prodr, 207. — Khasia, Simons, Nilghiris, Wight. 



Var, 2. involucrata ; racemes laser, their lower nodes bracteated by 2-3 reduced 

 roundish leaflets \--^ in. long, leaflets obovate-oblong, calyx silky. S. involucrata, 

 W. 4' A. Prodr, 207 ; Benth, PL Jungh. 232, Glycine involucrata, WalL PL As, Ear. 

 iii. 22, t, 241 ; Wall, Cat, 5506, ex parte. — Kumaon, Gurwhal, Nipal. 



Var. 3. densijiora ; racemes very dense, the flowers often several from the same 

 node, bracts and bracteoles rather larger, calyx pod and oblong subcoriaceous leaf- 

 lets glabrous. S. densiflora, Benth, PL Jungh. 232. Glycine involucrata, Walh Cat., 

 5a06, ex parte. — Gurwhal, Kumaon and Nipal, ascending to 7000 ft, 



^^0^ 2, S. birsuta, Baker -^ steins densely hairy, racemes peduncled many- 

 flowered, bracts and bracteoles long linear-setaceous^ leaflets ovate cuspidate. 



Khasia and Sikkim, 3-5000 ft., UooJc. fiL ^' Thomson, 



Stems firm, slender, densely clothed with conspicuous deflexed hairs. Stijytiles 



^-^ in. ; leaflets membranous,, with a thin coating of adpressed hairs on both sides^ 



subconcolorous ; end one 2-4 in. long. Flowers in lax racemes, 2-3 in. long, ou 



'densely hairy peduncles as long as themselves, geminate at the nodes ; bracts J^" i^* 



Calgx ^-§ in., thinly hairy ; teeth shorter than tube, upper deltoid, lower linear. 



Corolla purple, twice the calyx. Pod recurved, densely hairy, many-seeded. 



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S. S>7 ferru^lnea, Baker ; stems densely hairy, racemes peduncled many- 

 flowered, hracts and bracteoles lanceolate conspicuous, leaflets ovate-cuspidate. 

 Amphicarpsea femiginea, Benth, PL Jungh. 231. Glvcine ferrug^nea, Cfr(ih.t^ 

 WalL Cat. 5514. G. cylindriflora, WalL Cat, 5516. 



NiPAX, Wallich, - * 



Stems slender, woody. Stipules and bracts less persistent than in the other fi^e* 

 cies ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, green, with inconspicuous adpressed hairs 

 above, glaucous-grey with dense hairs below, ferruginous on the nerv^es ; end one 

 2-3 in. long. Flowers 6-12 together, in short-peduncled racemes. Calyx under J in* 

 subglabrous ; upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate. Corolla A— | in., reddish. — -B®' 

 cedes to Glycine by its subcaducous bracts and bracteoles, 



4. S. sufiulta, Beftith. PL Jungh, 232 ; stems glabrous, racemes very la^ 

 few-flowered, bracts and bracteoles linear veiy minute, leaflets obtuse roundisfl* 

 Glycine sufiiilta, Wall. Cat. 5607. 



BiRMA ; Prome hills and Taong Dong, Wallich, Tenassebim, Heifer. i i . 



Stc77is firm, very slender.* Stipules linear, ^ in.; leaflets membranous, suhgf' 



brous, glaucous-grey beneath, the end one |-1 in. long. Bacemes nearly sessile, 1-2 in. 



Corolla I in., reddish. Pod 1^ in. long, glabrous, recurved, 6-8-secded. 





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ClimHng herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate, with stipellate leaflets. Flmvers mi 



liddle- 



sized, racemose. , Calyx-tube cylindrical, very gibbous, with a very oblique s^^^ 

 'truncate month. ' Corolla exsertgd; jjetals ec^pSl in length i standard fpHJ^?^ 





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