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\^Glycine. 



. 2, O*- pentapbylla, Dak. in Ke^o Joum. iv. 344 ; stems slender twining, 

 ieaflets 5-7, racemes elongated many-flowered, calyx-teeth, sliort, pod "broad. 

 Benth. in Joum, Linn. Soc. viii. 266 ; Dalz, 8f Gibs. Bomb. FL 68. 



Khasia, 3-5000 ft., Hook, fix, ^' Thomson, Lobh. Coxcan, Balzell, Stocks. 



Stems -wide-climbing, with a fewadpressod hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets subco- 

 riaceous, with a few adpressed hairs on both sides, green above, grey below, distant; 

 end one oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-4 in. long. Eacemcs lax, usually short-peduncled, 

 reaching 6-8 in. long; pedicels very short, fjiscicled. Calyx ~ in.; teeth deltoid, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, flat, rather 

 recurved, 1 J in, by ^ in., 4-5-seeded. 



3. G-. Soja, Sieb. ^' Zucc. Fa?n. Nat. FL Jap. 11 ; stems stout suberect, 

 leaflets 3, racemes few-flowered congested sessile, calyx-teeth long setaceous, pods 

 broad. Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc. viii. 266. Soja hispida, Moench ; DC, Prodr. 

 ii. 396 ; Wall Cat. 5529 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 247. Dolichos Soja, Linn. ; Boxh 

 Fl. Ind, iii. 31 4. Soja angustifolia^ Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 223. 



Ht-matatas, tropical region ; Ktjmaon" to Sikkim, Kuasia and AvA, often culti- 

 vated. — DisTEiB. East Asia. 



Stems suberect or climbing upwards, annual, densely clothed with fine ferruginous 

 hairs. Leaves lo\ig-petioled ; leaflets membranoiis, ovate, acute, rarely obtuse, 2-4 m. 

 long. Calyx J in., densely hairy. Corolla reddish, little exserted. Pods usually only 

 2-3 developed in the axil of each leaf, linear-oblong, recurved, densely pubescent, 

 1 J~2 in. by ^-f in., 3-4-seeded, subtorulose. 



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with exactly the habit of Ghinine, Calyx-tube campanidate ; 



Corolla little exserted ; pe- 



Stameyis monadelphous; 





teeth distinct, subequal or two upper not so long. G 



tals about equal in length; standard not spurred. .„. ^ 



alternate anthers small, abortive. Ovary sessile, many-oviiled ; style short 

 ciirvei, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear^ hooked with the persistent style at 

 the tip, fliittish, septate between the seeds. — Distrib. Species 4, belting the world 

 in the tropics. 



1. T. labialis, Sprong. Syst, iii. 235; leaflets small acute or suhohtuse, 



racemes usnallv neduncled elon^rated. calvx-tefith n>t Innrr nc tViP tube. Bei^^- 



G. 



W. 4- A. Prodr. 208; Wirjld Ic. t. 168; Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl 68- 

 G. parvifloKi, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 242 ; JVall. Cat. 5508 A-F. G. debilis and 

 senegalensis, DC. Prodr. ii. 242. G. pallens, Gra/i, in Wall. Cat. 5518. 

 warreensis, Dalz. in Keiv Joum. iii. 210 ; Dalz. iy Gibs, Bomb. FL G8. P* 

 teneiTima, Grah, in Wall. Cat. 5520? 



Plains from tlie foot of the Wkst Himalayas to Ckylon, Bikma and Penaxo-— 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, Natal, 



Steyns wide-climbing, slender, with a few fine adpressed hairs. Stipxdcs minute, 

 lanceolate, deciduous; petiole A-1^ in.; leaflets 3, membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 green, Tvith a few adpressed hafrs above, grey and more hairy below, the end one 

 ovate or oblong, 1-2 in. long. Eacemes 1-4 in. long, usually lax, the pedicels fasci- 

 cled. Calyx ^-^ in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla reddish. Pod linear, glabrous, rf^ 

 curved, 1^-2 in. long, 8-12- seeded. -^^ 



Yas. mollis; stems and pods clothed with longer more spreading hairs, 1^*^^^^ 

 fiubcoriaceous densely pubescent beneath, calyx-teeth shorter. G-. mollis, W, 9 -^ 

 Prodr. 209. G. pai^riflora, Wall CaL 5508. G. H. Teramnus mollis. Benth. in Jon^^' 

 Linn. Soc. viii. 26.5 



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