214 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [AtyJosia. 



by f in., 4-9-seeded, rounded at both ends. — Dolichos blandus is an imperfect flower- 

 ing specimen, without locality, which resembles this closely as far as it goes, but has 

 a much smaller corolla and shorter calyx-teeth. 



6. A. vlllosa, Benth. MSS. ; branches aud leaves below thinly grey- 

 downy, stipules minute caducous, end-leaiiet short-stalked, pod densely clothed 

 with long spreading hairs. 



Lower hills of Sikkim, alt. 4000 ft., HooJk.fil, 



Known only from two flowerless examples, which as far as they go differ from 

 the last principally in the vestiture of the pod. Leaflets subcoriaceous. obovate-cus- 

 pidate; petiole ^ in. Pedicels decurved, finally ^ in. long. Pod 1-1 J in. long, g in. 

 broad, 5-6-seeded, densely clothed with persistent fine spreading pale brown silky 

 hairs, rounded at both ends, tipped with the persistent pilose base of the style. 



7. A. kulnensis, Dalz. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 186 ; branches thinly 



clothed with fine spreading hairs, leaflets subglabrous^ the end one short-stalked, 

 stipides membranous subpersistent, pod clothed with long spreading hairs. 

 Oajanus kulnensis, Dalz. in Kew. Journ. ii. 264 ; Dalz. 8f Gihs. Bomb. Flora, 72. 



CoNCAN, near Kulna, in the Warree Country, Stocks, Law, Balzell. 



Branches firm, slender, terete, glabrescent. Stipides ovate-lanceolate, ^-} m. ; pe- 

 tiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets thin, but firm, green on both sides, with a few obscure hairs on 

 the ribs below, scahrous with glands above, the end one obovate-rhomboid cuspidate, 

 1^-3 in. long ; stipellse subulate, persistent. Racevws lax, short-peduncled, few-flowered; 

 pedicels |-^ in.; bracteoles round, enclosing the buds. Cah/co ^ in., finely downy 

 lowest tooth linear-acuminate, exceeding the tube. Corolla half as long again as the 

 calyx. Pod 1^ in. by |-|^ in., 5-6-seeded, marked with distinct oblique depressed 

 lines. 



^^*\^^ 8. A. grandiflora, BmUh. MSS. ; branches minutely downy, stipules mi- 

 nute caducous, leaflets membranous glabrous the end one long-stallied, pod 

 clothed with tine spreading silky hairs. 



KuHAON ; Bagesar, alt. 3000 ft., Stracliey and Winterhoitom. Upper Garwhal, 

 Maddiii. 



Branches terete, firm, slender, glabrescent. Petioles 2-3 in. ; leaflets thin, green 

 on both sides, minutely hairy on the ribs beneath, the end one obovate-cuspidate, 

 rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long; petiolule | in. long; stipellse distinct, setaceous. 

 Eacemes lax, few- flowered; pedicels finally |_^ in., recurved. Calyx |-^ in., finely 

 downy ; lowest tooth linear-setaceous, 3-4 times the tube; the others lanceolate. <^^- 

 rolla slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 1^-2 in. by ^ in., 5-6-seeded. 



SuncEX. 2. Cantharospermum, W.ifA. Pe^«/5 falling before the pod 



developes. 



* Lcifficts suhdigitate. 



9. A. nivea, Benth. PL Jmgh. 243 ; shrubby, erect, leaflets obovate ohtuse 

 rigidly coriaceous white-canescent beueath, racemes few-flowered short-peduB- 

 cled, calyx-teeth short, coroUa much exserted, pod 4r-G-seeded canescent. Ca- 

 janus niveus, Crrah. in Wall, Cat. 5581. 



BiRMA ; Prome and nenr Zeranghuen, Wallwh. 



Very like A. alhicaiis, w^ith which Wight and Arnott join it, but suberect, not twin- 

 ing. BrawcAf^ slender, woody, terete, grey-canescent. Petiole 1 in. ; leaflets exstipel- 

 late. rigidly coriaceous, 1 in. long, rounded at both ends, thinly grey-canescent above, 

 densely beneath. i?^cf???r.^ falling short of the leaves, subcor^-mbose ; pedicels cerntt- 

 ous, \-^ in. Calyx ^~l in., finely downy; all the teeth deltoid. Corolla 4 times as 

 long as the calyx; keel obtuse. Pod 1-1^ in. by \ in., distinctly lineate, fir^n- 

 rounded at both ends. 



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