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Atylosia.] L. leguminos^. (J. Gr. Baker.) 215 



10. A. albicans, Benth. Tl. Jimgh. 243 ; a shrubby twiner, leaflets obovate 

 ODtuse or subacute rigidly coriaceous wliite-cauescent beneath, racemes lax short- 



^ pedimcled, calyx-teeth short, corolla much exserted^ pod 5-6-seeded thinly 



canescent. Oantharospermum albicans, W. 8f A. P?'odr, 256, excL syn. Ca- 



janus albicans, Grah. in Wall. CaL 5582. 0. Wightianus, Grah, in Wall Cat. 

 5583, 



Hills of the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 



BranchJcts slender, tliinly canescent, with many grooves. Stipules minute, 

 caducous; petiole 1-2 in.; leaflets 1-2 in. long, densely finely persistently wliite- 

 canftseent beneath, not reticulato-venose, greenish and obscurely canescent above, 

 much narrowed in the lower half, the base subdeltoid, or a little rounded. Ra- 

 c«?W5 4--12-flowered, often corymbose, usually shorter than the leaves; bracts small, 

 round silvery on the back, caducous ; pedicels \-l in. Calyx ^-| in., thinly canes- 

 cent; lowest tooth lanceolate, upper oblong or deltoid. Corolla 3 times as long as 

 tne calyx. Pod l-~\^ in. by §-4 in., straight, distinctly lineate, narrowed to the 

 base, beaked with the^base of the "style. 



11. A. elong'ata, Benth. PL Jungh. 243; a slender herbaceous twiner, 

 leaflets membranous obovate-cuspidate obscurely hairy beneath, racemes 2-4- 

 flowered long-peduncled, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4-seeded 

 glabrescent. Dolichos elongatus, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5543. 



NiPAL, Khasia and Assam, ascending to 6000 ft. 



o^m^ very slender, wide-twining, clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. Stipules 

 ™ute, caducous; petiole 1-4 in.; leaflets greenish on both sides, paler and incon- 

 Picuously pilose on the ribs below, always pointed, 1-1^ in. long, narrowed from the 

 male to a rather rounded base, exstipellate. Ptduncks 1-2 in.; pedicels as long as 

 thA*^fl?^' ^^^.^^ 8~2^"-» <iensely pubescent; lower tooth setaceous, twice the tube, 

 uie others similar but shorter. Corolla sctircely exceeding the calyx. Tod oblong, 

 L^ .°P^^ half as broad, narrowed to the base, distinctly lineate, beaked, clothed at 

 ^rst-mth short spreading hairs. 



^^^\f" ^grosa, W. ^' A. Prodr. 257 ; a woody twiner, leaflets thick obo- 

 8bill A ' ^i^nselv grey-canescent reticulato-venose below, flowers usually in 

 wj^ea pairs, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4-seeded densely 

 descent. Rhynchosia velutiua, Gra/i. in Wolf. Cat. 6501. 

 ^iiaHiRts and Ceylon, ascending to 6000 ft. 

 caduo ^^ slender, sulcate, densely shortly grey-downy. Sfiptdes ramute, ovate, 

 at th K ^ ^^^^^^^ 4^U in. ; leaflets coriaceous, flexible, rugose on both sides, rounded 

 ne^o^nf rf' ^~^ ^^- ^^"S^ grey, thinly canescent abore, densely persistently grey-ca- 

 i^relv 1 f ' ^'^^' ^^'^ veinlets in relief, exstipellate. Peduncles ^-U in., the flowers 

 Calvxi 3 .^^^^ J pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts small, round, thick, caducous. 

 lanolri7^""'^^^^^^y ^'•^"escent; lower tooth linear, uxceeding Mie tube, the others 

 ^J2l ^''""^^^^ l^^^^^s long again as the calyx. Pod f-1 in. by f in., densely 

 ^^anescent, rounded at both ends. 



ate-obl 



pednnoi ^ "fe suocoriaceous downy Deueatn, corj'uiuj^ jt^vv-ut.>v>cx^^ o..v.x^- 



^esT^r f.^^'^J^''"^^^^^ long, corolla little exserted, pod 4-G-seeded clothed with 

 des f/ '^f? ^''^irs. Dolichos scaraba^oides, Li^tn. Sp. 1020. Cajanus scarabccoi- 



hynchosi 



ifiucitlorum 



255 • h ; o^^^^^> ^^' l^<^' ^i^' Oantharos 

 > Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 73. 



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^'mS\Z^f^^ ^P^®'"^*^ ^" the plains throughout India, reaching 5-6000 ft. in the 



A bitn •T^-^'^^^'^i'™- China, MaLaya, Mauritius, Madagascar, 

 "minute l^A ' ^'*^ f'lender trailing or twining densely grey-downy stems. Stipules 

 ' caaucous ; petiole i-1 in. ; leaflets U in. long, flexible, twice as long as broad, 



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