216 L. LEGUMTNOS^. (J. G. Bakcr.) [Ahjlosia. 



eKstipellate, obtuse or subacute, triplinerved in the lower half, thinly grey-canescent 

 above, densely beneath, with usually only the main nerves raised. Peduncles short, 

 densely pubescent, 2-6-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Cali/x ^-^ in., densely 

 grey-silky ; teeth linear, the lowest twice as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, ^-fin.; 

 keel abruptly incurved at the tip. Pod straight, distinctly lineate, |-1 in. by ^ m., 

 clothed with fine spreading grey or pale brown silky hairs. — C. nervosum, Royle MSS., 

 is a form with thick leaves, with the veinlets raised on the under side. The descrip- 

 tions of Dolichos scarah(Eoides and medicaginctis in Roxburgh, Flora Indica, iv. 315, 

 have been accidentally transposed. 



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Petiolule of the end leaflet elongated. 



14. A. platycarpa, Benih, PL Jungh. 243 ; a herbaceous twiner, leaflets 

 exstipellate membranous roimdish both surfaces finely pilose, flowers 1-2^ pe- 

 duncled, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod straight thinly pilose 

 6-7-seeded. Cantharospermimi ? distans, Royle MSS. 



Central Himalayas, Garwhal, &e., alt. 1-8000 ft. 



Branches very slender, climbing or trailing, densely clothed with short spreading 

 grey hairs. Petioles 1-4 in ; stipules minute, linear, caducous ; leaflets ronnd-cuspi- 

 date, 1-3 in. long and broad, greenish on both surfaces, paler beneath ; petiolule i-j 

 in. Peduncles shorter than the petioles, suppressed at the end of the shoots, where the 

 leaves also are much reduced ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx §-^ in., densely 

 pilose; teeth linear-setaceous. P;t^ flat, 1~1J in. by J in., distinctly lineate, clothed 

 with fine short deciduous spreading hairs. 



15. A. rostrata, 7?«Z:(?;' ; a woody climber, branches glabrescent^ leaflets 

 exstipellate roundish subcoriaceous obscurely canesceut below, flo-wers in long- 

 peduncled lax racemes, calyx-teeth short, corolla much exserted, pod bristly 

 reciu-ved 8-10-seeded. 



ONCAN 



Branches firm, terete, at first minutely downy. Stipules minute, caducous ; petiole 

 1-3 in. ; leaflets as broad as long, 3-4 in. each way, green and glabrous above, nar- 

 rowed to a deltoid point, suddenly narrowed in the lower third or quarter ; petiolule 

 1 in. Bacunes overtopping the leaves, the flowers much the most showy in the 

 genus; pedicels i-| in. Calyx \ in., broadly campannlate, with only a few deciduous 

 bristles, all the teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla 1 in. long; keel broad, beaked; 

 limb of stindard 1^ in. broad. Pod linear, distinctly lineate, 2^-3 in. long, 1 1^- 

 broad, narrowed at the tip, thinly clothed with stiff grey bristles with bulbous bases. 



\y<^ IG. A. barbata, Bakery a woody climber, bmuches densely p^'b^^^^*' 

 leaflets roundish stipellate subcoriaceous thinly shortly pubescent", flowers in 

 long-peduncled racemes^ calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod straight 

 densely pilose &-6-seeded. A. goensis, Dnlz. in Joiirn. Linn, Soc, xiii. 186. Di^' 

 baria barbata, Benth, PL Junqh. 242. D. calvcina, Miq, FL Ind. Bat. i. l^y- 

 Dolichos barbatus, Wall Cat. 5548. D. ornatns, Wall. Cat. 5501. Rhynchosia 

 vestita, WalL Cat. 5505. Oajanus goensis, Balz. in Kew Jouni. ii. 204 ; Bal'^' 

 8^ Gihs. Bomb. FL 73. 



Assam, Martabax, TEXASSKniM, Coxcan. — Distrib. Java. ^,,. 



Branches firm, densely clothed at first with short spreading grey pubescence. ^^^" 



VUleS 4- in.. Linppnlato Pnfliipnn« • rinfir^la 1 J_ in . lr»o4l^fa *i_A in iM'njul iind l^U^* 



Peduncles often overtopping the leaves ; racemes at first close, finally 4-6 in. long* y^. 

 rachis densely pilose ; bracts roundish or ovate, with a cusp, shaggy, exceeding the buos , 

 pedicels ^-J in. Calyx ^ in., shaggy ; teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Slaf^^^^ 

 half as long again as the calyx ; keel equalling the calyx i in. broad. Pod H-\^^^ 

 by I in., straight, densely clothed with long grey spreading hairs, narrowed to oo 



ends. 



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