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Bkjnchosia.'] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 221 



lobes subacute, rounded at the base, ^| in. broad. Corolla included. Pod oblong, 

 I in. long, obliquely lineate, minutely pubescent. 



Sttbgen. 2. Nomlsmia^ W. Sr A. Trailino^ herbs with narrow setaceous 

 or acuminate calyx-teeth. Seeds with a waxy arillus. 



3. R. nuxnznulariap DC. Prodr. ii. 386; annual, leaflets green on both 

 surfaces finely pubescent broader than long, racemes elongated few-flowered, 

 calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod globose 1-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5493. Glycine 

 nummiilaria, Linn. ManL 571. Nomismia nuinmularia, W. &■ A. P?'odr/237 : 

 Wight Ic. t. 283. 



Plains of the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 



Stons trailing to a length of 2-3 ft., clothed with fine grey spreading hairs. 

 Stipules minute, ovate ; petiole 1-6 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. broad, 

 truncate or emarginate, glabrescent above, finely pubescent on the edge and lower sur- 

 face, the end one distinctly-stalked, broadly deltoid at the base. Racemes 2-6- 

 nowered, distinctly peduncled, equalling or exceeding the leaves; pedicels geminate, 

 very short, cernuous. Calyx ^ in. long, densely pubescent; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 i in. Pod A in, each way, plicate, lenticular, clothed with &ne deciduous hairs. 



4. Bp. aurea, DC. Prodr. ii. 386; annual, leaflets green on both surfaces 

 ^ly pubescent obovate-rhomboidal, racemes close many-flowered, calyx-teeth 

 ^ times as long as the tube, pod globose 2-seeded. "R. elongata, DC. loc, 

 ^- R. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 5492 D. R. capitata, DC Prodr. loc. cit. Glycine 

 aurea, Wtlld. in Nov. Act. Ber. iv. 1803, 18. G. elongata, Both. Nov. Sp. 347. 

 ^' ^Pi^ta, Ilei/ne in Both. Nov. Sp. 346. Dolichos rufescens, Grah. in Wall 

 tat. 5544. Nomismia aurea, W. & A. Prodr. 237. N. capitata, W. ^ A. P-odr. 

 ^37 ; Wight le. t. 295. 



Plains from the foot of the Himalayas to Ckylon. 



i>iem wide-trailing, very slender, clothed with fine spreading hairs. Stipules 

 T ^^^^jj^^ceolate, caducous ; petiole 1-3 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, as long as 

 both A ^^' ^^^^ ^^y* glabrescent above, obscurely pilose below, broadly deltoid at 

 6 V\ I ^^stipellate, the end one distinctly stalked. Racemes short-peduncled, 

 (^/ 3 1^^^* about on a level with the leaves; pedicels f-J in., densely pubescent. 

 Ijj^^j^W in-, densely pubescent ; teeth setaceous, the lowest the longest. Corolla 

 with f * ^- ®^^^^^lv exserted. Pod membranous, subcompressed, |-^ in. each way, 

 a famt line between the seeds, thinly clothed with fine spreading hairs. 



leaffv*- fiWpes, Benth. in Hohen. PI 



cttuets thick obovate whiip-ranesppnt 



Ind. Or. Ex»ic. No. 1184 ; perennial, 

 eticulato-venose beneath, flowers pe- 



^^^ea solitary, calyx 

 Stem 



minut f ^*^*>dy in the lower part, wide-trailing, slender, densely tomentose. Stipules 

 er V^^^^late ; petiole under 1 in.; leaflets coriaceous, very thick. ^-1 in. long. 



Llo^*\7 ^^scurely canescent above, covered with persistent thick white tomentum 

 p^^^^ the end on * . . . .i. - i - 



Wenf!^^' ^- I'tychocentrum, W. ^ A. Erect undershrubs, with 

 ^late acuminate calyx-teeth. Seeds with a waxy arillus. 



6. R. 



fcDedi i*?^*^®®^®^»' ^C' -^*^^''- "• ^^"^y ^^*^®^ minutely downy, flowers 

 loi^ii^- P^^ casuaUy solitary, calvx-teeth twice the tube, coroUa half as 

 "6 again as the calyx, pod minutely downy lineate externally septate in- 



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