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17. R, viscosa, DC. Proclr. ii. 387 ; pubescence minutely glandular, end- 

 leaflet acute as broad as long, pedicels very short, lowest calyx-tootb as lonjr as 

 the tube much shorter than the corolla. R. stipulosa, A. Rick Fl. Abyss, i. 229, 

 t. 43. R. villosula, T/nvaites Enuin. 412. Dolichos glutinosus^ Roxb, Fl. Ind, 

 iii. 312; Wall. Cat. 5560 ; W. Sf A. Pi^odr. 248. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Ceylon. — Distrib. Malaya, Trop. Africa, Mauri- 

 tius, Madagascar. 



Stems rather -woody, "widc-twining, clothed with deciduous fine short grey viscous 

 pnbescence. Stipules small, deltoid, subpersistent ; leaflets green on both surfaces, 

 finely gland-dotted, often glabrescent, 1^3 in. long, the apex deltoid, the base 

 broadly rounded, sometimes faintly 3-lobed, rarely stipellate, the end one on a 

 petiolule |_| in. long. Racemes long-peduncled, lax, 2-4 in. long; pedicels ^-^ in. ; 

 tracts minute, ovate-cuspidate, deciduous. Calyx \ in., finely gland-downj- ; upper 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx. Fod \\ in. by | in., 2-seeded, turgid, finely 

 pubescent, straight, tipped with the base of the style, narrowed to both ends. 



18. R. himalensis, Benth. MSS. ; pubescence fine glandular, end leaflets 

 acute longer than broad, pedicels elongated, lower calyx-tooth as long as the 

 corolla 3-4 times as long as the tube. 



Western and Central Himalayas, alt. 3-7000 ft. Hazara, Simla, Garwhal, 



Sterns wide-trailing, slender, terete, clothed with fine short grey viscous pubes- 

 cence. 'S^?>?/^('5 lanceolate, \ in.,, subpersistent, reflexed ; leaflets thin, finely pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, not at all coriaceous, a much paler green beneath than above, 

 ^stipellate, 2-3 in. long; the end one ovate-acuminate, distinctly stalked. Racemes 

 H ft. long, lax, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels \ in. ; bracts ^-^ in., oblong-lanceo- 

 fi|e. Calyx i in., densely downy ; lowest tooth linear-setaceous ; the others lanceo- 

 «te-S€taceous, twice the tube. Standard glabrous, yellow, very conspicuously veined 

 ^th purple. Pod 1-U in. by ^ in., finely downy, 2-seeded, rather recurved, narrowed 

 to both ends. ^ b ^ -^ . -^ 



A- ^' ^®^*<^®a.» Spnnoghe in , 



spreading, end-leaHet rotundato-rhomboidal obtuse or suoacuie, peuiceis suun, 

 wwer calyx-tootli linear as lono- as the tube much shorter than the corolla. 

 2^ ?.^ tomentosus, Hoth Nov. Sp. 345 ; DC. P>-odr. ii. 401 ; W. iS^ A. P>-odr. 

 ^' D. macrodon, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5555. 



Central and Western Himalayas, ascending to 5-6000 ft., and hills of West 



^D^ixsuLA-DisTKiB. Malaya. 



intents woody, slender, wide-climbing, densely clothed with soft short spreading 

 K 7 glandular hairs. Stipules lanceohite, f-f in., subpersistent ; leaflets not at all 

 »« 'v °l' '"^'^ ^'^'-h dense short pubescence on both surfaces, son)etinies stipellate, pal 

 W! v}i ''^"'^^ and beneath, the end one distinctly st;ilked, deltoid at the tip, th 

 ffi^r .! nanDwed suddenly to a rather rounded base. RaceTnes many-flowered, 

 n,°,r^^y close, including the long peduncle reaching a fof.t in length ; pedicels 

 ';<=''. shorter than the calvx ; bracts lanceolate, silky, exceeding the buds Cal;/.x 

 CoLti .■'''^y grey-silkV; upper teeth deltoid-cuspidate, shorter than the tube. 

 VV rl '"• ; sUmdard dark purple inside, callose, distinctly aur.cled silky on the 

 iipL^-lt \-n in. hy | in., finely-pubescent, turgid, 2-seedcd, rather recurved, 

 *"li the long persistent base oiF the style. 



pW-,*-,^racteata, Bmth. MSS.; pubescence very short cauescent not 

 ^"^uiar, leaflets rotundato-rhomboidal cuspidate, palicels short, lower calyx- 



Watt n^'' ^-^ceeding the tube shorter tbau the corolla. Dolichos bracteatus, 

 '*■ ^at. 5554. 



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