226 ' L. LEGUMiNos^. (J. G-. Baker,) [UhjncJiosia, 



Branches twining or straight, woody, many-grooved, persistently pilose. Stipules 

 minute, caducous ; leaflets 2-4 in. long and broad, thick, subcoriaceous, green, thinly 

 downy above, densely softly grey-downy beneath, exstipellate. Racemes moderately 

 close, distinctly peduncled, much exceeding the leaves; pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx. Calj/x j-^ in., densely downy ; upper teeth deltoid or lanceolate,^ shorter than 

 the tube. Corolla i in.; standard canescent externally. Pod 1-1 J i^' ^J i ^^-^ 

 turgid, 2-seeded, narrowed in the lower half, minutely downy. 



21. R. acutissima, Thivaites, Enum, 413 ; pubescence sliort not glandular, 

 leaflets oblong-rhomboidalj pedicels exceeding tlie calyx^ lowest calyx-tootli 

 lanceolate much shorter than the corolla, 



Travancok, Bcddome, Cetlon, near Hantani, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



A twiner, with stems clothed with short pale brown tomentum. Stipules lanceo- 

 late, caducous; leaflets 2-5 in. long, very acuminate. Racemes equalling or shorter 

 than the leaves ; pedicels geminate, \-\ in. long ; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 

 deciduous. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, the upper pair subconnate. Corolla ^ iii-> 

 yellow veined with red. Ovary 2-ovulod. Bod not seen. 



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Leaflets not at all conaceous. Calyx as long as the corolla, nearhj as long 

 as the pod. (ArcyphylluiUj Elliott), 



22. n. denslflora, DC. Prodr. ii. 386; Wall Cat. 5492, escl Dr, 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 239. Glycine densiflora, Roth Nov. Sp. 348. Hedysarum 

 puuctatiun, Eottl. in BerL Mag. 231, non Poir. Desmodiimi punctatuni; Vt. 

 Prodr. ii. 338. 



Plains of both sides of the Western Peninsula. — Distrib. Zambesi land. 



Stems very slender, woody, wide-twining, finely grey-downy. Stipules minute, 

 caducous ; leaflets ovate-rhomboidal» obtuse or acute, 1-2 in. long, flexible, minutely 

 prey-downy, especially below, sometimes stipellate, the end one short-stalked. Flowers 

 20-40 or more in dense nearly sessile heads usually shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 much shorter than the calyx ; bracts linear, ^-\ in., persistent. Calyx f-^ in- 5 *®^. 

 all lanceolate acuminate ; tube very short. Corolla glabrous. Pod oblong, ^ ^° 

 by \ in., 2-seexled, pubescent, oblicjue, narrowed suddenly at the tip. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



DoLiCHOs CANDTCANs, Wall. Cat. 55G7, from Ava, belongs either to § 3 or 5, out 

 the seed is not known. It has densely tomentose virgate branches, thick coriaceous 

 obtuse leaflets rather broader than long densely persistently grey-tomentose on tne 

 lower side with the veinlets raised, the end one distinctly stalked 1-2 iu- ^^°^' 

 racemes short-peduncled closely few-flowered, small lanceolate bracts, pedicels shorte 

 than the cjiI^-x, calyx densely grey-pubescent | iu. long, lowest tooth linear exceeding 

 the tube, the others shorter, lanceolate, corolla scarcely exserted. 



R. MOLUSSiMA, Dalz. injourn, Linn. Soc. xiii. 186, from Kandesh, which I ^^^® ^^^^^ 

 seen, is said to differ from B. scrivea principally by the want of callosities and aunc 

 to the standard. 



85. FXiEKXNGZA, Eoxb 



Shrubs, rarely herbs, with leaves digitately 3-foliolate or simple, gla^^^i'^^f^ 



belovsr. 

 short; teeth 



Inflorescence various ; pedicels very short, not bracteolate. Calyx-^^ 



, ,jeth narrow, acuminate, the lowest often the longest. Corolla ^^^^^^^ 



not at all exserted; petals equal in length; keel obtuse or slightly rostra • 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, 2-<)vuled ; style vii 

 form, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod oblong, tui^d, small, usually *^ 

 seeded ; seeds not strophiolate, the funicle centrical. — Distrib. Only 3 l^P* 



African species not here represented. 





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