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250 L. LEOUMiNOSJ;. (J- G. Baker.) [So2yhora. 



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green, glabrescent above, densely grey-silky beneath, finally nearly glabrescent, the 

 hairs on tbe midrib brown, the veinlets immersed. Bacemes dense, terminal short- 

 peduncled, \-\ fc. long ; pedicels densely silky. Calyx \ in. ; teeth distinct. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; blade of standard obovate, \ in. broad. Pod 3-4 in. long, 

 moderately iirm, 5-6-seeded, finally dehiscing, but little mouiliform when all the 

 seeds are matured. 



5. S. beptaphylla, Linn.-, DC. Trodr. ii. 96; leaflets 7-13 oblong 

 acuminate glabrescent beneath, pedicels exceeding the finely silky calyx, corolla 

 small yellow, pod glabrous. Aim. Pug. 10; Bedel FL Sylv. i^9, ex parte. 



Ceylox, alt. 4-7000 ft. — Distrtb. China. 



Branchlets at first brown-silky. Leaves ^-i ft. ; leaflets conspicuously alternate, 

 subcoriaceous, bright green above, 2-3 in. long, the veins rather raised on both surfaces, 

 glaucous beneath, rounded at the base. Bacemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 

 \~^ ft long ; pedicels \~^ in., articulated at the middle, thinly silky, the lower in 

 pairs. Calyx ^ in., thinly silky at first. Corolla twice the length of the calyx. ^ rod- 

 2-3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, 2-4-seeded, the joints oblong, ^-| in. broad, with a^ 

 broad neck between them when the seeds all mature, the faces distinctly veined. 



6. S. Wiffhtii, Bakery leaflets 11-15 oblong acuminate thinly pubescent 

 beneath, pedicels exceeding the finely silkv calvx, corolla middle-sized T^^^^j 

 pod glabrous. S. beptaphylla, Wight Ic. t. 1155 ; Dalz. ^- Gibs. Bomh. Ft. i^] 

 Bedd. FL Sglv. 89, in part, ncni Linn. 



Hills of the Western Pexixsula, Mysore, Clcghorn, 



Branchlets persistently brown-velvety. Leaves ^ ft. long; leaflets sub coriaceous, 

 2-3 in. long, bright green above, very glaucous with" a thin coating of bright ^^^^^ 

 pubescence, especially on the midrib beneath, the veinlets on both sides rather raised. 

 Bacemes lax, axillary, short-peduncled, as long as the leaves ; pedicels twice the 

 calyx. Calyx \ in., oblique at the mouth, persistently brown-silky ; teeth obscure. 

 Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, firm, indehis- 

 cent ; joints oblong, distinctly veined on the faces with a deep constriction between 

 them. 



7. S. acuminata, BmtJu MSS.-, leaflets 15-19 oblong acuminate 



obscurely silky beneath, pedicels shorter than the finely silky calyx, corolla 

 yellow middle-sized, pod glabrous. Ormosia acuminata, WalL Cat. 6973. 



Eastern Bexgax and the Eastebn Himalayas, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 ft., 

 Khasia, Assam, Ehotan, Mishmi. 



Branchlets thinly grey-silky at first, soon glabrescent. Leaves |-1 ft. ; ^^'^ '^, 

 subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, narrowed to a very long point, the upper cuneate, 

 lower rounded at the base, bright green above, glaucous beneath, with a few ^"^^^^^ 

 adpresscd hairs. Bacemes peduncled, moderately close, axillary much shorter t ^ 

 the leaves. Calyx J-^ in., very oblique, membranous, thinly grey-silky ; tee 

 obscure. Corolla bright yellow, more than twice the length of the calyx. P*>» 

 in. long, 3-4-seeded, moderately firm, indehiscent, with deep constrictions bf^tween 

 obloJig strongly-veined joints. 



§§ GoehelieL, Bnngei7iBoiss.FLOrient.il G28, Gen. P^^ wingless, inde- 

 hiscent. Keel appendiculate, with a mucro like Ojijtropis. 



^ 8. S. alopecuroides, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 96. Goebelia alopecu- 

 toides, Bunge loc. cit, 



Westkrx Tiret, temperate region, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson, Falconer--^ 

 DiSTuiB. Afghanistan, Orient. ^ * 



An undershrub, witli virgate branches, clothed with short adpressed grey P^ ^^ 

 cence. Leaves^ ft. long; leaflets 15-25, pale green, oblong, subcoriaceous, ^^j^^j 

 |-1 in. long, thinly grey-downy above, densely beneath. Flowers in dense ^5? ^ 

 racemes \ ft. long ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^-^ in., very omn ' 



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