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dum aliquantulum subcordatus, angiilis lateralibus obtusis. Folioli 

 laterales multo minores, valde variabiles quoad magnitudinem, sub- 

 orbiculati, valde obliqui, margine superiore semicirculari, inferiore 

 magis rhomboideo, nervis inferne prominentibus, conspicuis, albis, 

 omnibus foliolis minutim apiculatis, pallida virescentibus, maturis in 

 utraque facie pubescentibus. 



Floras in racemis axillaribus. Racemi circiter aadem longitudine ac 

 foliorum, paucos habentes floras, laxi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. cur- 

 vatis. Calyx dense hirsutus ; lobi 5, duo superiores breviores, in- 

 fimus duplo longior et tube longior. Patala unguicuiata, dimidio 

 longior calyce, vexillum hirsutum in dorso, pallida flavum, akv 

 minus flavse ; stamina diadelpha ; stylus gracilis, curvatus, dense 

 hirsutus. Ovula 2. 



Legumen falcatum, attenuatum basim versus, 18 mm. longum, G mm. 

 latum, seminibus 2, vel 10 mm. longum, 6 mm. latum, semicirculare, 

 semine unico, comprassum, cuspida munitum 1^ mm. longo, valviw 

 minutim tomantoso-pubescantibus. Semina flava, cicatrice nigra 

 1 mm. longa prope hilum. Hilum obtectum membrana quse est ex- 

 tensio funiculi seminis, minima varo strophiolus. 



Note : The same tiny hardened drops have been observed on the 

 lower surface of the leaves and on the pod which we have noted 

 under it!, arenaria, with the difi'erenca however that they are colour- 

 lass instead of yellow. 



Loc. : .Taisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 6849 ! , 6948 !), Jaisalmar, rocky 

 plateau (No. 6947 !). ' 



Fl. and fr. in Nov. 



lihi/nchosia arenaria spec. nor. (Pertinet ad Eurhynchosias.) 



Frutex humilis, prostratus vel suberactus, ramis dense foliosis usque 

 ad 60 cm. attingentibus, primariis procumbentibus, secundariis 

 arectis circa 30 cm. longis ; tota planta dense cinareo-tomentoso- 

 pubascens. Folia conf erta, pinnatim trifoliata, 3 cm. longa, foliol< ■ 

 terminal! late obcordato, basi cunaato, lo mm. longo et lato, lateral! 

 vero minore, obliquo suborbiculato, omnibus denique mucronatis, 

 integerrimis, pallidioribvis inferne quam superne, margine reflaxo, 

 nervis tribus subbasalibiis. Petiolus 15 mm. attingens, interdum faro 

 absens, patiolulus 1 mm. attingens. 



Flores pauci, flavi, in racemis axillaribus gemini, raro solitarii, 

 pedunculo 4 mm. longo, pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Calycis lobi tube 

 paullo longiores, subsequalibus, subulatis. Patala unguicuiata. 

 pauUo exserta, vexillum snborbicidatum, 6 mm. longum, aliquan- 

 tulum emarginatum, in dorso dense hispidum ; stamina diadelpha ; 

 ovarium dense pubescens, 2-ovulatum. 



Legumen 25 mm. longum, 9 mm. latum, compressum, margina 

 incrassato, falcatum, attenuatum versus basim, dense persistentei 

 tomentosum, cuspide 1^ mm. longo. Semina 2, (vel 1 in legumi- 

 nibus brevioribus) orbiculata, paullo compressa, brunnea, flavescentia 

 circa hilum, glabra, seminum funiculo in membranam tenuem hiluir. 

 obtegentera expanso, sad non vare strophiolato. 



Note : Embedded in the tomantum of the under surface of the leavet; 

 there are innumerable minute golden yellow, strongly refractive 

 hardened drops of some resinous substance which must have exuded 

 from the epidermis. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Barmer (No. 6943 !), on rocks. Loharki (No. 6942! 



6994 !, 6945 !), seems to be a rare plant. 

 Fl. and fr. in Nov. 



