eee 
a a 
256 . LEGUMINOS JE. CAJANUS. 
scarabseoides, Pet. Th.; Graham! in Wall.! L. n. 5580.—Dolichos scarabeeoi- 
des, Linn. sp. p. 1020 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 315 (as to the syn., excl. char. and 
descr.)—D. medicagineus, Roxb. l c. (as to descr. and char., excl. syn.)—D. 
minutus, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 252. f. 1.—Rhynchosia ? scarabeeoides, 
DC. prod. 2. p. 387.—R. biflora, DC. ? 7. c.—Stizolobium scarabzeoides, Spr: 
syst. 3. p. 253.— Pluk. t. 52. f. 3. : A Fie 
By comparing our synonyms with those of Rhynchosia medicaginea, it will 
be seen that Roxburgh had unaccountably reversed the descriptions of the 
two, although from his references to plates he obviously knew both species 
well. What De Candolle received for Dol. searabeoides, Roxb., and of which 
he has made his RAynch. biflora, we scarcely know : we have referred it here on 
account of the partitions between the seeds, but we have very rarely, almost 
never, found the seeds reduced so few as two even by abortion.—Our Penin- 
sular specimens have the legumes velvetty: but we have others from Ceylon 
in which they are clothed with longish somewhat adpressed fulvous hairs. 
Linneeus appears to have taken his description of the seed from the figure of 
a small beetle placed by Plukenet alongside of the seed as a contrast. 
788. (2) C. albicans (W. & A.:) leaflets roundish, ovate or obovate, mu- 
cronate, whitish on the under side: racemes few-flowered, lax, as long or 
longer than the leaves: calyx 4—5 times shorter than the corolla ; segments 
ovate, shorter than the tube, straightish: vexillum reflexed : legume or 
linear, velvetty, Wight ! cat. n. 759.—Cajanus ? albicans, Graham ! in Wall.! 
L. n. 5582.—C.? Wightii, Graham! 1. e. n. 5583,—C.? niveus, Grah. ! l c. 
n. 5581. Dindygul hills at an elevation of 2500 feet. A 
Owing to the short calyx, scarcely longer than the claws of the petals, this 
species has the vexillum as much reflexed as in Kennedya. 
LII. CAJANUS. DC. 
Calyx ebracteolate, campanulate, somewhat bilabiate ; lips nearly equally 
long ; upper shortly bifid ; lower 3-partite, the segments lanceolate-subulate, 
slightly curved upwards, middle one a little longer than the others ; apices of 
all recurved. Corolla papilionaceous, deciduous ; petals of the same length: 
vexillum broad, with two large callosities at the base of the limb; the mar- 
gins of the spurs and claw inflexed : keel faleate. Stamens diadelphous (9 
and 1), alternately shorter: tube deciduous. Ovary 4-5-ovuled. Style as- 
cending, lower part slender, hairy ; upper glabrous. Stigma slightly peltate- 
Legume linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, compressed, torulose, deep- 
ly and obliquely! constricted between the seeds, 3-5-seeded with membra- 
naceous partitions between them. Seeds roundish, scarcely compressed ; hi- 
lum oblong; carunculus inconspicuous.—Erect shrubs, softly pubescent or 
velvetty. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaves oval-lanceolate, mucronate. 
Stipules lanceolate ; partial ones short-subulate. Racemes axillary, pedun- 
cled corymbiform ; with caducous oblong-lanceolate bracteas: pedicels slen- 
der, in pairs. Legume hirsutely pubescent. 
., 189. (1) C. Indicus (Spr.)—Spr. syst. 3. 3 ; Wight! cat. n. 164 —C- 
Bion. Wan ! L.n. 557 RE É 0 cgi ; ub uie of an uniform 
yellow colour on both sides.—C. flavus, DC. prod. 1. p. 406.—Cytisus, n. "d 
Linn. ! in herb. Herm. ; fl. Zeyl.—C. Cajan, Linn. sp. p. 1041 ; Roxb. ff. a 
p. 325 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 293.—8 ; vexillum purplish and veined on t 
outside, yellow on the inside.—C. bicolor, DC. /. c.—Cytisus pseudo-Cajan» 
Jacq. hort. Vind. 2. t. 119.— Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 13. 
ese two varieties differ by the colour of the vexillum alone, as has been 
ready remarked by Sprengel: the other characters given are entirely ma- 
