Cylista. diadelphia decanuria. 319 



3. G. ienvijlora. WillJ. iii. 1059. 



Pcreiininl, twiiiiiiii", fililorm. Leaven ternate; leaflets ovnte- 

 obloiiL>-. siiiDoil). Ilucemes axillary, longer than the leaves. 

 Flowers fascicled. 



A rare plant, a nntive of low, ricl) pasture oroiind, among 

 bushes, near Sainii'kota. Fi(>\veriiii>- time tlie rainy season. 



Riot woody, perennial. Sloii or braiic/ip^ ni'uiy, twining-, 

 filiform, round, !«liiihily \\()olIy m lien examiu(Ml m ith a lens, 

 from tu () to three feet loni>-. Leaves ternate. Leaflets broad- 

 lanceolate, obtuse with a small point, smooth, from one to two 

 inches lung-. Pe//o/e.s round, a little hairy. Slt/m/es ot' the 

 petioles acute, «ilherin;^ ; those of the leaiiels small, bristle- 

 like, llacei/ii's axilhuy, generally so'itary, and larger than 

 the leaves, interrupted. Lractes small, pointed, two press- 

 ing" on the calyx, /'lowers rose-coloured, collected in little 

 heads of froni two to four on the glandular tuberosities of the 

 raceme. Culija- foiu'-|)ar!ed ; upper ciivu'ions largest, point- 

 ed, restinii' on the banner. ><///e and ^/'////(a smooth. Le- 

 giimes erect, compressed, from four to eight seeded. 



CYLISTA. Schreh. -f«. .V. 1759. 

 Cali/x very large, four- parted ; upper cUv'tsion cleft at the 

 end. Carol j)ernranent, legume l\\ o-seeded. 



1. C. tomenlosa. Roxh. Lid. pl.jY. 221. 



Perennial, twining-. Divisions of the caJijx cunente. Le- 

 gjime of one or two round lobe>, with one round, blue-violet, 

 highly jiolished seed in each. 



Js a native of Mysore, where it Mas discovered by Dr. 

 Buchanan, and the seeds sent by him to the Botanic garden, 

 where the phmts thrive well, and blossom about the close of 

 the rains, and during- the cold season ; the seed ripens in 

 March and April. 



Stem perennial, short, with but few stunted branches in its 

 native, sterile soil, but in the Uotanic garden the second venr 



