LEGUMLX0S^1=:. 501 



4-+ >^f(i»ic)i!i united into 2 .trparafe sheaths of o each. 

 % Pod twisted within the catijx. 



Smithia, Aifon. 



Calyx 2-partc(l. Herbs with aliruptly pinnate leaves, the rachis ending in 

 a bristle. 



* Fruiting calyx simply striate, nut reticulate, the lohes more or less acute. Joints 

 of pod more or less angular. 



S. SEXsrrivA, Ait. Chlttagong to Tuuassorim. Karaorta. 



S. Javanica, Bth. 



Calyx-lobes quite glabrous ami nude. Flowers iu slenderly peduncled naked 

 heads or short racemes. 



S. coNKicKTA, Sin. Tavoy. 



S. hispidissima, Zoll. 



Caly.x-lobes more or less hairy-fringed on the keel beneath. Flowers in dense 

 sessile heads, involucred by the uppermost leavos. 



S. ciLiATA, Eoylo. . Jlartaban between 3500 and 5O0O feet. 



Caly.x-lobes minutely toothed, the teotli all excurrent into long stift" bristles. 

 Flowers in dense slenderly peduncled naked heads. 



** Fruiting calyx urceolatc-hell-shaped, striate and net-veined, the loles more or less 

 truncate. Pod-joints {and also the seeds) much compressed. 



S. DicuoToMA, Dalz. Akyab. 



Leaflets in 4 to 2 pairs. Upper part of stipule about 3 lines long. Pod-joints 

 10-12, about a line long, papillose. 



S. GR ASBIS, Bth. Pegu. 



Leaflets in 10-15 pairs. Upper part of stipule nearly an iucli long. Pod-joints 

 20-25, 2 lines long or longer, veined. 



+ + Pod straight. 



Geissaspis, Wight and Arnoit. 



Calyx deeply 2-lippcd, the upper lip entire. Herbs, with abrujitly pinnate leaves. 

 Pods 1-2-joined, indeliiscent. 



G. CRisTATA, W. A. Arakan. .\.va. Pegu and Tenasserira. 



iEsCHYNOMKN'K, LinntiUS. 



Calyx 2-lippcd. Herbs, rarely under shrubs, with unpaired-iiinnatc leaves. Pods 

 many-jointed. 



jE. Ixdica, L. Swamps from Chittagong to Tenasscrim. 



yE. Cachcmiriana, Camb. 

 j^E. sensitiva, P. de B. 

 Hedijsarum Xeli-tali, lloxb. 

 Smithia aspera, Roxb. 



' Kat-shola ' of Bcngid. 



Calyx and corolla glabrous, the latter 1 lines long. Pod-joints only 2 lines long. 



jE. aspera, L. Swamps in Arakan and Pegu. 



Jledysarum lagenarium, Poxb. 

 .^. trachyloha, Miq. 



Pouk and 'Nya,/lde !Mason ; but ' Pouk ' in Pegu is Butea frondosa. 



Calyx and outside of keel of corolla sparingly haiiy, the corolla about an inch 

 long. Pod-joints about J inch long. 



