34 PAPILIONACEiE 



five each. Pod jointed, or divided into one-seeded parts, 



and folded inside the calyx. 



Species about 30 in the tropics of the old world. 



Calyx with anastomosing veins, flowers all yellow : 

 Flowers in loose racemes, with filiform peduncles and pedicels. 



Lfts. 3 pairs S, gracilis. 



Flowers in close racemes : calyx with yellow bristles on black 



bulbous bases . S. hirsuta. 



Flowers in terminal panicles of corymbose racemes, one-sided in 



fruit ; calyx with soft yellow bristles . . . . S. blanda. 



Smithia gracilis Benth. ; F.B.I, ii 1 50, XXXVEI 6. A 

 diffuse slender perennial plant. Leaflets 4 or 6. Flowers 

 yellow. Calyx strongly ciliated. Pod veined. 



Nilgiris and Pulneys, in grass 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Smithia hirsuta Dalz.; i^5./. ii 151 inpart. A small 

 herb with short erect stem and trailing branches. Leaf- 

 lets three pairs, V5 to ^ inch, wedge-shaped. Branches, 

 petioles and calyx covered with yellow hairs on black 

 bulbous bases ; calyx conspicuously so. Flowers J^ inch, 

 yellow. 



Nilgiris : on the downs in damp places. Fyson 6544. 



Gen. Dist. Western Ghats 3,000 to 7,000 feet. Eastern Ghats. 



Smithia blanda Wall. ; F.B.I, u 151, XXXVII 12. A 

 tall almost shrubby plant, reaching 2 feet in height. 

 Leaflets 6 to 10. Calyx lips equal, densely clothed with 

 fine brist-les. Corolla bright yellow. Joints of fruit 7 u 

 inch. Wt. Ic. t. 986. 



Nilgiris : 4,000 to 6,000 feet. [G.F.M.F.] 

 Gen. Dist. Western Ghats, Mysore to Travancore, East Himalayas. 



LEPTODESMIA. f.b.i. 50 xli. 



Diffuse perennial herbs with one or three foliate leaves 

 and small flowers crowded in dense terminal racemose 

 heads, yellow or whitish by the dense hairs on the sepals. 



