Rhynchosia. | Leguminose : 85 
Page 84.—For Rhynchosia cyanosperma Benth. read: 
5. R. albiflora (Sims). Cylista albiflora Sims, Bot. Mag. XII, 
t. 1859 (1816). Cylista tomentosa Roxb. Cor. Pl. III, 221 (1819) non 
R. tomentosa Hk. & Arn. R. cyanosperma Benth. ex Bak. in FI. 
Trop. Afr. II, p. 212 (1817). 
Baker describes the African plant as red flowered, the Ceylon and 
Mascarene plants have yellowish-white flowers, occasionally with 
purplish stripes. 
Page 87.—For Flemingia congesta Roxb. read: 
Racemes sessile, condensed, shorter than the 
petioles; young branches 4-angled; leaflets 
acuminate, glabrous above; petioles not 
winged . : : é , ; : 
Racemes stalked, elongated, usually exceeding 
the petiole: 
Leaves tomentose beneath; leaflets obtuse, 
sparsely adpressed pilose above . : . 4. F. WIGHTIANA. 
Leaves pubescent only on the nerves beneath ; 
leaflets acuminate, truncate at the base, 
glabrous above 
3. F. MACROPHYLLA. 
5. F. SEMILATATA. 
3. FE. macrophylla O. Ktze. ex Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
LXVI, p. 440 (1897). Crotalaria macrophylla Willd. Sp. Pl. IIT, 
p. 982 (1800). Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex DC. Prodr. II, p. 351 
(1825); Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 87, excl. var. semialata. Rhynchosia 
crotalariodes DC. Prodr. II, p. 387 (1825). 
Low country; rather common? Ambagamuva, near the Maskeliya 
River; Kitulgala; Agalavatte; Fls. Feb., Nov., Jan.; flesh coloured 
with purple streaks (Kurz). 
Also in India, Burma and Malaya. 
4. F. Wightiana Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5751 (1830); W. & A. 
Prodr. p. 242 (1834); Prain, 1. c. p. 441 (1897). 
An erect shrub, 16 in. high; young branches striate, some- 
what 4-angled, puberulous; leaves 3-foliolate; rachis 1-14 in., 
sulcate above, slightly winged; stipules narrowly subulate, 
subpersistent; leaflets on very short, densely hairy stalks, 
3-44 in. long, 1-12 in. broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
less rounded at the base than in F. macrophylla, not tapering 
and rather obtuse at the apex, sparsely adpressed hairy 
above, rather densely pubescent beneath; fls. on short 
pedicels, crowded in dense stalked racemes 2 in. long; bracts 
caducous; calyx densely adpressed hairy, segments linear, 
lowest segments much longer than the others; pods 2 in. 
oblong ovoid, inflated and 2 seeded. 
Low country; rare? Badulla; Batticaloa. Fils. March. 
Also in S. India. 
5. EF. semialata Roxb. Fl. Ind. III, p. 340 (1832). F. congesta 
var. semialata Bak. in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 229 (1879) pp.; Trim. F1. 
Ceyl. II, p. 87 (1894). 
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