2. Flbmingia.] 43. PAPILIONACEJZ. [3. Rhynchosia. 



deep orange stain on the hand, esp. in fruit, from the numerous red 

 glands. 



Lflts. broadly-elliptic or rhomboid, 5Hfc'' t>7 SJ-fi* (1-2" only F.B.J.) not 

 acuminate, lateral very oblique. Petiole sometimes 10 7 long. Petiolules 

 tomentose ±". Racemes 3-4" densely pubescent. Bracts caducous. 

 Corolla exsert i". Lowest s&pal £". Pods H" 



3. Rhynchosia, Lour. 



Twining herbs or shrubs with pinnately 3-foliolate leaves 

 gland- dotted beneath. Fls. axillary or racemed with often 

 very large sub-equal calyx lobes. Corolla included or exsert. 

 St. 2-adelphons. Ovary 1-2-ovuled. Pod 1-2-seeded. 



1. R. rufescens,J5.0. 



A scarcely-woody rusty-pubescent often glandular-hairy 

 climber with slender whip-like branches, rhomboid or ovate 

 scarcely-acuminate leaflets 2±'' by 1±", long petioles, and 

 innumerable lax few- flowered racemes of smallish yellow 

 flowers, the corolla and the pod included in the large deeply 

 5-fid calyx. 



Nalas in Singbhum, rare. Koderma forest among rocks, common. 

 Fls. Jany.-Feby. Fr. Feby. Eipe fruit also found Dec. 



Stems woody below, glandular-pubescent above. Lflts. gradually 

 smaller upwards pubesoent both sides, base 3-nerved, other nerves raised 

 reticulate, sessile glands microscopic. Peti. 2^-3''. StvpeUas minute 

 Racemes 1§-2|" laxly 3-5-fld. Calyx $* in fl., \" in fr., segments broad- 

 oblong. Ovary silky 1-ovuled. Pod sub-quadrate flattened hairy beaked. 

 Seed with a large grooved strophiole. 



2. R. minima, D.O. Var. laxiflora. 



A very slender annnal climber with glabrescent stems and 

 leaves, rhomboid leaflet^ 1-2" long, and lax elongate racemes 

 of small yellow flowers with the corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx. 



Lflts. acute or obtuse. Racemes 2«4'' long. Pod i4". clabrescent 

 turgid, mostly 2-seeded. ' * a " M * w,w,tt «»» 



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