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Seeds 2-5. Not in Fl. B. I. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 2, p. 492 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422. 



SiND : Kirthar mountains, James] 



The plant had not hitherto been reported from Sind, though very common in 

 Beluchistan. The specimens found on the Kirthar mountains were sent to Poona by- 

 Mr. James, Chief Commissioner in Sind. — Distrib. Beluchistan, Afghanistan. 



18. TAVERNIERA, DC. 



Much-branched uudershrubs. Leaves few, 1- or pinnatel j 3-folioIate ; 

 stipules scarious ; leaflets usually obovate or orbicular, exstipellate. 

 Flowers rosy or white, in axillary lax racemes. Calyx-teeth subequal or 

 the 2 upper more remote. Corolla much-exserted ; standard broadly 

 obovate, narrowed at the base, scarcely clawed ; wings small ; keel about 

 equal to the standard, obhquely truncate at the apex. Stamens mona- 

 delphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked ; ovules usually 2 ; style 

 filiform, inflexed ; stigma small, terminal. Pod of 1-3 flattened indehis- 

 cent densely muricated joints. Seeds reniform. — Distrib. India and 

 the Orient ; species 6-8. 



1. Taverniera nummularia, DC. Mem.Legum. (1825) p. 340, t. 52. 

 A much-brauched undershrub, 1-2 ft. high ; branches twiggy, terete, 

 minutely velvety-canescent. Leaves 1-folioIate ; stipules scarious, tri- 

 angular, acute, free, united into one deciduous one which is opposite the 

 leaf. Leaflets very variable in size, |-1 in. across, orbicular or obovate, 

 thick, glaucous, mucrouulate, much longer than the petiolules ; petiolules 

 J^-4- in. long. Flowers in axillary lax 2-6 -flowered racemes longer than 

 the leaves. Calyx \ in. long, finely pubescent ; teeth triangular, acute, 

 about equalling the tube, the 2 upper larger and more remote than the 

 3 lower. Corolla red, |-| in. long ; standard obovate-orbicular, slightly 

 longer than the keel, glabrous, veined with dark purple parallel veins, 

 emarginate. Pods with 1-2 one-seeded joints ; joints ovoid, transversely 

 and subreticulately rugose and echinate. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 140 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, v. 2, p. 508 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 44 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, 

 p. 414. T. cuneifolia, Arn. in Wight, Icon. 1. 1055 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 67. 

 Hedysarum Gihsonii, Grab. Cat. Bo. PL p. 49. — Flowers : Dec. Vkrn. 

 Jethmad. 



Deccan : waste places, Dahell tj- Gibson ; Chattersinghi hill near Poona, Jianade] ; 

 Nasik, Bhlva ! ; S. Deccan, Clcghorii ex Frain. Gujarat : near Gogo in Katliiawar 

 (plentiful), Balzell t^~ Gibson. Sind: Stocks qx Aiichison. — Distrib. India (Panjah) ; 

 Afghanistan, Orient. 



The root is eweet, hence the Maratha name, which is also the name of liquorice. 



19. GEISSASPIS, Wight & Arn. 

 Slender diffuse herbs. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; stipules membranous, 

 produced below the insertion. Leaflets few, obovate, exstipellate. 

 Flowers very small, yellow or purplish, in long-pedunded axillary 

 racemes ; bracts large, obliquely reniform, veined, imbricate, persistent, 

 usually concealing the flowers and fruit, cihate or not ; bracteoles 0. 

 Calyx deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, the lower obscurely 3-toothed. 

 Corolla exceeding the calyx ; standard broadly suborbicular, with a short 

 claw ; wings obliquely obovate or oblong ; keel incurved, obtuse, a litile 



