334 XLVIIl. LEOUMINOS^. 



1. Zornia diphylla, Pers. Syn. PL x. 2 (1807) p. 318. Anuual, 

 much-branched, 8-15 in. ; branches prostrate or ascending, glabrous or 

 puberulous. Leaves 2-foliolate ; petioles |— | in. long ; stipules | in. 

 long, lanceolate, acute, strongly nerved, produced below the insertion 

 into a triangular spur. Leaflets variable in size and shape, |-lg by 

 g-| in., sessile, often unequal-sided, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or 

 occasionally linear, dotted with black glands beneath, glabrous, rigid. 

 Flowers small, in 3-12-ilo\vered spicate racemes 1-4 in. long ; peduncles 

 slendei', terete ; bracts foliaceous, reaching ^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliate, sprinkled with black dots, produced below the insertion 

 into a triangular spur, strongly nerved from the base, completely enclosing 

 the flower and often the entire pod. Calyx membranous, -j in. long, the 

 2 upper teeth broad, obtuse, deeply connate, ciliate at the apex, the 2 

 lateral teeth smaller, deltoid, the lowest tooth the longest, lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; standard orbicular, 

 with a long claw. Pods 1-G-jointed, either quite enclosed by the bracts 

 or exserted ; joints about -J^y in. long, compressed, indehiscent, covered 

 with numerous short straight fulvous spines. El. B. 1. v. 2, p. 147 ; 

 Benth. in Mart. EI. Bras. v. 15, part 1, p. 80, t. 21-22; Taubert, in 

 Engh & Prantl, Pflauzenf. v. 3, part 3, p. 3^5, fig. 125, D (fruit); 

 Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 35 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 422 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. G, part 4, p. 374. Zornia angtisti- 

 folia, Sm. ; Grab. Cat. p. 48 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 62. — Elowers : Aug.- 

 Sept. Vebn. Ldndgu. 



Tolerably common. Deccan : Pooua, Woodrov ; Ohattersinghi hill near Poona, 

 Ranade ! S. M. Country : Baclami, Woodrow \ 



Vae. zeijlonensis, Baker, in Hook. f. El. B. I. v. 2, p. 148. Leaflets 

 ovate. Pod much longer than the bracts ; joints longer tban in the type. 

 A'ar. conjurjata. Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 35. Zornia zetjlonensis (sp.), Pers. 

 Syn. PI. V. 2 (1807) p. 318 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 62. Z. zeyhnica (sp.), 

 Grab. Cat. p. 48. Z. conjugata (sp.), Sm. in Kees, Cyclop, v. 39 (1819). 



22. STYLOSANTHES, Suartz. 



Kigid undershrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipules adnate to 

 the base of the petiole. Leaflets exstipellate. Elowers small, in dense 

 spikes or terminal heads. Calyx tubular ; tube filiform; lobes membran- 

 ous, the 4 upper connate, the lowest narrow, distinct. Petals inserted 

 at the throat of the calyx-tube ; standard orbicular ; wings oblong, free ; 

 keel incurved, obtuse, about equalling the standard. Stamens mona- 

 delphous; anthers dimorphous. Ovary subsessile at the base of the 

 calyx-tube ; ovules 2-3 ; style elongate, filiform, the lower part persis- 

 tent ; stigma minute, terminal. Pod sessile, compressed, hooked at the 

 apex with the persistent base of the style ; joints 1-2, reticulate or muri- 

 cate. Seed compressed, ovate or lenticular. — Distkih. Cosmopolitan in 

 the Tropics ; species about 15. 



1. Stylosanthes mucronata, WiUd. Sjy. PL v. 3 (1800) p. 11 GO. 

 A nuich-branchi'd dwarf woody perennial ; branches stiff, wiry, ascending, 

 more or less hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles ^^-^^^ in. long; stipules 

 scarious, strongly nerved, adnate downwards to the petiole for half their 

 length, terminating above in 2 spreading teeth. Leaflets elliptic-oblong. 



