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3. Smithia purpurea, Hoolc. Bot. Mag. v. 73 (1847) t. 4283, 

 Herbaceous, erect, branched, ^-2 It. high ; stems and branches slender, 

 not bristly. Leaves nearly sessile ; rhachis l-2iin. long, slightly bristly, 

 ending in a long bristle-point; stipules scarious, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 prolonged below their insertion into acuminate or lacerate auricles. 

 Leaflets 6-15 pairs, sessile, |-| in. long, elliptic-oblong, subacute, termi- 

 nated by a very long bristle, glabrous above, with long bristles on the 

 oblique midrib and the margins beneath, base rounded. Flowers 6-12, 

 in copious secund racemes from the axils of the upper leaves; peduncles 

 filiform, more or less bristly, ascending ; pedicels filiform, drooping ; 

 bracteoles g— ^ in. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, parallel-veined, sometimes 

 with a few bristles on the margin. Calyx -J- in. long, rigid, parallel- 

 veined, glabrous ; lips subequal, the upper obtuse, rounded, the lower 

 acute. Corolla ^ in. long, purple, with a white spot at the base of the 

 standard. Joints of pod lU-12, orbicular-oblong, about J- in. long, 

 reticulato-venose, not papillose. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 149 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 64; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422.— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Dec. Vern. Burkar. 



Not common. Konkan : Stocks I; Thana, Law I Deccan : MahabXeshwav, C'oolel; 

 Lanoli (plentiful), Cooke !, Woodrow ! ; Khandala, Cooke ! — Distrib. Appears to be 

 endemic in the Bombay Presidency. 



4. Smithia setulosa, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 208. 

 Erect, dichotomously branched, 3-4 ft. high ; stems and branches bristly 

 with deflexed yellowish hairs. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; rhachis 2-4 in. 

 long, bristly, ending in a long bristle ; petioles ^-1 in. long ; stipules 

 scarious, striate, lanceolate, cuspidate, glabrous or with a few long 

 bristles near the apex, prolonged below their insertion into acuminate or 

 lacerate auricles. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, subsessile, |-lo by ^-f in., oblong, 

 obtuse, terminated by a long bristle, somewhat unequal-sided, glabrous, 

 ciliate. Flo\\ers in dichotomously forked racemes forming a thyrsoid 

 panicle, only the lowest subtended by a leaf ; peduncles terete, bristly ; 

 pedicels short, ascending ; bracts J in. long, elliptic, subacute, striate. 

 Calyx ;| in. long, rigid, parallel-veined, densely bristly ; upper lip obtuse, 

 slightly recurved ; lower smaller, elliptic-lanceolate, acute. Corolla | in. 

 long, bright yellow. Pods 10-12-jointed ; joints reticulato-venose, not 

 papillose. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 149; Dak. & Gibs. p. 63; Bedd. Icon, 

 t. 243; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422.— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Dec. 



Konkan: S/<icks'. ; \\. Gl)ats, ll'uodrow; Mandangarli (Dapoli taluka), Nairnc. 

 Deccan: Maliableshwar (abundant), Coo/e !, Wnodrow\ S.M. Country: Parva Ghat, 

 BaheU'.; Belgaum districts, Cooke'. — Distrui. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Smithia capitata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 208 

 {not oi Desv.). Annual, 1-2 ft. high ; stems and branches terete, not 

 iDristly. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; rhachis bristly, 1-2 in. long, ending 

 in a bristle ; petioles short ; stipules scarious, lanceolate, acute, pro- 

 longed below their insertion into acute or lacerate auricles. Leaflets 

 subsessile, 9-15 pairs, i— ^ by ^— f'^ in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 bristly on the midrib beneath, ciliate. Flowers in globose terminal 

 (usually solitary) many-flowered heads ; peduncles glabrous : pedicels 

 verv short ; bracteoles membranous, oblanceolate, about | the length of 

 the calyx, bristle-tipped. Calyx ^ in. long, membranous, roticulately 



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