;i38 xtviii. LEGiMtNos.t:. 



veined ; lips orbicular, lrimca<-e, toothed, the teeth endin<j; in stiff bristles. 

 Corolla much exserted. Pods o-7-jointed ; joints neither venose nor 

 papiilose. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 150 ; Da'lz. & Gibs. p. G3 {not Desv.) : Bedd. 

 Icon. t. 244; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Konkan: Law], .S/t>c/-s ! S. M. Country : Pai-Ta GhAt, JDahd/ '.—Bistrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



(3. Smithia pycnantha, Benth. ex Baker, in Hool-.f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 

 (187(!)p. loU. An erect annual |-2 ft. high ; stems and branches bristly 

 with bulbous hairs. Leaves abruptly-piunate ; rhachis ^-| in. long, 

 bristly and bristle-pointed; stipules lanceolate, acute, very hairy, prolonged 

 below their insertion into acuminate or lacerate auricles. Leaflets sub- 

 sessile, 3-4 pairs, |-| by |-| in., linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, 

 not or slightly bristle-pointed, glabrous above, with a few scattered 

 bristles on the midrib beneath, ciliate. Flowers in dense globose heads 

 1 in. or more in diani., formed of congested racemes ; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx, bristly ; bracteoles oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, about 

 half as long as the calyx. Calyx i-^ in. long, densely ciliate on the 

 margins with yellow bristles rising from black glandular bases ; lips sub- 

 equal, the upper truncate or emarginate, the lower 3-lobed. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pods 5-9-jointed ; joints venose. AVoodr. 

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



Rare. Konk.vn : •S'/'orfo!, iaw! Kx^arx: JVoodrow. — Distiub. Apparently endeuiic. 



7. Smithia bigemina, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 208. 

 Annual, diil^use, (3-12 in. high ; stems and branches very slender, bristly 

 with yellowish hairs. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; rhachis \ in. long, 

 hairy and bristle-pointed; petioles very short ; stipules scarious, lanceo- 

 late-cuspidate, prolonged below their insertion into acuminate or lacerate 

 auricles. Leaflets 2 pairs, subsessile, §-- x^ by j^-- g in., oblauceolate, 

 cuneate, obtuse and bristle-pointed at the apex, glabrous above, more or 

 less strigose beneath, ciliate. Flowers 2-8, in copious axillary racemes 

 crowded towards the tops of the peduncles; peduncles glabrous, longer 

 than the leaves ; pedicels very short, hairy ; bracts beneath the raceme 

 thinly membranous, oblong, bristle-pointed, glabi'ous ; bracteoles beneath 

 the calyx scarious, ovate-lanceolate, bristle-pointed and bristly along 

 the midrib at the back, half as long as the calyx. Calyx i in. long, 

 membranous, with dichotomously branched (not parallel) veins; lips 

 equal, bristly outside, strongly bristle-cihate on the margins, the upper 

 lip truncate or slightly emarginate, the lower acutely 3-toothed, the 

 middle tooth the longest. Corolla yellow, twice as loug as the calyx. 

 Pods (;-8-joint(Kl : joints tubercled. Fl. B. L v. 2, p. ] 49 ; Dalz. ct (libs, 

 p. (34; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1S97) p. 422. — Flowers: 

 Sept.-Dec. Vern. Berki. 



Konkan : Stocks I Deccan : Poena, Woodrow ! ; Maliablesbvvar, Cooke .' S. M. 

 Country : Parva Gliat, Dalsell I Sind : Stocks ex Prain. — Distrib. ludia (W. 

 Peninsnlii). 



8. Smithia blanda, var. racemosa, Baler, in J/ool-.f. Fl. B. J. 

 V. 2 (187(5) p. 151. Animal, erect, l-l-] ft. higji ; slems slender, bristly 

 with s|)reading fulvous hairs. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; rhachis g-f in- 

 long, bristly and bristle-poinlcd ; stipules scarious, more or less 



