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hairy, lanceolate, prolouged below their insertion into acuminate or 

 lacerate auricles. Leaflets subsessile, 3-4 pairs, |-| by f\-i in., 

 oblanceolate-oblong, rounded at the apex, not or minutely bristle- 

 pointed, ciliare, glabrous above, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs 

 beneath, the lowest pair of leaflets cuneate and nearly equal-sided, the 

 others more or less inequilateral at the base. Flowers in capitate 

 subsecund racemes ; peduncles 6-12-flowered, longer than the If^aves, 

 bristly ; pedicels short, hairy ; bracteoles ^ in. long, elliptic-oblong or 

 oblanceolate-oblong. hairy, ciliate at the apex. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 bristly and densely ciliate v\ith yellowish hairs; veins branched, not 

 parallel ; upper lip slightly larger than the lower, truncate, refuse or 

 emarginate, cuneate ; lower lip 3-lobed, the mid-lobe acute and longer 

 than the lateral ones. Corolla g in. long. Pods 4-7-iointed ; joints 

 reticulato-venose. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423. 

 Smithia racemosa (sp.), Heyne, in Wall. Cat. 5670 ; Dalz. & Gribs. 

 p. 63. — Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Law\, Dalzell\ S. il. Country: Belgamn, Siocks, 3lo !, Dalzell. 

 Kanaea: Dalzell\; Sirsi (N. Kanara), ^Foot^ro?;'.— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



9. Smithia hirsuta, Dalz. in Keiv Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 135 

 {not of Baker). Annual, erect, 1-1^ ft. high, sparingly branched; 

 stems .and branches bristly with fulvous spreading hairs. Leaves 

 abruptly-pinnate ; rhachis bristly and ending in a bristle, |-| in. long ; 

 petioles g-| in. long ; stipules scarious, lanceolate, slightly hairy on the 

 back, prolouged below their insertion into acuminate or lacerate auricles. 

 Leaflets subsessile, 3-4 pairs, |-| by y6~4 ^"•' oblanceolate, cuneate, 

 rounded and finely bristle-tipped at the apex, unequal-sided, ciliate 

 on the margins and with a tew hairs beneath. Flowers in somewhat 

 capitate 4-10-flowered racemes; peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 bristly ; pedicels short, hairy ; bracteoles i in. long, somewhat oblique, 

 oblong, acute and with a long bristle-point, glabrous. Calyx 5 in. long, 

 bristly on the outside and strongly ciliate on the margins with fulvous 

 hairs which spring from black bulbous bases ; upper lip much larger 

 than the lower, g in. long by y% in. broad, truncate and emarginate at 

 the apex ; lower lip | in. long by -^ in. broad, obovate, cuneate, acute 

 and bristle-pointed at the apex not lobed. Corolla | in. long, bright 

 yellow ; standard large, orbicular. Pods 4-7-jointed ; joints reticulato- 

 venose. Dalz. (fe Gribs. p. 63. Smithia humilis, Benth. MS. in Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H. f. & T.' Smithia hlanda, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 423. S. hlanda var. humilis, Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. V. 66 (1898) p. 379.— Flowers : 8ept. 



As I think that this plant is entitled to rank as a separate species 

 rather than as a variety of S. hlanda, 1 have restored its status under 

 the original name given to it by Dalzell. The lips of the calyx are very 

 unequal and the bristles thereon spring from black bulbous glands, 

 while the lower lip is quite entire and not 3-lobed, as it is in the case of 

 S. hlanda. Moreover, the flowers are much larger than they are in 

 that plant. Dalzell (I. c.) calls attention to the distinctive characters 

 afforded by the calyx. 



Dalzell says that the plant is very rare and has been found by him in one locality 

 only, viz. Phiinda Ghat near Kolhapur in the Deccan. I have found it abundantly on 

 the road from Pancbgani to Mabableshwar, and on the roadside, close to the halfway 

 liouse, it u^ed to form large brilliant patches of bright yellow. 



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