XLVlll. l,l.(iLIMINOS.«, 343 



Oviirv pubescent, shortly stalked, 1 (rarely 2) -ovulate; style inflexefl, 

 thifkeiied iit the flexure. Pods j-^% in, long, boat-shaped, pointed, shortly 

 stalked, pubescent and reticulate on the taces, channelled at the back. 



Very rare. S. M. Country : Hadaiiii, Uoodrow '., C'uoA'el, Bkival — Distrib. Ap- 

 parently endemic. 



20. PYCNOSPORA, E. Br. 



A low shrub. Leaves pinnately 3-t'oliolate ; stipules free, membranous, 

 striate. Ijeaflets stipellate. Mowers minute, in terminal racemes ; 

 bracts membranous, caducous ; bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply cleft, the 

 2 ui)per teeth subconnate. Corolla much exserted ; standard suborbicular, 

 narrowed at the base ; wings obliquely oblong, adhering to the keel ; 

 keel slightly curved, obtuse. Stamens diadelpbous ; anthers uniform. 

 Ovary sessile ; ovules many ; style inflexed, filiform ; stigma terminal. 

 Pod oblong, turgid, not jointed, 2-valved, continuous within, valves thin, 

 transversely veined. Seeds small, subreniforiii. — Distrib. India, Ceylon, 

 China, Philippines, N.Australia; species 1, combining the habit and 

 flowers of Desmodhmi with the pod of Crotalnria. 



1. Pycnospora hedysaroides, R. Br. ex Wight Sc Am. Prodr. 

 (1834) p. 107. Perennial ; stems and branches numerous from a woody 

 base, appressedly pubescent. Leaves 3-foIiolate, sometimes with a few 

 small casually simple ones near the base of the stems ; petioles |-| in. 

 long ; stipules scarious, lanceolate-cuspidate, striate, hairy. Leaflets 

 1-1 by f^-g (the terminal much the larger), obovate, obtuse, rounded or 

 slightly emai'ginate, finely pubescent ou both surfaces especially the 

 lower one, reticulately veined, base narrowed ; main nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 prominent and pubescent beneath ; stipels filiform. Flowers small, in 

 terminal and axillary lax racemes ; peduncles hairy ; pedicels filiform, 

 pubescent. Calyx i in. long, pubescent ; teeth longer than the tube, 

 linear, acute. Corolla -^ in. long, purplish. Pods |-| by -j^ in., black 

 when ripe, oblong-ellipsoid, turgid, apiculate, veined, pubescent, the 

 upper suture straight, the lower curved. Seeds 6-10. PL B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 153; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 41; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 423. Pticnospord nervosa, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 197 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 75. — Flowers : Dec. 



KoNKAN : 8tocks\; near Vingorla, Balzelll — Distrib. Throughout India; China, 

 Philippines, N. Australia. 



27. PSEUDARTHRIA, Wight & Arn. 



Herbs or undei'shruhs, villous or viscidly-pvibescent. Leaves pinnately 

 3-foliolate ; stipules free, niembi'anous or striate. Leaflets large, stipel- 

 late. Flowers small, twin or fascicled along the rhachis of a terminal or 

 axillary raceme or panicle ; bracts narrow. Calyx-teeth as long as the 

 tube, the 2 upper subconnate. Corolla much exserted; standard sub- 

 orbicular ; wings oblique, oblong ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelpbous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile ; ovules many ; style inflexed, sub- 

 ulate ; stigma small, terminal. Pod linear-oblong, flat, continuous within, 

 not jointed, the faces transversely veined. Seeds compressed, subreni- 

 form. Habit of Des-modmm, from which it differs in pod. — Distrib. 

 Species 5, of which 1 is Tropical Asian, the other 4 African. 



