366 XLVIII. LEUL'MINOS.*. 



the lateral obliquely and broadly ovate-cordaLe, all more or less glabrous 

 above, densely dowuy with matted pubesceuce beneath ; petiolules | in. 

 long ; stipels rounded, glanduliform, persistent. Racemes 1-4, near the 

 ends of the branchlets, densely capitate, 2-4 in. long ; peduncles short ; 

 pedicels \ in. long, in fascicles of 1-3, slender ; bracts caducous ; brac- 

 teoles minute, subulate. Calyx ^-g in. long, more or less pubescent, 

 soon becoming bilabiate. Corolla scarlet ; standard ly-2 by ^-g in. ; 

 keel-petals less than half as long as the standard, connate, much longer 

 than the minute falcate wings. Pods stalked, 5-G in. long, subterete, 

 distinctly torulose. Seeds 2-5. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 189 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 54 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 70 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 71 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 424 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 270.— Flowers : Apr.-May. 



Deccan : Chakan (Pooiia districts), Woodrowl; Poona, Woodrowl; Mawal districts, 

 DaUell i.^- Gibson; Khandesh, Graham, Gujarat: Gibson ex Graham. — Distrib. 

 Throughout India. 



40. GRONA, Lour. 



Prostrate or twining herbs. Leaves 1-foliolate; stipules very caducous. 

 Leaflets stipellate. Flowers in axillary or subterminal racemes, solitary 

 or fascicled along an obscurely uodiform rhachis ; bracts and bracteoles 

 caducous. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth longer than the tube, the 

 2 upper connate at the base or beyond the middle. Corolla exserted, 

 its petals nearly equal in length ; standard obovate or suborbicular, with 

 2 small auricles at the base ; wings falcate, slightly adhering to the 

 keel ; keel obtuse, nearly straight. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary subsessile ; ovules numerous ; style long, filiform, beard- 

 less ; stigma capitate. Pod linear, turgid, septate between the seeds. — 

 Distrib. 4 species, of which 3 are Asiatic, the other a native of Cochin- 

 China. 



1. Grona Dalzellii, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1876) p. 191. 

 Herbaceous twiner ; stems filiform, hispid w^ith brown retrorse hairs. 

 Leaves 1-foliolate; petioles h-^^ in. long, hairy; stipules ovate, acute, 

 hairy, very caducous. Leaflets 3-4^ by 2-3 in., ovate, acute, mucronate, 

 green and nearly glabrous above, glaucous and mure or less hairy 

 beneath, ciliate, base cordate ; stipels i in. long, linear-subulate, hairy, 

 persistent. Flowers in elongate dense racemes, arranged in clusters 

 along a very hairy rhachis ; bracts \ in. long, ovate, acuminate, deci- 

 duous, clothed on the back and margins with long reddish stiff hairs 

 and enclosing in bud a small head of 1-3 subsessile flowers ; bracteoles 

 \ in. long, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, densely hairy. Calyx \-^ in. long, 

 densely clothed with long reddish-brown hairs ; teeth longer than the 

 tube, the 2 upper connate for half their length, the 3 lower lanceolate, 

 subequal. Corolla \ in. long, blue ; standard g in. broad, clawed and 

 with 2 small auricles at the base. Pods 2-3 by .^ in., linear, straight, 

 acuminate, clothed with brownish hairs. Seeds 8-10, orbicular, com- 

 pressed. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11.(1897) p. 424. Guladia 

 simplicifolia, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 209; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 69. — Flowers : Sept. -Oct. 



A rare plant, confined to the hills. Deccan : Harishchandragad, Dahell 4' Gibson ; 



