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tauchgiiiii, Cookel, Wuodrow \ ; Malmblesliwar, Cookc\ S. M. Oou.stky : liills near 

 Tt'lavari, ^r'/,v'//.' ; Farva Qliut, Stocks \ — DisTniii. India (Bengal). 



In tiie Flora of B. I. {I.e.) tlio plant, ia said lo occMir in tlic ijlr/in.f of the Konkan. 

 Tiiis is an error. 8toc/i\i, Babcll, Woodrow, and I have found it only at a considerable 

 height above the level of the Konkan plains. 



41. GALACTIA, W Br. 



Prostrate or twining herbs or erect shrubs. Leaves piuuately 8-t'olio- 

 late (rarely 1-5- or T-foiiolate); stipules small, deciduous. Leaflets 

 sli|)elhite. i''K)\vers small or moderate-sized, in axillary racemes with 

 slightly tumid nodes ; bracts and bracteoles luuiute. Calyx-tube short ; 

 teeth liuear or lanceolate, entirely fused into one. Corolla slightly 

 exserted, its petals nearly equal; keel obtuse, nearly straight. tStameiis 

 diadeli)hous ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile ; ovules many: style 

 filiform, beardless ; stigma capitate. Pod linear, flattened. — 1)istrib. 

 Chiefly American ; species about 45. 



I. Galactia tenuiflora, Wight Sf Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 206. An 

 herbaceous twiner ; stems very slender, slightly pubescent or subglabrous. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles |-1:{ in. long; stipules small, lanceolate, 

 acute, caducous. Leaflets membranous, 1-lf by g-| in., elliptic-oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or sometimes retuse, minutely apiculate, 

 glabrous above, paler and more or less silky-pubescent beneath ; stipels 

 minute, subulate. Flowers in elongate racemes, 3-6 in. long, in pairs 

 from the shghtly tumid nodes of the rhachis ; pedicels short, filiform; 

 bracts small, caducous. Calyx i-i in. long, slightly hairy ; teeth longer 

 than the tube, lanceolate, acute. Corolla g-^ in. long, bluish-purple. 

 Pods 1^-2 in. bv-j-g in., slightly incurved, pubescent at first, afterwards 

 glabrescent. Seeds 6-9. Y\. B. I. v. 2, p. 192. 

 Throughout the lower Deccan hills, not common. 



Var. 1. minor, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 192. Stems filiform. 

 Leaflets ^-1 by J-^ in., oblong, obtuse, apiculate, reticulated with 

 whitish veins, glabrous above, thinly grey-silky beneath. Flowers 

 smaller, in axillary short-peduncled racemes, solitary or twin on a filiform 

 rhachis. Corolla \-^ in. long, ])urple. Pods l-l^ in. long, glabrous or 

 faintly puberulous, obliquely constricted between the seeds. Seeds 4-5. 

 6r. Umiiflora, var. /3, W. & A. Prodr. p. 206. Leucodicti/ou malvensis, 

 Dalz, & Gibs. p. 73. 



Konkan : Stocksl, Dahelll ; rocky ground in the Malwan district, Bahell cj- GihsoJi. 



Var. 2. viUosa, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 192. Stems, 

 leaves and pods densely grey-downy. Leaflets 1-14 by f-g in., elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, base rounded or subcordate. Flowers fewer and smaller 

 than in the type. Pods 1-4 in. long, densely grey-downy. Galactia 

 vilhsa (sp.), W. & A. Prodr.'p. 207. 



S. M. Country : hills N. of Belgaum, Eitchie, 143 ! 



Vae. 3. laiifoKa, Baker, in Hook, f . Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 192. Stems and 

 the leaves beneath densely pubescent. Leaflets subcoriaceous, roundish, 

 l|-2 by I5-II in. Eacemes elongate. Calyx hoary, more deeply cleft. 



Ko.NKAN : SfocAsl 



2b 



