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short ; stipels U. Flowers axillary, solitary or in j)air.s, without a coiiinion 

 peduncle ; pedicels less than ^ in. long, hairy, l.'alyx I in. long, hairy ; 

 teeth (except tlie lowest oiie) shorter than the tiihe, deltoid, cuspidate. 

 Corolla -2 in. long, yellow. Pods ^-| by \ in., linear, turgid, dejn-essed, 

 hut not very deeply so, between the seeds, clothed with long whitish 

 hairs. Seeds 2 (rarely 15), with a conspicuous divided strophiole, black. 

 Fl. B. 1. V. 2, p. 2li} ; Talb. Trees, Jionib. p. 73; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425. A. Lawii, Weight, Icon. t. 93 ; (irah. 

 Cat. p. 53 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 74. — Flowers : Oct.-Uec. A^ern. lidn-tar ; 

 Janfjll-tur. 



Coiuiiion in the hills of the Konkan and Dcccaii. Konkan : Boinbuy Ghats, 

 l)ahcll\; Matherau, li'ooilrow. Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cou/cel, Woodrowl; hills at 

 Par, iS/fc/iS ! S. M. Countky : Belgamn hill south, liitckie, loii I; limuj^hAt, Jiitcliic, 

 lot)! Kanaka: Hathkumba (Kala iiaddi), /iid/iic, 150!; N. Kanara Ghats, Talbol. 

 — DisTRii). India (hills of the W. Peninsula). 



2. Atylosia sericea, Benth. Mis. ex Baker, in Hoolc f. FL B. 1. v. 2 

 (1876) p. 213. An erect shrub ; stems much grooved, silky-hairy. Leaves 

 3-l'oliolate, subdigitate ; petioles \-\ in. long, pubescent ; stipules |-| in. 

 long, tilit'orm. Leaiiets 1-]^ by \-\ in., oblanceolate, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, apiculate, densely and persistently silky, 3-nerved from an acute 

 base : peiiolules scarcely any ; stipels 0. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 

 pairs, without a common peduncle ; pedicels j^ in. long. Calyx \ in. 

 long, softly silky ; teeth triangular, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 g-| in. lung. Pods ^-4 by ^-jV i"-5 linear-oblong, turgid, oblique at 

 the apex, depressed between the seeds, densely silky. Seeds 2, sub- 

 cylindric, compressed, rounded at the apex, with a divided strophiole, 

 smooth, black. Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 73 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. jS^at. 

 v. 11 (1897) p. 425. 



Konkan: JDabelll, Stoc/iSl, Law I, JVoodrotvl Deccan : near Talegaon along the 

 railway line, Bhiva ! ; Mahableshwar, Woodrow. 



3. Atylosia crassa, Fniln, Journ. As.^oc. Beny. v. 06 (lb98) p. 45 

 & p. 432. Twining ; stems and branches striate, tomentose. Leaves 

 pinnately 3-foliolate ; rhachis more or less elongated between the insertion 

 of the lateral leaflets and the stipels of the terminal one; petioles \h- 

 2^ in. long, pubescent ; stiptiles mintite, caducous. Leaflets 2-6 by 

 l|-2i^ in., rhomboid-obovate, acute, acuminate or subobtuse (the lateral 

 leaflets smaller than the terminal and very oblique), dark-green and 

 puberulous (especially on the nerves) above, fulvous-pubescent and 

 reticulately veined beneath ; petiolules i in. long ; stipels ^u in. long, 

 subulate. Flowers in lax racemes 2-3 in. long ; pedtmcles short ; pedicels 

 twun, ^-h in. long ; bracts 5-| in. long, broadly elliptic, concealing the 

 buds before the flowers expand. Calyx ^ in, long, flnely grey-downy, 

 the lowest tooth lanceolate, as long as the campantdate tttbe. Corolla 

 I in. long, yellow. Pods 1-1^ by | in., straight, rounded at both ends, 

 clothed with close greenish-brown pubescence, obliquely depressed be- 

 tween the seeds. Seeds 3-5. Atylosia mollis, Benth. in PL Jungh. 

 p. 243 (exclud. syu. C'olUm mollis, Grab.) ; Baker, in Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 213 

 (exclud. syu. C'olUm mollis, Grab., Cajanus (jlandnlosus, Dalz. & Gibs., 

 aud Atylosia glandalosa, Dalz.) ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 73 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. xVat. v. U (1897) p. 425. 



Hare. Konkan : Utocks I 



