XLViir. leguminos;e. 393 



the moist forests of N. Kanam, Talbot ; Kumpta, Talbot, 249 ! ; Yellivpiir, Talbot, JlOS ! 

 — DiSTRin. India (Beiiar, Binna, W. ]?ciiiiisiila). 



G. Flemingia "Wallichii, W'kjIu cj- Am. Prodr. (18:i4) p. 242. An 

 erect shrub ;i It. liigli ; branches obscurely angled, clothed with spreading 

 hairs. Leaves 3-1'oliolate ; petioles i-l^| in. long, grooved, Faintly winged, 

 clothed with long spreading hairs ; stipules ^ in. long, ovate-oblong, 

 acute. Leaflets 11-4^ by ^-2 in. (the terminal obovate, cuneate, the 

 lateral obliquely ovate-oblong, rounded at the base), acute, glabrous 

 above, more or less hairy, dotted with black glands, prominently nerved 

 and reticulately veined beneath ; stipels 0. Flowers sessile, in dense 

 axillary often condensed racemes 1-3 in. long, solitary or fasciculate ; 

 bracts \ in. long, obovate-oblong, acute, shaggy. Calyx g-^ in. long, 

 shaggy, divided almost to the very base ; teeth subequal, linear, acute, 

 plumose. Corolla included. Pods as long as the calyx, i in. broad, 

 turgid, obtuse at both ends, finely pubescent, not glandular. Seeds 2, 

 subglobose, black. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 229 (exclud. syn. F. nana and 

 F. sericans) ; Woodr. in iJourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 426. — 

 Flowers: Oct.-Feb. 



KoNKAN : Stocks \ S. M. Countuy : Belgauni,2?jYcAje, 202 ! Kanaha : Wooclrowl; 

 Ilixlical, Bhlva !; Yaeombi, Bhiva\ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



7. Flemingia involucrata, Benth. PI. Jutujli. (1851--55)p. 246. An 

 erect shrub 2-0 ft. high ; stems and branches terete, clothed with spreading 

 fulvous hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles i-^ in. long, densely hairy ; 

 stipules gin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Leaflets 2-4 by §-1^ in., oblong 

 or lanceolate, narrowed at both ends (the lateral oblique), subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous above, softly hairy, paler and dotted with brownish glands beneath; 

 main nerves 10-14 pairs, close, prominent ; stipels rarely present, when 

 present minute, filiform. Flowers in dense globose terminal and axillary 

 heads often exceeding 1 in. in diam., surrounded by a number of bracts 

 (like the capitula of Composites) ; peduncles very short, stout, densely 

 hairy ; bracts reaching if by i in., ovate, acuminate, pubescent on the 

 back, ciliate on the margins with long soft hairs. Calyx |-| in. long, 

 divided nearly to the base, densely silky-hairy ; teeth subequal, lanceolate, 

 cuspidate, plumose, the 2 upper subconnate. Corolla |-^ in. long. 

 Pods J by i in., thin, oblong, turgid, apiculate, keeled on the ventral 

 suture, downy. Seed 1, quite filling the pod, ellipsoid, black. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 2, p. 229 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 74 ; AV'oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 426.— Flowers : Nov.-Feb. 



Rare. Konkan: Stuclsl Ivanaua : open glades in the deciduous forests of 

 N. Kanara, Talbot; Dandeli (N. Ivanara), Woodroiv. — Distuir. India (E. Iliuialayas, 

 Bengal, Assam, C. Provinces, W. Peninsula) ; Java. 



8. Flemingia nilgiriensiS) Wight, MS. in Herb. Kew. Herbaceous, 

 diffuse, pubescent; stems many, terete, clothed with long spreading hairs. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles \-\ in. long, hairy ; stipules g by l in., 

 ovate-oblong, acute, hairy. Leaflets =1-1 by g-g in., ovate-oblong or 

 oblong-elliptic (the terminal sometimes obovate), mucronate, hairy on 

 both surfaces, dotted with reddish glands beneath, base rounded (ob- 

 liquely so in the lateral leaflets) ; stipels 0. Flowers in terminal heads 

 4-g in. in diam.; pedttncles 4-l| in. long, densely hairy; bracts ^ by 

 j^o iii-1 lanceolate, acute, hairy. Calyx f-yV "^- 'ong, densely fulvous- 



