64 Mat f rials for a Flora of the ^Falalfan Pe}unsula. 



eiiibedded in the woolly separable endocarp. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 215. C. fnrgida Grab, in Wall. Cat. n. 5534 A ; Miq. in Flor. Ind. But. 

 I, 215. C. ensiformis yar. tiircjida Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 196. Boli- 

 clios ohtmifoUiis Lamk. Encyc. Mefcli. II, 295. D. rot unci if alius Yabl, 

 S.ymb. II, 81 ; Roxb. Fior. Ind. Ill, 302,— Rbeede Hoit. Malab. YIII, t. 

 43 ; Pluken. Almag. t. 51, f. 2. 



ANDAMAN'S; Coco Group and Narcondam, Prai'n .' !Mid. Andaman, 

 Kurz ! S. Andaman, Kurz ! Man! Kings Collector! Little Andaman, 

 Prain ! Peuak; Scortechini 1391 \ Knn -^tler 112S \ Pangkore ; Scorte- 

 cJiini 978 ! Penang ; Wallich 5534 ! Singapore ; Palo Obin, Hullett 330 ! 

 DiSTRiB. Indian, Indo-Chinese and Malayan coasts. 



There is no doabc thafc, in the first place, this is C. ohtiisifoUa DC. ; that, in the 

 second place, it is not C. ohtusifolia Bak., in Flor. Brit. Ind.; and that, finally, it is 

 specificullj distinct from C. ensiformis of which the Flora makes it a variety. It is 

 however, particnlarly unfortunate that, while the leaflets of C. lineata are almost 

 always "obtuse," those of C. ohtusifolia rarely are. 



19. MucFNA Adans. 



Perennials and annuals of wide-twining habit. Leaves ample, 

 stipellate, always 3-foliolate. Flowers large, sho\yy, usually dark purple, 

 turning quite black when dried. Calyx-tuhe canipanulate ; two upper 

 teeth quite connate ; lowest longer than the middle ones. Corolla much, 

 exserted ; standard not more than half as long as the rostrate keel, 

 which usually a little exceeds the wings. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 dimorphous, like those of the Genistex. Ocary sessile, many-ovuled ; 

 style incurved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod very variable in shape 

 and sculpture, usually covered with brittle needle-like irritating bristles. 

 Species about 30, spread everywhere in the tropics. 

 Perennials ; pods flat, seeds large flattened, with a hilum 

 extending round the greater part of their peripheiy (Sub- 

 gen. Zoophthalmum) : — 



Pods with plaits across their faces (§ Citta] : — 



llncemes long lax simple, bracts large boat-shaped ; 

 pods with broad wings, over which the plaits do not 

 extend, down the sutures ... ... 1. M. imhrieata. 



P.acemes short corymbose, bracts small ; pods with 

 transverse plaits that extend across the usually nar- 

 rower sutural wings : — 



Peduncles naked at base ; biacteoles longer than 



buds; calyx-teeth long ; pods one-seeded ; margins of 



transverse plaits simple, and of sutural wings entire 2. M. rnonosperma. 



Peduncles bracteate at base ; bractcoles shorter 



than buds ; calyx-teeth very short; pods two- seeded ; 



margins of plaits 2-plicate, and of sutural wings 



incised ... ... ... ... 3. M. hiplicata. 



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