138 
Fl. Pe ii, (1918) 359, (non DC.). Catu-tsjandi, Rheede 
Le. t 
Horba perennis, procumbens, cito glabra. Folia pinnatim 
trifoliolata; petioli foliis paullo longiores, supra vix sulcati; 
petioluli 5-8 mm. longi; foliola paullo carnosa, obovata vel 
rotundata, obtusa, apice apiculata, basi obtusa, 2-5 cm. longa; 
stipulae stipellaeque parvae et caducae. Pedunculi foliis saepius 
multo longiores. Racemi 5-7-flori, pedunculis bis breviores. 
Flores 1-2-ni ex nodis enati; pedicelli calyce bis breviores. 
Calyx 1-3-1-5 em. longus; labium superius tubo bis brevius, 
m atum, erectum; labium inferius 1-2 mm. longum, 
3-lobatum, lobis latis obtusis vel breviter apiiminatis. Petala 
rubella vel alba. Vexillum late ovatum, reflexum, emarginatum, 
3-5-4 cm. longum, basi plicatum bicallosum. Alae anguste 
oblongae fere rectae, sagittatae, vexillo breviores. Carinae 
petala arcuata, alis a Ovarium — primo 
chartaceae, juxta suturam ’ superiorem utrinque costa forti 
longitudinal instructum. Semina 4-5, ovoidea, compressa, 
siccitate nigra; hilum } circumscriptionis seminis. 
Inpta. Madras Presidency; in arena mobile inter Quilon et 
Anjengo prope mare, Wallich 5532B; Quilon, Wight Cat. 748, 
Wight Herb. propr. 253; Madras, Bourne 2219; Cuddalore sea- 
shore, Barber 716; Ceylon, Thwaites C.P. 1484; Cult. in Calcutta 
Bot. Gard. Wallich 5532B. 
ommon on sandy sea shores in the south of the Indian 
peninsula and Ceylon and referred to by Cleghorn (l.c.) as a 
useful sand-binding creeper. 
0. rosea, DC., Prodr. ii. (1825) 404, C. obtisifolia, i. 
Prodr. ii. 402; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. i. (1855) 215; Benth. in Ann. 
Wien. Mus. ii. 135; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tad. ii. (1876) 196 
(as far as regards Malay Penins. plants); Bailey, Queensland Fl. 
(1900) 431; noe in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Ixii. (1915) 292; 
in Lecomte Gen. Indo-Chine ii. 262 (1916); Chevalier in 
Expl. Bot. oe: Oce. Fr. (1920) 1971. C. maritima, Thou. in Desf. 
Journ. de Bot. 1813, 80; ae Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 254. 
C. lineata, Prain in Journ. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. ii. (1897) 63; 
Merrill Philipp. Journ. Sci. v. ares 125; ix. (1914) 92; Merrill, 
in Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. (1917) 281; Rock, -Legum. 
Hawaii (1920) 207 t. 32 (non DC.) ; C. emarginaia, G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. ii. 362% C. Findlaysoniana, R. Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5535? 
C. moneia, Welw. Apont. 588 n. 62; Hiern. lic. 254. Dolichos 
roseus, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1243 (1806). D. obovatus, Schum. et 
Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827) 341. Cacara litorea, Rumph. 
Herb. Amboin. v. t. 141. f. 1 
Maxay PENINSULA. Pangaian Balak; Malacca, Burkill ro 
Pahang, Burn Murdoch ; Ridley ; Pahang, Curtis ; Tringgan 
Roslade ; Singapore, J. 8. Gamble. 
