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2:: 



I flowers differ so greatly from those of any other species. It 



resembles E. indica in having the wings and keel equal but the 

 ■flowers are very much smaller and the leaves are different. 





914. Smithia Venkobarowii, Gamble [L egnminosae- 



Hedysareae] ; S. blandae, Wall., affinis, sed iloribus non panicu- 

 i latis et calyce glabro margine solum breviter ciliato differt; 



inflorescentia subcapitata, pedunculo gracili et foliolis ad 2*5 

 cm. longis insignis. 



Herba gracilis, suberecta vei prostrata, ramulis patule 

 strigosis. Folia paripinnata, circa 3 cm. longn, foliolis 4-jugis, 

 petiolo commimi circa 15 mm. lonsro strigoso; foliola oblonga, 

 glabra, obtusa, 2-5 cm. longa, 7-8 mm. lata; stipulae 

 lineari-lanceolatae, striatae. Flores in racemes suhcapitatos 

 pedunculatos axillares congest!; pedumuli 2-3 ex quaque axilla, 

 2-4 cm. longi, graciles; bracteae paleaceae, glabrae; bracteolae 



subfalcatae, glabrae, aliquando paucidentatae. Calyx ad basim 

 fissus, margine breviter ciliatus; labium superius latum, emargi- 

 natum, inferius 3-lobum. Corolla eximie In tea, exserta; 

 vexillum orbiculatum, emarginatum; alae faleatae, obtusae, 

 basi calcaratae; carinae petala anguistia, curvata, apt€6 

 acuta. Ovarium* sessile, circa 6-ovulatum ; stylus filiforniis. 

 Lomenti articuli 3-6, compressi, circa 1*5 mm. diametro, reticu- 

 lata margine plani. 



S. Ixdia. Travancore; hills at Peermerd. K. Venkoba Row 



3799 (Oct. 1916). 



915. Desmodium wynaadense, Bedd. MS. ex Gamble 



[Leguminosae-Hedysareae] ; I), rufescenti, DC, affinis, foliolis 

 longioribus lanceolatis a cutis, pedicellis longioribus filiformibus, 

 leguminibus latioribus curvatis fere glabris conspicue reticulatis 

 differt. 



Suffrutex erectus, ad 3 hi. altus, caule et ramulis et racemorum 

 rhachi molliter ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia trifoliolata, 



pedunculo communi 1'5 cm. longo; stipulae basi lanceolatae, 

 longe setaceo-acuminatae ; stipellae etiam longe setaceae ; foliola 

 lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuta vel aliquando 

 paullo obtusa, basi attenuata, supra fere glabra, subtus pube- 

 scentia, 5-T cm. longa, 2-2-5 cm. lata, ultimum paullo longius, 



nervis primariis circa 9 conspicuis, nervulis trans versis niulti- 

 subparallelis. Racemi terminales et axillares, elongati, ad 20 cm. 

 longi, floribus sparsis singulis vel binis; bracteae lanceolatae, 

 setaceo-acuminatae, villosae, striatae, cito deciduae, 5-6 mm. 

 longae; bracteolae 0; pedicelli filiformes, patentes vel deflexi, 

 10-12 mm. longi. Calycis tubus brevis, dentibus hirsutis acumi- 

 natis, labio superiore bifido, inferiore longiore 4 mm. longo. 

 Corolla rosea, exserta; vexillum obovatum, retusum, 6 mm. 

 longum; alae oblongae, latae, paullo breviores; carinae petala late 

 falcnta, medio calcarata, cum alis connata. Stamina diadelpha, 



i) 



Ovarium sessile, lineare. 



pubescens, stylo geniculato glabro, stigmate parvo capitato. 

 Legumen curvatum, deflexum, eompressum, ad 4 cm. longum, 

 -articulis 5-8 facile secedentibus planis conspicue reticulatis 



