386 



Frutex erectus metralis vel paullo ultra, innovationibus ubique 

 dense velutinis. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, adulta parce prae- 

 cipue subtus et praesertim secus nervos pilis albidis obsita; 

 foliola 30-60 cm. longa, 25-50 cm. lata ; petioli 10-20 cm., petio- 

 lnli 1 cm. longi ; stipelli lanceolati, foliacei, 1 cm. longi, 4 mm. lati ; 

 stipulae foliaceae, triangulari-ovatae, subacutae, 2 cm. longae, 

 1-5 cm. latae, caducae. Flores aurantiaci, dense fasciculati,fasciculis 



.1— .)-nOriS int.fir SO •?i_l« ? \ <->r*-l l>amnti'a nnnnmnaia . HnnnYnt ntrillnnna 



. , racemi axillares, 



20 cm. longi, rhachidibus sublignosis angulatis nodosis 4 mm. 

 crassis; bracteae stipellis conformes; bracteolae bracteis simil- 

 limae nisi minores ; pedicelli graciles, 5 mm. longi. Galyx cam- 

 panulatus, intus sericeus, dentibus brevibus 2 superioribus in 

 labium integrum connatis, 7 mm. longus, 5 mm. latus. Corollae 

 yexillum ovatuni, subobtusum, recurvum, inappendiculatum, 

 1-25 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum ; alae oblique oblongae, obtusae, in- 

 curvae, liberae, 1*5 cm. longae ; carina incurva, petalis apicem 

 versus tantum connatis, subobtusa, 1*75 cm. longa. Stamen vexil- 

 lare liberum ; caetera connata ; antherae uniformes. Ovarium 

 sessile, 2-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, imberbis, stigmate terminali 

 parvo. Legumen subsessile, ovato-oblongum, coriaceo-lignosum, 

 velutinum, paullo infra summum apicem 1-spermum, basi vacuo 

 hand elongatum, 8 cm. longum, 4*5 cm. latum. Semen plano- 

 compressum, suborbiculare, 2 cm. diametro, testa castanea, hilo 

 parvo estrophiolato. 





„ P 1 ?™ 8 - Himalaya: Kamaon; Patwa Dangarh, near Naini 

 lal, 1530 m., Sprawson ! 



Species excludendae. 



Butea acuminata, Wall. = Spathololus acuminatum, Benth. 



gyrocarpa, Grah. == gyrocarpus, Benth. 



■ Loureirii, Spreng. = Quid ? vide infra. 

 parviflora, Roxb. = Spathololus Roxburghii, Benth. 



T» Al fa fa Ro*. a _ n „ J _ i „ i • i , ^ iVtitj 



peltata, Pers. 



Willd. 



sericophylla, Wall. = Spathololus Roxburghii, Benth. 

 volubihs, Pers. = Rudolphia volubilis. Willd. 



B. Lourei 



v. loureirii, bpreng. {Syst. Veg. vol. iii. p. 186), is based on 

 7'S, scandms. Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. vol. ii. p. 428 (1790) ; 



ed Willd. vol. ii. p. 521). l n 1793 Willdenow queried the 

 reference of Loureiro's plant to Genista. The fact that it has 

 ^-pinnate leaves shows that it cannot be a Genista, as Loureiro 

 thought, and proves that Sprengel's suggestion is equally un- 



bw -\ ^ .' however > ^ is certain that the species is not a 

 autea its identity is not altogether clear. 



Genista scandms is described by Loureiro as a large climber 



fv,? 6 ? ■ * nu 1 merous simple short scattered recurved spines ; it 



f WoTf e Jf aves wifch ovate entire opposite leaflets. The 

 ™i™ "fi y ellow > disposed in large lax terminal pendulous 



racemes: the 



ct..^,i.,„.i j-u I — fii^uvuaucuuu wm an ODiong renexeu 



comtessLl lln, n 8tume i n8 are united ' The P° d is subrotund, 

 compressed, glabrous, with a solitary large compressed seed. 



^^S^J^-^S 6 ^ i- kindly interested himself 



amomr th« TnntI; • UB \ ine ^P 6 ot Cr. scandens is not present 

 among the Loureinun specimens at th» British (Natural History) 









