21 



icum 



stipitatum, piibescens. Legumen cylincl _, 



6 mm. latum, calycem 3-4-plo excedens. 



S. India. Madura Dist., Palni Hills, Kodaikanal Downs, 

 flowering from May to September, Fyson 276, 10T2, 1846; 

 Travancore, Devioolam, 2130 m., Meehold 13,268; Mysore City, 

 915 m., MeehoU ll.m'). ^ 



743. Lathyrus Sargentianus, Craih [Leguminosae-Vicieae] ; 



a L. Wilsonii, Craib, floribus minoribus facile distinguendus. 



Caules volubiles, circiter unimetrales (ex Wilson), parce 

 puberuli, plurisulcatL Folia fere sessilia, ad 15 cm. longa, 

 rbachi supra canaliculata puberulaque in cirrhum ramosum 

 producta ; stipulae foliaceae, acutae, ad 15 mm. longae et 2-5 mm. 

 latae, ciliolatae; foliola plerumque alterna, ad 7-juga, ovato- 

 lanceolata, mucronata, basi late cuneata vel rotunclato-cuneata, 

 ad 4 era. longa et 1'4 cm. lata, membranacea, supra pilis paucis 

 instructa, subtus pallidiora, glabra nisi costa parce puberula, 

 ciliolata, nervis lateralibus circiter 12 satis obliquis intra 

 marginem anastomosantibus; petioluli 1-1'5 mm. longi, supra 

 crispatim puberuli. Racemi axillares, pedunculo communi ad 

 6 cm. longo puberulo suffulti; bracteae persistentes, ad 7 mm. 

 longae; pedicelli circiter 3 mm. longi; floras lutei (ex Wihon)\ 

 Calyx 4 mm. longus, lobis 1-5 mm. longis. Vex ilium 13 '5 mm. 

 longum, 6*5 mm. latum; alae 6*5 mm. longae, ungui 6'6 mm. 

 longo, auricula brevi; carina 6 mm. longa, 3'5 mm. lata, ungui 

 6 mm. longo. Legumen ad 3*5 cm, longum et 9 mm, latum, 

 stramineum, stipite circiter 5 mm. longo suffultum; semina 

 5 mm, longa, brunnea, fusco-maculosa. 



Chits'a. Western HupeL, Wilson 265 (1907); Fang, Wilson 

 1234 (1901). Western Cliina, Wilson 3432 (1904). 



Hance 



Wilsonii, Craib [Leguminosae-Viciae] 



bus recedit. 



pauciori- 



Caules volubiles, primo flexuosi, glabri, straminei, sulcati. 

 Folia ad 6*6 cm. longa (petiolo cirrhoque exclusis), petiolo ad 

 1'5 cm. longo ut rhacbi glabro supra late baud altius canali- 

 culato, cirrbo ramoso; stipulae erectae vel divaricatae, foliaceae, 

 ad 1 cm. longae et 2'5 mm. latae, glabrae; foliola 3-4-juga, 

 opposita vel rarius subopposita, oblongo-lanceolata, mucronata, 

 basi cuneata, ad 5'7.cm. longa et 1*8 cm. lata, membranacea, 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora vel fere glauca, nervis lateralibus 



marginem 



Racemi axillares, laxiflori, pedunculo communi ad 5'5 cm. longo 

 fPTfiff* i^vToKt/^ cn#nTfi - "hmpfonp dpnirlnnft: Dedicelli 4 mm. loneri- 



mm 



mm 



brevibus, margine minute rubro-glanduloso.^ Vexillum sub- 

 oblongum, basi late cuneatum, apice emarginatum, 1'7 cm. 

 longum, 8 mm. latum, sessile; alae oblongae, 7 mm. longae, 

 2'5 mm, latae, auricula obtusa 1 mm. longa, ungui I'l cm. 

 longo; carina 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, ungui I cm. longo. 

 Staminum vaginae os rectum. Ovarium 9 mm. altum, stipite 



