Puate 2753. 
ELEIOTIS TRIFOLIOLATA, 7. Cooke. 
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Lecuminosz. Tribe HepysaREm. 
E, trifoliolata, 7. Cooke in Flora Pres. Bomb. (1902), p. 342 The i 
distinctissima, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis basi attenuatis nec corda 
et calycis dentibus longioribus ab Z. sororia, unica specie bisitiacne 
descripta, differt 
Herba annua, prostrata. Caules plures, ceespitosi, gracillimi, usque 
ad 18 poll. longi, obscure triquetri, glabri. olia 3- foliolata ; petioli 
‘ubaiteess 6-12 lin. FOr, sige stipule 2} lin. longe, ‘Hineari- 
Fr 
basi attenuata; nervi et vene subt conspicui ; stipelle 2 sub uno- 
quoque foliolo, subulate. IJnflorescentia primo in summis pedunculis 
aggregata, demum in racemum laxum pauciflorum elongata. Pedunculi 
axillares vel terminales, pilosi, parte infra flores 1 vel 2 bracteis scariosis 
instructa. Pedicelli filiformes. loruwm bracteee magne, striate, ovato- 
orbiculares, breviter acuminate, ciliate, unaquaque bractea duos flores 
yn Calyx 4 lin. longus ; dentes triangulares, tubo paullo breviores. 
rolla 15 lin. longa ; vexillum emarginatum. Ovens Dal — 
indies stipitatum, 1- raro 2-ovulatum ; stylus inflexus, 
incrassatus. Legwmen 3-33 lin. longum, cymbiforme, iawhes vale 
scentibus, ikea: suleatum 
Inpia : Presidency of Backes: near Badami, August 1892, 7. Cooke. 
e plant, which, so far as is known, has been found only at 
A rar 
Badami, near the station of that name on the Southern Maratha 
Railway in the oereeraeed of Bombay. It flowers during the cold 
season.—T. Coo 
. 1, a cluster of flowers ; 2, a flower; Tn calyx Jaid open, and section of padi 
containing two ovules; 4, sta nda rd; 5, aw g-petal; 6, a keel- te net! AL andrecium ; 
8, uniovulate ovary—the usual cond, tion ; 9, ioe fruit. Ali en 
