Order ^i. Leguminosce. 75 



43. PONGAMIA. Leaflets opposite, pod woody, oblong, flat- 

 tened. 



44. DEREIS. Climbers : as the last, but the pod thin, flat, 

 and more or less winged. 



(a) GENISTE.E. 



1. HEYLANDIA. 



H. latebrosa. A small prostrate hairy plant with very 

 oblique cordate ovate leaves, flowers small, yellow, solitary or 

 nearly so in the axils. 



Common in most parts. (See the next species.) 



2. CEOTALARIA. 



Note. Where not otherwise specified the flowers are yellow and 

 in racemes. //. has 77 species. 



1. (7. Jilipes. A small prostrate slender-stemmed plant 

 covered with long hairs, leaves oblique, cordate oblong, 

 peduncles very slender, bearing one or two flowers, pod oblong, 

 much inflated, 8 to 10-seeded. 



Konkan and Deccan. This much resembles the last and grows at 

 the same time of year (the rains) and in similar situations. H. has 

 3 other species closely resembling this, known only from Stocks's 

 herbarium, and attributed to the Konkan, viz. C. trichophora, clothed 

 with long silky brown hairs, pod smooth ; C. Stocksii, nearly smooth, 

 leaves linear oblong ; C. vestita, densely silky, leaves equal-sided, pod 

 15 to 20-seeded. 



2. (7. linifulia. Branched from the base, hairy and silky, 

 leaves oblong obtuse, broader upwards, sometimes linear, 

 racemes long, many-flowered, pod ovoid smooth, scarcely as 

 long as the calyx. 



Dapoli. Surat and Khandalla (D. & G.). 



3. C. retitsa. A short undershrub, branched, nearly smooth, 

 leaves oblong, broader upwards, stipules subulate, flowers many, 

 large and handsome, veined red, pod linear, oblong, stalked, 

 1 or 2-seeded. Ghdgai. 



Konkan, Ghauts and Guzerat, common. 



This and the next two are much alike, and have all a general 

 resemblance to the English broom (Sarothamnus scoparius). 0. 

 triquetra, with 3-sided branches, is also much like C. retusa, but much 

 smaller. Dapoli. Malwan districts (D.), Mahableshwar (Dr. Cooke.} 

 Ghati. C. albida (C. epunctata, D.) is also like C. retusa, but smaller 

 and mean-looking, silky, leaves linear, oblong or obovate, pod 

 sessile. S. Konkan. 



