Order 42. Leguminosce. 83 



rare. D. has only Parwar Ghaut ; I have found it near Mandangarh, 

 in the Dapoli taluka, Dr. CooJce at Mahableshwar. 



The other species are * S. purpurea, smooth, erect, slender, flowers 

 in racemes, purple with white spot, pod 10 to 12-jointed. Mahab- 

 leshwar, Dr. Cooke. Lanoli, Mr. Jyekrishna I. Plains of Konkan 

 (H.) ; but where are they ? S. bigetmina, small, branched, hairy, 

 leaflets 2 pairs, flowers few in long-stalked racemes, pod of about 7 

 joints. Dapoli and Mabableshwar : near Poona, Jaquemont (.5".) 

 * S. capitata, erect, leaflets 9 to 15 pair, flowers in a dense round 

 head, purplish, bracts large. Parwar Ghaut (D.). 8. dichotoma, 

 mostly smooth, leaflets 2 or 3 pair, flowers rather few and large in 

 a lax panicle ; pod of 10 or 12 joints ; not in D. I had a species at 

 Dapoli, where it is common, very like this, with the pod of about 

 20 joints completely hidden in the calyx. Nothing was known of this 

 at Kew. 



16. JESCHYNOMENE. 



JE. Indica. A smooth procumbent plant with slender 

 branches; leaflets 15 to 30 pairs, linear obtuse sensitive, 

 stipules rather large adnate, flowers pale yellow streaked with 

 red, pod straight on one side, indented on the other, warty. 



Guzerat and the Konkans. Everywhere in the tropics of the old 

 world (H.). He says that the peduncles and pedicels are usually 

 viscid. 



* &. aspera, growing in many parts of India, is the Sola or 

 pith plant, from which hats and many other things are made. 



17. PSEUD AETHRIA. 



* P. viscida. A diffuse hairy herb, leaves trifoliate, leaflets 

 oval rounded, flowers purple, distantly fascicled in threes, calyx 

 minute, pods downy, slightly notched on both sides. Common 

 (D.), ( without hab.). 



18. URARIA. 



U. picta. A tall, erect hairy, half-shrubby plant, leaves 

 simple or with several pairs of leaflets, which are as much as 

 9 inches long, linear lanceolate obtuse, nearly smooth, stipules 

 large ; flowers small, violet or reddish-purple, in rigid spikes 

 as much as 18 inches long; joints of pod about 5, loose. 



Himalayas to Ceylon (H.) ; but seems to be uncommon in this 

 Presidency ; D. had it near Penn, G. in jungles S.E. of Surat ; I had 

 it in Salsette on the B. B. & C. I. railway line. 



The specific name refers to the leaves being variegated. 



19. ALYSICARPUS. 



1 . A . vaginalis. Eather hairy, leaves cordate from oval to 

 lanceolate, stipules large, flowers in racemes red, whitish 



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