JEbenus."] L. IBGUMINOSJB. (J. G. Baker.) 141 



thoides, Jaub. 8f Spach. HI. iii. 68, t. 254. E. horrida and ferruginea, Jaub. 8c 

 Spach. III. p. 159-160. 



PUNJAB-HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft., Stewart. DISTRIB. Persia, Afghanistan, Beloo- 

 chistan. , 



Alow undershrub, densely armed with woody erecto-patent spines l-l in. long. 

 Leaves shorter than the spines, digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 

 sericeous, i-f in. long. Flowers sessile in dense stalked heads, on peduncles at most 

 as long as the spines, each head surrounded by a whorl of large lanceolate bracts. 

 Calyx % in., densely clothed with long brown silky hairs. 



30. OEISSAPSIS, W. & A. 



Annuals. Leaves with two pairs of leaflets. Flowers in terminal racemes, 

 with, large membranous persistent veined ciliated persistent bracts. Calyx deeply 

 2-lipped ; upper lip entire, lower obscurely toothed. Corolla 2-3 times calyx ; 

 standard roundish ; keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers uniform. 

 Ovary short-stalked, biovulate ; style incurved, stigma minute capitate. Joints 

 of pod 1-2, turgid in the middle, with a distinct flat border, reticulately-veined, 

 1-seeded, indehiscent. DISTRIB. Sp. 3, the other Trop. African. 



1. G-. cristata, W. 8f A. Prodr. 218 ; flowers not more than ^ as long 

 as the long-bristled bracts. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. Zornia disperma, Grah. 

 in Wall. Cat. 5663. Hedysarum bijugum, Klein MSS. 



Plains of WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, AVA, MARTABAN, TENASSERIM, and 

 PEGU. 



A densely csespitose trailing annual, with slender naked branches ^-2 ft. long. 

 Leaves petioled, with a very short rachis ; leaflets obovate, oblique, glabrous, truncate, 

 3 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, membranous, distinctly spurred. Heads dense, ter- 

 minal, -2 in. long ; bracts much imbricated, ^ in. broad, reniform, ciliated with firm 

 yellow bristles ^ in. long. Calyx ^ in. long Corolla twice the calyx. Joints 1-2, 

 in. long. 



2. G. tenella, Benth. in Hohen. PL Ind. Or. No. 659 ; flowers nearly or 

 quite as long as the short-bristled bracts. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



Habit of the last, but much smaller. Leaflets all four nearly from the same 

 point, i-g" i n - l n g> obliquely obovate, truncate, glabrous. Racemes copious, termi- 

 nal, peduncled, 4-12-flowered ; bracts obliquely oblong, less imbricated, \-\ in. broad, 

 strongly veined, ciliato-denticulate. Calyx ^ in., deeply cleft. Corolla yellow, ^ in., 

 Joints 1-2, with a flat edge, round, with a turgid centre. 



31. ONOBRYCHIS, Gaertn. 



Herbs. Leaves numerous, odd-pinnate, exstipellate. Flowers numerous, red, 

 in long-peduncled axillary racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth 5, dis- 

 tinct. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad ; wings short ; keel obtuse. 

 Stamens monadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 1-2-ovulate ; style 

 filiform, incurved, stigma terminal minute. Pod compressed, reniform, inde- 

 hiscent, 1-2-seeded, alveolate or echinate. DISTRIB. Species about 50, Euro- 

 pean and Oriental. 



1. O. Stewartii, Baker. 



PUNJAB ; Hazara, Dr. Stewart. Eawul Pindee, Dr. Aitchison. 



Stems slender, 1^-2 ft., glabrescent. Zm/-rachis 3-4 in. long, including distinct 



