Smithia.'] L. LEGUMESTOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 149 



parte ; IF. # A. Prodr. 220, ex parte ; Dak. cy *&s. Bomb. Fl. 63. S. abyssinica, 

 Hochst. in Schimp. PL Abyss. 1838. 



HIMALAYAS to TRAVANCORE and RANGOON, ascending to 3000 ft. in KHASIA. 

 DISTRIB. Madagascar, Abyssinia, Java, China. 



Annual, |-3 ft. high. Stems very slender, much branched. Zm/*-rachis bristly, 

 i-J in. long^ leaflets ^ ^ in. long, with subparallel edges, bristly mainly on the mi- 

 drib below. Flowers 1-6, in close short-peduncled racemes from the axils of the upper 

 leaves ; pedicels short, ascending. Calyx \-^ in. long ; lips acute, entire, with a few- 

 short deciduous scattered bristles. Joints 4-6, densely papillose on the faces. 



2. S. g-eminiflora, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 323; stems not bristly, 

 leaflets small 4-12, flowers in pairs in the axils of the leaves, calyx-lips equal, 

 corolla yellow. S. sensitiva, Wall, et W. 8f A. loc. cit. ex parte. 



HIMALAYAS (ascending to 1-3000 ft.) to CEYLON and TAVOY. DISTRIB. Java, N 

 Australia. 



General habit of the last. Leaflets obtuse, with parallel sides, ^-f in. long, the 

 bristles of the edge and midrib more copious and longer. Calyx | in., with a few 

 deciduous bristles ; both lips entire, acute. Corolla about twice the calyx. Joints 

 4-6, very turgid and papillose. 



VAR. 1. conferta; upper nodes congested into dense heads, leaves and calyx more 

 bristly. S. conferta, Sin. ; DC. loc. cit. S. capitata, Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 121, non 

 Dalz. S. hispidissima, Zolling. Geneesk. Arch. iii. 56. 



3. S. purpurea. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4283 ; stems not bristly, leaflets 

 small 12-24, flowers in sublax peduncled axillary racemes, lower calyx-lip 

 shorter, corolla purple. S. laxiflora, Benth. PL Jungh. 211. 



Plains of CONCAN. 



Annual. Stems very slender, ^2 ft. high. Leaf-rsichis 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 

 linear, |-| in. long, tipped with a long awn and furnished with a<few bristles on the 

 rachis and oblique midrib. Flowers 6-12, in copious short-peduncled secxind racemes 

 from the axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels cerauous ; bracteoles acute or obtuse, 

 5 | calyx. Calyx -f in. long ; upper lip obtuse, recurved, lower subacute, both with- 

 out bristles. Corolla little exserted. Joints of pod 10-12, reticulato-venose, not 

 papillose. 



4. S. setulosa, Dalz. in Keiv Journ. iii. 208; stems densely bristly, leaflets 

 large 10-12, flowers in copiously panicled secund racemes, lower calyx-lip shorter, 

 coroila yellow. Dalz. Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 63 ; Bedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 243. 



Plains of CONCAN, Stocks, Dalzell. 



A robust annual, 2-4 ft. high, the stems densely clothed throughout with deflexed 

 bristles. Leaflets linear, f-l^in. long, with a few bristles in the edge and subcentiic 

 midrib. Racemes 1-2 in. long, dichotomously forked, forming a long thyrsoid panicle, 

 only the lowest subtended by a leaf; pedicels ascending. Calyx | in. long, densely 

 clothed with minute bristles ; upper lip broad, obtuse, recurved ; lower much smaller, 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla twice the calyx. Joints 10-12, reticulato-venose, not pa- 

 pillose. 



** Calyx membranous, its veins not so close and distinctly anastomosing. 



o. S.- bigemina, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 208; stems minutely bristly, 

 leaflets 4, flowers in short axillary racemes, bracteoles minute, joints 6-8 

 echinulate. Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 64. 



Plains of CONCAN, Stocks, Dalzell ; DEKKAN, near Poonah, Jacquemont. 

 Annual, very diffuse, with very slender stems, 1 ft. or less high. Zea/-rachis | in. 

 long; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, i in. long, minutely bristly 



