150 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Smitliia. 



on the back and edge. Flowers 4-6, in copious short-pedtincled racemes; bracteoles 

 linear, ^ the calyx. Calyx in., turbinate, densely bristle-ciliated; lips equal, upper 

 truncate. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. 



6. S. gracilis, Benth. in Hohen, PL Ind. Or. Exric. No. 1182; stems 

 naked or minutely bristly, leaflets 4^-6, flowers in short axillary racemes, brac- 

 teoles minute, joints 6-8 reticulato-venose. Benth. PL Jungli. 212. 



NILGHIRIS, Schmidt, Wight. 



A diffuse, very slender, perennial, -with the general habit and inflorescence of 

 S. bigemina. Leaflets obovate-oblong, -| in., minutely bristly. Calyx in., densely 

 ciliated with minute bristles ; lips equal, narrower than in the last, the lower acute ; 

 bracteoles linear. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Joints distinctly veined, 

 not at all echinulate as in S. bigemina. 



7. S. ciliata, Royle III 201 1. 35, fig. 2; stems not bristly, leaflets 6-16, 

 flowers in dense axillary racemes, bracteoles large, joints 6-8 obscurely papillose. 

 S. pumila, Royle MSS. ; W. & A. Prodr. 220. 



SIMLA and KUMAON to KHASIA and SIKKIM, alt. 3-6000 ft. Parasnath in BEHAR. 



Annual. Stems slender, ^-2 ft. high. Lcaf-rachis \-\ in. ; leaflets linear, -f in. 

 long, obtuse, distinctly bristly on the edge and midrib below. Flowers up to a dozen 

 in dense copious short-peduncled secund racemes ; bracteoles leafy, oblong, ciliated, 

 nearly as long as calyx. Calyx $ in., densely bristly-ciliated; upper lip truncate, 

 linally i in. broad ; lower lanceolate. Coro/^yellow, little exserted. 



8. S. capitata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 208 ; stems not bristly, leaflets 

 L'0-30, flowers in globose terminal heads, bracteoles large, joints 5-6 smooth. 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 63, non Desv. ; Bedel. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 244. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



An annual, 1-2 ft. high, with firm shrubby terete branches. Zm/'-rachis 

 densely bristly, H-2 in. long ; leaflets linear, ^ f in. long, bristly on the back and 

 edge. Flowers in"a dense globose head 1 in. thick, at the end of each branch ; pedicels 

 very short; bracteoles oblocg, membranous, bristle-tipped, nearly as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx ^ in. long; both lips broad, truncated, ciliated with long bristles. Corolla 

 purplish, much exserted. Joints neither venose, nor papillose. 



9. S. pycnantJia, Benth. MSS. ; stems minutely bristly, leaflets 6-8, 

 flowers in globose terminal heads, bracteoles minute, joints 5-6 yenose. 



CONCAN, Stocks, Law. 



An erect annual, ^-2 ft. high, the stem clothed densely with small bristles dilated 

 at the base. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaf-rachis 5 in. or less long, densely bristly; 

 leaflets linear, |--| in. long, w^ith a few minute yellow bristles in the back and edge. 

 Heads 1 in. or more broad, formed of densely congested racemes ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx; bracteoles half the calyx, obtuse. Calyx \ in., with copious sessile black 

 glands and small yellow bristles on back and edge ; lips equal, truncate. Corolla 

 yellow, half as long again as calyx. 



10. S. diohotoma, Dalzell MSS. ; stems not bristly, leaflets 4-6, racemes 

 forming a lax corymbose panicle, bracteoles minute, joints 10-12 papillose. S. 

 blanda, Hohen. Plant. Ind. Or. Exsic. No. 146, non Wall. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



Stems annual, very slender, little branched, 1-1 1 ft. high. i<?/-rachis | in. or less 

 long ; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, | f in. long, not aristate, both 

 sides without bristles. Lower racemes of the panicles 5-6-flowered, secund ; pedicels 

 ascending, -\ in. ; bracteoles linear, ^-\ calyx. Calyx membranous, f in. ; lower 

 acute lip slightly longer than the broad truncate upper one. Corolla yellow, half as 

 long again as the calyx. 



