182 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 



Stems slender, woody, glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate, rigid, under | in. ; peti- 

 ole 1-3 in., hairy or glabrous ; leaflets membranous or subcoriaceous, obscurely 

 hairy on both sides or glabrescent, the end one 1-2 in. long. Racemes copious, close, 

 1-4 in.long, sometimes 2-3 from same node ; lower flowers often geminate ; bracts rigid,, 

 about as long as the densely hairy pedicels. Calyx in., densely hairy ; teeth shorter 

 than tube, upper lanceolate-cuspidate. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod 1-1 in. 

 long, linear, hairy, recurved, 5-6-seeded. 



VAR. 1. glabrata ; calyx and leaves nearly or quite glabrescent. S. glabrata, W. # 

 A. Prodr. 207. Khasia, Simons. Nilghiris, Wight. 



VAR. 2. involucrata ; racemes laxer, their lower nodes bracteated by 2-3 reduced 1 

 roundish leaflets \^ in. long, leaflets obovate-oblong, calyx silky. S. involucrata, 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 207 ; Senth. PL Jungh. 232. Glycine involucrata, Wall. PL As. Ear. 

 Hi. 22, t. 241 ; Wall. Cat. 5506, ex parte. Kumaon, Gurwhal, Nipal. 



VAR. 3. densiflora ; racemes very dense, the flowers often several from the same 

 node, bracts and bracteoles rather larger, calyx pod and oblong subcoriaceous leaf- 

 lets glabrous. S. densiflora, Senth. PL Jungh. 232. Glycine involucrata, Wall. Cat., 

 5506, ex parte. Gurwhal, Kumaon and Nipal, ascending to 7000 ft. 



2. S. hirsuta, Bakery steins densely hairy, racemes peduncled many- 

 flowered, "bracts and bracteoles long linear-setaceous, leaflets ovate cuspidate. 



KHASIA and SIKKIM, 3-5000 ft., Hook. fil. $ Thomson. 



Stems firm, slender, densely clothed with conspicuous deflexed hairs. Stipules 

 \-^ in. ; leaflets membranous, with a thin coating of adpressed hairs on both sides, 

 Biibconcolorous ; end one 2-i in. long, Flowers in lax racemes, 2-3 in. long, on 

 densely hairy peduncles as long as themselves, geminate at the nodes ; bracts ^-- in. 

 Calyx - in., thinly hairy ; teeth shorter than tube, upper deltoid, lower linear. 

 Corolla purple, twice the calyx. Pod recurved, densely hairy, many-seeded. 



3. S.? ferrug"inea, Baker ; stems densely hairy, racemes peduncled many- 

 flowered, tracts and bracteoles lanceolate conspicuous, leaflets ovate-cuspidate. 

 Amphicarpsea ferruginea, Benth. PL Jungh. 231. Glycine ferruginea, Grah. in 

 Watt. Cat. 5514. G. cylindriflora, Wall. Cat. 5516. 



NIPAL, Wallich. 



Stems slender, woody. Stipules and bracts less persistent than in the other spe- 

 cies ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, green, with inconspicuous adpressed hairs 

 above, glaucous-grey with dense hairs below, ferruginous on the nerves ; end on& 

 2-3 in. long. Flowers 6-12 together, in short-peduncled racemes. Calyx under % in., 

 subglabrous ; upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate. Corolla f in., reddish. Re- 

 cedes to Glycine by its subcaducous bracts and bracteoles. 



4. S. suffulta, Benth. PL Jungh. 232 ; stems glabrous, racemes very lax 

 few-flowered, bracts and bracteoles linear very minute, leaflets obtuse roundish. 

 Glycine suffulta, Watt. Cat. 5507. 



BIRMA ; Prome hills and Taong Dong, Wallich. TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Stems firm, very slender.' Stipules linear, in.; leaflets membranous, subgla- 

 brous, glaucous-grey beneath, the end one f -1 in. long. Racemes nearly sessile, 1-2 in. 

 long, 6-10-flowered, the lower nodes bracteated by reduced leaves as in S. vestita, var 

 involucrata ; bracts rigid, not more than ^ in. long ; pedicels distant, solitary, very 

 short. Calyx in., with a few adpressed hairs ; teeth all short, lowest lanceolate. 

 Corolla f in., reddish. Pod 1^ in. long, glabrous, recurved, 6-8-seeded. 



57. UIASIA,DO. 



Climbing herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate, with stipellate leaflets. Flowers middle- 

 sized, racemose. Calyx-tube cylindrical, very gibbous, with a very oblique sub- 

 truncate mouth. Corolla exserted ; petals equal in length ; standard spurred on 



