184 L. LEGUMINOS53. (J. G. Baker.) [Glycine. 



2. Cr. pentaphylla, Dalz. in Ke,w Journ. iv. 344 ; stems slender twining, 

 leaflets 5-7, racemes elongated many-flowered, calyx-teeth short, pod broad. 

 Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 266 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. 



KHASIA, 3-5000 ft., Hook. fil. # Thomson, Lobb. CONCAN, Dalzell, Stocks. 



Stems wide-climbing, with a fewadpressod hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets subco- 

 riaceous, with a few adpressed hairs on both sides, green above, grey below, distant ; 

 end one oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-4 in. long. Racemes lax, usually short-peduncled, 

 reaching 6-8 in. long ; pedicels very short, fascicled. Calyx i n - > teeth deltoid, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, flat, rather 

 recurved, H in. by in., 4-5-seeded. 



3. 8-. Soja, Sieb. $ Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. 11 ; stems stout suberect, 

 leaflets 3, racemes few-flowered congested sessile, calyx-teeth long setaceous, pods 



broad. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 266. Soja hispida, Moench ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 396 ; Wall. Cat. 5529 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 247. Dolichos Soja, Linn. ; Roxb. 

 FL Ind. iii. 314. Soja angustifolia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 223. 



HIMALAYAS, tropical region ; KTJMAON to SIKKIM, KHASIA and AVA, often culti- 

 vated. DISTRIB. East Asia. 



Stems suberect or climbing upwards, annual, densely clothed with fine ferruginous 

 hairs. Leaves loug-petioled ; leaflets membranous, ovate, acute, rarely obtuse, 2-4 in. 

 long. Calyx % in., densely hairy. Corolla reddish, little exserted. Pods usually only 

 2-3 developed in the axil of each leaf, linear-oblong, recurved, densely pubescent, 

 l-2 in. by ^-f in., 3-4-seeded, subtorulose. 



59. TERAIKNUS, Sw. 



Twining herbs, with exactly the habit of Glycine. Calyx-tube canipanulate ; 

 teeth distinct, subequal or two upper not so long. Corolla little exserted ; pe- 

 tals about equal in length ; standard not spurred. Stamens monadelphous ; 

 alternate anthers small, abortive. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style short, 

 curved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, hooked with the persistent style at 

 the tip, flattish, septate between the seeds. DISTRIB. Species 4, belting the world 

 in the tropics. 



' 1. T. iabialis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 235 ; leaflets small acute or subobtuse, 

 racemes usual; v pedimcled elongated, calyx-teeth as long as the tube. Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. 8oc. viii. 265. (rlycine labialis, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 318 ; 

 W. # A. Prodr. 208; Winlit Ic. t. 168; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. 

 G. parviflora, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 242 ; Wall. Cat. 5508 A-F. G. debilis and 

 senegalensis, DC. Prodr. ii. 242. G. pallens, Grah, in Wall. Cat. 5518. G. 

 warreensis, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 210 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. G. 

 tenerrinia, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5520 ? 



Plains from the foot of the WEST HIMALAYAS to CEYLOX, BIRMA and 

 DISTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, Natal. 



Stems wide-climbing, slender, with a few fine adpressed hairs. Stipules minute, 

 lanceolate, deciduous ; petiole i-H in. ; leaflets 3, membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 green, with a few adpressed hairs above, grey and more hairy below, the end one 

 ovate or oblong, 1-2 in. long. Racemes 1-4 in. long, usually lax, the pedicels fasci- 

 cled. Calyx - in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla reddish. Pod linear, glabrous, re- 

 curved, 1^-2 in. long, 8-12-seeded. 



VAR. mollis ; stems and pods clothed with longer more spreading hairs, leaflets 

 subcoriaceous densely pubescent beneath, calyx-teeth shorter. GK mollis, W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 209. Or. parviflora, Wall. Cat. 5508, G. H. Teramnus mollis, Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. viii. 265. Distribution of the type. 



