192 L. LEGUMINOSJC. (J. G. Baker.) [Galactia. 



65. GALACTIA, P. Br. 



Twining herbs, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves, like Glycine. in habit, but 

 with the nodes of the raceme slightly tumid. Calyx-tube short ; teeth linear or 

 lanceolate, the two uppermost entirely fused in one. Corolla little exserted ; its 

 petals nearly equal in length ; keel obtuse, nearly straight. Stamens diadelph- 

 ous ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled ; style long, filiform, beard- 

 less, stigma capitate. Pod linear, flattened, recurved. DISTRIB. Species 45, 

 mostly Tropical American. 



1. G-. tenuiflora, W. fy A. Prodr. 206 ; leaflets small obtuse, flowers in 

 pairs from the distant nodes of elongated racemes, hairs of calyx very short ad- 

 pressed. Glycine tenuiflora, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 241 ; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 

 319.' 



Plains from the foot of the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and SIAM. DISTKIB. Natal, 

 Zambesi-land, Australia, Malay isles. 



Stems very slender, obscurely grey-downy. Stipules deciduous, minute ; petiole 

 l-l^in. ; leaflets ovate or oblong, 1^-2 in. long, membranous, green, glabrescent 

 above, grey, obscurely silky below. Racemes copious, peduncled, - ft. long. Calyx 

 -Jt in. long, finely grey silky ; teeth lanceolate acuminate, exceeding the tube. Co- 

 rolla reddish, i in. long. Pod 1^-2 in. by i in., glabrescent, 6-8-seeded. 



VAR. 1. lucida ; leaflets linear-oblong subcoriaceous glabrous on both surfaces 

 sublucent above, flowers smaller. Glyeinj lucida, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5511. Gv 

 graminea, Heyne MSS. Western Peninsula. 



VAB. 2. minor; stems very slender, leaflets and flowers smaller, the former 

 oblong ^-1 in. long thinly grey silky below, corolla -3- in. long, pod 1 in. long 

 glabrous 4-5-seeded. Leucodictyon malvensis, Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 73. G. 

 tenuiflora, Wall. Cat. 5509 A. Western Peninsula. 



VAK. 3. villosa ; stems leaves below and pods densely grey-downy, leaflets oblong 

 1-H in. long, flowers fewer and smaller than in the type. G. villosa, W. $ A. Prodr. 

 207." G-lycine tenuiflora, Wall. Cat. 5509, B, C. G.'filiformis, Wall. Cat. 5510 and 

 5519. Western Peninsula. 



VAR. 4. latifolia ; stems and leaves below densely pubescent, leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous roundish 1^-2 in. long, racemes elongated, calyx hoary more deeply cleft. 

 Concan, Stocks. 



2. G-. 1 oxyphylla, Benth. PL Jungh. 233 ; leaflets large acute, flowers 

 2-4 in axillary nearly sessile cymes, hairs of calyx long and silky. Glycine 

 oxyphylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5522. 



TENASSEKIM ; Tavoy, Gomez. Amherst, Parish. 



Stems slender, clothed with conspicuous spreading deciduous ferruginous hairs. 

 Petioles 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, green, subconcolorous, with a few adpressed 

 hairs on both surfaces, oblong, 3-4 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, nervose, subpersistent '; 

 bracteoles linear, as long as the tube. Calyx f in. long ; teeth linear-setaceous, 2-3' 

 times as long as the tube, plumose. Corolla reddish, ^ in. long. Pod unknown. He- 

 cedes from Galactia by its cymose inflorescence and persistent nervose bracts. 



66. COCHLIANTHUS, Benth. 



A climbing herb. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, stipellate. Flowers racemed. 

 Calyx-tube carnpanulate ; teeth short., the lowest longest, lanceolate, the two 

 upper fused into one. Corolla much exserted, the petals nearly equal in length ;. 

 standard broad ; keel narrow, curved, rounded at the end in a semicircle. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary short-stipitate, many-ovuled ; style 



