Atylosia.'] L-. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. Gr. Baker.) 215 



10. A. albicans, Benth. PL Jungh. 243 ; a shrubby twiner, leaflets obovate 

 obtuse or subacute rigidly coriaceous white-canescent beneath, racemes lax short- 



.peduncled, calyx-teeth short, corolla much exserted, pod 5-6-seeded thinly 

 cauescent. Oantharospermum albicans, W. fy A. Prodr. 256, excl. syn. Oa- 

 jauus albicans, Grab, in Wall Cat. 5582. 0. Wightianus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5583. 



* Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



Branch! ets slender, thinly canescent, with many grooves. Stipules minute, 

 caducous ; petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets 1-2 in. long, densely finely persistently white- 

 canescent beneath, not reticulato-venose, greenish and obscurely canescent above, 

 much narrowed in the lower half, the base subdeltoid, or a little rounded. Ra- 

 cemes 4-1 2-flowered, often corymbose, usually shorter than the leaves ; bracts small, 

 round, silvery on the back, caducous ; pedicels ^-i in. Calyx -| in., thinly canes- 

 cent ; lowest tooth lanceolate, upp^r oblong or deltoid. Corolla 3 times as long as 

 the calyx. Pod 1-1^- in. by | in., straight, distinctly lineate, narrowed to the 

 base, beaked with the base of the style. 



11. JL, along" at a, Benth. PL Jungh. 243 ; a slender herbaceous twiner, 

 leaflets membranous obovate-cuspidate obscurely hairy beneath, racemes 2-4- 

 flowered long-peduncled, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4-seeded 

 glabrescent. Dolichos elongatus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5543. 



NIPAL, KHASIA and ASSAM, ascending to 6000 ft. 



Stems very slender, wide-twining, clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. Stipules 

 minute, caducous; petiole 1-4 in.; leaflets greenish on both sides, paler and incon- 

 spicuously pilose on the ribs below, always pointed, l-l in. long, narrowed from the 

 middle to a rather rounded base, exstipellate. Peduncles 1-2 in.; pedicels as long as 

 the calyx. Calyx f- in., densely pubescent ; lower tooth setaceous, twice the tube, 

 the others similar but shorter. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod oblong, 

 | in. long by half as broad, narrowed to the base, distinctly lineate, beaked, clothed at 

 first with short spreading hairs. 



12. A. rug-osa, W. $ A. Prodr. .257 ; a woody twiner, leaflets thick obo- 

 vate obtuse densely grey-canescent reticulato-venose below, flowers usually in 

 stalked pairs, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4-seeded densely 

 canescent. Rhynchosia velutina, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5501. 



NILGHIRIS and CEYLON, ascending to 6000 ft. 



Branches slender, sulcate, densely shortly grey-downy. Stipules minute, ovate, 

 caducous ; petiole ^-1^ in. ; leaflets coriaceous, flexible, rugose on both sides, rounded 

 at the base, 1-2 in. long, grey, thinly canescent above, densely persistently grey-ca- 

 nescent below, with the veinlets in relief, exstipellate. Peduncles ^1^- in., the flowers 

 . rarely 4 to each ; pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts small, round, thick, caducous. 

 Calyx -| in., densely canescent ; lower tooth linear, exceeding the tube, the others 

 lanceolate. Cvrolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod f-1 in. by in., densely 

 prev-eanescent, rounded at both ends. 



13. A.scarabaeoides, Benth. PL Jungh. 243 ; a herbaceous twiner, leaf- 

 lets obovate-oblong subcoriaceous downy beneath, corymbs few-flowered short- 

 peduncled, calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted, pod 4-6-seeded clothed with 

 fine spreading hairs. Dolichos scarabseoides, Linn. Sp. 1020. Oajanus scarabaeoi- 

 des, Thouars ; Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5580. Rhynchosia scarabseoides, DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 387. R. biflora, DC. loc. cit. Oantharospermum pauciflorum. W. fy A. Prodr. 

 255; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 73. 



Universally spread in the plains throughout India, reaching 5-6000 ft. in the 

 West Himalayas. DISTBIB. China, Malaya, Mauritius, Madagascar. 



A biennial, with slender trailing or twining densely grey-downy stems. Stipules 

 minute, caducous ; petiole -1 in. ; leaflets 1^ in. long, flexible, twice as long as broad, 



