Rhynclwsia.~] L. LEGUMINOS^;. (J. G. Baker.) 221 



lobes subacute, rounded at the base, -| in. broad. Corolla included. Pod oblong, 

 in. long, obliquely lineate, minutely pubescent. 



STJBGKEN. 2. Nomismia, W. 8? A. Trailing herbs with narrow setaceous 

 or acuminate calyx-teeth. Seeds with a waxy arillus. 



3. R. numznularia, DC. Prodr. ii. 386 ; annual, leaflets green on both 

 surfaces finely pubescent broader than long, racemes elongated few-flowered, 

 calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod globose 1-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5493. Glycine 

 nummularia, Linn. Mant. 571. Nomismia nummularia, W. $ A. Prodr. 237 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 283. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



Stems trailing to a length of 2-3 ft., clothed with fine grey spreading hairs. 

 Stipules minute, ovate; petiole 1-6 in.; leaflets subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. broad, 

 truncate or emarginate, glabrescent above, finely pubescent on the edge and lower sur- 

 face, the end one distinctly-stalked, broadly deltoid at the base. Bacemes 2-6- 

 flowered, distinctly peduncled, equalling or exceeding the leaves : pedicels geminate, 

 very short, cernuous. Calyx in. long, densely pubescent ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 | in. Pod % in. each way, plicate, lenticular, clothed with fine deciduous hairs. 



4. R. aurea, DC. Prodr. ii. 386 ; annual, leaflets green on both surfaces 

 finely pubescent obovate-rhomboidal, racemes close many-flowered, calyx-teeth 

 3-4 times as long as the tube, pod globose 2-seeded. R. elongata, DC. loc. 

 cit, R. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 5492 D. R. capitate, DC. Prodr. loc. cit. Glycine 

 aurea, Wittd. in Nov. Act. Ber. iv. 1803, 18. G. elongata, Roth. Nov. Sp. 347. 

 G. capitata, Heyne in Roth. Nov. Sp. 346. Dolichos rufescens, Grah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5544. Nomismia aurea, W. fy A. Prodr. 237. N. capitata, W. $ A. Prodr. 

 237 ; Wight Ic. t. 295. 



Plains from the foot of the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON. 



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

 minute, lanceolate, caducous ; petiole 1-3 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, as long as 

 broad, ^-2 in. each way, glabrescent above, obscurely pilose below, broadly deltoid at 

 both ends, exstipellate, the end one distinctly stalked. Racemes short-peduncled, 

 6-30-flowered, about on a level with the leaves; pedicels ^ in., densely pubescent. 

 Calyx f-^ in., densely pubescent ; teeth setaceous, the lowest the longest. Corolla 

 bright yellow, scarcely exserted. Pod membranous, subcompressed, ^ ^ in. each way, 

 with a faint line between the seeds, thinly clothed with fine spreading hairs. 



5. XI. filipes, Benth. in Hohen. PL Ind. Or. Exsic. No. 1184 ; perennial, 

 leaflets thick obovate white-canescent reticulato-venose beneath, flowers pe- 

 duncled solitary, calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod oblong two-seeded. 



NILGHIBIS. 



Stems woody in the lower part, wide-trailing, slender, densely tomentose. Stipules 

 minute, lanceolate ; petiole under 1 in. ; leaflets coriaceous, very thick, -1 in. long, 

 greenish, obscurely canescent above, covered with persistent thick white tomentum 

 below, the end one short-stalked, obtuse, with a minute mucro, rounded at the base. 

 Flowers on thread-like pedicels ^1 in. long, with a persistent silky lanceolate bract 

 a short distance below the calyx. Calyx - in., densely silky ; teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla little exserted. Pod % in. long by half as broad, finely downy, reticulato- 

 venose, not lineate between the seeds. 



STJBGE:N\ 3. Ftychocentrum, W. fy A. Erect undershrubs, with 

 knceolate acuminate calyx-teeth. Seeds with a waxy arillus. 



6. R. suaveolens, DC. Trodr. ii. 387 ; leaves minutely downy, flowers 

 in peduncled pairs casually solitary, calyx-teeth twice' the tube, corolla half as 

 long again as the calyx, pod minutely 'downy lineate externally septate in- 



