Elnjncliosia.'] L. LEGUMINOS^;. (J. G. Baker.) 223 



Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 75. Cylista tomentosa, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. t. 221 ; Hori. Benq. 

 55 ; FL Ind. iii. 319 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 410 ; Wall. Cat. 5585. Cylista albiflora, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1859. 



Jungles of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Mascaren isles, Zam- 

 besi-land. 



A robust woody climber, with stems clothed with short grey or brown pubescence. 

 Leaflets subcoriaceous, flexible, softly pilose on both sides, 4-6 in. long, the end one 

 ovate-cuspidate, distinctly stalked ; stipellse large, setaceous, persistent. Racemes 

 close, distinctly peduncled, | 1 ft. long; bracts large, round-cuspidate, caducous. 

 Calyx membranous, f in. long, densely clothed with grey hairs ; tube short, teeth 

 - in. broad. Corolla included, marcescent, bright red or white. Pod as long as 

 the calyx, deeply torulose, persistently grey-canescent ; seeds large, globose, shining, 

 violet-black. 



STJBGEN. 5. Pseudo-cajan, Benth. An erect shrub with narrow acumi- 

 nate calyx-teeth. Seeds without an arillus. 



11. R. pseudo-cajan, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 45, t. 55. R. incaiia, 

 Royle MSS. 



"Western Himalayas ; HAZARA to G-URWHAL and KUMAON, ascending to 9000 ft. 



An erect shrub, 4-6 ft. high, with virgate slender branches, clothed with per- 

 sistent fine grey tomentum. Petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules minute, caducous ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, exstipellate, grey-green, thinly canescent above, densely 

 persistently grey-canescent beneath, with raised veinlets ; the end one oblong-rhom- 

 boidal, distinctly stalked, apex deltoid, subacute. Flowers in short-peduncled close 

 corymbs ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx f in., densely grey-canescent ; 

 lowest tooth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube; the others shorter, lanceolate. 

 Corolla ^ | in. ; standard thinly silky. Pod oblong, an inch long, f in. broad, 

 straight, hard, persistently grey-canescent, subcompressed, bearing 1-2 seeds in the 

 upper half. 



SFBGEN. 6. Eurhynchosia, W. $ A. Twining herbs or shrubs with 

 acuminate calyx-teeth. Seeds without an arillus. 



* Leaflets small, subcoriaceous or membranous, usually obtuse. Pod much 

 exceeding the calyx (Oopisma, E. Meyer}. 



12. It. minima, DC. Prodr. ii. 385 ; stems and leaves nearly or quite 

 glabrescent, leaflets as broad as long- deltoid in the lower half, racemes lax 

 elongated, calyx-teeth exceeding the tube, pod 3-4 times the calyx small. R. 

 medicagiuea, DC. Prodr. ii. 386 ; W. % A. Prodr. 238 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 74. R. rlioinbifolia, DC. Prodr. loc. cit. R. prostrata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5496. R. niicropliylla, V, r all. Cat. 5497. R. nuda, DC. Prodr. ii. 385; W. $ 

 A. Prodr. 238 ; Wall. Cat. 5494. R. ervoidea, DC. loc. cit. Glycine rhom- 

 bifolia, Willd. Sp. iii 1065 Michos minimus, Linn. Sp. PL 1020. D. medi- 

 cagineus, Lam. Diet. ii. 297 ; Roxb. Hori. Beng. 55. 



Everywhere in the plains, from the HIMALAYAS, where it ascends to 4000 ft., to 

 CEYLON and BIRMA. DTSTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics, Cape, United States. 



A twining or wide-trailing annual, with very slender stems, with only a little 

 short pubescence at the beginning. Stipules minute, lanceolate, caducous ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous or membranous, -1 - in. broad and deep, obtuse, usually exstipellate, 

 the end one distinctly stalked, mostly conspicuously gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 

 6-12-flowered, short-peduncled, usually exceeding the leaves ; bracts minute, linear ; 

 pedicels short. Calyx ^- in., pubescent ; lowest tooth setaceous, twice the tube. 

 Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. Pod 4--| in. long, under \ in. broad, glabrescent, 

 turgid, slightly recurved, mostly 2-seeded. 



VAR. laxiflora; glabrous, leaflets larger 1^-2 in. long acute both the upper and 



