Rhynchosia.'] L. LEGUMINOS^E. (J. G. Baker.) 225 



17. X&. viscosa, DC. Prodr. ii. 387 ; pubescence minutely glandular, end- 

 leaflet acute as broad as long, pedicels very short, lowest calyx-tooth as long as 

 the tube much shorter than the corolla. R stipulosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 229, 

 t. 43. R. villosula, Thtoaites Enum. 412. Dolichos glutinosus, Roxb. Fl 2nd 

 iii. 312 ; Wall. Cat. 5560 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 248. 



Plains from the HIMALAYAS W CEYLON. DISTRIB^ Malaya, Trop. Africa, Mauri- 

 tius, Madagascar. > 



Stems rather woody, wide-twining, clothed with deciduous fine short grey viscous 

 pubescence. Stipules small, deltoid, subpersistent ; leaflets green on both surfaces, 

 finely gland-dotted, often glabrescent, 1^3 in. long, the apex deltoid, the base 

 broadly rounded, sometimes faintly 3-lobed, rarely stipellate, the end one on a 

 petiolule ^-| in. long. Racemes long-peduncled, lax, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels i- in. ; 

 bracts minute, ovate-cuspidate, deciduous. Calyx \ in., finely gland-downy ; upper 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod l\ in. by f in., 2-seeded, turgid, finely 

 pubescent, straight, tipped with the base of the style, narrowed to both ends. 



18. R. himalensis, JBenth. MSS. ; pubescence fine glandular, end leaflets 

 acute longer than broad, pedicels elongated, lower calyx-tooth as long as- the 

 corolla 3-4 times as long as the tube. 



Western and Central Himalayas, alt. 3-7000 ft. HAZARA, SIMLA, GARWHAL, 

 KTJMAON, &c. 



Stems wide-trailing, slender, terete, clothed with fine short grey viscous pubes- 

 cence. Stipules lanceolate, in., subpersistent, reflexed ; leaflets thin, finely pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, not at all coriaceous, a much paler green beneath than above, 

 exstipellate, 2-3 in. long ; the end one ovate-acuminate, distinctly stalked. Racemes 

 \-^ ft. long, lax, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels in. ; bracts - in., oblong-lanceo- 

 late. Calyx ^ in., densely downy ; lowest tooth linear- setaceous ; the others lanceo- 

 late-setaceous^ twice the tube. Standard glabrous, yellow, very conspicuously veined 

 with purple. Pod 1-1 1 in. by f in., finely downy, 2-seeded, rather recurved, narrowed 

 to both ends. 



19. It. sericea, Spanoghe in Linncea, xv. 195 ; pubescence dense soft 

 spreading, end-leaflet rotundato-rhomboidal obtuse or subacute, pedicels short, 

 lower calyx-tooth linear as long as the tube much shorter than the corolla. 

 Dolichos tonientosus, Roth Nov. Sp. 345 ; DC. Prodr Ai. 401 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 248. D. macrodon, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5555. 



Central and "Western HIMALAYAS, ascending to 5-6000 ft., and hills of WEST 

 PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Malaya. 



Stems woody, slender, wide-climbing, densely clothed with soft short spreading 

 grey glandular hairs. Stipules lanceolate, -f in., subpersistent; leaflets not at all 

 coriaceous, soft with dense short pubescence on both surfaces, sometimes stipellate, pale 

 green both above and beneath, the end one distinctly stalked, deltoid at the tip, the 

 lower half narrowed suddenly to a rather rounded base. Racemes many-flowered, 

 moderately close, including the long peduncle reaching a foot in length ; pedicels 

 much shorter than the calyx ; bracts lanceolate, silky, exceeding the buds. Calyx 

 -f in., densely grey-silky ; upper teeth deltoid-cuspidate, shorter than the tube. 

 Corolla |-f in. ; standard dark purple inside, callose, distinctly auric) ed, silky on the 

 back. Pod 1-1| inTTy f TrT., finely-pubescent, turgid, 2-seeded, rather recurved, 

 t'pped with the long persistent base of the style. 



20. R. bracteata, Benth. MSS. ; pubescence very short canescent not 

 glandular, leaflets rotundato-rhomboidal cuspidate, pedicels short, lower calyx- 

 tooth linear exceeding the tube shorter than the corolla. Dolichos bracteatus, 

 Watt. Cat. 5554. 



UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN, near Benares, Madden. BIRMA; Prome, Jenanghaen and 

 Taong-dong, Wallich. 



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