248 L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) [Euchresta. 



with produced nodes. Pod 1-2-seeded, 1-2 in. by -| in., thin, but firm, rather 

 veined, persistently brown-silky, with a narrow wing down the upper and a very 

 obscure one down the lower suture. WESTERN PENINSULA. ; Shevagerry hills, Wight. 

 Pod clothed like that of D. brevipes, but narrower and leaves much smaller. 



90. EUCHRESTA, Bennett. 



Shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers racemed. Calyx deeply campanu- 

 late, very oblique ; teeth 5, deltoid, very short. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard narrow , keel obtuse, its petals scarcely cohering. Stamens diadel- 

 phous (9, 1), but the filaments fastened very slightly ; anthers versatile. Ovary 

 long-stalked, 1-2-ovuled j style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod the size of an 

 olive, turgid, rather fleshy, filled up with the solitary seed. DISTKIB. Species 

 2, the other Japanese. 



1. E. Korsfieldii, Bennett, PL Jav. Ear. 148, t. 31 ; JBcnth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc: iv., SuppL 118. Andira Horsfieldii, Lesch. in Ann. Mus. 16, 481, 

 t. 12 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 476. 



KHASIA MTS.. Hook.fil. $ Thomson. DISTRIB. Java, Formosa. 



An erect shrub, with glabrous leaves and branches. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets 

 3-5, oblong, acute, ft. long, subcoriaceous, opposite, subsessile, pale green, the 

 veins immersed. Flowers (not seen in Indian specimens) in simple peduncled 

 racemes ; pedicels geminate, minutely bracteate, shorter than the calyx. Corolla 



ne white, in. long, twice the length of the calyx. Pod oblong, purplish-black, 

 in. long. 



91. DAXiHOUSXEA, Grah. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 1-foliolate. Flowers in axillary corymbs. Calyx 

 campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla exserted ; petals equal in length ; 

 standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens free ; anthers uniform, oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary subsessile, few-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod oblong, 

 subcompressed, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous, continuous within, 1-3-seeded. A 

 single species, with a peculiar distribution, as it is known only in the East 

 Himalayas and Angola. 



1. D. bracteata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5339 ; Wight Ic. t. 265. Poda- 

 lyria bracteata, Roxl. Cor. PI. iii. t. 259 ; Fl. 2nd. ii. 317. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, tropical region, ASSAM, SILHET, and CHTTTAGONG. 



A subscandent shrub, with slender finely grey-downy branches. Leaves simple, 

 distinctly petioled, oblong, acute or obtuse, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 4-12 in. 

 long; stipules small, lanceolate, subpersistent. Flowers in sparse lax subsessile 

 axillary corymbs about as long as the petioles, terminal on the branchlets, which 

 have several pairs of round membranous large persistent striated bracts ; bracteoles 

 like the bracts, but larger, completely hiding the flowers. Calyx in., silky. Corolla 

 whitish, twice the length of the calyx. Pod 2-4 in. long, the thick discoid seeds an 

 inch broad. 



92. SOFHORA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy, yellow or violet- 

 purple, racemed or panicled. Calyx oblique, broadly campanulate ; teeth 

 deltoid, very short. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad ; petals equal in 

 length, all with long claws ; keel obtuse, or appendiculate in Goebelia, with 

 a small hooked mucro. Stamens free, or obscurely connate at the very base ; 

 anthers uniform, versatile. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style incurved, stigma 



