Smithia.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 329 



fruit ; leaflets 4-5 pairs, often very bristly like the steins ; calyx- 

 lips obtuse,, upper emarginate, lower 3-lobed, softly yellow-bristly ; 



lomentum joints reticulate, bordered 10. blanda. 



Flowers in dichotomously branched lax few-flowered corymbose 

 panicles ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, glabrous, with very few bristles ; 

 calyx-lips accrescent in fruit, the lower the longer, ciliate and 

 with very few bristles ; lomentum joints margined on one side 



papillose 11. salsuginea. 



Flowers blue or purplish, in terminal spherical heads, very numer- 

 ous ; leaflets 9-15 pair, ciliate on the margins and midrib, bristly 

 on the rhachis ; calyx-lips broadly obovate, obtuse, long-bristly 

 toothed on the margins ; bracteoles long ; lomentum joints 

 smooth 12. capitata. 



1. SMITHIA SENSITIVA, Ait. ; F.B. I. ii. 148 ; W. & A. 220 in 

 part, var. a. 



W. Coast, in S. Canara (Hohenacker) ; W. Ghats, in the 

 Anamalai Hills (Wight). 



A diffuse weed with somewhat woody stems, " bi- or tri- 

 ennial (Boxb.)." 



i>. SMITHIA GEMINIFLORA, Roth ; F. B. I. ii. 149; W. & A. 220 

 in part, var. (3. 



W.^Coast and W. Ghats, from S. Canara southwards, east- 

 wards to Mysore and Coimbatore Hills, up to 4,500 ft. 

 An erect herbaceous plant of grassy places and open forest 

 undergrowth. 



3. SMITHIA CONPERTA, Sm. S. geminiflora var. conferta, Baker 

 in F. B. I. ii. 149. 



N. Circars, Hills of Ganjam, up to 4,500 ft. on Mahen- 



dragiri ; W. Coast and W. Ghats, from S. Canara to- 



Travancore, eastwards to Mysore and Coimbatore, up to 



4,000 ft. 



A much branched herbaceous undershrub of open forest 



undergrowth. 



4. SMITHIA SETULOSA, Dalz. ; F. B. I. ii. 149; Bedd. Ic. t. 243.. 



W. Coast and W. Ghats, in S. Canara, Mysore and Wynaad,, 



up to 3,000 ft. 



A tall annual herb up to 4 ft. high, 



5. SMITHIA BIGEMINA, Dalz. ; F. B. I. ii. 149. 



W. Ghats, eastern side, in Mysore at 3,500 ft. (Meebold). 

 A much branched annual with very slender wiry stems. 



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