:350 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Abrus. 



2. ABRUS PULCHELLUS, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 175. 



S. Canara (Barber). 



A wiry climber similar to the last, but with different pods. 



3. ABRUS FRUTICULOSUS, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 176; W. & A. 

 236 ; Wt. Ic. t. 33. 



Malabar and Tinnevelly, scarce. 



A wiry climber with slender branches and very small 



Acacia-like leaves. 



33. Shuteria, W. & A. 



Slender climbing herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipules 

 scarious, striate ; stipels subulate. Flowers in axillary racemes, 

 solitary or in pairs on the rhachis ; bracts persistent, striate ; brac- 

 teoles 2, small. Calyx-tube gibbous, teeth distinct, the 2 upper 

 connate, the lateral ones shorter than the others. Corolla 

 exserted ; standard obovate, narrowed at the base into a claw ; 

 wings oblique, sharply spurred, slightly adherent to the shorter 

 obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. Ovary sub- 

 sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved, not bearded ; stigma capi- 

 tate. Pod linear, flat, recurved, the valves thin, twisted when 

 open, slightly septate. Seeds oblong-reniform, estrophiolate. 

 SHUTERIA VESTITA, W. & A. 207 ; F. B. I. ii. 181, excl. vars. 2 

 and 3 ; Wt. Ic. t. 165. 8. cjlabrata, W. & A. 207. 



N. Circars, on Mahendragiri at 4,500 ft. ; W. Ghats, Hills 

 of Mysore, Nilgiris and Pulneys at 2,000 to 6,000 ft, ; She- 

 varoy Hills of Salem. 



A slender climber with ovate slightly acute mucronate 

 leaflets, the end one subrhomboid, the flowers purplish-red, 

 the seeds brown. 



34. Dumasia, DC. 



Slender twining herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipules 

 setaceous ; stipels minute. Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes, 

 solitary or in pairs on the rhachis ; bracts small, narrow ; brac- 

 teoles minute. Calyx-tube gibbous, cylindrical, mouth very 

 oblique, truncate. Corolla exserted ; standard obovate, erect, 

 auricled on both sides above the rather long claw; wings and 

 keel slightly adherent, very long- clawed, the blades small, obtuse. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary substipitate, 



