352 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Glycine. 



racemes, usually 7-foliolate leaves and oblong lanceolate 

 mucronate leaflets, the end one much the longest. 



36. Teramnus, S\\. 



Slender twining herbs. Leaves pinnatelj 3-foliolate ; stipules 

 small; stipels subulate. Floiuers very small, in very slender 

 axillary racemes, solitary or fascicled on the rhachis, sometimes 

 in fascicles or pairs ; bracts small ; bracteoles linear or lanceolate. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, teeth distinct or the 2 upper connate 

 to the middle. Corolla little exserted ; standard obovate, nar- 

 rowed into the claw ; wings oblong, narrow, adherent to the obtuse 

 keel, both long-clawed. Stamen* monadelphous ; anthers alter- 

 nately perfect and small and sterile. Ovary sessile, uiaiiy-ovuled; 

 style short, thick, not bearded ; stigma capitate. Pod linear, 

 compressed, narrow, septate between the seeds, ending in a hook 

 formed by the persistent style. Seeds slightly oblong, estro- 

 phiolate. 



Leaflets ovate, acute, nearly glabrous, end one up to 2 in. long, side 

 ones 1'5 in.; racemes very slender, nearly glabrous; pod glabrous 



except a few acicular hairs 1 . labialis. 



Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, strigosely hairy, end one up to 6 in. 

 long, side ones as long or slightly shorter ; racemes slender, villous 

 with tawny spreading hairs ; pod also villous with tawny hairs 



2. mollix. 



1. TERAMNUS LABIALIS, Spr. ; F. B. I. ii. 184. Glyci.-n.fi labialis, 

 Linn. ; W. & A. 208 ; Wt. Ic. t, 168. 



N. Circars, in Godavari ; Deccan, in Mysore and Coimba- 

 tore ; Carnatic, about Madras and in S. Travaiicore, wide- 

 spread but not common. 



A twining herb with ovate acute leaflets, minute reddish 

 flowers and narrow elongate papery hooked pods which 

 open early and twist in spirals. 



2. TERAMNUS MOLLIS, Benth. T. labialis var. mollis, Baker in 

 F. B. I. ii. 184. Glycine mollis, W. & A. 209. 



Brumagiri Hills, Malabar (Beddome) ; Tinnevelly Hills 



(Wight). 



A twining herb. 



