368 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Atylosia. 



silky-pubescent beneath; pod oblong, '5-' 75 in. long by '25 in. 



broad, thinly grey-silky, 2-3-seeded 2. lineata. 



Leaflets thick, linear-oblanceolate, up to 1*5 in. long, densely 

 white-silky-pubescent; pod small, white-silky, '5 in. long by '25 in. 



broad, 2-seeded 3 sericea . 



Climbing shrubs ; pod distinctly depressed between the seeds : 

 Flowers in lax rather stout racemes ; depressions of pod oblique ; 

 leaflets stipellate : 



Petals exserted, marcescent ; bracts large, elliptic, conspicuous in 

 season of bud, then deciduous ; leaflets coriaceous, densely grey- 

 pubescent beneath 4. volubilis. 



Petals included, not marcescent ; bracts ovate cuspidate, decidu- 

 ous ; leaflets chartaceous, thinly pubescent beneath 5. goensis. 



Flowers in slendf-r short racemes ; depressions of pod straight or 

 slightly oblique ; leaflets exstipellate : 



Calyx-teeth short ; pod more than 1 in. long, 5-7-seeded, thinly 

 white-hoary ; leaflets broadly obovate, obtuse, grey-canescent 



6. albicans. 



Calyx-teeth long ; pod under 1 in. long, with brown hairs : 

 Leaflets broadly obovate, rugose above, prominently reticulate 

 beneath and white-canescent ; pod 3-4-seeded, shortly villous, 



the apex hooked 7. rngosa, 



Leaflets obovate-oblong, only slightly rugose and reticulate, 

 slightly grey-canescent beneath ; pod 4-6-seeded with golden 

 spreading hairs, the apex straight 8. scarabaeoides 



1. ATYLOSIA TRINERVIA, Gamble n. comb. A. Candollei, 

 W. & A. 257 ; F. B. I. ii. 212 ; Wt. Ic. t. 754. 



W. Ghiits, in the Nilgiri Hills, above 5,000 ft., Hills of 



Travancore, at 7,000 ft. 



A handsome shrub with bright yellow flowers. 

 Yar. major, Praiii. A. major, W. & A. 257. Flowers larger, on 

 longer peduncles; leaflets larger and more silky as are the 

 branchlets. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri Hills, about 6,000ft.; Atapadi 



Hills of Malabar, at 5,500 ft. (Fischer). 



2. ATYLOSIA LINEATA, W. & A. 258; F.B.I, ii. 213. A. Lawii, 

 Wt. Ic. t. 93. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara and Mysore to Travancore, at 



3,000 to 5,000 ft. 



A compact ashy-grey bush with yellow flowers. 



