Khyncliosia.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 373 



Calyx-lobes acuminate, not foliaceous : 



Leaflets small, usually obtuse, under 1*5 in. in diam. : 



Racemes slender, lax, 1-3 in. long ; flowers small, '2 in. long ; 

 pod -5--6 in. long, '2 in. broad, nearly glabrous, slightly curved 



11. minima. 



Racemes short, cymose, about '5 in. long ; flowers larger, '5 in. 

 long; pod 1-1*25 in. long, - 4 in. broad, slightly puberulous, 



much curved 12. velutina. 



Leaflets moderately large to large, acute or acuminate, at any 

 rate over 1 in. in diam. even at the ends of the branchlets : 

 Flowers in more or less lax racemes; pod much longer than 

 the calyx, tipped with the persistent base of the style : 

 Pod acute at apex below the base of the style : 



Pod with bulbous-based setose hairs, as well as pubes- 

 cence : 



Corolla yellow; pubescence glandular; leaflets broadly 

 deltoid, shortly acuminate, rarely over 3 in. long; 

 bracts minute, deciduous ; pod sparsely pubescent 



13. viscosa. 



Corolla purple ; pubescence silky ; leaflets broadly ovate, 

 acute, the end one rhomboid, usually over 3 in. long ; 

 bracts lanceolate, subpersistent ; pod tawny-villous 



14. sericea* 



Pod softly grey-tomentose without setose hairs ; corolla 

 yellow veined with red ; pubescence very short, fulvous ; 

 leaflets rhomboid-ovate, very long acuminate, 3-5 in. long 



15. acutissima. 



Pod obtuse at apex below the curved style, minutely pubes- 

 cent ; corolla yellow ; pubescence softly fulvous ; bracts 

 lanceolate, deciduous ; leaflets deltoid, shortly acuminate, 



coriaceous, up to 4 in. long 16. bracteata. 



Flowers in dense almost capitate racemes ; pod only slightly 

 longer than the calyx, acute at tip, slightly villous ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, silky-villous and dotted with red glands 

 bracts lanceolate, persistent; leaflets rhomboid ovate, acute, 

 membranous, 1-2 in. long 17. densiflora* 



1. RHYNCHOSIA RUFESCENS, DC. ; F.B.I, ii. 220; W. & A. 239. 



X. Circars, from Ganjam to Godavari, at low levels 

 Deccan, in Mysore and Bellary ; Carnatic, dry hills of 

 S. Arcot and Chingleput; W. Ghats, in N. Nilgiris, E. 

 Anamalais and Pulneys, up to 3,000 ft. 



