Mhynchosia.^ LEGUMINOSAE. 375 



10. RHYNCHOSIA CYANOSPERMA, Benth.; F. B. I. ii. 222. 

 Cyanospermum tomentosum, W. & A. 260 ; Wt. 111. t. 81. 

 Cylista toDientosa, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 221. 



N. Circars, in the Hills of Yizagapatam, at 4,500 ft. ; 

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

 to 4,000 ft. 



A stout woody climber with large velvety leaves and red 

 yellow or white flowers, the 2 seeds blue-black. 



11. BHYNCHOSIA MINIMA, DC. ; F. B. I ii. 223. R. medicaginea, 

 DC. and R. nuda, DC. ; W. & A. 238. 



Circars, Deccan and Carnatic and westwards to the foot 

 of the Ghats, in dry places. 



A slender trailing annual with small obtuse leaflets and 

 small yellow flowers. 



Yar. laxiflora, Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 223. Leaflets larger and 

 acute at apex ; racemes longer and laxer. 

 Circars and Deccan. 



12. BHYNCHOSIA VELUTINA, W. & A. 238 ; F. B. I. ii. 224. 



Fort St. George (Bulkeley, 1,700) ; Tanjore and Tinnevelly 



(Wight). 



A wide trailing herb with suborbicular leaflets, grey- 



canescent beneath. 



13. RHYNCHOSIA VISCOSA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 225. Dolichos 

 glutinosus, W. & A. 248. 



Deccan, Hills of Kurnool ; W. Ghats, Bolampatti Valley 

 in Coimbatore and Lower Pulneys, up to 1,500 ft. ; 

 Shevaroy Hills of Salem. 

 A climber with glandular branches and yellow flowers. 



14. RHYNCHOSIA SERICEA, Span. ; F. B. I. ii. 225. Dolichos 

 tomentosus, W. & A. 248. 



Deccan, Kondapalle in Kistna; W. Ghats, from Mysore 

 to the Pulney Hills, up to 4,000 ft. 



A climbing shrub with soft silky pubescence and long 

 racemes of purple flowers. 



15. RHYNCHOSIA ACUTISSIMA, Thw. ; F. B. I. ii. 226. 



Evergreen forests of the low country of Travancore 

 (Beddome, Rama Rao). 



A slender climber with pale brown tomentum and long 

 acuminate leaflets. 



