.-] LEGUMIN08AE. 377 



'-4 in. long; floral leaves much broader than long, deeply 



emarginate ; rhachis of inflorescence straight 3. Chappar 



Leaves 3-f oliolate : 



Flowers very small, in lax panicles of racemes ; leaflets oblanceolate, 

 cuneate, plicate, with strong oblique nerves, 1-5-2-5 in. long; pods 



oblong, glandular-pubescent, under -5 in. long 4. lineata. 



Flowers fairly lai^e, in subspicate axillary racemes ; erect shrubs 

 with scariose bracts and 3-ribbed leaflets : 



Branches prominently triquetrous; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 -75 in. long, much exceeding the buds; leaflets oblong- 

 lanceolate, up to 1 ft. long, the ribs not very distinguishable 

 from the other nerves ; calyx-lobes white-silky, not glandular 



short, the lowest the longest 5 dricka 



Branches terete or slightly triquetrous; bracts not exceeding 

 the buds; calyx-lobes linear, elongate ; leaflet ribs prominent : 

 Leaflets thin, acuminate, glabrous except on the nerves 

 beneath : 



Racemes short, 1-5-2-5 in. long; calyx-lobes white-silky 

 prominently dotted with black glands as is the almost 

 glabrous under-surface of the leaflets ; petiole not or only 



slightly winged S. congest a. 



3emes long, up to 4 or even 6 in. ; calyx-lobes tawny-silky, 

 without glands; under-surface of leaflets villous on the 

 nerves, not or only slightly glandular ; petiole winged 



7. semialata. 



Leaflets thick, acute or obtuse, pubescent or tomentose 



beneath : 



Calyx-lobes and pod densely covered with red glands (black 

 when dry) : 



Leaflets obovate, obtuse or subacute, reticulate, grey- or 



tawny-silky beneath 8 . Gr ahamiana. 



Leaflets oblanceolate, acuminate, densely softly golden- 



villous beneath a Wightiana. 



,alyx-lobes covered with hairs springing from yellow glands ; 

 pods not glandular; leaflets small, strongly ribbed and 



nerved and reticulate la WMichiif 



lowers in capitate terminal heads; trailing herbs with small ovate 

 acute leaflets ; calyx-lobes with hairs on yellow bulbous bases pod 

 very small, membranous, 1-seeded H. nilgheriensis. 



1. FLEMINGIA STBOBILIPERA, R. Br. ; F. B. I. ii. 227 exd vars - 

 W. &A. 243; Wt.Ic.t.267. 



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