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glabrous except on the underside of the leaves ; stems terete ; 

 stipules minute triangular acuminated reflexed; leaves cuneate, 

 narrow obovate, obtuse, upperside glabrous, minutely dotted, under 

 villous ; racemes terminal elongated ; flowers numerous, distant, 

 much larger than the quite glabrous calyx ; legume oblong, broader 

 upwards, glabrous, four times the length of the calyx, many-seeded. 

 On the highest Ghauts ; common. Native name " Dingala." 



6. PEDUNCULARIS, Grah. in Wall, list 5369. Erect, tall, 

 sparingly branched, glabrous all over; stipules wanting; leaves 

 oblong to narrow linear acuminated ; racemes terminal elongated, 

 lax ; flowers distant, very large, on long pedicels ; legume cylindric- 

 oblong, attenuated at the base, glabrous, many-seeded. South 

 Concan and at Vingorla; very common. W. and A. Prod. 186; Syn. 

 C lutescens, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 



7. SERICEA, Retz. obs. iii, 26. Erect-branched, glabrous, 

 except on the underside of the leaves ; stems obtusely angled ; 

 stipules large semisagittate, reflexed ; leaves lanceolate cuneate at 

 the base, mucronate pellucid dotted, upperside glabrous, under- 

 side glaucous, with adpressed silky pubescence ; racemes terminal, 

 elongated, many-flowered ; legume oblong glabrous, shortly stalked, 

 many-seeded. In pasture grounds, Bombay ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 

 273, Syn. C spectabilis, Roth. nov. sp. 341 ; DC. Prod. 2, 125; C 

 juncea ; Willd. ? sp. PI iii, 974 (non Linn). 



8. RETUSA, Linn. Spr. syst. iii, 237. Erect-branched, nearly 

 glabrous, except the underside of the leaves ; stipules and bracteas 

 subulate ; leaves cuneate oblong, retuse or rounded, minutely 

 pellucid dotted ; racemes elongated, many-flowered ; calyx glabrous ; 

 legume oblong, broader upwards, sessile glabrous, many-seeded. 

 Common in sandy soil, in company with the following. Maratha 

 name " Ghagree" ; flowers in February and March. Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. iii, 272; Syn. Lupinus cochinensis, Lour.; DC. Prod. 

 2, 410. 



9. VERRUCOSA, Linn. Spr. syst. iii, 237. Herbaceous, erect, 

 much-branched ; branches angled ; stipules lunate ; leaves ovate, 

 suddenly and shortly acuminated at the base, nearly glabrous ; 

 racemes terminal and leaf-opposed; flowers largish, blue; legume 

 cylindric-oblong, sessile, softly pubescent, many-seeded. Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. iii, 273; Syn. C angulosa, Lam. Encyc. Meth. ii, 197; 

 Ccerulea, Jacquin Ic. rar. t. 144. Very common. 



10. BIFARIA, Linn. Suppl. 322. Herbaceous, procumbent, 

 clothed with somewhat rigid pubescence; branches slender, 

 elongated ; leaves from orbicular to oblong, or narrow linear pube- 

 scent, or at length nearly glabrous ; racemes terminal and leaf- 

 opposed, 1 to 2-flowered ; calyx harshly pubescent ; legumes 

 obovoid, hispidly pubescent or hairy, mottled with purple. Ram 



