56 



Ghaut, Law; Belgaum, Ritchie. DC. Prod. 2, 127; Syn. C dicho 

 toma, Roth. nov. sp. 340. 



11. FILIPES, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. ii, 472. Pro- 

 strate, ciliated with long hairs ; stem filiform, very slender ; stipules 

 none ; leaves obliquely cordate ovate or sublanceolate ; peduncles 

 very slender, 1 to 2-flowered i calyx divisions lanceolate, ovary many 

 ovuled ; legume ovoid glabrous, twice as long as the calyx ; leaves 

 scarcely half an inch long ; flowers the size of those of Heylandia, 

 ovules about 20 ; legume 3 lines long. Common about Bombay, 

 Salsette, &c. 



12. EPUNCTATA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, 210. Suffruti- 

 cose diffuse, branched from the base ; branches round, filiform, naked 

 at the base, with the racemes and leaves beneath, strigosely pube^ 

 scent; stipules minute spreading, sometimes wanting; lenves 

 without dots, linear oblong, at length glabrous above ; racemes 

 terminal, 4 to 1 0-flowered ; bracts linear equalling the short pedicels ; 

 calyx half the length of thecorol; upper lip deeply bifid, lower 

 trifid segments subulate; legume cernuous, smooth, transversely 

 reticulated, oblong, a half longer than the calyx, 20-seeded. South 

 Concan ; common. Closely allied to C viminea of R. Graham. 



13. LINIFOLIA, Linn. f. suppl. 322. Cespitose, suffruticose 

 diffuse, branched from the base, more or less strigose ; stipules 

 wanting; leaves from cuneate to linear oblong obtuse, slightly 

 mucronate, strigose beneath ; racemes terminal, elongated, many- 

 flowered ; calyx densely covered with short hairs; legume oblique, 

 roundish- ovoid, sessile glabrous, scarcely so long as the calyx, 

 8 to 12-seeded. Kandalla, Graham ; Surat, in company with C 

 orixensis. DC. Prod. 2, 128; Syn. C caespitosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 iii, 269; C diffusa, DC. Prod. 2, 126; C tecta, Heyne in Roth, 

 nov. sp. 335 ; C montana, Heyne in Roth, p 334. 



14. NANA, Burm. Fl Ind. 156, t. 48, /. 2. Cespitose hairy, 

 branched from the base ; stipules wanting ; leaves oblong, broader 

 upwards, obtuse ; flowers 2 to 3, on short leaf-opposed peduncles, 

 or 5 to 6 in nearly sessile terminal umbels ; calyx very hairy, as 

 long as the corolla ; legume ovoid sessile, glabrous, black, a half 

 longer than the calyx. Malwan, on the sea shore. DC. Prod. 2, 

 127 ; Syn. C biflora, Willd. sp. iii, 978. 



15. UMBELLATA, Wight Cat. No. 700. Branched from the 

 base very hairy; branches ascending, elongated, twiggy ; stipules 

 wanting ; leaves oblong, slightly acute ; flowers numerous, forming 

 a dense terminal umbel ; calyx very hairy, as long as the corolla ; 

 legume globose, sessile, black, glabrous, scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, 6 to 8-seeded. At Vingorla; plentiful; Ram Ghaut, Law. 



16. TRIQUETRA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 34. Annual, 

 branched from the base ; branches prostrate, with spreading hairs, 



