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pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets linear-oblong obtusc-mucronulate, 

 reticulated with white veins ; flowers axillary, on a short peduncle, 

 soliiary or twin, purple ; legume linear-compressed, mucronate, 4 to 

 5-seeded, obliquely constricted between the seeds. Climbing on 

 the stems of grasses, in rocky ground in the Mai wan district. 



24. ATYLOSIA, W. and A. 



1. LAWII, Wight Ic. t. 93. Shrubby, erect, tomentose ; leaflets 

 obovate, as long as the petiole ; flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles 

 shorter than the petiole ; legumes short, 2-seeded, involved in the 

 persistent corolla, pubescent. The Ghauts ; common. 



25. PSEUDARTIIRIA,. W. and A. 



1. YISCIDA, W. and A. Prod. 209. Diffuse prostrate; leaves 

 tritbliolate ; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate, terminal rhomboid-ovate ; 

 racemes filiform, elongated ; flowers purple, in threes, on longish 

 pedicels; legume continuous membranaceous, veined and covered 

 with hooked hairs, flat linear, round at the apex, 3 to 4-seeded. 

 Common. Syn. Hedysarum viscidum, Linn. syst. PI iii, 506; 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 356 ; Desmodium viscidum, DC. Prod.2, 336; 

 Glycine viscida, Willd. Pers. Syn. ii, 308 ; Wight Ic. t. 286. 



26. RHYNCOSIA, Lowr. 



1. MEDTCAGINRA, DC. Prod. 2, 386. Twining; leaves trifo- 

 liolate ; leaflets roundish cuneate at the base, underside slightly 

 pubescent, dotted with numerous brownish glands ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; flowers very shortly pedicelled ; calyx segments subulate ; 

 legume pubescent or nearly glabrous, scimitar-shaped, 2-seeded. 

 Very common in the hedges in Guzerat, Deccan. Syn. R rhom- 

 bifolia, DC. loc. cit. ; Dolichos medicagineus, Lam. Encyc. IVleth. 

 ii, 297 ; D scarabreoides, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. as to character and 

 description; Glycine rhombifolia, Willd. sp. iii, 1065; R crovidia, 

 DC. loc. cit. 



27. CYLISTA, Ait. 



1. SCARIOSA, Ait. Hort. Kew. Hi, 512. A perennial shrubby 

 climber ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong or ovate acuminated, 

 downy; racemes axillary short-ped uncled ; segments of calyx very 

 large, thin, scariose, reticulated ; flowers yellow, hid by the calyx ; 

 legumes obliquely oval, downy, enclosed within the calyx, 1 -seeded. 

 Very common in hedges and open jungles, Roxb. Fl Ind iii, 320. 



