126 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XII, 



Racemi 



22-5 cm 



longi, pedunculati. Flores gemini, 7-8 mm. longi ; pedicellis 

 2 5 mm.— 10-2 mm. longis, sericeis; bracteis minutis, subulatis, 

 2*1 mm. longis. Calyx extra albo-sericeus ; tubus campa- 

 nulatus 2-1 mm. longus 3-2 mm. diametro; lobi subulati, basi 

 tnangulari, 19 mm. longi. Vexillum purpureum, extra albo- 

 sericeum, orbiculato-cordatum , apice breviter emarginato, 

 75 mm. longum 10-2 mm. latum; alae 6-3 mm. longae; carina 

 5 mm. longa. Ovarium albo-flavidum , sericeum; stylus in- 

 curvus, glabrescens; stigma penicillatum. Legumen omnino- 

 falcatum vel paene circinnatum, mucronatum, 3-17 cm.— 8-89 

 cm. longum, 6-3 mm. latum, tenuiier reticulatum, puberulum. 

 Semina subreniformia, glauca, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. 



A very low perennial, about 2 feet high, very rigid. 

 Young branches angular, finely appressed— white-silky. Leaves 

 imparipinnate, 2-4 in. long, the terminal leaflet somewhat 

 larger than the rest; rachis appressed-sericeous ; pulvinus in 



conspicuous. 



i in. long. Leaflet 



5-11, very narrowly oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex acute and 

 mucronate, lateral 1 in.-lj in. long, £ in.-£ in. broad, ter- 

 minal l s in.-l§ in. long, £-f in. broad, argenteocanescent 

 with appressed hairs on both surfaces; secondary nerves 11-13 

 pairs, parallel and very close together. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes laxly arranged, geminate, usually 1 long and 1 short- 

 pedicelled. Bracts minute, subulate, T V in. long. Pedicels 

 also white-silky, rV £ in. long. Calyx white-silky; tube cam- 

 panulate ,' T m . long, | in. in diameter, lobes subequal, 

 subulate from a triangular base, almost equalling the tube, 

 lV in. long. Standard rich purple but white-silky outside, 

 orbxcuiar.cordate apex emarginate, & in. long, I in. broad. 

 Wings glabrous, J in. long. Keel ± in. long. Ovary yellowish- 

 white, sericeous, J in. long. Style incurved and slightly bent, 

 glabrous. Stigma penicillate. Pod completely falcate or some- 

 times even circinate, thin, flat; with reticulations above, 3-5 

 seeded, mucronate, U in.-3j in. long, | in. broad, very sparse! v 

 appressed hairy. Seeds obscurely reniform, glaucous; ] hi. 



Sind :— Naushahro, collected in fruit in February and in 



f^K ir \? Ct « be o' by the local Forest Officer and communi- 

 cated by Mr. R. S. Hole. 



Herb^ri J umr NA: ~ C011 ' Maj ° r Roberts < sheet in the Calcutta 



The most important peculiarity of this species lies in the 

 pod the shape of which varies from falcate to circinate. Adopt- 

 ing the division into subgenera given in the Flora of British 



/ •*? '*u s P ecies would 8eem to come under Reineria, DC. 

 (with the exception of the pod), but the writer is inclined to 

 regard this as forming the type of a separate subgenus distinct 

 trom the above. The key for facilitating the recognition of the 



