28 LegumiflOSCB. [Psoralea. 



I in., shortly stalked, lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, obtuse, 

 with a strongly curved mucro at apex, coriaceous, densely 

 covered with adpressed white hair on both sides ; fl. on slender 

 ped., in nearly sessile crowded racemes much shorter than L; 

 cal.-segm. lanceolate-linear ; pet. very hairy outside ; pod 

 i^in., stout, linear, cylindrical, mucronate, hairy, not torulose; 

 seeds, 10-12. 



Low country very rare. Kalupahane near Haldummulla, at about 

 2000 ft. (Thwaites). Fl. April, red. 

 Also in S. India. 



16. X. galeg-oides, DC. Prod. ii. 225 (1825). 

 Arn. Pug. 11. Thw. Enum. C. P. 1461, 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 100. 



A tall shrub or little tree, twigs angular, glabrous, young 

 parts silvery-pubescent ; 1. imparipinnate, rachis 3-4^ in., 

 channelled on upper side, pubescent, stip. filiform, lflts. 19-23 

 (9-1 1 pair and end one), distinctly stalked, oblong, acute at 

 base, obtuse, finely mucronate, silky on both sides, paler 

 beneath, thin, stipels minute ; fl. on short ped., in dense, erect, 

 spicate racemes ; cal. hairy, segm. short, triangular, acute ; 

 pod 2 in., linear, straight, with a long beak, nearly glabrous ; 

 seeds 8-10, very truncate at ends. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Colombo (Ferguson) ; Welipenna, 

 Pasdun Korale ; Kaduganawa ; Matale (Gardner). Fl. April-August ; 

 pale pink. 



Also in E. Bengal, Malaya, and S. China. 



Often planted for ornament. 



6. PSORALEA, L. 



Annual herbs, dotted with small dark glands ; 1. simple ; 

 fl. in short, dense, axillary racemes; cal. cut about J way 

 down, lowest segm. longest, keel-pet. obtuse, not beaked ; 

 stam. diadelphous, but the upper one often partially connate 

 with rest, anth. nearly uniform ; style long ; pod small, inde- 

 hiscent, 1 -seeded. — Sp. about 100 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



P. corylifolia, L. Sp. PL 764 (1753). Bodi, S. 



Moon Cat. 55. Arn. Pug. 11. Thw. Enum. 84. C. P. 1443. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 103. Bot. Mag. t. 665. 



Annual, 1-3 ft, stem erect, with scattered hairs or nearly 

 glabrous, dotted with glands, slightly branched ; 1. simple, on 

 erect petioles |— 1 in. long, i|-2| in., roundish or broadly 

 ovate, rounded at base, acute or subacute, irregularly repand- 

 dentate, sparingly hairy on both sides, copiously sprinkled 



