Mundulea.] Leguminoscz. 29 



with black, glandular dots, veins prominent beneath, stip. 

 triangular, acuminate ; fl. small, on short ped., crowded in 

 a dense spicate raceme f in. long, terminating a stiff, erect, 

 axillary peduncle about 2 in. long, bracts membranous, acute, 

 gland-dotted ; cal. hairy, gland-dotted, segm. obtuse ; pod 

 T V in., enclosed in cal. and scarcely exceeding it, broadly 

 ovoid, glabrous, black, indehiscent 



Dry region; rather rare. Anuradhapura ; Nalande; Delft I. (Gardner); 

 Mannar. Fl. Feb., Aug., Nov. ; purple. 

 Throughout Peninsular India. 

 Arnott (1. c.) states that Ceylon specimens are sometimes 3-foliolate. 



Ceylon has no species of Millettia, of which 24 species are included in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



7. MUNDULEA, DC. 



Small tree; 1. imparipinnate ; fl. large, in terminal racemes ; 

 cal. deeply campanulate, segm. short, two upper connate; pet. 

 about equal, standard with long claw, wing-pet. coherent with 

 keel near the base; stam. monadelphous, anth. uniform; style 

 long, curved ; pod linear, flat, scarcely dehiscent, few-seeded. — 

 Sp. 3 ; 1 in Fl. B. hid. 



Til. suberosa, Be?ith. Pl.Jungh. iii. 248 (1854). 

 Tephrosia su&erosa, DC. Thw. Enum. 84. C. P. i486. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 110. Wight, 111. t. 82. 



A small slender tree or erect shrub, 10-15 ft. high, with 

 pale corky bark, young twigs densely pilose-velvety ; 1. 

 numerous, rachis 4-6 in., densely silky-pubescent, stip. small, 

 linear, lflts. 13-23 (6-1 1 pair and end one), the lower ones 

 often alternate, shortly stalked, f-i|- in., narrowly ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous and bright green above, 

 silky and silvery beneath ; fl. large, on pilose ped. \ in. long, 

 in rather dense terminal racemes ; cal. silky, segm. broadly 

 triangular, acute ; pet. over f in., standard silky outside ; pod 

 2-3 \ in., linear, straight, rostrate, strongly compressed, densely 

 velvety, with short, golden-brown hair, thickened at sutures ; 

 seeds 2-7, about \ in., yellowish-brown. 



Rocky hills in the dry region ; rare. Dambulla Hill, abundant ; 

 rocks near Habarane. Fl. March, Sept., Nov.; bright pinkish-violet. 



Also in S. India, Trop. Africa, Madagascar. 



It is just possible that this pretty shrub may have been originally in- 

 troduced to its few Ceylon localities. It is sometimes cultivated in 

 gardens. 



