58 LeguminOSCB. [Dumasia. 



more lax racemes with more elongated branches, and pe- 

 duncles much exceeding 1. ; pods 2-2^- in. by f in. broad, 

 linear, slightly curved upwards, shortly beaked, thinly hairy; 

 seeds 9 or 10, oblong-ovoid, somewhat compressed, black. 



Dry region ; rather common. Fl. December-Feb. ; pale violet. 

 Also in E. Bengal, Burma, Malay Islands, Trop. and S. Africa. 



22. SHUTERIA,* W.andA. 



Twiner, 1. pinnately 3-foliolate, stipels conspicuous, fl. 

 in short racemes ; cal. tubular-campanulate, with short teeth ; 

 standard exceeding other pet. ; stam. diadelphous ; style 

 beardless, stigma capitate ; pod linear, flat, slightly curved 

 upwards, with several seeds. — Sp. 5 ; 4 in Fl. B. Ind. 



S. vestita, W. and A. Prod. 207 (1834). 



Thw. Enum. 88. C. P. 661. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 181. Wight, Ic. t. 165. 



Stems slender, twining, and branched, very hairy ; l.-rachis 

 i|— 2\ in., hairy, stip. lanceolate, acute, ciliate, lflts. shortly 

 stalked, broadly oval or rhomboid-oval, i-if in., rounded at 

 both ends, apiculate, hairy on both sides, stipels long filiform ; 

 fl. small, on hairy ped., in erect axillary racemes shorter than 

 1., bracts lanceolate, hairy, persistent ; cal. densely covered 

 with long hairs, teeth acuminate; pod i-i| in., linear, nearly 

 straight, compressed, thin, softly hairy ; seeds 5-7, ovoid, com- 

 pressed, brown. 



Montane zone, 4000-7000 ft. ; rather rare. N. Eliya ; Maturata ; 

 Ramboda; Passara. Fl. August, January. 

 Also in the Indian hills. 



23. DUMASIA, DC. 



Twining herb, 1. 3-foliolate, fl. in axillary racemes; cal. 

 tubular, gibbous at base with an obliquely truncate mouth; 

 pet. equal, wings and keel adherent, with very long claws ; 

 stam. diadelphous ; ov. stalked ; pod linear, torulose, 2- or 

 3-seeded. — Sp. 3 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



D. villosa, DC. Mem. Leg. 257 (1825), var. leiocarpa, Benth (sp.). 

 D. fiubescens, DC, Arn. Pug. 12. Thw. Enum. 88. C. P. 663. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 183. Wight, Ic. t. 445 (D. congesta). 



* Named after Dr. Shuter, ' Naturalist on the Madras Establishment,' 

 to whom the genus Shutereia (Convolvulaceae) had, however, been dedi- 

 cated the previous year (1833) °y Choisy. 



