Atylosieu\ LeguminoscB. 79 



A large twining perennial herb, stems long, much-branched, 

 angular, finely pubescent ; 1. on the main stems much larger 

 than on the lat. flowering branches, rachis (of the former) 

 f— 1 \ in., divaricate, puberulous, stip. inconspicuous, lflts. \-l\ 

 in., obovate-rotundate, obtuse, glabrous above, silvery-white 

 with minute pubescence beneath, venation not prominent; fl. 

 copious, \ in., on rather long slender ped., 4-8 in short 

 corymbose racemes rather exceeding small 1. of the lat. 

 branchlets, often 2 from an axil, bracts roundish, soon falling ; 

 cal. puberulous, lower segm. equal, triangular, acute ; pet. much 

 exserted; pod (not seen) "1-1J in., oblong-linear, beaked, 5-6- 

 seeded." 



Low country to about 2000 ft. ; rare. Hantane ; about Bibile. Fl. 

 Jan. ; yellow. 



Also in S. India. 



3. A. rug-osa, W. and A. Prod. 257 (1834). Wal-kollu, S. 



Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1441. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 215. 



A straggling semi-twining perennial herb, stems furrowed, 

 finely woolly ; 1. variable in size, rachis (of the larger ones on 

 the main stems) \\-2 in., woolly, stip. ovate, obtuse, incon- 

 spicuous, lflts. \\~\\, obovate-rotundate, usually very obtuse, 

 softly velvety above, densely tomentose-velvety and white 

 beneath, with prominent reticulate venation, rather thick ; fl. 

 about \ in., ped. pubescent, shorter than cal., 1-3 together at 

 end of axillary peduncles about equalling 1., bracts small ; cal. 

 densely pubescent, segm. lanceolate-linear, acuminate; pet. 

 not much exserted ; pod 1 in. by \ in wide, with a very short 

 point, densely velvety-pubescent ; 3-4-seeded. 



Montane zone, on dry patana land, 3-6000 ft. ; very common. Fl. 

 Sept.; yellow. 



Also in S. India. 



4. A. scarabaeoides, Benth. PL Jungh. iii. 243 (1854). Wal- 

 kollu, S. 



Herm. Mus. 6. Fl. Zeyl. n. 282. Dolichos scarabcEoidcs, L. Sp. PI. 

 726. Moon Cat. 53. Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1442. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 215. Pluk. Phytogr., t. 52, f. 3. 



Annual (?J with a suberect stem and numerous slender, 

 cylindrical, twining pubescent branches; 1. small, rachis |-i in., 

 pubescent, stip. very smaU, lflts. \-\\ in., oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblong-oval, obtuse, finely velvety above, softly pubescent and 

 grey beneath, with rather prominent venation, 3-nerved at 

 base, thick; fl. small, \ in., ped. shorter than cal., 2 or 3 

 together on very short axillary peduncles ; cal. densely hairy, 



