82 LeguminoSCS. [R/iync/iosza., 



turgid ; seeds I or 2, with or without a small white aril round 

 oblong hilum. — Sp. 80 ; 22 in Fl. B. Lid. 



Seeds with a distinct aril. 



Cal.-segm. oblong, obtuse 1. R. RUFESCENS. 



Cal.-segm. acuminate or setaceous. 



Pod circular, i-seeded; annual {Nomismid) . 2. R. NUMMULARIS.. 

 Pod 2-seeded ; shrubs. 



Pod with a distinct partition between seeds 3. R. SUAVEOLENS. 

 Pod without a partition . . . . 4. R. CANA. 

 Seeds without an aril. 



Cal.-segm. oblong, obtuse {Cyanospermimi) . 5. R. cyanosperma. 

 Cal.-segm. acute. 

 Racemes elongated. 



Lilts, obtuse 6. R. minima. 



Lflts. acute. 



Ped. very short . . . . . 7. R. VISCOSA. 



Ped. longer than cal 8. R. acutissima. 



Racemes capitulate 9. R. densiflora. 



1. R. rufescens, DC. Prod. ii. 387 (1825). 



Lespedeza (?) indica, Spr., Arn. Pug. 14. Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1424.. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 220. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 189. 



An erect, annual (?) herb, semi-woody below, with long, 

 slightly twining, densely pubescent branches; l.-rachis i-ijin., 

 pubescent, stip. minute, caducous, lflts. f-ij in., lanceolate or 

 oval, acute, finely silky on both sides, with raised reticulate 

 venation beneath; fl. rather small, shortly pedicellate, 1-4, 

 distant in very slender elongated racemes, bracts minute ;, 

 cal. finely pubescent, segm. very much longer than tube,, 

 oblong, obtuse, imbricate, somewhat enlarged in fruit ; pet. 

 rather shorter than cal. ; pod \-% in., roundish with a short 

 beak, pubescent; seed solitary, black, shining, with a succulent 

 2-lipped aril. 



Dry region ; rather rare. Batticaloa District, common (Thwaites).. 

 Fl. March; yellow. 



Also in India and Java. 



2. X&. nummular ia, DC. Prod. ii. 386 (1825). 



Nomismia nummularis W. and A., Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1439. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 221. Wight, Ic. t. 283. 



Annual, stems long, prostrate, trailing, hairy; 1. variable 

 in size, rachis 1-3 in., pubescent, stip. small, ovate, acuminate, 

 lflts. 1-2 in. wide, shorter than broad, truncate or very obtuse,, 

 thick, finely pilose on both sides, the lat. ones much dilated 

 in lower half; fl. small, on short ped., 4-8 in distant pairs, 

 racemes stalked, usually shorter than 1.; cal. hairy, segm. 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; pod circular, \ in. diam., tipped with a 

 sharp point, strongly wrinkled with veins on both sides,, 



