Rhynchosia.] Leg2imillOSCB . &$ 



clothed with a few long hairs ; seed solitary, ^ in., with a 

 rather large 2-lipped aril. 



Low country ; rare. Jaffna (Gardner) ; Colombo (Ferguson). 

 Also in S. India. 



R. aurea, DC, is given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. on the faith of a 

 specimen in Hb. Kevv, labelled by Bentham ' Ceylon, Walker.' It is not 

 unlikely to occur, but has not been noticed by any one else. Figured (as 

 Nomismia capitata) in Wight, Ic. t. 295. 



3. It. suaveolens, DC. Prod. ii. 387 (1825). 

 Thw. Enum. 441. C. P. 3851. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 221. 



An erect undershrub, stems covered with a fine viscous 

 pubescence, branches numerous, spreading, slender, fiexuose ; 

 l.-rachis 1-1J in., slender, pubescent, stip. linear, persistent, 

 lflts. \\-2\ in., lanceolate or oval, acuminate, acute, very thin, 

 finely pubescent on both sides ; fl. small, on short ped., soli- 

 tary or 2 at end of stiff slender peduncles shorter than 1. ; cal. 

 hairy, segm. twice as long as tube, linear, setaceous ; pod f in. 

 by \ in. wide, with a very short decurved point, finely pubes- 

 cent ; seeds 2 with a distinct external line between them, 

 small, with well-marked aril. 



Dry region ; very rare (?). Trincomalie (Glenie). 

 Also in Peninsular India. 



4. R. cana, DC. Prod. ii. 386 (1825). 



Flemingia biflora, Moon Cat. 53. Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1280. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 222. 



A small erect shrub, with very numerous ascending stems 

 with short slender lateral branches, all covered with short 

 dense spreading hair; 1. numerous, much larger on the stems 

 than on lat. branches, rachis (of former) 1 in., hairy, stip. very 

 small, acicular, lflts. 1-2 in., oval, acute (on lat. branches much 

 smaller, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate), slightly pubescent 

 above, softly velvety - pubescent, paler and with prominent 

 reticulate venation beneath ; fl. small, on short slender nod- 

 ding ped., 2 together at end of peduncles shorter than 1. ; cal. 

 hairy, segm. linear, setaceous, longer than tube ; pod about 

 I in. by ( in. wide, with a minute apiculus, turgid, very finely 

 pubescent ; seeds 2 without any partition between them, 

 ovoid, aril small. 



Low country ; rather common, growing gregariously. Near Kalu- 

 tara; Badulla; Nilgala and Lunugala; Jaffna District. Fl. Dec-March ; 

 yellow. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



a gives the S. name ' Gas-kollu ' for this. 



