84 LeguminoSCB '. \Rhynchosia. 



5. R. cyanosperma, Benth. in Fl. Trop. Africa, ii. 218 (1871). 

 Cylista tomentosa, Roxb., Moon Cat. 53. Cyanospermum tomentosum 



W. and A., Thw. Enum. 92. C. P. 2471. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 222. Wight, 111. t. 84 (Cyanospermum). 



A stout woody twiner, with thick, very pubescent branches ; 

 1. large, rachis ij-4in., softly rufous-hairy, stip. inconspicuous, 

 caducous, lflts. 2-3^ in., broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 finely velvety on both sides, venation conspicuous beneath, 

 stipels large, setaceous, hairy ; fl. rather large, f in., on ped. 

 shorter than cal, numerous, in rather lax softly pubescent, 

 erect or ascending, stout, stalked racemes longer than L, 

 bracts very large, ovate, acute, velvety, quickly falling ; cal. 

 large, densely covered with long soft silvery hair, segm. longer 

 than tube, oblong, very obtuse ; pet. scarcely exceeding cal., 

 persistent ; pod \ in. by about \ wide, slightly exceeding cal., 

 with a short curved point, densely velvety with pale green 

 hair ; seeds 2, with a constriction between them, broadly 

 ovoid or subglobular, very slightly compressed, shining dark 

 violet-blue, without an aril, remaining attached to the valves 

 of pod after dehiscence. 



Upper zone of moist and intermediate low country; rather rare. 

 Ambagamuwa; Allagala; Hanguranketa; Etampitiya. Moon's locality 

 is Four Korales. Fl. Jan., Feb.; pale yellowish-white. 



Also in Peninsular India, E. Trop. Africa and the Mascarene Is. 



Remarkable for the deep metallic blue of the seeds. Moon gives 

 ' Hin-garadiya ' as the S. name. 



6. R. minima, DC. Prod. ii. 385 (1825). 



Burm. Thes. 188. Dolichos medicagineus, Lam., Moon Cat. 53. 

 Thw. Enum. 91. C. P. 1440. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 223. Burm. Thes. t. 84, f. 2. 



Annual, stems numerous prostrate, trailing and slightly 

 twining, slender, much branched, slightly pubescent ; 1. small, 

 rachis \- § in., stip. lanceolate, setaceous, lflts. f-f in., broadly- 

 oval or rhomboid -oval, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous above, 

 pubescent on veins beneath and conspicuously black-dotted, 

 terminal one often broader than long ; fl. very small, \ in., on 

 very short ped., 3-6, racemes lax, slender, exceeding the 1.; 

 cal. pubescent, segm. longer than tube, lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 pod rather over \ in., by \ in. wide, somewhat compressed 

 but slightly turgid, a little curved upwards, finely puberulous, 

 seeds 2, compressed without an aril. 



Low country ; common in the dry region, less so in the moist. Fl. all 

 the year ; yellow. 



Found throughout the Tropics and at the Cape and in United States. 

 Moon calls this ' Maha-wal-kollu.' Burman's description is from speci- 

 mens in Hartog's collections. 



