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7. R. viscosa, DC. Prod. ii. p. 387. 



Flemingia viscosa, Moon Cat. 54 (?). R. villosula, Thw. Enum. 412. 

 C. P. 3790, 3895. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 225. 



Perennial, semi-woody at base, stems stout, twining, closely 

 set with short glandular hairs ; 1. rather large, rachis 2-2J in., 

 viscous-hairy, stip. narrowly triangular, acute, lflts. i^-2\ in., 

 broadly trapezoid-ovate, truncate or subcordate at base, acute, 

 viscous-hairy on both surfaces, thin ; fl. J in., on very short 

 ped., numerous, racemes close or lax, stalked, exceeding 1., 

 bracts ovate acuminate, soon falling; cal. viscous-hairy, segm. 

 acute, upper ones connate for less than half way, lowest one 

 much the longest; pod about \\ in. by f wide, narrowed at 

 base, tapering to long point, somewhat compressed, finely 

 puberulous, when young covered with long yellowish hair 

 aftenvards deciduous ; seeds 2, nearly circular, £ in. diam., 

 with a very small aril. 



Low country; rare (?). Trincomalie (Glenie); Colombo (Ferguson). 

 Fl. Jan.-March ; pale yellow. 



Also in India, Malaya, Trop. Africa, and Mascarene Is. 



8. R. acutissima, Thw. Enum. 413 (1864). 

 Thw. Enum. 413. C. P. 3445. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 226. 



Perennial, branches stout, twining, covered (as in whole 

 plant) with short, soft, fulvous hair ; 1. large, rachis \\-i\ in., 

 stip. lanceolate, deciduous, lflts. 2 §-5 in. trapezoid-ovate, 

 tapering to very long acuminate acute apex, fulvous-pubescent 

 on both sides ; fl. \ in., ped. in pairs, rather longer than cal., 

 racemes equal to or shorter than 1., bracts lanceolate, acute, 

 soon falling ; cal. pubescent, upper segm. connate nearly to 

 end, lowest conspicuously longest ; pod not seen. 



Moist region ; very rare. I have only seen the C. P. specimens which 

 were collected at 3000 ft. on Hantane in Dec. 1859. Fl. pale yellow, with 

 red lines. 



Also in Travancore. 



9. R. densiflora, DC. Prod. ii. 386 (1825). 

 Trimcn in Journ. Bot xxiii. 144. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 226 (not given for Ceylon). 



Perennial, stems slender, twining, clothed with dcflexed 

 silvery hair ; l.-rachis \\-2. in., hairy, stip. small triangular, 

 acute, lflts. \\-2 in., rhomboid-ovate, acute, finely hairy on 

 both sides, thin, conspicuously black-dotted ; fl. § in., on short 

 hairy ped., numerous, crowded in a dense, ovoid, nearly sessile, 

 capitulate raceme, bracts linear, acuminate, hairy, persistent, 



