Sopkora.] Leguminoscz. 95 



pod moniliform, indehiscent, few-seeded. — Sp. 20 ; 10 in FL 



B. Ind. 



Lflts. 15-23. 



Fl. yellow • . . 1. S. tomentosa. 



Fl. violet 2. S. VIOLACEA. 



Lflts. 7-1 1 ; fl. white 3. S. zeylanica. 



1. S. tomentosa, L. Sp. PI. 573 (1753)- Mudu-murung-a, 6". 



Herm. Mus. II. Fl. Zeyl. n. 163. Moon Cat. 33. Thw. Enum. 94. 



C. P. 14S7. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 249. Herm. Hort. Lugd.-Bat. t. 171. 



A small tree, the branches and whole plant covered with 

 short, soft, grey velvety pubescence ; 1. large, shortly stalked, 

 rachis 4-7 in., cylindrical, tumid at base, lflts. 15-17 (7 or 8 

 pair and end one) often alternate, shortly stalked, i-i| in., 

 broadly oval, obtuse and rounded at both ends, the margin 

 somewhat reflexed, rather thick, the lower surface with more 

 dense pubescence ; fl. rather large f— 1 in., ped. as long as cal.,. 

 jointed near the top, rather closely arranged in stout, erect 

 stalked racemes about 6 in. long, bracts acicular, shorter than 

 ped., deciduous; cal. somewhat inflated, densely velvety, segm. 

 very small, tooth-like ; pod long-stalked, 2-6 in., moniliform, 

 the joints separated by narrow necks as long as themselves, 

 sharply pointed, covered with velvety down ; seeds 1-8, f in. 

 diam., nearly globular, pale brown. 



On the seashore; rather rare. Bentota; Galle; Batticaloa; Jaffna. 

 Fl. July, Aug.; sulphur-yellow. 



On Tropical shores throughout the world. 



2. S. violacea, Thuu. Enum. 94 (1859). 

 C. P. 3546. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 249. 



A small undershrub, bark pale yellowish-grey, young parts 

 finely pubescent, 1. numerous, closely placed, spreading, rachis 

 5-8 in., slender, cylindrical, nearly glabrous, lflts. 17-23 (8-1 1 

 pair and end one) very shortly stalked, oblong-oval f-i in., 

 obtuse at both ends, glabrous, thin, glaucous beneath ; fl. 

 numerous, over § in., ped. as long as cal., pubescent, racemes 

 erect, 6-8 in., bracts minute ; cal. tubular-campanulatc, set. 

 obliquely on ped., slightly pilose, segm. very shallow, rounded ; 

 pod 2-3 in., stalked, moniliform with a broad flattened neck 

 between the joints and shorter than them, long-beaked, seeds 

 1-4, ovoid, compressed, red, afterwards brown. 



tttry ; very rare. Near Dewinuwara bet. Matara and Dik- 

 welle, S. Prov. (Thwaites) ; near Trincomalie (W. Morris). Fl. April, 

 Sept.; violet. 



