62 i. LEQUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) IPiptoMtJms. 



Stamens monadelphous. 

 Leaves bipinnate. 



Pod thin, Ugulate, the sutures not thickened . . . 128. Aibizzia. 

 Pod large, turgid, oblong, indehiscent, die sutures not 



thickened . . . : 129- Seeianthbs. 



Pod rather falcate, the sutures much thickened . . 130. Caiiiandea. 



Pod cireinate 131- PiTHECOLOBinM. 



Leaves simply pinnate 132. Inga. 



1. PIPTiSbKTKUS, D. Don. 



A ahiub. leaves digitately S-foliolate. Flowers racemed, 'bTacteate. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth equal, lanceolate- Corolla three times the calyx; 

 petals all with long clavrs ; standard orbicular, erect, margins- reflexed ; wings 

 obovate ; keel-petals obovate-oblong, connate down the back, slightly incurved. 

 Stamens free ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, stalked, downy, 6-l(>K)vulate ; 

 style filiform, incurved; stigma minute terminal. Pod linear, flattened, con- 

 tinuous within. — DisiEiB. A single endemic species. 



1. P. nepalensis, -D. Daa in Sweet, Brit. Flower Oard. t. 264 ; Brami. 

 For. Flor. 182. Thermopsia nepaulensis, BC. Prodr. ii. 99. T. laburnifolia, 

 Dan, Prodr. 239. Baptisia? nepalensis, Hooh. Exot. Flor. t. 131. Anagyris 

 nepalensis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. S340; A.' indica, Lindl. in Trans. Sort. Soo. 

 vii. 245. 



Temperate Himalata, from Simla to Bhotan, alt. 7-9000 ft. 



A shrub 6-10 feet high ; habit of the laburnum ; branches downy. Stipules small, 

 connate, amplexicaul ; petiole 1 in. or less ; leaflets glabreseent, lanceolate, 2-4 in., 

 narrowed to both ends. Flowers 12-20 in subdense racemes ; bracts large, de- 

 ciduous ; bracteoles 0. Calyx downy, deciduous from the base. Corolla yellow, above 

 1 in. long. Pod 2-5 in., 3-10-Beeded. 



2. TKEXtiaOPSXS, B. Br. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves stipulate, 3-foliolate ; bracts large, leafy, free. 

 Flowers showy, usually yellow, racemed. Calyx-tube turbinate ; teeth lanceo- 

 late ; two upper more or less connate. Petals all long-clawed ; standard orbicu- 

 .lax, sides reflexed; wings obovate; keel-petals • obovate-oblong, faintly joined 

 down the back. Stamens free; anthers uniform: Ovary linear, sessile or 

 stalked, oo-ovulate ; style filiform, incm-ved ; stigma minute terminal. Pod 

 turgid, linear or oblong, straight or falcate, continuous within. — Disteib. 

 Species 12, China, Japan, N. America. 



1. T. barbata, Boyle PL 196, t. 32, fig. 1 ; densely shaggy, leaflets 

 oblanceolate, corolla deep purple, pod linear-oblong. JSook. Bat. Mag, t. 4868. 

 Anagyris barbata, Crrah. in Wall. Cat. 5341. 



Temperate and Subalpine Himalaya, from KiSHMiE and Ktwawab to Sikkim, 

 ascending to 11,000 ft. 



Rootstock woody. Ste-ms V ft. or more, copiously branched diohotomously. Leaves 

 sessile, subglabrescent, often opposite ; stipules just like the leaflets in texture and 

 shape. Flowers 6-12, short-stalked, opposite or teruate. Calyx- shaggy,, like the 

 leaves, 3 lower teeth twice the tube. Corolla 1 in, long. Pod short-stalked ^^ in.' 

 broad, 1-6-seeded. ' " ° 



