Thermo^sis.] l. leguminosj!. (J. G. Baket.) 63 



2. T. Inflata, Oamb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bat. iv. 34, t. 39 ; finely downy, 

 leaflets oWate-cuneate, corolla yellow, pod brpad-oblong. Bmth. in Hooh. 

 Bond. Journ. ]i.^\. 



Htmat.a tab of Tibet and Kunawae, alpine region, alt. 15-17,000 ft. 



General habit of the last, but not more than half a foot high. Bootatoch woody, 

 widely creeping. Leaves sessile j leaflets fleshy, glaucous, |-» in; Stipules like the 

 leaflets in shape and texture. Racemes close, 6-10-'flowerea. Mowers short-stalked, 

 in twos or threes. Calyx finely silky, the three lower teeth as long as the tube! 

 Fod short-stalked, 6-10-Beeded, oblong, an inch or more thick, more membranous and 

 flexible than in T. harhata, and dehiscing less readily. 



3. XtOTKXA, Pars. 



Diffuse annuals. Beanes petioled, digitately 3-foliolate. Flowers copious, 

 minute, in the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tvhe turbinate, the teeth as long as 

 the tube, the two upper broader and arched. Corolla scarcely exserted, all the 

 petals narrow, nearly straight, distinctly unguiculate, those of the keel scarcely 

 tohering. Filaments united in a tube whicli is slit along the top ; anthers 

 uniform, miuute. Ovary sessile, Unear, oo-ovulate ; style short, straight, fili- 

 form, stigma capitate minute. Pod linear, slender, nearly straight, compressed, 

 continuous within. — ^Distkib. Two species, the other Trop. African. 



1. R. trifoliata, Pen ; DC. Prodir. ii. 382 ; Wall. Cat. 6821 ; Wt. ^ 

 Am. Prodr. 195 ; Wight Ic. t. 199. Lotus indicus, 2)esj*. in Bam. Fmic. iii. 

 606. Trigonella indica, Binn. ; Boxb. Fl. Bid. iii. 389. DUlwynia trifoliata, 

 Moth Cat. iii. 71. Gclycine leptocarpa, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5615. Hosackia 

 indica, Cfrah. in Wall. Cat. 5940. 



Teopicai, Plains from Btoidelkund to Ceylon. — Distbib. Australia. 



A ' eopiously-branched diffuse annual with slender stems a foot or more long. 

 'Impales &ee, minute, J-lunate, persistent ; petioles shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets 

 oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely mucronate, rather fleshy, silky, ^-1 in. long. 

 Flowers 1-4, on short pedicels in the axils of most of the leaves. Calyx silky, 

 |-| in. Corolla inconspicuous, fugacious. Fod 1 J-2 in., silky. Seeds 20 or more. 



4. ARGVROXiOBXVni, Fckl. ^ Zeyh. 



Herbs or shrubs. Beaves digitately S-fbliolate ; stipules free. Flowers 

 yellow, in terminal or Idaf-ojpposed racemes or umbels. Calyx 2-lipped, slit 

 nearly to the base, with (ia Indian species) 5 distinct teeth, 2 to the upper, 

 3 to the lower lip. Corolla scarcely if at aU exserted ; standard roundish ; 

 wings oblong ; keel-petals broad, joined down the back to the obtuse incvirved 

 tip. Stamens moiladelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary linear, sessile, 

 oo-ovTiled ; 'style elongate^ filiform, curved gradually upwards inside the keel', 

 stigma minute oblique. Pod linear, straight, contimious within, compressed, 

 subtorulose. — Disteib. Species 40-50, mostly South African. 



1. A. AaceiAum, ■ Jdub. 8f Spach in Ann.Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xix. 48; 

 l;erminal le£|,flet lanceolate acute, upper lip of ca],yx as long as lower, 4 upper 

 teeth deltoid, lowest subulate. Benth. in Hooh. Bond. Jowm. iii. 350. Oytisus 

 flaccidus, Royle III. 197. Glycine ? flaccida, WdU. Cat. 6517. A. divaricatum, 

 Javh. Sf Spach. loo. cit, ; Ml. PI. Orient, i. 116. 



