Heylandia.] L. lequminos^. (J. G. Baker.; 65 



elongated filiform ateuptly incurved at the base ; stigma terminal. Pod oUong, 

 flatj 1-2-seeded. — Disteib. A single endemic species. 



1. H. latebrosa, DC. Mem. Leg. 201; W. <f- A. Prodr. 180; Dah. S,- 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54. Hedysarum latebrosum, lAnn. Mont. 270. H. leiocarpa, 

 DC. loo. eit. ; Wall. Cat. 5342. Hallia liirta, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1169. Cro- 

 talaria uniflora, Koen. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 271. Heylandia hebecarpa, DC. 

 lac. cit. t. 34. Goniogyna hebecarpa, leiocarpa and latebrosa, DC. in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. ser. 1. iv. 91. 



Everywhere in the tropical region from the G-angbtic plain and Soindb to Cetlok. 



A prostrate more or less silky much-branched herb. Leaves close-set, alternate, 

 simple, subsessile, cordate-ovate, l-^ in. long, more produced in the lower half. 

 Flowers in the axils of most of its leaves, subsessile, solitary. Corolla yellow, 

 |-1 in. Pod silky, |-| in. long. 



7. FRXOTROFZS, W. & A. 



Calyx-tube campamilate ; teeth subeqiial. Corolla much exserted ; standard 

 roundish ; wings obovate-oblong ; keel broad, with a long distinct ascending 

 beak. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary distinctly stalked, 

 oo-ovulate ; style long, abruptly incurved at the base, bearded on the inner 

 side, stigma capitate. Pod distinctly-stalked, S-O-seeded, oblong, flattened, 

 continuous withm. — ^Disteib. A single endemic species. 



1. P. cytisoldes, W. ^ A. Prodr. 180 ; Senth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. 

 ii. 594 ; Walp. Ann. iv. 461. Orotalaria cytisoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 276 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 5422 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 131. 



Tropical E^st Himalaya ; Nipal to AvA, ascending to 6000 ft. in SiKKni. 



Undershrub, with the habit of Crotcdaria striata, with slender glabrous branches. 

 Stipules ; petioles as long as the leaves ; leaflets 3, oblong, glabrous, membranous, 

 2-3 in. long, narrowed to both ends. Racemes copious, short-stalked, leaf-opposed 

 apd terminal, closely 12-20-flowered. Calyx 1 in., finely silky ; teeth lanceolate, as 

 long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1 in. I'y 

 I in., narrowed to both ends ; gynophore filiform, quite as long as the calyx. 



8. CXtOTAIiARXA, L. 



Herbs or shrubs of very various habit and vestiture. Leaves simple or 3- 

 foliolate, very rarely odd-pinnate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, 

 often showy. Calyx-tube short ; teeth linear or lanceolate, subequal or shortly 

 connate in two lips. Corolla equalling or exceeding calyz ; standard with a short 

 claw, usually round ; wings obovate-oblong, shorter ; keel broad, equalling the 

 wings, its petals joined down the back, much incurved, distinctly beaked. 

 Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile or stipitate, linear, 

 usually multi- rarely 2-ovulate; style long, abruptly incurved at the base, 

 bearded upwards, stigma minute oblique. Pod sessile or stipitate, straight, 

 linear or oblong, turgid, continuous within, usually many-seeded. — Disteib. 

 Species 2-300 ; spread everywhere in tropical and subtropical regions. 



Sect. I. ILrenariaB, Benth. Rigid copiously stiffly-branched undershrubs; 

 often spiny, with scattered small rigid deciduous simple leaves. — A small group, 

 characteristic of the desert Flora, reaching westward through Arabia and Xoi'li 

 Africa to Senegal. 



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