84 L. LBGTJMINOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.); [OroteZam. 



setaceous, corolla much exserted, pod subsessile oblong-cylindrical deiaely 

 pubescent. Wall. Cat. 5423 ; JBenth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 586. 



Bhotan, Chittagong, Biejia, Pegu, Tenassekim. — Dktrib. Malay isles, Philippines. 

 A low shrub with elongated flexuose slender finely downy or glabrescent 

 branches. Stipules setaceous, very minute; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets membranous, 

 narrowed to both ends, 2-4 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below. Baemies 

 short-peduncled, closely 12-30-flowered. Calyx J in. long, finely silky; teeth lanceolate,, 

 as long as tube. Corolla pale yellow, |— J in. long. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 

 hard, 8-10-seeded, densely clothed with spreading pale brown hairs. 



73. C. striata, DC. Prodr. ii. 131 ; shrubby, obscurely silky, leaflets 

 obovate-oblong obtuse or subacute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts 

 setaceous minute, corolla twice the calyx, pod short-stalked glabrous cylindrical. 

 Bat. Mag. t. 3200. 0. Brownei, Beich. Icon. Exot. t. 232 ; BC. Prodr. ii. 130. 

 0. Hookeri, Am. in Ann. 8c. Nat. ser. ii. 3, 248. 0. pisiformis, Gtiill. 8r. Per^ 

 Fl. Seneg. 162. 0. Saltiana, Andr. Bat. Rep. t. 648. 0. latifolia, Sort. Calc. 

 O. pallida and labumoides, Klotzsch in Peters. Mossam. Bat. 57. 



HiMAiATAS to Cetxon and Malacca. — Disteib. Malay isles and spread through 

 Tropical America and Africa. 



An erect low shrub 2-4 ft. high, with robust sulcate thinly silky branches. 

 Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, 3-4 in. 

 long, usually subobtuse, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. 

 Eacemes 20-50-flowered, reaching |-1 ft. long. Calyx \ in. long, thinly silky ; teeth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla glabrous, yellow striped with red. Fods 

 deflexed, rather recurved, 1^2' in. long, 20-30-seeded. 



74. C. labumlfolia, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130 ; shrubby, glabrous, leaflets 

 obovate-oblong acute, racemes elongated very lax, bracts minute deciduous, 

 corolla large much exserted, pod cylindrical glabrous long-stalked. Wall. Cat. 

 5424, cxcl. D ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 275 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 193 ; Balz. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 57. 0. pendula, Bert. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 130. 0. pedunculosa, Bern. ;. 

 BC. Prodr. ii. 132. Olavulium pedunculosum, Besv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ix. 407 v 

 Mheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 27 ; Burm. Zeyl. t. 35. 



Western PENmsuiA, Ceylon, Malacca.— Distkib. Philippines and Malay isles. 



A low shrub with slender elongated terete branches. Stipules ; petiole 2-3 in. ; 

 leaflets membranous, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Bacemes terminal 

 andlateral,|-l ft. long;, pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, turbinate, 

 |-| in. long ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, 

 1 in. deep ; keel very broad with a long incurved beak. Pod 1^2 in. long, 20-30- 

 seeded; gynophore filiform, J-1 in. long, much exceeding that of any other species. 



Grottp 10. BEuItifoliolatas. Leaves usually 5-, but varying from 3- to 

 7-foliolate. Pod glabrous, oblong or linear-oblong, distinctly stalked, many- 

 seeded. Herbs or imder-shrubs. 



75. C. quinquefolia, Linn. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 135 ; herbaceous, branches 

 and leaves below thinly silky, leaflets linear, bracts linear thinly silky, lower 

 pedicels at last as long as the calyx. Ro.rh. Fl. Ind. iii. 279 : Balz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 57 ; Wall. Cat. 5429 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 194 : HI. t. 16^Rheede Sort. 

 Mai. ix. t. 28. 



"Western Peninsula, Ceylon, Birma, Tenasseeim.— Distrib. Malay isles, 

 Philippines. 



_ An erect annual 2-4 ft. high, with robust straight sulcate branches. StipuUs 

 linear, subpersistent ; petioles 1-3 in.; leaflets usually 5, rarely 3, Unear rarely 

 rarrow oblanceolate, 2-4 m. long, obtuse, glabrous above. Raceines usually terminal, 



