88 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Tngonella. 



obovate ; base deltoid, entire. Flowers 1-6 usually 2-4, sessile or on a short common 

 peduncle in the axil of leaf. Calyn §■ in., subcylindrieal ; teeth setaceous, shorter 

 than tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Fod 1-2 in. long, felcate, ^ in. broad, much 

 ■wrinkled transversely, 10-20-seeded. 



4. T. bamosa, lAnn. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 183 ; pod small not beaked, reti- 

 culations close transverse, flowers 6-12 in short-peduncled racemes. Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 84. T. obcordata, Wall. Cat. 5986 ; £enth. in Boyle Itt. 197. T. 

 nervosa, Klotzseh in Beise Pr. Wald. Bot. 158, t. 1, fig. 1. 



Included amongst Wallich's plants, with the habitat of Tikari {Hamilton), but a 

 Ajubtful native of India proper. — Distbib. Afghanistan, Egypt, Nubia, Cape. 



Annual, glabrous. Stems caespitxjse, diffuse, 1 ft. or more long. Stipules broad, 

 deeply cut ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, shallowly toothed, -f-^ in. long ; base deltoid, 

 entire. Bacemes close, equalling or falling short of the leaves, terminated by a spine. 

 Calyx short-pedicelled, under ^; in. deep ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. 

 Corolla three times the calyx. Pod |— ^ in. long, much curved, 4— 6-seeded. 



•«» pg^ linear or linear-oblong flat. 



5. T. gracilis, Benth. in Boyle III. 197 ; glabrous, peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered, corolla distinctly exserted, pod linear straight 6-8-seeded. 



Kashmih, Kumaon, GuR-wHAi, &c., alt. 5-7000 ft. 



Stems very slender, trailing, 1-1^ ft. long. Stipules linear, faintly toothed; 

 petiole shorter than leaflets, often scarcely any ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, j-J in. long, 

 finely inciso-dentate, veins raised. Peduncles filiform, exceeding leaves, ending in a 

 conspicuous awn. Oalyx ^ in. ; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Pod |— J in. by 

 ^ in., marked with distinct rather close transverse veins. 



6. T. pubescens, Bdgw. MSS. ; finely downy, peduncles 1-3-flowered, 

 corolla slightly exserted, pod Unear-oblong stijiight ltf-12-seeded. 



Hazaea, KisHjim, Kumaon, Piti, Kunawab, &c., alt. 5-10,000 ft. 



Stejns more branched and stouter than in the last, reaching 1 ft. or more long. 

 Stipules linear, faintly toothed ; petiole shorter than the blade ; leaflets obovate- 

 obloBg, cuneate at the base, distinctly inciso-dentate, ^— | in. long. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves, not ending in an awn. Calyx ^ in., finely downy ; teeth linear-setaceous, 

 exceeding the tube. Pod do-B;ny at first, J-| in. by ^ in. ; veins transverse, distinct, 

 very close. 



7. T. emodi, Benth. in Boyle HI. 197 ; flowers 4-6 rai-ely up to 12 

 closely racemose, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod linear-oblong straight 4^6- 

 seeded. Melilotus emodi. Wall. Cat. 5941. TrigoneUa himalaica. Wall. MSS. 

 T. cachemiiiana, Cami. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 36, t. 41. Botryolotus cachemy- 

 rianus, Javh. Sr Spach. Blust. i. 125. T. rhytidocarpa, Boiss. Sf ; Bal. Fl. Orient. 

 ii. 78. 



Kashmir, to Nipal, alt. 4^10,000 ft.— Disthib. Afghanistan, Persia, Orient. 



Habit and infiorescence of T. corniculata, from which it mainly differs in pod. Stems 

 glabrous, copiously branched, 1 ft. or more high. Stipules slightly inciso-dentate, 

 points linear-setaceous ; leaflets obovate, distinctly inciso-dentate in the wild form. 

 Ped.uncles 1-2 in. long, terminated by a distinct point. Calyx glabrous, |-§- in. ; 

 teeth linear, as long as the tube. Pod ^ in. by ^ in., glabrous, -with close dis- 

 tinct raised veins. 



8. T. corniculata, Linn. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 184 ; flowers 6-12 closely race- 

 mose, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod narrow linear falcately recurved 4r-8- 

 seeded. Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 389 ; W. S^- A. Prodr. 196 ; Wight Ic. t. 384 : Sibth. 

 Sf Sm. Fl. Ch-cBca, t. 761 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 83. T. elatior, Sibth. Sf Sm. Fl. 

 Orcsca, t. 762. T. fimbriata, Boyle III. 197. T. esculenta, WUld. ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 185 ; Wall. Cat. 5985. 



