Fsoralea.] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 103 



18. PSORAXiEA, Linn. 



Herljs or underslirubs. Leaves simple or odd-pinnate, conspicuously 

 ^gland-dotted. Calyx-tvihe campanulate ; teeth. 5, distinct. Corolla little ex- 



serted ; petaJs all with distinct claws ; keel obtuse, the tip slightly incurved. 



Upper stamen free or connate, the tube in an early stage often closed ; anthers 

 .small, imiform or sligtitly dimorphous. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, ovulate ; 

 -style long, filiform, incurved, stigma minute, terminal. Pod ovoid or oblong, 



1-seeded, indehiscent, the pericarp adhering to the seed. — Distrib. Species 

 -about 100, mainly Cape and N. American. 



1. P. corylifolia, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 218; herbaceous, leaves simple, 

 racemes dense short. Burm. Fl. Ind. 172, t. 49, fig. 2 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 387 ; 

 WaU. Cat. 6351 ; W. %■ A. Prodr. 198 ; Bot. Mag. t. 665 ; Dalz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 60. Triiolium unifolium, Forsk. Flw. ^gypt. Arab. 130 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 t. 49. 



Plains from the HiMALiTAS through India proper to Cetxon. 

 An erect annual, 1-3 ft. high. Branches firm, conspicuously gland-dotted. Leaves 

 'distinctly petioled, roundish, 1-3 in. long, inciso-repand, firm in texture, hoth sides 

 conspicuously dotted with black dots, nearly glabrescent. Flowers 10-30 in dense 



- copious loDg-peduncled heads. Cali/x nearly sessile, ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, long, the 

 lowest longest. Corolla yellow, little exserted. Pod small, black, subglobose, glabrous. 



2. P. plicata, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 221; shrubby, leaves trifoliolate, 

 racemes lax elongated. Delile, Fgypt, t. 37, fig. 3. 



Plains of the Punjab, Thomson, Edgeworth, Stewart. — Disteib. Arabia, Egypt, 

 "Trop. Africa. 



A low copiously-branched shrub, the stems obscurely argenteo-canescent, ver- 

 racose, the denuded brauchlets subspinescent. Leaves short-petioled ; leaflets sub- 



- coriaceous, dull green, oblanceolate, obtuse, repand, gland-dotted below only, reaching 

 •J— 1 in. long, the end one largest, the side ones oblique. Racemes short-peduncled, 

 2-3 in. long ; lower flowers in distant fascicles ; bracts ovate, very minute. Calyx 

 ^ in., clothed with adpressed white hairs, accrescent, clasping tightly the included 

 pod ; teeth short, the lowest longest. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. 



19. COXiUTEA, Linn. 



Shrubs with odd-pinnate leaves and showy yellow flowers in sparse copi- 

 ous axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate, with 5 short teeth. Corolla much 



> exserted ; standard round, fixed in its place by two basal callosities ; keel broad, 

 much incurved, not beaked. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sti- 

 pitate, linear, oo -ovulate ; style filiform, much incurved, bearded along the inner 



-side, stigma large oblique. ' Pod large, membranous, inflated, continuous within, 

 nearly or quite indehiscent. — Disibib. Species 3, or 4, spread through South 

 Europe and Temperate Asia. 



1. C arborescens, lAnn.yw. nepaibnsis. 0. nepalensis, Sims Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2622 ; lAndl. Bot. Reg. t. 1727 ; Benth. in Boyle lU. 198 ; Brarid. Fur. 

 FLim. 



Tempeeate West Himalaya, Ktjnawae, Tibet, Nipal, &o., alt. 8-11,000 ft. — 

 Disteib. Orient, S. Europe. 



A subglabrous shrub, 6-10 ft. high. Leaflets 9-13, obovate, pale green, ^-f in. 



long, often emarginate, obscurely silky in the young state. Racemes .is long as the 



leaves, laxly 3-4:-flowered. Calyx ^-^ in. Corolla bright yellow, | in. long ; standard 



•--.furnished at the base with two nipple-shaped papillae. Fod ^-2 in. long, faintly 



downy when young, splitting at the tip before ripening. 



