Smithia.] l. LEGUMiNOsa:.- (J. G. Baker.) 149 



^arte ; W.S^A. Prodr. 220, ex parte ; Bah. Sr Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 63. S. atyesinica, 

 Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Ahyss. 1838. 



Himalayas to Teavancoeb and Rangoon, ascending to 3000 ft. in Khasia. — 

 BiSTEiB. Madagascar, Abyssinia, Java, China. 



Annual, i-3 ft. high. Stems very slender, much branched, icej/'-rachis bristly, 

 1-1 in. long ; leaflets \-\ in. long, with subparallel edges, bristly mainly on the mi- 

 drib below. Flowers 1-6, in close short-pedunoled racemes from the axils of the upper 

 leaves ; pedicels short, ascending. Cali/x A-J in. long ; lips acute, entire, with a few 

 short deciduous scattered bristles. Joints 4-6, densely papillose on the faces. 



2. S. ^emluiflora, Soth; DC. R-odr. ii. 323; stems not bristly, 

 leaflets small 4-12, flowers in pairs in the axils of the leaves, calyx-Ups equal, 

 corolla yellow. S. sensitiva. Wall, et W. 8f A. loc. cit. ex parte. 



HiMAiAYAs (ascending to 1-3000 ft.) to Ceyxon and Tavoy.— Disteie. Java, N. 

 Australia. 



General habit of the last. Lefiflets obtuse, with parallel sides, 1-| in. long, the 

 bristles of the edge and midrib more copious and longer. Calyx J in., with a few 

 deciduous bristles ; both lips entire, acute. Corolla about twice the calyx. Joints 

 4-6, very turgid and papillose. 



Vae. 1. conferta ; upper nodes congested into dense heads, leaves and calyx more 

 bristly. S. conferta, Sm. ; DC. loc. cit. S. capitata, Sesv. Journ. Bot. i. 121, non, 

 BaU. S. hispidissima, Zolling. Creneesk. Arch. iii. 56. 



3. S. purpurea, Sooh. Bot. Mag. t. 4283 ; stems not bristly, leaflets 

 small 12-24, flowers in sublax peduncled axillary racemes, lower calyx-lip 

 shorter, corolla purple. S. laxiflora, Benth. PL Jurujh. 211. 



Plains of Concan. 



Annual. Stems very slender, |-2 ft. high, iea/'-rachis 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 

 linear, l-f in. long, tipped with a long awn and furnished with a few bristles on the 

 rachis and oblique midrib. Flowers 6-12, in copious short-peduncled secund racemes 

 from the axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels cernuouS ; bracteoles acute or obtuse, 

 g-J calyx. Calyx J-| in. long ; upper lip obtuse, recurved, lower subacute, both with- 

 out bristles. Corolla little exserted. Joints of pod 10-12, reticulkto-venose, not 

 papillose. \ 



4. S. SBXvLiosa,,Dah. in Kew Journ. iii. 208; stems densely bristly, leaflets 

 large 10-12, flowers in copiously panicled secxmd racemes, lower calyx-lip shorter, 

 corolla yellow. Dalz. §• OUs. Bomh. Flora, 63 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 243. 



Plains of Concan, Stocks, Balzell. 



A robust annual, 2—4 ft. high, the stems densely clothed throughout with deflexed 

 bristles. Leaflets linear, j-l| in. long, with a few bristles in the edge and subcentrie 

 midrib. Bacemes 1-2 in. long, dichotomously forked, forming a long thyrsoid paftide, 

 only the lowest subtended by a leaf; pedicels ascending. Calyx f in. long, densely 

 clothed with minute bristles ; upper lip broad, obtuse, recurved ; lower much smaller, 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla twice the calyx. Joints 10-12, reticulato-venose, not pa- 

 pillose. 



** Calyx ?nemhranous, its veins not so close and distinctly anastomosing. 



5. S. big'emina, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 208; stems minutely bristly, 

 leaflets 4, flowers in short axillary racemes, bracteoles minute, joints 6-8 

 echinulate. Dalz. Sr Cribs. Bomb. Flora, 64. 



Plains of Concan, Stocks, Balzell ; Dekkan, near Poonah, JaequeTnont. 

 Annual, very diffuse, with very slender stems, 1 ft. or less high. Xca/-rachis J in. 

 long; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, |-i in. long, minutely bristly 



