150 1. LEGUMiNOSJ). (J. G. Baker.) \_Smitliia. 



on the back and edge. Flowers 4-6, in copions short-peduncled racemes ; braeteoles 

 linear,^ the calyx. Caifyx 1 in., turbinate, densely bristle-ciliated; lips equal, upper 

 truncate. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. 



6. S. g^racilis, Benth. in Hohen. PI. Irtd. Or. Exsic. No. 1182 ; steins 

 mated orminutely bristly, leaflets 4-6, flowers in short axillaiy i-acemes, brae- 

 teoles minute, joints 6-8 reticulato-Tenose. Benth. PI. Jungh. 212. 



NiLGHiEis, Schmidt, Wight. 



A diifiise, very slender, perennial, with the general habit and inflorescence of 

 8. bigemina. Leaflets obovate-oblong, |-f in., minutely bristly. Calyx \ in., densely 

 ciliated -with minute bristles ; lips equal, narrower than in the last, the lower acute ; 

 braeteoles linear. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Joints distinctly veined, 

 not at all eehiuulate as in S. bigemina. 



7. S. ciliata, Moi/le III. 201 1. 36, fig. 2 ; stems not bristly, leaflets 6-16, 

 flowers in dense axillary racemes, braeteoles larg-e, joints 6-8 obscurely papiilose. 

 S. pumila, Bm/le MSS. ; W. <h A. Prodr. 220. 



SiMiA and KuMAON to Khasia and Sixkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. Parasnath in Behae. 



Annual. Stems slender, ^2 ft. high. Xeffi/'-rachis i-1 in. ; leaflets linear, J-|in. 

 long, obtuse, distinctly bristly on the edge and midrib below. Flowers up to a dozen 

 in dense copious short-peduncled secund racemes ; braeteoles leafy, oblong, ciliated, 

 nearly as long as calyx. Calyx ^ in., densely bristly-ciliated; upper lip truncate, 

 finally J in. broad ; lower lanceolate. Corolla yellow, little exserted. 



8. S. capitata, J3«fo. «'« -Eew Jmirn. iii. 208; stems not bristly, leaflets 

 20-30, flowers in globose terminal beads, braeteoles large, joints 5-6 smooth. 

 Balz. §• Gibs. Bomh. Flora, 63, nm Desv. ; Bedel. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 244. 



Westeen Peninsula. 



An annual, 1-2 ft. high, with firm shrubby terete branches. Xcfl/-rachis 

 densely bristly, 1 J-2 in. long ; leaflets linear, , |-| in. long, bristly on the back and 

 edge. Flowers in a dense globose head 1 in. thick, at the end of each branch ; pedicels 

 very short ; braeteoles oblong, membranous, bristle-tipped, nearly as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx 4 in. long ; both lips broad, truncated, ciliated with long bristles. Corolla 

 purplish, much exserted. Joints neither venose,, nor papillose. 



9. S. pycnantha, Benth. MSS. ; stems minutely bristly, leaflets 6-8, 

 flowers in globose terminal beads, braeteoles minute, joints 5-6 venose. 



CoNCAN, Stocks, Law. 



An erect annual, ^-2 ft. high, the stem clothed densely with small bristles dilated 

 at the base. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaf-rachis J in. or less long, densely bristly ; 

 leaflets linear, f— ^ in. long, with a few minute yellow bristles in the back and edge. 

 Heads 1 in. or more broad, formed of densely congested racemes; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx ; braeteoles lialf the calyx, obtuse. Calyx | in., with copious sessile black 

 glands and small yellow bristles on back and edge; lips equal, truncate. Corolla 

 yellow, half as long again as calyx. 



10. S. dichotoma, Dakell MSS. ; stems not bristly, leaflets 4r-6, racemes 

 forming a lax corymbose panicle, braeteoles minute, joints 10-12 papillose. S. 

 blanda, Hohen. Plant. Ind. Or, JExsio. No. 146, n<m Wall. 



Western Peninsula. 



Stems annual, very slender, little branched, l-lj ft. high. icn/-rachis 1 in. or less 

 long ; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, •J--i in. long, not aristate, both 

 sides without bristles. Lower racemes of the panicles 5-6-flowered, secund ; pedicels 

 ascending, \-\ in. ; braeteoles linear, \-\ calyx. Calyx membranous, f in. ; lower 

 acute lip slightly longer than the broad truncate upper one. Corolla yellow, half as 

 long again as the calyx. 



