Bimiasia.'] i,. LBGTiMiNOSiE, (J. G. Baker.) 183 



■both sides of the base of the limb ; wings and keel adherent, with small blades 

 and very long claws. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sub* 

 stipitate, few-oruled; style long, flattened above its cm-ve, stigma capitate. 

 Pod linear, falcate, torulose. — Disteib. One other species, in Japan. 



1. D. villosa, DC. Mem. Leg. 257, t. 44 ; Prodr. ii. 241 ; leaves and 

 leaflets distinctly petioled, the latter ovate, corolla twice as long as the calyx. 

 Wall. Cat. 6523. D. pubescens, DC. loo. cit. t. 45. D. congesta, Orah. in Watt. 

 Cat. 5624 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 446. 



Himalayas, from Simla, and Kumaon to Sikkim and Khasia, ascending to 

 6-7000 ft. Hills of Westeen Peninsula and Ceylon. — Distbik. Java, Madagascar, 

 Natal. 



Steins slender, densely clothed with grey or ferruginous hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; 

 stipules minute, setaceous ; leaflets membranous, obtuse, green, -with a few obscure 

 hairs above, grey, densely pubescent beneath ; end one 2-3 in. long. Bacemes 2-6 in. 

 long, lax or close, 12-40-flowered, rarely (J), congesta, Grah.) close, subsessile; bracts 

 and bracteoles minute, setaceous. Calyx |-| in., -with a few adpressed hairs. Corolla. 

 ^1 in., yeUow or purplish. Pod 1^ in. long, velvety, 3-4-seeded. 



Vae. leiocarpa, Benth. PI. Jungh. 231, sp. ; pod and leaflets subglabrous, — Siikim, 

 Khasia, Ceylon. 



2. D. cordlfolia, Benth. MSS. ; leaves and leaflets subsessile, the latter 

 rotundato-cordate, corolla half as long again as the calyx. 



Khasia, 5000 ft.. Hook fil. Sf Thomson. 



Stems very slender, at first finely downy. Stipules linear, very minute ; leaflet* 

 membranous, glabrous, ^1 in. long, firm, pale green. Flowers 6-10, in a close 

 raceme, on a glabrous peduncle l-2jin. long ; bracts and bracteoles linear, very mi- 

 nute. Cailya; glabrous, membranous, J-g- in. long. CoroWa pale yellow. 



58. GXiVCXNE, Linn. 



Twining or suberect herbs. Leaves with 3-7 stipellate leaflets. Flowers in 

 axiUaiy racemes, with [minute narrow bracts. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth 

 distinct, long or short. Corolla mostly little exserted ; petals about equal in 

 length ; standard not distinctly spurred. Stamens more or less completely mona- 

 delphous; anthers imiform. Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled; style short, in- 

 curved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear or linear-oblong, straight or 

 recurved, flat or rather turgid, few-seeded. — DlstMB. Species about 12, spread 

 through tropics of old world, and especially Australia. 



1. G. javanica, L/inn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 242 ; stems slender twining, leaf- 

 lets 3, racemes elongated many-flowered, calyx-teeth long setaceous, pod narrow 

 small. Benth. in Jcmrn. Linn. Soc. viii. 266. Soja Wightii and S. javanica, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6530 & 5528. Notonia Wightii, W. |- A. Prodr. 208. 

 Johnia Wightii, W. Sf A. Prodr. 449. 



Plains of the Westeen Peninsula and Ceylon. — Distbib. Trop. Africa, Natal, 

 Java. 



Stems wide-dimbing, more or less clothed with grey or ferruginous silky hairs. 

 Petioles 1-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, green, with a few adpressed hairs above, grey 

 and pubescent below ; end one ovate, acute, 2-4 in. long. Bacemes short-pedunoled, 

 dense or lax, 1-6 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracteoles long, setaceous. Cali/x 

 ^ in., densely silky ; teeth setaceous, plumose. Corolla reddish, little exserted. Pod 

 linear, straight, 1 in. by ^| in., 4-5-seeded, clothed with adpressed hairs,. , 



