184 L. LEonMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) [Glycine. 



2. tr. pentaphylla, Dak. in Kew Journ. iv. 344 ; stems slender twining, 

 leaflets 6-7, racemes elongated many-flowered, calyx-teeth short, pod hroad. 

 Smth. in Jowm. lAnn. Soo. viii. 266 ; Dah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. 



Khabia, 3-5000 ft., Hooh. fil. 4" Thomson, Lobb. Concan, Daieeli, Stocks. 



Stems wide-climbing, with a few adpressed hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets suhco- 

 riaceous, with a few adpressed hairs on both sides, green above, grey below, distant ; 

 end one oblong-lanceolate, aonte, 3-4 in. long. Eacemes lax, usually short-peduncled, 

 reaching 6-8 in. long ; pedicels very short, fascicled. Calyx i in. ; teeth deltoid, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, flat, rather 

 recurved, 1^ in. by J in., 4-5-seeded. 



3. Cr. Soja, 8ieb. §• Zujbc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. 11 ; stems stout suherect, 

 leaflets 3, racemes few-flowered congested sessile, calys-teeth long setaceous, pods 

 hroad. JBenth. in Jowm. Linn. Soc. viii. 266. Soja hispida, Moench ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 396 ; Wall. Cat. 5529 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 247. Dolichos Soja, Linn. ; Roxh. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 314. Soja angustifolia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 228. 



Himalayas, tropical region ; Ktjmaon to Sikkim, Khasia and Ava, often culti- 

 vated. — DisTRiB. East Asia. 



Stems suberect or climbing upwards, annual, densely clothed with fine ferruginous 

 hairs. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets membranous, ovate, acute, rarely obtuse, 2-4 in. 

 -long. Calyx \ in., densely hairy. Corolla reddish, little exserted. Fods usually only 

 2-3 developed in the axil of each leaf, linear-oblong, recurved, densely pubescent, 

 1 J-2 in. by g-f in., 3-4-seeded, subtorulose. 



59. TERASKNTTS, Sw. 



Twining herbs, with exactly the hahit of Glycine. Calyx-tvhe campanulate ; 

 teeth distinct, subequal or two upper not so long. Corolla little exserted ; pe- 

 tals about equal in length; standard not spurred. Stamens monadelphous ; 

 alternate anthers small, abortive. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style short, 

 curved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, hooked with the persistent style at 

 the tip, flattish, septate between the seeds. — Disteib. Species 4, belting the world 

 in the tropics. 



1. T. labialis, Spreng. Syst. iii. 235 ; leaflets small acute or subobtuse, 

 racemes usually peduncled elongated, calyx-teeth as long as the tube. Bemth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 265. Glycine labialis, Linn. ; So.vb. Fl. Iiul iii. 318 ; 

 ir. 8f A. Prodr. 208; Wight Ic. t. 168; Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. 

 Gr. parviflora, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 242 ; Wall. Cat. 5508 A-F. G. debilis and 

 senegalensis, DC. Prodr. ii. 242. G. pallens, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5518. G. 

 warreensis, Dah. in Kew Journ. iii. 210 ; Dah. ^- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. G. 

 tenerrima, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5520 ? 



Plains from the foot of the West Himaxatas to Ceylo^t, Biema and Penang. — 

 DiSTEiB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, Natal. 



Stems wide-climbing, slender, with a few fine adpressed hairs. Stipules minute, 

 lanceolate, deciduous; petiole ^1| in.; leaflets 3, membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 green, with a few adpressed hairs above, grey and more hairy below, the end one 

 ovate or oblong, 1-2 in. long. Eacemes 1-4 in. long, usually lax, the pedicels fasci- 

 cled. Calyx ^-i in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla reddish. Fod linear, glabrous, re- 

 curved, 1^-2 in. long, 8-12-seeded. 



Vak. mollis; stems and pods clothed with longer more spreading hairs, leaflets 

 subcoriaceous densely pubescent beneath, calyx-teeth shorter. G-. mollis, W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 209. Gr. parviflora, WaXl. Cat. 5508, Cr. H. Teramnus mollis, Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. viii. 265 Distribution of the type. " 



