Atylosia.] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 213 



leaflets orbicular tMnly Mspid on both surfaces, flowers in stalked pairs, Corolla 

 small, pod Mspid 6-7-8eeded. 



"Western India, Dalzell. 



Branches suberect, flexuose, clothed with spreading fulvous hairs. PeUoU S in. ; 

 leaflets membranous, 3-nerved, pellucido-pnnctate, with scattered golden glands, 

 1|-2J in. long ; stipules acuminate from a broad auricled base. Calyx tomentose ; 

 teeth acuminate, twice as long as the tube. Corolla J in. long. Pod almost membran- 

 ous, rounded at both ends, 1-lJ in. by ^ in., its hairs bulbous at the base. Ex J)alz. 

 loo. (At. 



3. A. lineatajTr. ^ A. Prodr. 258; petiole short, leaflets obovate-oblong 

 pilose beneath not reticulato-venose, pairs of flowers not peduncled, corolla small 

 3 times the caljrx, pod 2-3-seeded finely pilose. Oajanus lineatus, Cfrah. in 

 Wall. Cat. 6578. Atylosia Lawii, Wight Ic. t. 98: Dalz. &■ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 74. 



Hills of the Western Peninsuia. 



An erect shrub, with long straight sulcate branchlets, densely clothed with short 

 ^ey pubescence. Stipules minute, setaceous ; petiole ^ in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 greenish and thinly pilose above, densely shortly grey-downy below, triplinerVed, 

 nearly digitate, obtuse, the end one |-1| in. long. Pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 ^ in., densely downy ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, the lowest as long as the tube. Co- 

 rolla twice the calyx ; keel obtuse. Pod oblong, straight, ^-| in. by i in., thinly 

 clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. 



4. A. sericea, Benth. MSS. ; petiole short, leaflets oblanceolate silky on 

 both surfaces especially beneath, pairs of flowers not peduncled, corolla small 3 

 times the calyx, pod small densely pilose 2-seeded. 



CoNCAN, Stocks, Laiv, Bitchie. 



An erect shrub, with long straight terete branches, with many grooves, densely 

 clothed with fine short whitish subpatent silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, subpersis- 

 tent, J-^ in. ; petiole ^1 in. ; leaflets flexible, moderately thick, subdigitate, 6-8 

 times as long as broad, subacute, triplinerved, persistently grey-silky, 1-2 in. long. 

 Pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in., silvery ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Co- 

 rolla I in., red ; keel with a short, obtuse beak. Pod oblong, J in. long, densely softly 

 persistently grey-downy. 



** Tioiners witlh flowers in lax peduncled racemes and distinctly limeate pods. 



5. A. mollis, Benth. PI. Jwngh. 243 ; branches and leaves beneath shortly 

 densely grey-downy, stipules minute caducous, end-leaflet short-stalked, pod per- 

 sistently grey-canescent. OoUsea mollis, Qrah. in Wall. Cat, 5574. 0. cine- 

 lascens, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5576. Dolichos reticulatus, Ham, in Wall. Cat. 

 6652. D. crassus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6663. D. blandus, Grah. in Wall. Cat, 

 6568. Dunbaria Horsfleldii, Miq, Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 179. Atylosia glandulosa. 

 Bah. in Jowrn. lAnn. Sue. 13, l86. Oajanus glandulosus, Dalz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. 

 Flora, 73. 



Himalayas, from G-abwhai. and Kumaon to Nipal, ascending to 6-6000 ft. Con- 

 CAN, Stocks, Datzell. Ava, Wallich. Pegu, McClelland. — Disteib. Malay and Phi- 

 lippine isles. 



Bramches flrm, slender, terete, glabrescent. Petioles 1-2 in. ; leaflets coriaceous, 

 shortly pilose, greenish above, densely persistently grey-downy beneath, finally reticu- 

 lato-venose, distinctly stipellate, the end one 2-4 in. long, roundish-obovate, cuspidate, 

 spathulately narrowed to a rounded base. Racemes 2-3 in. long, lax, short-peduncled ; 

 pedicels geminate, J-J in. ; bracteoles ISrge, roundish, reddish, forming a conspicuous 

 tuft before the racemes expand. Calyx f in., finely grey-downy ; low'est tooth lan- 

 ceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. Pod straight, 1-2 in. 



