Atylosia.] L. lbgtjminosji. (J. G-. Baker.) 215 



10. A. albicans, Benth. PI. Jvngh. 248 ; a shruljby twiner, leaflets otovate 

 olituae or subacute rigidly coriaceous white-canescent beneatb, racemes lax sbort- 

 pedxmcled, calyx-teeth sbort, corolla mucb exserted, pod 5-6-seeded tbinly 

 canescent.- Oantbarospermum albicans, W. S/- A. Prodr. 266, excl. syn. Oa- 

 ianus albicans, Chah. in Wall. Cat. 5682. 0. Wigbtianus, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5583. 



Hills of the Western Peninsula and Obylon. 



Bra/nehlets slender, thinly canescent, with many grooTes. Stipules minute, 

 caducous ; petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets 1-2 in. long, densely finely persistently white- 

 canescent beneath, not reticulato-venose, greenish and obscurely canescent above, 

 much narrowed in the lower half, the base subdeltoid, or a little rounded. Eci- 

 cemes 4-12-flowered, often corymbose, usually shorter than the leaves ; bracts small, 

 round, silvery on the back, caducous ; pedicels j-J in. Calyx ^^ in., thinly canes- 

 cent ; lowest tooth lanceolate, upper oblong or deltoid. Corolla 3 times as long as 

 the calyx. Pod 1-1^ in. by f-^ in., straight, distinctly hneate, narrowed to the 

 base, beaked with the base of the style. 



11. Am elong'ata, Benth. PI. Jungh. 243 ; a slender herbaceous twiner, 

 leaflets membranous obovate-cuspidate obscurely hairy beneath, racemes 2-4- 

 flowered long-peduncled, calyx-teetb long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4-seeded 

 glabrescent. Dolichos elongatus, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5543. 



NiPAt, Khasia and Assam, ascending to 6000 ft. 



Stems very slender, wide-twining, clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. Stipules 

 minute, caducous ; petiole l-i in.; leaflets greenish on both sides, paler and incon- 

 spicuously pilose on the ribs below, always pointed, 1-1^ in. long, narrowed from the 

 middle to a rather rounded base, exstipellate. Ptdunoles 1-2 in. ; pedicels as long as 

 the calyx. Calyx |-J in., densely pubescent ; lower tooth setaceous, twice the tube, 

 the others similar but shorter. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod oblong, 

 J in. long by half as broad, narrowed to the base, distinctly lineate, beaked, clothed at 

 first with short spreading hairs. 



12. A. rug'osa, W. S/- A. Prodr. 257 ; a woody twiner, leaflets thick obo- 

 vate obtuse densely grey-canescent reticulato-venose below, flowers usually in 

 stalked pairs, calyx-teetb long, corolla little exserted, pod 3-4^seeded densely 

 canescent. Ebynchosia velutina, Grak. in Wall. Cat. 5501. 



NiiUHiKis and Cetion, ascending to 6000 ft. 



Branches slender, sulcate, densely shortly grey-downy. Stipules minute, ovate, 

 caducous ; petiole ^-1^ in. ; leaflets coriaceous, flexible, rugose on both sides, rounded 

 at the base, 1-2 in. long, grey, thinly canescent above, densely persistently grey-ca- 

 nescent below, with the veinlets in relief, exstipellate. Peduncles J-1 J in., the flowers 

 rarely 4 to each ; pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts small, round, thidk, caducous. 

 Calyx J_J in., densely canescent ; lower tooth linear, exceeding the tube, the others 

 lanceolate. Cvrolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod J-1 in. by f in., densely 

 grey-canescent, rounded at both ends. 



13. A.scarabeeoides, Benth. PI. Jungh. 243 ; a herbaceous twiner, leaf- 

 lets obovate-oblong subcoriaceous downy beneath, corymbs few-flowered short- 

 peduncled, calyx-teeth long, coroUa, little exserted, pod 4-6-seeded clothed with 

 iine spreading hairs. Dolichos scarabseoides, I/irm. Sp. 1020. Cajanus scarabseoi- 

 des, Thouars^ Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5580. Rhynchosia scarabseoides, DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 387. R. biflora, DC. loc. cit. Oantbarospermum pauciflorum, W. ^ A. Pi-odr. 

 265; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 73. 



Universally spread in the plains throughout India, reaching 5-6000 ft. in the 

 West Himalayas. — Disteib. China, Malaya, Mauritius, Madagascar. 



A biennial, with slender trailiDg or twining densely grey-downy stems. Stipules 

 minute, caducous ; petiole J-1 in. ; leaflets 1 J in. long, flexible, twice as long as broad, 



