222 L. LBGBMiNOS*. (J. G. Baker.) [Bhynchosia. 



temally. W. Sf A. Prodi: 240. Glycine suaveolens, lann. Suppl. 326. Cajanns 

 suaveolens, Orak. in Wall. Cat. 5579. 



Plains of Cbylon and both sides of the "Western Peninsula. 



An undershrub, 1-3 ft. high, with many stiflP ereeto-patent branches, clothed Tpith 

 fine short grey pubescence, sometimes lengthened out and half twining at the ends. 

 Stipules minute, lanceolate ; petiole 1—2 in., stiffly ereeto-patent ; leaflets almost 

 membranous, pale green, minutely downy, especially beneath, sometimes stipellate, the 

 end one roundish, with a long cusp, distinctly stalked, 1-3 in. long. Peduncles 

 slender, ereeto-patent, downy, seldom above 1 in. ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 

 Calyx i in., downy ; teeth linear-setaceons. Pod oblong, ^-| in. long, turgid, 

 2-6eeded. 



7. R. cana, DC. Prodr. ii. 386 ; leaves minutely downy, flowers in 

 peduncled pairs, calyx-teeth exceeding the tube, corolla twice the calyx, pod 

 minutely downy neither lineate externally nor septate internally. Wcdl. Cat. 

 6498 ; W.^A. Prodr. 240. Glycine cana, WUld. Sp. iii. 1063. 



Plains of Ceyxon, and both sides of the Western Peninsula. 



A dwarf undershrub, with very numerous ereeto-patent slender shortly downy 

 branchlets. Petioles 1—2 in. long, ereeto-patent ; leaflets obovate or oblong, obtuse 

 or subacute, thicker in texture and deeper in colour than in the last, thinly pilose 

 above, densely or thinly grey downy beneath, 1-2 in. long, exstipeUate, the end one 

 distinctly stalked. Peduncles slender, ^1 in. ; pedicels shorter than the calyx, with 

 a small persistent lanceolate bract at the base. Calyx J in., densely silky. Pod 

 oblong, ^1 in. long, turgid, glabrescent, 2-seeded. 



8. R. avensis, Smth. MSS. ; leaflets densely tomentose beneath, flowers 

 in peduncled racemes, lowest calyx-tooth 3-4 times as long as the tube, pod 

 densely hairy lineate externally not septate internally. Cajanus candicans, 

 Wall. Cat. 5576. Atylosia candicans, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc Sena xliii 2 

 186. ■ ' 



AvA ; Taongdong, Wallich. Pequ, near Rangoon, McClelland. 



Branches slender, woody, virgate, densely clothed with grey tomentum. Stipules 

 caducous ; petiole .1-2 in., stiffly ereeto-patent ; leaflets thick, coriaceous, greenish, 

 thinly canescent above, densely persistently thickly grey-canescent beneath, the end 

 one ovate-acuminate, 3-4 in. long. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the petioles ; 

 pedicels ^-^ in. ; bracts lanceolate, caducous. Calyx ^-| in., densely silky ; all the' 

 teeth linear-setaceous, the lowest the longest. Corolla not exserted. Pod ' oblique, 

 oblong, flrm, ^-^ in. long, 2-seeded. 



9. R. Beddomei, Sdker; leaflets argenteo-canescent on both sides, 

 flowers in subsessile congested racemes, calyx-teeth much exceeding the tube, 

 corolla not exserted. 



Wbsteen Peninsula ; Cudrape hills, Beddome. 



An erect shrub, with terete white-canescent branches. Petioles ereeto-patent, i-S 

 in.; leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, thinly persistently 

 argenteo-cauescent above, densely so beneath, the veins conspicuously raised, the end 

 one short-stalked. Flowers in copious cymes from the axils of reduced leaves; 

 pedicels much shorter than calyx. Calyx f in., thinly silky. Corolla bright yellow! 

 Pod 1-seeded, not seen fully mature, oblong, thinly canescent. 



Stbgen. 4. Cyanospermum, W. Sr A. A. woody twiner with broad 

 foliaceous calyx-teeth. Seeds without an ariUus. 



10. R. cyanosperma, Senth. in Oliv. FUn: Trop. Africa, ii. 218. Cya- 

 nospermum tomentosum, W. Sr A. Prodr. 260 ; Wight III. t. 81 (84) ; Dalz. ^ 



