248 L. LEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) [Euchre$ta. 



with produced nodes. Pod 1-2-seeded, 1-2 in. by J-4 in., thin, but firm, rather 

 veined, persistently brown-silky, with a narrow wing down the upper and a very 

 obscure one down the lower suture. — Westeen Peninsdia. ; Shevageny bills, Wight. 

 Pod clothed like that of Z>. brevipes, but narrower and leaves much smaller. 



90. EUCKKESTA, Beimett. 



Shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers racemed. Ccdyx deeply cajnpanu- 

 late, very oblique; teeth 5, deltoid, very short. CoroUa much exserted; 

 standard narrow ; keel obtuse, its petals scarcely cohering. Stamens diadel- 

 phous (9, 1), but the filaments fastened very slightly ; anthers versatile. Ovary 

 long-stalked, 1-2-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod the size of an 

 olive, turgid, rather fleshy, filled up with the solitary seed. — Disteeb. Species 

 2, the other Japanese. 



1. E. Korsfieldil, Bennett PI. Jan. Par. 148, t. 31 ; Benth. in Jaum. 

 Linn. Sac. iv., Suppl. 118. Andira Horsfieldii, Lesch. in Ann. Mus. 16, 481, 

 t. 12 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 476. 



Khasia Mts., Hook.jU. ^ ThoTtison. — Dtsthib. Java, Formosa. 



An erect shrub, with glabrous leaves and branches. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets 

 3-5, oblong, acute, ^ ft. long, subcoriaceous, opposite, subsessile, pale green, the 

 veins immersed. Mowers (not seen in Indian specimens) in simple peduucled 

 racemes ; pedicels geminate, minutely bracteate, shorter than the calyx. CoroUa, 

 pure white, J in. long, twice the length of the calyx. Fod oblong, purplish-black, 

 i-| in. long. 



91. DAXiBOITSXEA, Grab. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 1-foliolate. Flowers in axiUary corymbs. Calyx 

 campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla exserted ; petals equal in length ; 

 standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens free ; anthers uniform, oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary subsessile, few-ovuled; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod oblong, 

 subcompressed, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous, continuous within, 1-3-seeded. — A 

 single species, vrith a peculiar distribution, as it is knovyn only in the East 

 Himalayas and Angela. 



1. D. bracteata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5339 ; Wight Ic. t. 265. Poda/- 

 lyria bracteata, Poxh. Cor. PI. iii. t. 259 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 317. 



Eastebn TTtmaTiAYAs, tropical region, Assam, Sheet, and Chtttaqong. 



A subscandent shrub, with slender finely grey-downy branches. Leaves simple, 

 distinctly petioled, oblong, acute or obtuse, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 4-12 in. 

 long; stipules small, lanceolate, subpersistent. Flowers in sparse lax subsessile 

 axillary corymbs about as long as the petioles, terminal on the branchlets, which 

 have several pairs of round membranous large persistent striated bracts; bracteoles 

 like the bracts, but larger, completely hiding the flowers. Calyx ^ in., silky. Corolla . 

 whitish, twice the length of the calyx. Pod 2-4 in. long, the thick discoid seeds an 

 inch broad. 



92. SOFKOBA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy, yellow or violet- 

 purple, racemed or panicled. Calyx oblique, broadly campanulate; t«eth 

 deltoid, very short. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad ; petals equal in 

 length, all with long claws ; keel obtuse, or appendiculate in § Godtelia, with 

 a small hooked mucro. Stamens free, or obscurely connate at the very lase ; 

 anthers uniform, versatile. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style incurved, stigma 



