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very sharp, a little longer than the capsule: keel crested: capsule 
nearly orbicular: flowers very small, greenish. 
Peninsula. Bengal. Flowering in the rainy season. 
(2), P. arvensis. ( Willd.) 
Tdent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 836.—Dec. prod. I. p. 326. 
Syn. P. procumbens, Dec. prod. I. p. 326. 
Engrav. Bheede Mal. IX. t. 61. ; 
Spxc. Cuar. Stems herbaceous, procumbent, pubescent, angled 
upwards: leaves glabrous or slightly hairy, ciliated on the margin, 
aler beneath, obovate, narrower towards the base: racemes 4—8- 
Howered: about half the length of the leaves: wings leafy, oblong: 
keel crested: capsule roundish, oblique, ciliated, not. margined-s 
flowers yellow. 
Deccan. Peninsula. Flowering in July and August. 
(3) P. vantiana. (Dee,), 
Ident. W. &. A. prod. I. p. 36.—Dee. prod. I. p. 326. 
Srec. Cuar. Stems herbaceous, procumbent, angled: leaves 
softly, hairy on both sides, oblong, very shortly petioled :. racemes 
3-5-flowered, shorter than the leaves, lateral or leaf-opposed : 
wings nearly membranaceous, elliptical, villous: keel crested: cap+ 
sule oval, softly villous on. the edge, not margined: flowers yellow, 
Peninsula and Guzerat, 
(4) P. Rorntana. (W. §. A.) 
ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 37. . 
Syn. P. procumbens, Roth. Nov. Sp. p, 329:—Dee. prod. I. p. 
826.—P. glaucoides, Willd. Sp. Ill. p. 896. 
Spec. Cuar. Stems herbaceous, pubescent, branched from the 
base, erect, angled towards the top: leaves glabrous, ciliated, nar- 
now-oblong or linear, upper ones distinctly 3-5-nerved: racemes 
nearly capitate, 4~6-flowered, axillary or lateral, much shorter than 
the leaves: wings ovate, longer than the capsule: keel crested: 
capsule roundish, oblique, glabrous, ciliated, margined, 
Island of Bombay. — 
(5) P. Tranquzsarica. ( Mart.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 37. 
Syn. P. brachystachya, Dec. prod. I. p. $26. 
Srzc. Car. Stems herbaceous, procumbent, branched from the 
base, pubescent, angled: leaves glabrous, pubescent along the mar- 
‘gin, upper ones oblong-linear, narrow, lower ones oblong, or nar- 
tow-obovate; racemes 8-5-flowered, about half as long as the 
