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Gen. Cuan. Calyx cylindrical, obliquely truncated, gibbous, 
bibracteolate at the base: corolla papilionaceous: the claws of the 
petals the length of the calyx: limb of the vexillum cordate-oval ; 
keel obtuse: style dilated above the middle: legume attenuated at 
the base, 2-valved, few-seeded, contracted between the seeds. 
(1) D. conczsta. (Grah.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 206. 
Srzc. Cuan. Twining plant, villous all over: leaves pinnately 
trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate ; racemes longer than the leaves, axillary, 
many-~flowered ; wings and keel strongly cohering for a little space 
by their limb: legumes densely pubescent. 
' Neilgherries. This is probably not distinct from the D. villosa 
of De Candolle. 
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GENUS XV. GALACTIA. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Gala, milk; one species yields a milky juice. 
Gen. Cuar. Shrubs, undershrubs or herbaceous twining plants: 
leaves pinnated ; racemes axillary : calyx 4-cleft, bibracteolate at 
the base: segments acute, nearly equal: corolla papilionaceous : 
petals 5, distinct, or the keel petals slightly cohering at the apex: 
vexillum incumbent; legume terete or compressed, many-seeded, 
2-valved, 1-celled. 
(1) G. TENUIFLORA. (W.& A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 206. 
Syn. Glycine tenuiflora, Willd. Dec. prod. Il. p. 241.—Roxd. 
ji, Ind. WY. p. 319.—Teramnus tenuiflorus, Spreng. 
Spec, Cyan. Twining shrub: branches slightly pubescent : leaf~ 
lets from oval to oblong-lanceolate, glabrous above, pubescent, 
beneath: calyx campanulate: legume linear, acute, rather falcate, 
pubescent: flowers small, twin, purplish, 
Colemala. Hills near Pondicherry. 
(2) G, tonairoua. (Wight.), 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. IT. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 482. 
Sree. Cuan. Twining, slightly pubescent: leaflets linear-lan- 
eeolate, cordate at the base ; peduncles axillary, slender, nearly as 
long as the leaves, few-flowered: calyx pubescent, 5-cleft: segs 
ments subulate: legume slightly pubescent, 
Balaghaut Hilts, near Madras. 
