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‘Gen. Cuan. Usually twining, perennial or shrubby plants 
leaves pinnately trifoliolate, rarely simple: flowers axillary, race- 
™mose or solitary: calyx 2-lipped, lower lip 8-partite; middle seg: 
‘ment usually the longest; upper lip 2-cleft, about équal to the 
ower: corolla papilionaceous, deciduous’; vexillum without callo- 
sities: legume obliquely ovate or oblong of falcate, 1~2-séeded ; 
‘seeds with a wart at the hiltim. 
(1) R. verurina. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 288, 
Srxc. Cuar. Twining: branches, petioles and peduncles softly 
pubescent: leaves trifoliolate; leaflets roundish, cuneate at the 
base, mucronate; upper side slightly pubescent; under tomentose, 
without glands: peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered; flowers on long: 
‘ish pedicels : calyx somewhat campanulate; middle segment of the 
‘lower lip subulate, falcate upwards, a little shorter thah the keel: 
other segments lanceolate, much shorter than the lowest one: vexil- 
lum very pubescent on the outside, without glands, marked on the 
inside above the claw with two small gibbous projections: legume 
Scimitar-shaped, attenuated at ‘the base, pubescent, 2-seeded : flowers 
yellow. — 
Negapatam. 
2) R. mepicacinea. (Dec..) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. 1. p. 238,—Dec. prod. II. p. 386. 
Syn. R. nuda, Dec. |. c.—R. rhombifolia, Do.—Dolichos me- 
dicagineus, Lam. Roxb. fi Ind. III. p. 315.—D. ‘scarabceoides 
Roxb.—Glycine rhombifolia, Willd.—R. ervoidea, Dec. l. c. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 84. f. 2. 
Spzc. Cuar. Twining: branches, petioles and racemes pubes- 
cent or sometimes glabrous: leaves trifoliolate; leaflets roundish, 
cuneate at the base, obtuse or retuse, occasionally rhomboid, nearly 
glabrous ; under side slightly pubescent or hairy on the nerves, 
dotted with numerous dark glands: racemes few-flowered: flowers 
very shortly pedicelled, deflexed: calyx-segments subulate, the 
lowest one a little longer than the others: vexillum glabrous, dot- 
ted with glands: legume pubescent sometimes nearly glabrous when 
ripe, scimitar-shaped, attenuated at the base, 2-seeded: flowers 
yellow. 
Peninsula. Travancore. Delhi. Guzerat. Flowering in the 
eold season. 
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(3) R. pENsirrora. (Dec.) - 
Ident. W.&. A. prod. I. p. 239.—Dee. prod. II. p. 386. 
Syn. Glycine densiflora, Roth.—Desmodium punctatum, Dee, 
Zc. p. 338. , 
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