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pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets linear-oblong obtuse-mucronulate, 

 reticulated with white veins ; flowers axillary, on a short peduncle, 

 solitary or twin, purple ; legume linear-compressed, mucronate, 4 to 

 6-seeded, obliquely constricted between the seeds. Climbing on 

 the stems of grasses, in rocky ground in the Malwan district. 



■24. ATYLOSIA, W. and A. 



1. Lawit, Wight Ic. t. 93. — Shrubby, erect, tomentose ; leaflets 

 obovate, as long as the petiole ; flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles 

 shorter than the petiole ; legumes short, 2-seeded, involved in the 

 persistent corolla, pubescent. The Ghauts ; common.. 



25. PSEUDARTIIRIA, W. and A. 



1. VisciDA, W. and A. Prod. 209. — Diffuse prostrate; leaves 

 trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate, terminal riiomboid-ovate ; 

 racemes filiform, elongated ; flowers pui'ple, in threes, on longish 

 ])edicels ; legume continuous membranaceous, veined and covered 

 ■with hooked hairs, flat linear, round at the apex, 3 to 4-seeded. 

 Common. Syn. Hedysarum viscidum, Linn, syst. PI iii, 506; 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 356 ; Desmodium viscidum, DC. Prorf. 2, 336; 

 Glycine viscida, Willd. Pers. Syn. ii, 308 ; Wight Ic. t. 286. .. 



26. RHYNCOSIA, Lowr. 



1. Medtcaginea, DC. Prod. 2, 386. — Twining; leaves trifo- 

 liolate; leaflets roundish cuneate at the base, underside shghtly 

 pubescent, dotted with numerous brownish glands; racemes few- 

 flowered; flowers very shortly pedicelled ; calyx segments subulate; 

 legume [lubescent or nearly glabrous, scimitar-shaped, 2-seed6d. 

 Very common in the hedges in Guzerat, Deccan. Syn. R rhom- 

 bifolia, DC. loc. cit. ; Dolichos medicagineus. Lam. Encyc. Meth. 

 ii, 297 ; U scarabffioides, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. as to character and 

 description; Glycine rhombifolia, Willd. sp. iii, 1065; R crovidia, 

 DC. loc. cit. 



27. CYLISTA, Ait. 



1. ScARiosA, Ait. Hort. Kew. iii, 612. — A perennial shrubby 

 climber ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong or ovate acuminated, 

 downy; racemes axillary short-ped uncled ; segments of calyx very 

 large, thin, scariose, reticulated ; flowers yellow, hid by the calyx ; 

 legumes obliquely oval, downy, enclosed within the calyx, 1-seeded. 

 Very common in hedges and open jungles. Roxb. Fl Ind iii, 320. 



