1214 A couple of hours Herbarization at Aden. [Dec. 



species. Lieut. Munro, in his catalogue of plants growing near Agra, 

 states Mysorensis to be identical with Arabica, and he p$fbably had 

 specimens from the peninsula as well as the Sutlej. This plant varies 

 both at Aden and in Hindustan in having either simple or ternate 

 leaves, which vitiates the sectional character given by De Candolle. 



Leguminos^e Papilionace^e. Sparsium monospermum. 



Nov. genus. Catacline. — Calyx ebracteatus subbilabiatus f seg- 

 ments acuminatis inferioribus paulo longioribus. Vexilla dorso carinata 

 emarginata oblonga. Alse oblongse auricula ad carinam dorso fissam 

 coalitee. Stamina ad medium monadelpha 1-9, novem | coalita, parte 

 libera tenui, antherse ovalse consimiles, ovarium 1-spimum. Stylus 

 glaber post anthesin bortus. Stigma capitatum pilis deflexis longe bar- 

 batis. Legumen stipitatum subinflatum dorso rectum antice gibbosum 

 apice attenuatum 1-spimum, semen ovali-oblongo compressum oliva- 

 ceum. 



Catacline sericea, — Suffrutex sericeo-incana, foliis 2-4, jugis 

 cum impari prope duplo-majore, foliolis anguste obovatis ellipticisve 

 obtusis mucronulatis utrimque incano, serucies pilis adpressis subtus 

 nervosis, racemis oppositifoliis umcinalibusve elongatis, floribus solitariis 

 geminisve inferioribus folio depauperato bracteatis, calyce sericeo, vexille 

 extus sericea purpurea, ovario hirsuto, leguminibus in rachim decli- 

 natis. 



I suspect that this belongs to Boissy's genus Pognostigma, quoted 

 in Walters repert, II. p. 856. But not having any means of referring 

 to his work I cannot be sure, meanwhile I have given the above provi- 

 sional generic character and name on account of its decimate fruit. It 

 it allied to Tephrosia in habit, but the stamina and legume are very 

 different. 



Taverniera glauca. — Glaberrima foliis unifoliatis camosis glabris 

 glaucis rhomboideo — ovatis suborbiculatis vemucronatis, stipulis 2, 

 parvis scariosis cuneatis acutis, racemis 5-10, floris bracteis pedicello 

 brevioribus acutis margine membranaceis, staminibus apice geniculars 

 alternis brevioribus decimo recto multo breviore geniculam vix attin- 

 gente, legumine 2-articulato setis introrsum arcuatis hispido. 



Next to T. lappacea, D. C. II. p. 339, differs in smoothness and 

 the setae of the legume are scarcely hamose ; the stamens are more 



