170 Catalogue of plants found in the Banda district, [No. 2. 



stipulis basi latis sub cordatis cuneatis acutis ciliatis petiolo longi- 

 oribus, racemis laxis terminalibus oppositifoliisque, bracteis late ovatis 

 acutis striatis puberulis ciliolatis, prse anthesia caducis, bifloris, 

 rachi pedicellisque puberulis, calyce 4 fido segmento superiori bifido, 

 omnibus acutis puberulis longe pilis albis ciliatis in fructu approxi- 

 mato-imbricatis, articulum secundum superantibus ; leguminibus 4-8 

 articulatis, inter articulos valde contractis, sub-arcuatis articulis plus 

 minus obliquis, insequaliter quadrangularibus angulis costatis, lateribus 

 valde reticulato-rugosis puberulis, infimo stipitiformi et supremo 

 mucronato sterilibus. 



This much resembles in habit monilifer and styraci-folius and like 

 them grows in barren grassy places but is easily distinguished by the 

 line of hairs on the stem and the 4-angled legume. Its flowers open 

 about noon and close at 2 or 3. 



A. gracilis — erecta glabra ramosa ramis teretibus, stipulis scariosis 

 acuminatis sub-vaginantibus petiolo longioribus, foliis unifoliatis pedi- 

 cello caudiculatis stipellis minutis punctiformibus foliolo anguste ellip- 

 tico basi sub-cordato apice mucronato, supra glabro, subtus pallido, parce 

 piloso, racemis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis caducis 2 floris, 

 calyce 4-fido segmentis ciliolatis, superiore breviter bidentato, vix imbri- 

 catis, legumine calyce plus duplo longiore 3-5 articulato moniliformi 

 articulo supremo mucroniformi puberulo, ceteris obliquis valde contrac- 

 tis sub-compressis glabris vix reticulatis. 



This differs much in habit from all the other species I know, very 

 slender, about 2 feet high, growing on shady rocks at Gurhrampur. 



A. rupicola — erecta, parce ramosa, ramis teretibus linea puberula 

 alternanti, pubescentia biformi pilis adpressis rectis, vel minimis 

 apertis hamosis, foliis oblongis basi cordatis acutis vel obtusis mucro- 

 natis supra glabris subtus puberulis, pilis in nervis et margine rectis, 

 ceteris hamosis, stipulis acuminatis glabratis demum laceris. Racemis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque bracteis ovatis acuminatis bifloris, calyce 

 4-fido lacuna acutis sejunctis apice setaceis, posteriori 2-fido legumine 

 6-8 articulato infimo stipe biformi supremo mucronato, ceteris fertilibus 

 striato reticulatis minute hamoso-puberulis, diaphragmate ssepius 

 carente. 



This species grows among granite rocks — as at Sainpur and Kartal, 

 its pubescence distinguishes it from the allied species. 



