JJblilotus.] LBGUMmOSM, 207 



17. C. medicaginea, Lamk . Encycl. ii, 201 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 192 ; 

 F. B. 1. ii, 81. C. procumlDens, Boxb. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 278 ; Watt E. B. 



A small perennial herb. Branches many, from a thick woody root- 

 stock, slender, usually prostrate, thinly silky ; stipules minute, decidu- 

 ous. Leaves very small, 3-f oliolate ; leaflets a little longer than the 

 petiole, ohlanceolate ohovate or oval, obtuse truncate or emarginate, 

 glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath. Racemes terminal or leaf- 

 opposed ; peduncles exceeding the leaves ; iracts minute, linear. Flowers 

 very small. Calyx clothed with appressed silky ha,irs: teeth linear, 

 longer than the tube. Corolla twice the calyx, yellow. Tod obliquely 

 subglobose, i in. long, 2-seeded, clothed with appressed hairs. 



Abundant within the area. Distbib, : throughout India from the W, 

 Himalaya to Ceylon and Burma ; also in Aighanstan, the Malay Islands^ 

 China and Australia. The plant is used medicinally in the Punjab and 

 sold under the name of gulahi. 



Vab. 1. neglecta, F. B. I. I.e. C. neglecta, W. Sf A. Prod. 192. A more 

 robust plant, with stiff and somewhat ascending branches. Leaflets 

 larger. Racemes 6-8 fld. In the Saharanpur herbarium there are speci- 

 mens from Eohilkhand, N. Oudh and Gorakhpur. 



Vab. 2. luxurians, F. B. I. I.e. C. luxurians, Bentli. Stems erect, up to 

 3 ft. high, more pubescent than in the type. Petioles longer, and with 

 the leaflets an inch or more long. Racemes 6-12-fld.— Dehra Dun, Saha- 

 ranpur, Cawnpore, N. Oudh, Bundelkhand and Merwara. A favourite 

 food of camels. 



18. C. orixensis Willd. in Gen. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. iv 217 • 

 Roxh, Fl Ind, Hi, 276; W. Sf A. Prod. 193; D. ^ G. Bomh. Fl 51 '- 

 F. B. I. ii, 83. ' 



A perennial diffuse herb. Brandies many, clothed with short spread- 

 ing brown bulbons-based hairs. Stijpules lanceolate, persistent. Petiole 

 4-1 in. Leaflets 1-1^ in. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, gland-dotted, hairy 

 beneath. Racemes laxly 3-12-fid ; bracts leafy, cordate, acuminate 

 reflexed; ^pedicels filiform, 3-4 times the calyx. L'ahjx ^ in., with linear 

 teeth. Pod l-f in., long-stalked, oblong, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. 



Bundelkhand (Duthie), Guna (King). Distbib. : S. India. 



. Melilotus, Juss.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 89. 



Annual or biennial herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets 

 toothed, i^^ower^ in long racemes. C'a/^ir-^w6e campanulate ; teeth 

 nearly equal, deltoid or lanceolate. Corolla free from the stamina] 

 tube, caducous ; standard and wings narrow ; keel straight, obtuse. 

 Stamens diadelphous, Jilaments not dilated, anthers uniform. 

 Ovary eessile or stalked, few-ovuled ; style filiform, glabrous, mucli 

 incurved, stigrria terminal. JPod oblong, exserted, indebiscent — 

 Species upwards of 20, inhabiting temperate regions of the world. 



