212 LEGUMIN08M. [Atylosia. 



1. A. mollis. Benth. in PI. Jungh. 243 ; F. B. I. ii, 213 (excl, all 

 syn. except Golloea mollis) ; Prain in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI (1897) 

 431. 



A twining herb with firm slender glabrescent branches. Leaves beneath 

 densely and nniforoaly grey-downy, not reticulate ; end-leaflet much 

 longer than broad. FLowers yellow, over 1 in. long. Pod 2 in., trans- 

 verse depressions between the seeds at right angles to the sutures. 

 Seeds 8-10, their longer diameter across the pod. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Distrib. From Chamba in the N, W. 

 Himalaya to Sikkim. 



2. A. crassa> Prain in Journ. As. Soc Beng. LXVI, 45, 432. A. 

 mollis, Benth. {in part) ; F. B.I. ii, 213 (in part). 



A twining herb with firm slender tomentose stems. Leaves 3-6 in. long, 

 pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets 2-3 in. long, subtrapezoid, cuspidate- 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowing to a rounded base, dark green and 

 very hairy on the nerves above, densely clothed with greenish-brown 

 pubescence and reticutely veined beneath ; the terminal leaflet about 

 as broad as long ; stipules minute, caducous ; stipels subulate, sub- 

 persistent. Racemes 2-3 in. long, lax, short-peduncled ; pedicels gemi- 

 nate ; hracteoles large, roundish, acute. Calyx finely grey-downy, . 

 lowest tooth as long as the narrowly campanulate tube. Corolla yellow, 

 fin. long. Pod l-U in. long, rounded at the ends, viscid-pubescent 

 greenish-brown, transverse depressions oblique. Seeds 3-6, their 

 longer diameter parallel to the sutures. 



Dehra Dun, Siwalik range, Eohilkhand and N". Oudh. Distrib. Bengal, 

 0. and S. India, Assam and Barma ; also in Java and the Philippines. 



3. A. aXmcans, Benth. PI. Jungh. 243; F. B. I. ii, 215. Cantharos- 

 permum albicans, W. Sf A. Prod. 256 {excl. syn. ). 



A twining shrub, with slender thinly canescent sulcate branches. Leaves 

 subdigititely 3-foliolate ; leaflets 1-2 in. long, obovate, obtuse or acute, 

 narrowed to a subdeltoid or rounded base, firmly coriaceous, white- 

 canescent and not reticulate-veined beneath. Racemes 4-12-flowered, 

 usually shorter than the leaves ; bracts small, round, silvery on the 

 back, caducous. Calyx-teeth short, the lowest lanceolate, the upper 

 oblong or deltoid. Corolla yellow, much exserted. Pod 1-1| in., 

 straight, distinctly lineate, narrowed to the base, 5-6-seeded, thinly 

 canescent. 



Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Distrib. S. India and in Ceylon. 



4. A. scarabaaoides, Benth. PI. Jungh. 243 ; F. B. I. ii., 215, 

 Cantharospermum pauciflorum, W. Sf A. Prod. 255 ; D. Sf Q. Bomb. Fl. 

 if 3. 



A slender herbaceous twiner with densely grey-downy stems. Leaves 1|- 

 2 in. long, subdigitately 3-foliolate ; stipules minute, caducous. Leaflets 

 obovate- oblong, obtuse or subacute, subcoriaceoas, 3-nerved towards 

 the base thinly grey-canesceat above, pubescent and faintly retiou- 



