Cajanus] LEGUMINOS^, 213 



late-veined "beneatli, petiole ^ in. long-, "brownish-pubescent ; stipels 0. 

 Racemes 2-6-flowered, on densely pubescent short axillary peduncles. 

 Calyx densely grey-silky ; teeth linear, the lowest twice as long as the 

 tube. Corolla yellow, J-| in. long ; Tceel abruptly incurved at the tip. 

 Pod straight, f-1 in. long, 4i-6-seeded, clothed with G.ne spreading 

 brown silky hairs, the transverse lines slightly oblique 



Common within the area. Distbib. Throughout India, ascending to 

 5,000 ft. on the W.Himalaya; also in Malaya, China, Mauritius and 

 Madagascar. 

 5. A. platycarpa, Benth. PI. J>mgh. 243; F. B. I. ii, 216. 



A twining or trailing herb with very slender grey pubescent branches . 

 Leaves 3-£oliolate ; leaflets 1-3 in. long, the terminal one distinctly 

 stalked, roundish, acute or cuspidate -acuminate, membranous, finely 

 pilose on both surfaces ; peduncles shorter than the petioles, suppressed 

 at the ends of the shoots, where the leaves also are much reduced, 1-2- 

 flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx densely pilose, teeth 

 linear-setaceous. Corolla little exserted. Pod l-lf in. long, straight, flat, 

 distinctly lineate, thinly pilose, 5-7 -seeded. 



Saharanpur District, Saugor (Jerdon). Distbib, Bengal and Central 

 Provinces, and up to 8,0li0 ft. on the W. Himalaya. 



8. CAJANUS, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 217. 



An erect shrub. Jeaye^ 3 foliolate, gland-dotted beneath. Flowers 

 racemed. Calyx-tube campanulate, teeth short. Corolla much- 

 exserted, its petals equal in length, heel truncate. Stamens 2-adel- 

 phous, anther's uniform. Ovary subsessile, few-ovuled ; style long, 

 filiform, much upcurved, stigma capitate. Fod linear, straight, 

 narrowed at both ends, 3-5-seeded, torulose, with oblique linear depres- 

 sions between the non-strophiolatrt seeds.— The only species. 



C. indicus, Spreng. Syst. Hi, 248; W. <Sf A. Prod. 256; F. B.I. ii, 



217; Field and Gard. Crops ii, 20, 't. xxxiii ; DC. L'Orig. Pi. Oult. 

 266; WaU E. D.; C flavus, DO. C. bicolor, DC; Boyle III. 193; 

 F. and G. Crops I. c. t. xxxiv. Cytisus Cajan, Linn, ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 

 325. Vern. Arhar (0. bicolor), tor or thur (the yellow-fld. variety). 

 — Pigeon-pea. 



An erect shrub, 5-10 ft. high, with many sulcate silky branches. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, densely silky beneath and 

 indistinctly gland-dotted; stipules minute, soon falling. Flowers in 

 loose corymbose racemes, or forming a terminal panicle ; pedicels 

 downy. Calyx 5 in., gland- pubescent. Corolla three times the calyx ; 

 standard yellow, or (in 0. bicolor) veined with red. Pod 2-3 in. long, 

 finely downy, often blotched with reddish purple streaks, tipped 

 with the lower half of the style. Seeds about the size of a small pea, 

 varying in colour from yellow and red to brown or black. 



