Flemingia.] LEGUMINOSJE. 215 



small, oblique, oblong, enclosed in the calyXo — The only species. 

 Differs from Rhyncliosia by its peculiar calyx. 



C. scariosa, ivoa;b. PZ. Corom.i,64; Fl.Ind. Hi, 320; W. 4- A., Prod, 

 259; D. ^ G. Bomh. Fl. 74 ; F. B.I. ii, 219. 



A woody climber, with slender finely-downy branches. Leaflets minutely 

 stipellate, 2-4; in. long, ovate or siibrhomlDoidal, acute, subcoriaceous, 

 thinly grey-downy above, densely so below. Flotvers in copi.-us dis- 

 tinctly peduncled lax or dense racemes : bracts large, membranous, 

 ovate, caducous ; pedicels short, densely pubescent. Corolla yellowish- 

 red, i in. long. Cahjo: finally 1-li in. long, the scariose conspicuously 

 veined lower lip 1 in. broad. 



Porests of N. Oudh (R. Thompskon), Saugor. Disteib. Cent. Prov., W. 

 and S. India, and in Upper Burma. 



11. FLBMINGIA, R«xb. ; Fl. Ind. ii. 226. 



Shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate or simple, gland- 

 dotted below. InUorescence various ; pedicels very short, not brac- 

 teolate. Calyx-tuhe short ; teeth narrow, acuminate, the lowest 

 often the longest. Corolla little or not exserted, petals equal in 

 length, ^ee^ obtuse or slightly rostrate. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers 

 unitorm. Ovary >ubsessile, 2-ovuled ; s^yle ^Wioxva, beardless, stigma 

 capitate. Pod ob'ong, turgid, small, usually 2-seeded. Seeds not 

 strophiolate, the funicle centrical. — Species about 25, of which 3 are 

 found in Tropical Africa, and the rest are Asiatic. 



The following arrangement of the species occurring within the area of this 

 flora has been drawn up, for the most part, in accordance with Dr. 

 Prain's JS'otes on Leguminosae, published in the Journ. As. Soc Beng. 

 LXVI, part ii, No. 2.(1'^97). 



Leaves simple, racemes exceeding the leaves ; 

 bracts large, membranous, persistent, each 

 enfolding a small cluster of flowers. 



Leaves oblong, rounded at the base, axis of 

 racemes zigzag. 



Bracts about 1 in. long ; lateral nerves 



of leaflets 8-10 pairs, all subequal . \, F. strobilifera. 



Bracts smaller; lateral nerves of 

 leaflets 4-t» pairs, the basal pair 

 longest 2. F, hracteata. 



Leaves suhorbicular, cordate, acuminate; 

 axis of racemes straight . . , d. F. Chajppar. 



