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37. LEGUMmoSiE. 



[Tncligofercs, 



3. C. sericea, Retz. Fl. Br. I. 2. 75. 



Same habitat as G. retusa, L., cultivated in Punjab gardens. Through- 

 out the deciduous forests of N. Kanara. Fl. & Fr. C. S. 



4 C. Leschenaultii, DC. Fl. Br. I. 2. 76. Dyli^ dingala,M. 



Mahabaleshwar and the higher western ghats. Said to be used in 

 Satara for paper making. 



5. C. Heyneana, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5414 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 78. 



An under-shrub in the ghdt forests of the Western Peninsula from the 

 Konkan to Travancore. 



6. C leptostachya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2. 562 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 2. 78. 



Western Peninsula, Konkan.. 



7. 0, juncea, L. ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 79. C. tenuifoUa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 546. 

 Sautaag^ Bomb. Sini, tagsav, Sind.- Sanabu, pundiy K. Su7in or Indian 

 Hemp ; Bombay or Salsette Hemp. 



Doubtfully indigenous in India ; cultivated throughout North Kanara ; 

 also in the Deccan, Konkan and Sind. Yields a jvaluable fibre, made 

 into cordage, coarse cloth and paper. 



8. C. fulva, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. 266 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 80. 



Western Peninsula, in the ghat forests from the Konkan southwards. 

 A tall bushy species, densely clothed with brown silky hairs, abundant in 

 the moist forests along the ghats of North Kanara. Fl. Fr. C. S. 



9. C striata, DO. Prodr. IT.. 131 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 84. 



Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca ; common in open places near Sirsr, 

 North Kanara. Fl. Fr. C. S. fcfcarcely a forest species. 



2. INDI GOFER A, Linn. 



Herbs or shrubs, more or less clothed with hairs fixed by the 

 centre^ often silvery-canescent. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx 

 eampanulate, small. Corolla with an obovate standard and a straig'ht 

 keel, spurred on each side near the base. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 apiculate. Style short, incurved, stigma capitate, usually peniciUate* 

 Pod usually linear, cylindrical^ more or less turgid. 



Leaflets 3-5, alternate. 



Pod 6-8, seeded, glaucons, terulose «. IV I. paucifolia. 



Leaflets many, opposite. 



Flowers small. 



Pod torulose, 3-4, seeded ... ... 2. I. argentea. 



Fod not torulose, 8-12, seeded ... 8. 7. tinctoria. 



Pod torulose, tetraquetrous, 4-6: seeded .■• ^. I. constricta. 

 Pod cylindrical stout, 8-12, seeded ... 5./. Wiglitii. 



Flowers larger. 



Pod turgid, glabrous, 8-12. seeded ... Q. I. jpulcJiellay 



