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37. LEGUMlNOSiE. 



Hills of tbe Western Peninsula, from the Konkan southwards, ascend- 

 ing to 6,000 ft. on the Bababuden Hills of Mysore. Very common in 

 the moist foi-ests along the Konkan and North Kanara ghats. Fl. Nov.- 

 Dec. Fr. Jany. A shrub with long, sulcate branches. 



2. A. sericea, Benth. MSS. Fl. Br. I. 2. 213. Moist forests of the 

 Konkan. Himalayas from Garwal, Kumaon to Nepal. An erect shrub, 

 I haven't found this. 



3. A. mollis, Benth. Pi. Jungh. 243; Fh Br. I. 213. Oajanus glan^ 

 didosus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 73. A, crassa^ Prain ; Cooke Fh 

 Pres. Bomb 3F3. South Konkan, Fl. Br. I. A densely grey pubescent 

 climber with foliage resembling that of Cylista scariosa, 



4. A. kulnensis, Dalz. in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 186; Fh Br. I. 2. 

 214. Oajanus 'kulnensis, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 72. In the moist 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common. F], Fr. 

 Dec, Mch. A slender climbing shrab. 



5. A. rostrata. Baker. Fi. Br. I. 2. 216. Konkan, Stocks. A woody 

 climb 3r. 



6. A. barbata, Baker. FL Br. 1.2. 216; A. goensis^ Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 73. Konkan ghats, Belgaum CoUectorate, Dalz. A woody 

 climber. 



18. CAJANUS, DC. 



Erect shrub. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers racemed. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, teeth short. Corolla exserted_, keel truncate. Stamens 

 diadelphous, anthers uniform. Style long filiform, upcurved, 

 stigma capitate. Pod linear, torulose with oblique , linear depres- 

 sions between the non-strophiolate seeds. 



0. incUcus, Spreng. Syst. III. 248; FL Br. I. 2. 217; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 Bomb. FL SuppL 24. Pigeon Pea. Toor ; dhal, Vern. 



Cultivated throughout the Presidency. A doubtful native of India. 

 De Candolle in his Origin of cultivated Plants thinks it is a native of tropi- 

 cal Africa introduced 3000 years ago into India. 



19. CYLISTA, Ait. 



Climber. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers racemed. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, scariose. Corolla not exserted, keel much incurved. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Style long filiform, stigma 

 capitate. Pod small, oblique, enclosed in the calyx. 



C. scariosa, Ait. ; DC. Prod. II. 410 ; FL Br. I. 2. 219 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 Bomb. Fl. 74. Banguera, Vern. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards ; Deccan and Orissa. 

 Thi'oughout the Presidency in open places in deciduous forests, often in 

 hedges. Fl. Fr. cold season. 



