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minute, resinous glands. Leaflets 3, nearly equal, rarely lobed, 
entire ; lateral nearly sessile, terminal one stalked. Flowers 
usually yellow, in axillary racemes. Calyx-tube short ; teeth 5, 
acute, nearly equal or the lowest much the longest, the 2 upper 
partially united. Standard broadly obovate, spreading; keel 
incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free, others united. Style 
long, incurved, pubescent or glabrous, not bearded ; stigma small. 
Pod oblong, flat, acute or tipped with the persistent style ; seeds 
2 or 1. 
Stems erect. Lower surface of leaves white-tomentose. 
Flowers yellow 1. B. Pseudo-cajan. 
Stems trailing or climbing. 
Flowers yellow, or yellow streaked with purple. 
Flowers scarcely J in. long. Terminal leaflet f-f 
in. long 2. R. minima. 
Flowers -|-f in. long. Terminal leaflet 1-2J in. 
long. 
Leaflets obtuse. Lowest calyx-tooth much 
shorter than corolla. Standard hairy . . 3. B. Falconeri. 
Leaflets long-pointed. Lowest calyx-tooth as 
long as corolla. Standard glabrous . . 4. R. himalensis. 
Flowers dark red 5. B. sericea. 
1. Rhynchosia Pseudo-cajan, Gamb. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 223. 
An erect shrub, 4-6 ft. ; stem and branches white-tomentose. 
Leaflets ovate ; terminal one lij-2 x f-1 in. ; upper surface green, 
pubescent ; lower white, tomentose. Flowers yellow, ^ in. long. 
Calyx white-tomentose. Standard and style pubescent. Pod 
1 in., white-tomentose. 
Sutlej valley; August, September. — W. Himalaya, Murree to Kumaon, 
8000-9000 ft. 
2. Rhynchosia minima, DC . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 223. Pubescent ; 
stems long, slender, trailing or climbing. Leaflets orbicular ; 
terminal one in. across. Flowers yellow, scarcely J in. long. 
Style nearly glabrous. Pod \ in., pubescent. 
Sutlej valley; September-January. — Throughout India, ascending to 4000 
ft. — Nearly all tropical and sub-tropical countries ; temperate N. America and 
S. Africa. 
3. Rhynchosia Falconeri, Baker ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 224. More 
or less hairy ; stems long, trailing or climbing. Leaflets ovate, 
obtuse ; terminal one 1-1^ X |-1J in. Flowers yellow, ^ in. long. 
Calyx densely hairy ; lowest tooth much shorter than the corolla. 
Standard hairy. Style glabrous. Pod 1-1 \ in., hairy. 
Shali, 7500 ft. ; August, September. — Garhwal. 
4. Rhynchosia himalensis, Benth . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 225. 
More or less hairy, viscidly glandular ; stems long, trailing or 
