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XXX. LEGUMINOSJE 
minute, resinous dots ; leaflets nearly equal, not lobed, entire, 
acute, lateral nearly sessile, terminal one stalked, rarely nearly 
sessile. Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes or clusters. Calyx- 
tube short ; teeth 5, nearly equal, acute, the 2 upper partially 
united, lowest the longest. Petals longer than the calyx : standard 
orbicular, spreading ; keel slightly incurved, obtuse. Upper 
stamen free, others united. Style thread-like, incurved, glabrous ; 
stigma small, capitate. Pod oblong, flat, marked with transverse, 
parallel grooves between the seeds, tipped with the persistent 
style-base ; seeds 4-10, separated by partitions. 
Flowers £— 1J in - long. Pod l |-2 in. 
Leaflets longer than broad. Corolla persistent. Pod 
£ in. broad, grey-pubescent . . . . 1. A. mollis. 
Leaflets as long as broad. Corolla soon falling off. 
Pod \ in. broad, thinly hairy . . . 3. A. platycarpa. 
Flowers scarcely J in. long. Pod f-1 in. . . . 2. A. scarab ceoides. 
1. Atylosia mollis, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 213. Densely 
pubescent or tomentose ; stems long, twining. Leaflets ovate, 
longer than broad ; terminal one about 2 X 1 in. Flowers yellow, 
1-1 f in. long, racemed. Corolla persisting until the pod is fully 
developed. Pod 1^-2 X-J- in., grey-pubescent ; seeds 8-10. 
Valleys below Simla, Haripur ; July-September. — Himalaya, Chamba to 
Sikkim, 2000-6000 ft. 
2. Atylosia scarabseoides, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 215. Pube- 
scent or hairy ; stems long, twining or trailing. Leaflets ovate 
or oblong ; terminal one about |X^ in. or l|x| in., sometimes 
very shortly stalked. Flowers yellow, scarcely J in. long, in 
axillary clusters of '2-6. Corolla soon falling off. Pod f-1 Xj in., 
densely hairy ; seeds 4-6. 
Simla, Naldera, on grassy slopes ; July-September. — Throughout India, 
ascending to 6000 ft. — Tropical Asia, Madagascar, Mauritius. 
3. Atylosia platycarpa, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 216. Pube- 
scent or hairy ; stems long, trailing or twining. Leaflets orbicu- 
lar, as long as broad, end one 1-3 in. across. Flowers yellow, 
f in. long, in racemes, or one or two together at the end of a short 
stalk. Corolla soon falling off. Pod l|Xj in., thinly hairy; 
seeds 5 or 6. 
Simla ; August, September. — W. Himalaya, i 000-8000 ft. 
36. RHYNCHOSIA. From the Greek rhynchos , a beak, 
referring to the incurved keel-petals. — Most warm regions ; a 
few species in S. Africa and N. America. 
Shrubs or perennial herbs, more or less hairy ; stems trailing 
or twining, rarely erect. Lower surface of leaves dotted with 
