Tae Oui i a po joan Sa Systane ae ie tates OSHA L Be L iy) a ALBERT R. MANN LIBRARY NEW York STATE COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND HoME ECONOMICS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY DATE DUE +< ee Fi ny aD ol yi Petes = =a GAYLORD PRINTEDINU.S A, WNL NL 3 1924 0 Cornell University The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu319240507 78723 FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA. Dates of Publication of the Several Parts of this Volume. Parr IV. pp. 1-240, was published May 1876. » V. pp. 241-496, 9 July 1878. » VI. pp. 497 to end _,, May 1879. Se THE FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA. BY SIR J. D. HOOKER, C.B., K.C.S.I. M.D., F.RS., D.C.L. OXON., LL.D. CANTAB, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AND HON. MEMBER OF THK ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. ASSISTED BY VARIOUS BOTANISTS. VOL. II. SABIACEH TO CORNACER. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL. LONDON: L. REEVE & CO., 6 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1879, LONDON : PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET ADDENDA. P. 307. Under Trisz III. Spireez, insert :— Seeds linear, testa membranous, albumen scanty or0... . . . 7. SpPirma. Seeds turgid, testa crustaceous, albumen copious . . . . . . . 7*. Nererta. P. 326. Before 8. Rubus, insert :— 7*. NEILGIA, Don. Perennial shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers yvacemed or panicled, white. Calyx persistent; tube campanulate ; lobes 5, Petals 5. Stamens 10 or more, Dise lining the calyx-tube. Carpels 1-5, free or connate ventrally; ovules few or many. Follicles coriaceous or membranous. Seeds few or many, turgid; testa crustaceous, albumen copious. Ferri Species 4 or 5, natives of the Himalaya, Java, N.E. Asia, and N. merica. 1. N. thyrsiflora, Don Prodr. 228; stipules usually serrate, racemes slender panicled, bracteoles usually toothed, calyx silky. DC. Prodr. ii. 546; Wall. Cat. 698; Hook. f. § Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 75. N. virgata, Wall. Cat. 7108. Adenilema fallax, Blume Bid. 1121. Central and Eastern Temperate Himataya, alt. 5-8000 ft. Kasia Mrs., alt. 5-7000 ft.—Disrris. Java. A large shrub, with drooping slender leafy branches. Leaves 2 by 14 in., ovate- cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes shallow, acute, sharply irregularly toothed or serrate. Panicles 3-8 in. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube i in., base rounded; lobes shorter than the tube, lanceolate, acute, in fruit often clothed with long rigid gland-tipped bristles. Petals small, white, oblong or obcordate. wit inclosed in the calyx, of 1 carpel. : 2. N. rubiflora, Don Prodr. 229; racemes solitary or shortly panicled, stipules and bracteoles usually quite entire, calyx tomentose. DC, Prodr. ii. 547; Hook. f. § Thoms. in Journ. Linn, Soc. ii. 75; Wall. Cat. 697. Central and Eastern Temperate Himataya ; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H. , Very similar to N. thyrsiflora in foliage, but leaves usually more deeply lobed ; inflorescence always much shorter, petals larger, and calyx tomentose. FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA. P. PILE Loci ME Errata in Vol. II. Pt. 11. 404. Hydrangea a/tissima is a scandent tree (J. D. H.) 413. Crassula indica has the stem-leaves alternate. 415, Kalanchoe brasiliensis should include K. olivacea, Dalz. in Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 313. 417, 1.3. Stamens 5 in some flowers, 10 in others (W. B. Hemsley), 445. Terminalia delerica should include T. attenuata, Edgw. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xx. 46. : 585. Epilobium Hookeri published as E. trichoneurum, Hauskn. in O. str. Bot. Zeit. 1879. 607, 1. 88, under T. multiloba. in place of only half-way down read very rarely only half-way down. 622, Add Bryonia diorca, Jacg. collected in Lahul by Dr. Aitchison. 631. For Thladiantha dubia, Bunge read T. calcarata, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn, Soc. xv. 126—( Momordica calcarata, Colebr). The Indian T. calearata has fenestrate fruit, thus differing specifically from the Japanese T. dubia. The confusion has arisen under Bot. Mag. t. 5469, which represents the plant of 7. dubia but the fruit of T. calcarata (Cogniaux), 643. Begonia fallax. The type specimen of this species, lately . found in Wight’s private Herbarium, is B. malabarica, Lamk. 705, 1.5. The Kumaon plant collected by Strachey and Winter- bottom is Trachydiwm Royle. Hence Plewrospermum stellatum is known (very imperfectly) only by the example of Royle. The plant described as Var. Lindleyana is a different species, but it is very doubtful whether it is the same as Royle’s (W. B. Hemsley). Hooker’s Flora of India, Pt. VII. “ee kh CWUINUEO LTFUUWECT Che 1. S. campanulata, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 811; Cat, 1002; leaves oblong acuminate puberulous base acute , petals elliptic nerved, filaments subulate’ much shorter than the petals. Hook. f. & T. Fl. Ind, i. 209; Brandis, For. Flor. 116. ? TEMPERATE Hmataya; from Simla, alt. 5000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ft. ‘ A climbing shrub. Leaves 2-4 by 3-1} in., membranous, puberulous on both surfaces, nerves reticulate. ‘Peduncles 1-2 in., subclavate. Flowers 3. in. diam., VOL, II. B cae A i FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA. Orprr XLV. SABIACEHE. (By J. D. Hooker.) Climbing or erect shrubs or erect trees, glabrous or with simple hairs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple or compound. Flowers small or minute, hermaphrodite or polygamous, usually panicled. Calyx 4-5-partite, imbricate. Petals 4-5, equal or unequal, opposite or alternate with the sepals, imbricate. Disk usually small, annular. Stamens 4-5, opposite the petals, inserted at the base of or on the disk, all perfect or two only perfect and three without anthers; filaments clavate, flattened or subulate; anthers didymous, cells distant bursting transversely or by a deciduous cap. Ovary 2-3-celled, compressed or 2-8-lobed 5 styles 2-3, free or connate or 0, stigmas punctiform; ovules 1-2 in each cell. Etipe carpels 1-2, dry or fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds compressed or globose, basilar, hilum broad, testa membranous or coriaceous, albumen 0; embryo various, cotyledons often contorted, radicle deflexed.—Drsrrrs. A small chiefly Indian order, with 4 genera and about 35 species. ; Stamens 4-5, all perfect and equal . " 5 ‘ r ‘ - 1, Sapra, ¢ Stamens 5, very unequal . : . : : . , : . 2, Metiosma, 1. SABIA, Coleb. Climbing or sarmentose shrubs; branches with the bud-scales persistent at their bases. Leaves quite entire. Flowers axillary, solitary, cymosé or. ‘panicled, usually hermaphrodite, 2-bracteate; bracts, calyx, corolla, stamens and carpels all opposite. Calyx 4—5-partite. ‘ Petals 4-5, with transparent’ lines, green, purplish or yellow. Dzsé annular, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted at the base of the disk; anthers extrorse or introrse. Carpels 2, varely 8, cohering slightly; styles 2, erect, terminal, cohering slightly; ovules 2 in each carpel, collateral or superposed, horizontal: Ripe-carpels 1 or 2, gibbous, ‘with a subbasal style, dry or drupaceous. Seed reniform, testa coriaceous, dotted ; embryo curved, cotyledons straight or incurved flat rugose or undulate, tadicle cylindric.—DistrrB. About 10 species, natives of tropical and tem- ‘perate India. * Peduncles 1-flowered. 1. S. campanulata, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 811; Cat, 1002; leaves oblong acuminate puberulous base acute, petals elliptic nerved, filaments subulate’ much shorter than the petals. Hook. f. § T. Fl. Ind. i. 209; Brandis, For. Flor. 116, Temperate Hrwataya; from Simla, alt. 5000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ft. A climbing: shrub. Leaves 2-4 by 3-1} in., membranous, puberulous on ‘both surfaces, nerves reticulate. ‘Peduncles 1-2 in., subclavate. Flowers 3. in, diam., VOL, Il. B acy d 2 xiv. saplacez. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sabia. subglobose or campanulate, green. Sepals orbicular. Petals 1-} long, enlarging and. persistent after flowering. Anthers extrorse. Drupes 2} in., pale blue, orbicular, compressed. 2. S. leptandra, Hook. 7. § T. Fl. Ind. i. 209; leaves elliptic or oblong acuminate glabrous base rounded, petals elliptic-oblong obtuse, fila~ ments elongate. Srmxxrm Himaraya ; alt. 5-7000, ft. J. D. A. . A shrub. Leaves thinly coriaceous, very variable in size and usually 3-4 by 1-12 in., rarely 6 by 3 in., beautifully reticulated between the few oblique nerves. Peduncles 1-2 in. Flowers campanulate, greenish-purple. Sepals 5, rounded. Petals } in. long, punctate. Filaments ligulate, anthers extrorse. Drupe as in 8. campanulata. * Flowers in 5- or moreflowered cymes or panicles. 83. S. purpurea, Hook. f. & T. Fl. Ind. i, 209; leaves oblong long- acuminate base usually rounded young puberulous, cymes 3—5-flowered, petals acute, filaments broadly subulate. S. parviflora, Wall. Cat. 1001, in part. Kaas Mrs.; alt. 4-6000 ft. Wallick, etc. Leaves 2-3 by 4-1 in., often 6 by 24 in. on the flowerless branches, glabrous, thinly coriaceous; nerves oblique, uniting far within the margin. Peduneles long, irregularly branched. Flowers small, purplish. Sepals ovate, subacute. Petals ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved. Drupe as in 8. campanulata. 4,$. malabarica, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 177; leaves elliptic- oblong ‘acuminate as waved base rounded, cymes very short 2-6- flowered, petals elliptic obtuse, filaments subulate. Western Peninsura; Anamallay hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. A climbing shrub, quite glabrous. Leaves 8-5 by 1-12 in., thinly coriaceous,. pale, margin cartilaginous; nerves many, spreading, much reticulated beneath; petiole 3-1 in. Peduncle 44 in. Flowers ,in. diam. Sepals small, ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals glabrous. Stamens shorter than the petals. Filaments slender, Anthers didymous, cells diverging. Ovules subcollateral. Drupe 3 in., reniform, reticulated.—Beddome figures the petals as connate at the base. 5. S. parviflora, Wail. im Roxb. FI. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 310; Cat. 1001, - part; leaves ovate or oblong acuminate margins waved, cymes dichotomous 7-11-flowered, stamens unequal. Hook. f. § T. Fl. Ind. i. 210. Susrropicat and Temperate Horaraya; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt, 3-6000 ft. A climbing shrub; branches very slender, tips puberulous. Leaves 2-4 by 3-1} in., thinly coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, nerves almost horizontal. Bracis minute, ciliate. Flowers minute. Sepals ovate, ciliate. Petals narrowly oblong, S-nerved. Filaments ligulate. Drupe 4-3 in., obovoid, oblong or subglobose; stone compressed. 6. S. lanceolata, Colebrooke in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 355 t. 14; leaves oblong-lanceolate base acute or obtuse, cymes lone-peduncled corym- bose many-flowered, petals ovate-lanceolate, stamens included. Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 309; Cat. 999; Blume Mus. Bot. 368; Hook. f. § T. Fl. Ind. i. 210. Kaasia Mrs., Suet and Assam, from the sea level to 4000 ft, A climbing shrub. Leaves 4-7 by 14-24 in., shining above, glaucous beneath, thinly coriaceous, nerves nearly horizontal, petiole }-} in. Peduncles 14-2 in., slender, sometimes supra-axillary. Flowers greenish, sweet-scented, Sepals ovate, acute. Petals 3 in., subacute. Filaments subulate. Anthers introrse. Drupe 2 in, pulpy, blue; stone rugose, compressed. ‘ S Sabia.] XLV, saBracey. (J, D, Hooker.) 8 7. S. limoniacea, Wall, Cat. 1000; leaves oblong or lanceolate acute or acuminate thickly coriaceous, panicles long glabrous, petals broadly oblong, stamens included. Hook. f. & T. Fl. Ind..i, 210, Celastrinea, Wall. Cat, 9015; Griff. Notul. iv. 423; Ic. Pl. As. t. 568 f. 2. Tropica, Stxumm, Broran, and the Kuasra Mrs. ascending to 3000 ft.; Situert, Assam and Currracona. : A lofty climber. Leaves 3-7 by 14-24 in., base rounded or acute, much reticulate when dry; nerves oblique, ineurved. Panicles reddish, quite glabrous, axillary or a little supra-axillary, with persistent bud-scales at their bases. lowers minute, yellowish. Sepals orbicular. Petals 3, in., shortly clawed, obovate, 5-nerved, fleshy. Filaments fleshy, incurved.—This approaches the Javanese 8, menescorta, Bl. 8. S. paniculata, Edgw. in Hook. f. § T. Fl. Ind. i, 211; branches glabrous, leaves elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate acute coriaceous base rounded 2 ue panicles long pilose, petals oblong, stamens included. Brandis For. lor. 117. ; Subtropical Western Hrazaya; in Kumaon and Garwhal, ascending to 3000 ft. . Branches glabrous. Leaves 5-8 by 14-8 in., glabrous, young puberulous, much reticulate; nerves oblique, arched. Sepals elliptic, 1-nerved, densely hairy. Petals. 7-4 in., oblong, subacute, 3-5-nerved. Filaments ligulate. Drupes 3 in. diam., usually solitary, orbicular, compressed. 9. S. tomentosa, Hook. f.; branches and nerves of leaves beneath- tomentose, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acute, petiole very short, panicles branched many-flowered and glabrous, petals linear-oblong, stamens included. ~ Urrer Assam? alt. 3500 ft., Griffith. Branches slender, the younger clothed with soft spreading hairs, as are the petioles. Leaves 22 by 1in., rather coriaceous, bullate between the spreading nerves, which are very prominent and hairy beneath; petiole 3, in. Panicle much branched, many- flowered, peduncle puberulous; branches and pedicels slender, glabrous. Flowers. dy in. diam. Filaments ligulate, shorter than the petals. Fruit didymous, of two obovoid diverging rugose subcompressed carpels, each nearly 3 in. long.—The only specimen I have seen has but two leaves, and is remarkable for its very short petioles and tomentum. ‘There is no habitat on the ticket, which resembles those of Griffith’s. journey from Upper Assam to Birma. It contains the following inscription :— “Sabia sp., fructibus subrotundis. 15. Alt. 3500.” 10. S. viridissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 304; glabrous, leaves obovate- to elliptic-lanceolate acuminate membranous, petiole 4-4 in., panicles lax, style 3-fid, stigma curved. ' Anpaman Istps., Kurz. Leaves 6-8 in., acuminate at both ends. Flowers small, white, pedicels } in., slender, thickened above. Sepals glabrous, ovate, obtuse. Petals almost Zin. long. Stigmas horse-shoe shaped. Fruit unknown.—I know nothing of this species beyond Kurz’s description. 2. MELIOSMA, Blume. (Mitirveronra, Roxb., WELLINGTONIA, Meissn.) Trees or shrubs, usually pubescent or tomentose. Legves simple or odd-pin- nate; leaflets subopposite, the terminal rarely wanting. Flowers in branched. . terminal or terminal and axillary panicles, small or minute, hermaphrodite ; bracts caducous. Bracteoles and sepals 5-9, persistent, forming an uninterrupted whorl round the much larger petals, outer smaller. Petals 5; 3 large, nearly orbicular, valvate, or imbricate ; 2 smaller, interior, placed behind ‘ e fertile B ” 4 SLY. saBlacez. (J. D. Hooker.) [Meliosma. stamens, either membranous and nearly free, or reduced to a bifid scale adnate to the filament. Stamens 5; 2 fertile, opposite the smaller petals, filament short, flattened, incurved, expanded at the top into acup, which bears two glo- bose cells that burst transversely, springing back elastically ; 3 deformed, broad, opposite the larger petals, 2-fid with 2 empty cells, together forming a cup over the pistil. Disk cupular or annular, with 2-5 simple or toothed teeth. Ovary sessile, 2- rarely 3-celled, contracted into a simple or 2-partible style, stigma sim- ple; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe small, oblique, subglobose; stone crustaceous, 1- celled, with usually a basilar rounded projection, over which the seed is curved. Seed globose, testa membranous; cotyledons conduplicate, radicle incurved.—Drsrris. Species about 20, nativesof Tropical Asia and the Malay Archipelago, with a very few S. America, * Leaves simple. . + Leaves serrate-toothed (see also 8, M. Wightii and 4. M. simplicifolia). 1, M. dilleniafolia, Wall. mss. (Millingtonia) ; leaves obovate or oblan- ceolate coarsely spinulose-toothed pubescent or tomentose beneath, panicles lax slender, flowers pedicelled, sepals and bracteoles ciliate, petals membran- ous, inner orbicular. Brandis For. Flor.115; Wt. & Arn. in Ed. New Phil, Journ., 1838, 179; We. Ill. i. 144 (Mlillingtonia) ; Millingtonia, Wall. Cat. 8116. Tomprrats Himataya; from Sra, alt. 448000 ft., to Suzi, alt. 8-10,000 ft. —Disteiz.? Japan. ; ; A small tree, 20 ft.; branches, petioles, and panicles covered with soft rusty pubescence. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 in., membranous, cuspidate-acuminate, nar rowed into the petiole; nerves very many, parallel, ending in marginal teeth. Panicle as long as the leaves or longer, spreading, lax-flowered ; bracts broad, deciduous ; pedicels very short; flowers white. Drupe globose, 3 in. diam., sometimes didymous. —This is very near indeed to the Japan M. myriantha Sieb. & Zuce., which is just distinguishable by the persistent subulate bracts. Wallich’s 8116 seems to be a young state of this, with large leaves glabrous beneath. 2. M. pungens, Wail. Cat. 8114 EF, F (Millingtonia); leaves ob- lanceolate caudate-acuminate coarsely serrate glabrous or puberulous beneath, flowers sessile glomerated, sepals and bracteoles about 7 all suborbicular cili- ate, petals membranous. Brandis For. Flor. 116, M. acuminata, Royle Il. 189, M. integrifolia, Wall. Cat. 8114 G im part (Millingtonia). M. rigida and M. ferruginea, Seb. § Zuce. (in Herb. Hook.) SuprroricaL and Temprrare Hrmaraya; alt. 38-8000 ft., from Marri to Nipal.— Disrri. Japan. A small tree; branches, petioles, and panicles clothed with rusty pubescence. Leaves 5-9 in. by 2-3 in., very coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, almost spinulose- serrate, apex long quite entire; nerves stout, ascending, very prominent beneath; petiole }-1in. Panicle often much larger than the leaves, spreading, erect ; flowers densely fascicled on the ultimate branchlets, larger than in Ml. dillenieefolia or simplici- folia. Drupe 4 in. diam. globose——The Japanese specimens have usually longer petioles, but I find no other difference. The densely glomerate larger flowers at once distinguishes this from M. simplicifolia, The. M. integrifolia Wall. Herb. under 8114 G. consists of one specimen of this with nearly entire leaves, and one of M. simplicifolia, both from Nipal. ; Tt Leaves quite entire, or subserrate when young only. 3. M. Wightii, Planch. in Herb. Hook; leaves coriaceous obovate elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate shortly acuminate glabrous or pubescent be- neath, flowers sessile glomerate, sepals and bracteoles about 9 broad ciliate the outer pubescent on the back; petals membranous. Brandis For. Flor. 116 (under M. pungens). Millingtonia simplicifolia, Wall. Cat, 8114.4. M, pungens, Meliosma.] XLV. saBracea. (J. D. Hooker.) 5 Wall.; Wt. §& Arn. in Ed. New Phil. Journ. 1838, 178; W. & A. Prodr. 115; Wight Ic. t. 964, 3; Thwaites Enum. 59; Bedd. Ft. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 77; Bedd. Fi. Sylv. Man, 17. Western Penisuta ; from the Concan southwards. Cxrrzton, Central Province, alt. 5-7000 ft. Very similar to M. pungens, and perhaps only a form of that plant ; but the habit is more robust, the leaves usually broader in proportion, less tapered to the base, and quite entire, often more oblong-elliptic, with rarely a caudate apex, and if toothed the teeth are less spinulose; the flowers are of the same size, and similarly aggregated ; the fruit also appears to be of the same size. 4, M. simplicifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 103; Cor. Pl. t. 254 (Millingto- nia); leaves membranous obovate oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate quite en- tire or toothed when young glabrous or pubescent beneath, flowers sessile distinct, sepals and bracteoles about 6 ciliate outer narrow hairy on the back. Wall. Cat. 8114 B, C, D; W & A. Prodr. 115 (Millingtonia); M. integrifolia, Wall. Cat. 8114 G (Millingtonia); Thwattes Enum. 59; Griff. Notul. iv. 162; Ic. Pl. As. t. 442; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 77. Troricat Himataya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft. J. H. D.; Bhotan Grifith—Kuasu Mrs. ascending to 3000 ft.; Assam, Sytner, Tenasserim at Mergui, Griffith ; Western Penrsvta, in subalpine forests, Beddome. CEYLON, common up to an elevation of 3000 ft. Distrrm. Java? P A large tree; branchlets and petioles puberulous, panicles pubescent. Leaves 6--16 by 4-7 in., narrowed into the petiole, young sometimes obtusely toothed, usually membranous, shortly acuminate, glabrous or puberulous beneath, with strong raised. nerves; petiole 3-2 in. Panicle often longer than the leaves, sometimes leafy, or panicles in the upper axil ; branches slender. Flowers much smaller than in M. Wightii, not glomerated, more hairy on the bracts and sepals, which are much more acute. Fruit about 4 in. diam—Miquel gives this as a native of Java, but I have seen no specimen from Java exactly according with it. I have seen no Western Peninsula specimens of this, but Beddome says it is‘ common on the Ghats, about 2~3000 ft. elevation, above which its place is taken by M. pungens (Wightii). 5. IM. elliptica, Hook. f.; leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate at both ends quite entire densely rufous pubescent or tomentose beneath, panicle densely tomentose, flowers sessile distinct, sepals and bracteoles 3-6, orbicular very coriaceous subciliate, petals very coriaceous subvalvate. Sabia? flori- bunda, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 521. Mazacca, Griffith, Maingay ; Stxcarorz, Lobb. A tree?; branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles clothed with very soft rusty dense almost velvety tomentum. Leaves 3-7 by 1}~3 in., glabrous except the pubescent midrib above, quite entire, rarely oblanceolate, narrowed. into the petiole; nerves arched, very prominent beneath; petiole 3-} in. Panicle as in the genus, usually larger than the leaves. Flowers of the size of M. simplicifolia, very distinct from all the preceding in the small coriaceous glabrous sepals. Staminal scales 2-fid, ciliate at the tip (Maingay)—Kurz (Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 74) refers Sabia? floribunda of Miquel to M. simplicifolia, meaning no doubt this species, under which I hence cite it. 6. Mf. lancifolia, Hook. f.; clothed with spreading villous pubescence, leaves very long oblanceolate acuminate membranous, flowers sessile, aggre- gated, sepals and bracteoles 5 outer lanceolate ciliate and hairy on the back inner ee see oblong. Matacca, Maingay. Branchlets cylindric, clothed with a rough and much'more spreading pubescence than in any of the other species, especially on the panicle and nerves of the leaves be- 6 Xiy. sapiacez, (J.D. Hooker.) [Meliosma. neath. Leaves 12-18 by 31-4 in., very long and narrow, very acuminate, but not caudate, very gradually narrowed into the short petiole; upper surface minutely scabrid; nerves numerous, arching. Panicle shorter than the leaves (in the only spe- cimen). Flowers as small as in M. simplicifolia, crowded on the ultimate branchlets. Inner sepals very coriaceous, obtuse, quite glabrous. Petals and fruit not seen. ** Leaves odd-pinnate. + Leaftets serrate or toothed. 7. Mf. pinnata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 104 (Millingtonia) ; nearly glabrous, * leaflets 6-12 pairs oblong or oblong- or linear-lanceolate acuminate more or less serrate glabrous, panicle puberulous very large, flowers pedicelled or sessile. Maxim. Diagn. Fl. Jap. Dec. iv. and v. 263; Wall. Cat, 8115 & 8117. Smxum Himataya, alt. 1000 ft. J.D. H. Suet, Roxburgh. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 38-5000 ft. H.f.g T. Uppsr Assam, Grifith—Distri. Japan? A middling-sized tree; branches smooth. Leaves 6-18 in.; petiole cylindric; leaflets 3-6 by 1-14 in. shortly petiolulate, much acuminate, sometimes nearly entire, Panicle as long as the leaves, terminal; branches spreading; bracts minute, cadu- cous, subulate. Flowers white, minute. Sepals and bracteoles 5, broadly orbicular- ovate, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Petals subvalvate, glabrous. Disk 3-angled. Drupe as large as a pea.—The M. rhoifolia, Maxim., of Japan seemsto be the same as this. & M. Wallichii, Planch. in Herb. Hook.; pubescent, leaflets 3-6-pairs oblong oblong-ovate or obovate-acuminate more or less spinulose-toothed, pubescent beneath, panicle tomentose, flowers very shortly pedicelled. Tropican Himataya; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, Herb. Griffith. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft.. Hf. § T.—Distrm. Korea. A small tree; branchlets rusty puberulous. Leaves, 6-12 in.; leaflets, 3-7 in., straight or falcate, rather coriaceous; petiole, petiolules and under-surface clothed with a spreading rusty tomentum; nerves many, curved; upper surface opaque; base rounded oblique. Panicle stout, much branched; hairs short spreading; bracts caducous. Flowers minute, on short stout pedicels. Sepals and bracteoles 5, glabrous, orbicular-ovate. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the size of a small pea.—Small specimens of this from Moflong in the Khasia seem identical with a Corean plant collected by Wilford. Tt Leaflets quite entire. 9. M. Arnottiana, Wight, Iil., i. 144, t. 53 (Millingtonia); rusty- tomentose, leaflets 5-7 pairs subopposite ovate-lanceolate subcaudate acuminate pubescent beneath, panicles rusty pubescent, flowers crowded sessile or shortly pedicelled. Thwaites Enum. 59; Bedd, Fl. Sylv. t. 160, Sapindus? microcarpus, W. & A. Prodr. 112. Western Peniysvza; from Canara southwards, Wight. Cryion; in the central province, alt. 47000 ft. A tree?; branchlets, petioles, petiolules, leaflets beneath and panicle clothed with a spreading subfurfuraceous or velvety rusty pubescence. Leaves 6-10 in.; leaflets 3-5 by 13-14 in., rather membranous, lower often falcate and recurved, base rounded, nerves not prominent, tips finely drawn out, upper surface opaque ; petiolules }-$ in. ' Panicle axillary and terminal. Flowers very numer- ous, crowded on the branchlets of the panicle. Sepals and bractevles 5, orbicular- ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, rather pubescent. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the size of pea. 10. M. sumatrana, Jack in Mal. Misc. ii. 30 (Millingtonia) ; glabrous, leaflets 3-6 pairs elliptic- or obovate- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base acute panicle contracted pubescent, flowers large crowded. M. nitida, Blume Cat. * ” India. Meliosma.] XLV, SABIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 7 Hort, Buit. 32; Rumphia, iii. 202, tab. 169; Nees in Flora, 1825, 106 (Milling- tonia) ; Mig. FU. Ind, Bat. i. pt. 2,617. Irina integerrima, Blume Byd. 281, Mazacca, Griffith, Maingay.—Disrri. Sumatra. A moderate-sized tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 1-1} ft.; petiole nearly terete ; leaflets 6-10 in., opposite, very.variable in shape, coriaceous, shining on both surfaces; nerves arched, much reticulate; petiolules 3-% in. Panicle stout, erect, rusty-pubescent, with rather spreading short pubescence; bracts acuminate, ciliate. Sepals and bracteoles 5, the outermost very small, broadly orbicular-ovate, rather thick, glabrous. Petals subvalvate. Filaments larger than usual in the genus, without lateral teeth, the scale (petal) behind them being larger, elliptic and entire. Fruit nearly 2 in. diam.—I think there can be no doubt but that this is Jack’s M. Sumatrana ; and that it is the same with Blume’s M. mnitida. I have in proof Java specimens of the latter named by Blume. Jack states that the ter- minal leaflet is sometimes absent. Griffith has a single imperfect specimen of apparently this plant from Malacca, with a few spinulose teeth on the upper part of ithe leaflets; it may be M. confusa, Bl. of Sumatra. 11. M. lanceolata, Blume Cat. Hort. Buit. 32; Rumphia, iii. 200, t. 168 (B. excepted), var. pubescens ; gona leaflets 6-8 pairs, very coriaceous linear-oblong caudate-acuminate pubescent beneath margins recurved, panicle tomentose with very long branches. Matacca, Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Maingay (M. Sumatrana, Kew distrib. not of Jack).—Disteis. Sumatra, Borneo. A tree; branchlets stout, rusty-pubescent. Leaves 1-2 ft.; petiole stout, terete; leaflets 5-7 by 14-13 in., often recurved and subfalcate, base rounded, rigidly coriaceous, shining above, opaque and pubescent beneath with much raised nerves; petiolules stout, in. Panicles very large, with long spreading branches, almost velvety with rusty tomentum. Flowers minute, rather scattered, sessile'or nearly so. Sepals .and bracteoles 4 or 5, broadly orbicular-ovate, glabrous, outer ciliate. Petals valvate. Filaments short; scales 2-fid. Frwit not seen.—The Bornean and Sumatra specimens -are more glabrous on the leaflets beneath, but I find no other difference. - Nar. Orv. XLVI. ANACARDIACEE.. (By J. D. Hooker.) Trees or shrubs; juice often milky and acrid. Leaves alternate, opposite in Bouea, exstipulate, simple or compound. Inflorescence various ; flowers small, regular, unisexual, polygamous, or bisexual. Calyx 3-5-partite, sometimes -accrescent, spathaceous in Gluta. Petals 3-5, alternate with the gery free, rarely 0, imbricate or valvate in bud, sometimes accrescent. isk flat, cup-shaped or annular, entire or lobed, rarely obsolete. Stamens as many as the petals, rarely more, inserted under, rarely on, the disk, filaments usually ‘subulate; anthers 2-celled, basi- or dorsi-fixed. Ovary superior, half inferior ‘in Holigarna, 1- or 2-6-celled, rudimentary or 2-3-fid in the ¢; of 5-6 free carpels in Buchanania ; styles 1-4, or stigma subsessile ; ovules solitary in the cells, pendulous from the top or wall or from an ascending basal funicle. Fruit usually a 1-5-celled 1-5-seeded drupe; stone sometimes dehiscent. Seed exalbuminous; embryo straight or curved, cotyledons plano-convex, ' radicle short.—Distris. Chiefly tropical ; genera about 45; species about 460. Sorindeia Madagascariensis, DC. (Wall. Cat. 8491), is cultivated in gardens in Tre I. Anacardiez. Ovary 1-celled, or if 2-celled, with one cell early suppressed. : A. rules pendulous from a basal funicle. 8 XLVI, ANACARDIACER. (J.D. Hooker.) * Sepals and petals not accrescent. Calyx 4-5-partite. Petals 4-6. Stamens 4-10. Leaves alternate, usually compound . - «Se . 1, Ravs. Calyx 5-partite: Petals 0. Stamens 3-4. Leaves alter- nate,compound . . : . . : . . 2, Prsracta. Calyx 4-5-partite. Petals 4-5. Stamens 1-5. ae fili- form. Leaves alternate, simple . 3. MancirEra. ) Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5. Stamens 8- 10, all or a few only perfect. Torus stipitate. Style filiform. Leaves alternate,simple . . a . 7 : ‘ . ¥*3, ANACARDIUM. Calyx 3-5-partite, valvate. Petals 3-5. Stamens 3-5, all ‘ perfect. Style short. Leaves opposite, simple . . 4, Bova. Calyx spathaceous. Petals4—6. Stamens 4-6. Torus stipi- ‘tate. Style filiform. Leaves alternate, simple : . 6. Grora. Calyx 3-5-lobed. Petals 3-5. Stamens 10. Carpels 5-6, one only Bote: Styles short. Leaves alternate, simple - . . a 2 ‘ P . 6. Bucwanant. ** Sepals or petals accrescent. Leaves simple. Calyx spathaceous. Stamens 5 or numerous. - > 4%. Muranorri@a. Calyx 5-partite. Stamens 5 s 5 e . 8. Swrntonta. B. Ovules pendulous from the _ of the cell or from the walls of the- ovary above the middle. * Leaves 3-foliolate or pinnate. Calyx not accrescent. Petals valvate. Stamens 10. Stylel . . ‘ 5 5 : . « 9. SoLENocaRPus. Calyx not accrescent, Petals imbricate. Stamens 10. Stylel . . . . A : F 7 - 10. Tarr, Calyx not accrescent. Petals imbricate. Stamens 5, with 5 staminodes. Style very short’ . : , . 11, Peyraspapon. Calyx not accrescent. Petals imbricate, Stamens 8-10. Styles 3-4. « 12. Opa. Calyx accrescent. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Style B-fid | 13, Parise. ** Leaves simple. Petals imbricate. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Drupeon a much enlarged peduncle . : . 14. Semecarpus. : Petals imbricate. Stamens 5, Style i Drupe superior . 16. Demrycarrus, Petals valvate. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Drupeinferior. . 16. Hoxicarna. ; Petals valvate. Stamens 6. Style 1. Drupe superior . 17. Mrtanocuyza. Petals imbricate. Stamens 4. Style 4 short. Drupe superior , 7 : . . ‘ - 18. Nornopseta. Petals imbricate. Stamens 6-10. Style 1. “ Drupe superior 19. CampnosPERMA. Trize II. Spondiewx. Ovary 2-5-celled ; ovules pendulous. Leaves: pinnate. Flowers polygamous. Stamens 8-10. Styles 4-5, free above 20. Sponp1as, Flowers bisexal. Stamens 10. Styles 5, thick, connate at the lips. ‘ i - P “ . - 21, DraconromEnum. DOUBTFUL GENUS. Calyx 3-fid. Stamens 3. Ovary 3-celled. Leaves entire . ?22. Ruarrnua. . Rhus.| XLVI, ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 9 1, RHUS, Linn. _ Trees or shrubs, with often an acrid juice. Leaves alternate, simple or 1-3- foliolate or pinnate ; leaflets quite entire or serrate. Flowers small, in terminal and axillary panicles, polygamous, Calyx small, 4-6-parted, persistent; seg- ments nearly equal, imbricate. Petals 4-6, equal, spreading, imbricate, Stamens 4, 5, 6, or 10, inserted at the base of the disk, free ; filaments subulate ; anthers short, imperfect in the 9 flower. Ovary sessile, ovoid or globose, 1-celled ; styles 3, free or curvate, short or long; stigmas simple or capitate; ovule pendu~ lous from a basal funicle. Drupe small, dry, ehrureel 3; stone coriaceous, crustaceous or bony. Seed pendulous from the funicle, testa. membranous, coty~ ledons flattish, radicle ihocked short superior.—A large genus of about 120 species, natives chiefly of warm temperate regions, Srcr. 1. Cotinus. Leaves simple. Panicle with many flowerless finally elongate capillary hairy pedicels. Flowers bisexual. Drupe obovate, com~ pressed, stone triangular. 1. R. Cotinus, Linn.; Borss. Fi. Orient. ii. 4; leaves long-petioled elliptic or obovate glabrous ortomentose. Brandis For. Flor. 118. R. velutina, Wall. Cat. 998 (excel. C. in Herb. Linn, Soc.) ; R. levis, Wall. mss. in G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 65. i Western Suprroricat Himaraya; alt. 83-5000 ft., from Marri to Kumaon.— - Disrrrs. from Syria westwards to France. A shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-4 in., obtuse ; nerves spreading, parallel ; petiole very slender, 1-2in. Panicles axillary and terminal, very large, slender, and many-flowered. Flowers 4 in. diam.; pedicels very slender. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse. Petals twice as long, elliptic. Stamens shorter than the petals; anthers large. Disk broad, 4-angled. Drupe 3 in., compressed, covered with white hairs—The numerous hairy flowerless pedicels of the very large copious panicles give this bush a remarkable appearance during and after flowering. Wall. Cat. 998 C. (in Herb. Linn. Soc. only) is Rhus succedanea. Sucr. 2. Sumac. Leaves 3-foliolate or odd-pinnate. Flowers polygamous dicecious or bisexual. -Drupe ovoid or orbicular. * Leaves trifoliolate. 2. BR. parviflora, Rozrb. Fil. Ind. ii. 100; softly tomentose, leaflets elliptic oblong-obovate or orbicular irregularly crenate above the middle. DC. Prodr, i.70; Wall. Cat. 991; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flor. Suppl. 19; Brandis For. Flor, 119. Western Himarayva; alt. 2-5000 ft., from Kumaon to Nipal. Crnrran Inpra on the Pashmarchi hills, Brandis. An unarmed shrub; branchlets, leaves beneath, petioles and panicle densely clothed with soft rusty tomentum. Leaves palmate, 3-foliolate; petiole 1-1} in., stout; leaflets 14-3 in., sessile or the terminal contracted into a petiole, coriaceous, tomentose on both surfaces especially beneath ; nerves spreading, parallel. Panicles axillary and terminal, silky, longer than the leaves. Flowers 3, in. diam. ; pedicels very short; bracts linear. Sepals ovate, the outer hairy. Petals twice as long, ob- long. Disk 5-lobed. Drupe 3 in. diam., ovoid, compressed, red-brown, shining.— The Ceylon specimens alluded to in Brandis are no doubt cultivated ones. ‘8. BR. mysorensis, Heyne; W. §& A. Prodr. 172; pubescent, leaf- lets small obovate or cuneate sinuate-toothed or -lobed. Brandis For. Flor. 119; Beddome Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 78. t. xi. f.3; Wall. Cat. 997. Norra Western Inp1a ; Scind, Stocks ; Rohilkund, near Delhi. Western Pangas, Sulima range, alt. 2500-5000 ft. Wursrern Peninsuta; Maisor and the Dekkan. A small shrub; branches woody, flexuous, often spinous; branchlets, petioles, 10 XLVI. ANACARDIACEa. « (J. D. Hooker.) (Rhus. leaves beneath, and panicle clothed with a rather furfuraceous pubescence. Leaves palmately 3-foliolate ; petiole 3-% in.; leaflets $-1} in., the terminal always much the largest, lateral often very small, all sessile and contracted at the base. Panicles subsimple, very slender, axillary and terminal. Flowers 3, in. diam. ; pedicels short ; bracts minute. Sepals ovate, 2 smaller. Petals oblong, much larger than the sepals. Stamens short. Disk obscurely 5-lobed. Drupe 3 in, diam., subglobose, compressed, red-brown, shining.—Brandis suspects that this may be a form of R. parviflora, but I cannot think so. . 4, BR. paniculata, Wall, Cat. 998; glabrous, leaflets elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtuse entire or very obscurely sinuate-lobed. Buotan, Griffith ; Brrwa at Yenangheum, Wallich.—Dtstars. Yunan. Probably a tree; quite glabrous except the minutely puberulous panicles. Leaves rather coriaceous, palmately 3-foliolate; petiole 1-1} in.; leaflets 3-5 by 1-2 in., rarely oblanceolate, sessile, contracted at the base, terminal the largest and sometimes petiolulate; nerves many, spreading, parallel. Panicles very slender, axillary and terminal, elongate ; branchlets recurved. Flowers 3; in.; shortly pedicelled. Sepals orbicular. Petals not much larger, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Disk cup-shaped. Drupe % in. diam., nearly orbicular, depressed. ** Leaves odd-pinnate. + Leaflets pubescent or tomentose beneath. 5. R. semi-alata, Murray; DC. Prody. ii. 67; petiole usually winged above, leaflets 4-6-pairs sessile toothed densely pubescent beneath, panicle equalling the leaves, pericarp indehiscent. Brandis For. Flor. 119. RB. bucki- amela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 99; Wight Ic. t.561; Wall. Cat. 994. R. javanica, L. (fid. DC). R. Amela, Don Prodr, 248. oe Temperate Hovaraya; from Banahal to Sikkim, alt. 38-6000 ft. Kasra Mrs., alt. 38-5000 ft. A small tree; branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles clothed with a dense soft pubescence. Leaves 10-18 in.; petiole cylindric ; leaflets coriaceous, sessile, oblong, acuminate, base cuneate, terminal petiolulate, opaque above, pale reddish- white beneath ; nerves many, parallel. Panicle large, broad, with a stout peduncle. Flowers 3, in., white or pale yellow-green. Sepals ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals much larger, oblong, ciliate, and with a ciliate median ridge on the upper surface. Stamens exceeding the petals; anthers large. Disk cup-shaped, 10-lobed. Styles rather long. Drupe 4 in. diam., orbicular, compressed, red, shining, acid.—I have specimens from the Bombay Presidency collected by Dr. Gibson (perhaps cultivated), and from Ritchie (Griffith's Herbarium) collected at Baraghur (probably east of the Indus) with the name “ Semall-Shoorookee.” The leaves are very small, the leaflets about 1 in. long, more sharply serrated ; it may be a different species. 6. R. punjabensis, Stewart im Brandis For. Flor. 120; petiole not winged pubescent, leaflets 5-6-pairs sessile quite entire or serrate towards the tip slightly pubescent beneath, panicles much smaller than the leaves, flowers sessile, pericarp indehiscent. Norra Western Hrwaraya; Kunawur, alt. 6000 ft., Thomson. Rajaori and Bussahir, alt. 2500-8000 ft., Brandis. A tree 30-40 ft.; branchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles covered with a very fine pale pubescence. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole slender, terete ; leaflets sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, membranous, opaque above, base rounded ; nerves numerous, slightly arched, simple. Panicles about half the ‘length of the leaves, subsessile; branches dense, spreading. Flowers unknown. Drapes $ in. diam., orbicular, compressed, red, tomentose. 7. R. khasiana, Hook. f.; petiole very slender glabrous, leaflets 8-12- Rhus. ] XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ, (J. D. Hooker.) 11 pairs membranous subsessile lanceolate incised-serrate long-acuminate hairy chiefly on the nerves beneath, pericarp dehiscent. Kuasta Mrs.; at the Borpanee, and at Currracone. H. f. & T. A large tree. Leaves 1-14 ft.; petiole terete, soft, pubescent towards the tip; leaflets 3-4 by 3-3 in.; base cuneate, oblique, glaucous beneath ; nerves very slender, about 15 pairs, arched, clothed with soft white spreading hairs. Flowers not seen. Drupes § in. diam., in open panicles, pedicelled, orbicular-ovate, compressed ; epicarp papery, pale, irregularly torn, exposing a fibrous endocarp.—I have only examined amperes specimens of this very distinct plant, which approaches RB. punjabensis in bit. 8. R. Wallichii, Hook. f.; petiole tomentose not winged, leaflets 3-5- pairs subsessile quite entire densely softly tomentose beneath, panicles much shorter than the leaves, pericarp dehiscent. JR. vernicifera (in part), DC. Prodr. ii. 68; Royle Ill. 175; Brandis For. Flor. 120. R. juglandifolia, Wail. Cat, 996 (not of Willdenow). TemPrRATE Himataya; from Garwhal to Nipal, alt. 6-7000 ft. A tree; branchlets stout, petioles and leaves beneath and panicles, clothed with a soft dense rusty tomentum. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete; leaflets 6-9 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, ellipticor oblong, acuminate, shortly petiolulate ; base rounded, upper surface pubescent or glabrous; nerves 20-25 pairs, parallel. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, axillary ; branches short, stout. Flowers subsessile, 3, in..diam. Sepals small, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals much larger, obovate, concave, white ? with very broad dark veins. Filaments short; anthers large. Disk broad, cup-shaped, obscurely lobed. Drupes densely crowded, 3 in. diam., globose, puberulous ;. epicarp dry, crustaceous, bursting irregularly ; stone globose, very thick, bony, surrounded by wax.—I agree with Brandis in regarding this as quite distinct from the Japanese wax tree (2. vernicifera), from which it differs in the sessile flowers and laxer and longer panicles; juice corrosive. The Sikkim specimens referred to this species by Brandis have glabrous petioles, and belong to R. insignis. 9. R. insignis, Hook f.; petiole not winged glabrous, leaflets 3-4 pairs, petiolulate glabrous above tomentose beneath, panicles shorter than the leaves, drupe pedicelled, pericarp dehiscent. Srxxm Hoazaya, interior valleys, alt. 3-6000 ft. J.D. H. Kuasia Mrs, at Nurtiung, alt. 4000 ft. Af. § T. A small beautiful tree. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete; leaflets 6-9 by 3-4} in., ‘coriaceous, quite entire, elliptic or oblong, abruptly acuminate, glabrous and shin- ing above, rusty, softly tomentose beneath ; nerves very numerous, as in R. Wallichit. Flowers not seen. Fruiting panicles axillary, stout, 10 in. long-peduncled; branches spreading. Drupes scattered on the panicle, globose 3 in. diam.; epicarp thin, dry, bursting irregularly and enclosing a globose white mass of wax containing a very small flattened crustaceous stone.—Similar in many respects to BR. Wallichii, but very different in the glabrous petiole and panicle, petioluled leaflets that are often cordate at the base, large lax glabrous panicles, and smaller very different fruit. The panicles and petioles are crusted with lenticels in some Sikkim specimens. © 10. R.? Dhuna, Hamilton in Wall. Cat. 8502 (Terebinthacex ?); pe- tiole not winged and leaflets beneath softly tomentose; leaflets 4 pairs petio- lulate oblong abruptly acuminate. Nipat at Patgong, Hamilton. Leaves 2 ft. ; petiole stout, cylindric, grooved ; leaflets 6-10 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, terminal obovate, with a cuneate base, the rest oblong with a cordate base; midrib stout ; nerves 25 pairs slightly arched; under surface clothed with soft spreading hairs, upper smooth, glabrous, with a slender midrib; petiolule robust, cylindric 34 in.— T have only leaves of this very fine plant, which appear to be closely allied to . Wal- lichii, and R. insignis, differing from the former in the much less tomentose leaves and petiolulate leaflets, and from the latter in the pubescent petiole. 12 ELVI, ANACARDIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Rhus. tt Leaflets quite glabrous beneath. 11. R. succedanea, Linn. ; glabrous, leaflets 3-6 pairs oblong- ellip- tic- or ovate-lanceolate caudate acuminate, panicle slender, flowers pedicelled, pericarp dehiscent. DC. Prodr. ii. 68; .Rovb. Fl. Ind. ii. 98; Wight. Ic. t. 560; Brandis For. Flor. 121; Wall. Cat. 992. R. acuminata, DC. Prodr. ii. 68, Spondias? Wail. Cat. 8479. Temperate Howaraya, from Kashmir, alt. 83-6000 ft.; to Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft. and Bhotan; Kasim Mrs., alt. 2-6000 ft.—Disrrin. Japan. ses A tree about 30 feet high, everywhere glabrous, except the panicle in some va- tieties, Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 6-18 in.; petiole terete, slender ; leaflets 2-5 by 1}-24 in., petiolulate, elliptic-oblong or oblong- or ovate-lan- ceolate, tip very slender ; base rounded or acute, straight or oblique ; nerves numerous, slightly arched, slender. Pamnicles axillary, half the length of the leaves, slender, lax, with a very few scattered hairs, or glabrous. Flowers 73th in. diam., yellow-green; pedicel slender. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals much larger, oblong or obtuse. Disk 5-lobed. Drupes 1 in. diam., in drooping panicles, gibbous, compressed, epicarp very thin, bursting irregularly ; stone compressed, bony, surrounded with wax.— Perhaps two or three species are mixed up here, but I cannot satisfactorily distin- guish them without more complete specimens than I possess. Var. 1. himalaica; shoots glabrous, leaves scattered, petiole 1-2 ft., leaflets 6-8 pairs, 4-6 by 13-2} in. petiolulate obliquely ovate-lanceolate acuminate very mem- branous, midrib often pilose beneath, nerves 10-15 pairs, much arched, panicle pu- bescent in flower, fruiting glabrous very lax, drupes pedicelled laterally compressed. —N.W. Himalaya, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Nipal. This differs from the Japanese plant in the pubescent panicle and fewer more-arched nerves. There are fruits of it from Nipal in Wallich’s Herbarium on the sheet with var. 3. : Var. 2. sikkimensis ; shoots pubescent, leaves as in var. 1, flowering panicle lax glabrous, fruit unknown.—A large tree of the Sikkim inner valleys, Lachen-Lachoong, etc., alt. 5-8000 ft. Var. 3. acuminata, DC. Prodr. ii. 68 (sp.); leaves usually crowded at the ends of the branches, petiole 6-10 in., leaflets 2-5 pairs, 2-5 by 13-2 in. elliptic or ellip- tic-obovate or -oblong often abruptly caudate-acuminate at length coriaceous, nerves 25-30 pairs horizontal straight parallel, panicle glabrous in flower, fruiting panicle more dense, drupes on very short stout pedicels Iaterally compressed.—Himalaya from Nipal to Bhotan, Khasia Mts. Var. 4. spherocarpa; leaves of var. 3, drupes depressed spheres.—Khasia, Griffith. 12. R. Griffithii, Hook f.; glabrous, leaflets 4-7 pairs oblong or ovate- eploug acuminate, panicle stout pubescent, flowers subsessile, pericarp de- iscent. Kuasra Mrs. alt. 4-6000 ft., Simons, etc.; Misuar Huts, Griffith. Asmall tree. Leaves towards the ends of the branches, 1-2 ft.; petiole stout, terete ; leaflets 5-10 by 23-4} in., coriaceous, quite entire, rounded or cordate, rarely acute at the base, glabrous and opaque above, very obscurely puberulous on the midrib and principal nerves beneath ; petiolules } in., very stout; nerves strong. Panicles 5-6 in. long, axillary ; peduncle and branches stout, pubescent. Flowers +, in. diam., almost sessile. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals much larger, linear-oblong, obtuse. Stamens exserted. Disk broad, sinuate-lobed. Drupes on short stout pedicels, about 3-3 in. diam., nearly orbicular, compressed ; epicarp thin, bursting irregularly; stone compressed, surrounded with wax.—A very distinct spe- cies, closely allied to R. succedanea, from which it differs in its much larger size, stouter habit, larger leaflets often cordate at the base, pubescent stout panicle, nearly sessile flower and smaller drupes. Pistacia.] XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 13 2. PISTACIA, Linn. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, pinnate, or 3-foliate. Flowers » small, apetalous in axillary racemes or panicles, dicecious. Mazz ru. Calyx 8-5-fid. Stamens 3-7. Disk small. Rudiment of Ovary minute or 0. Ferm. FL. bracteate. Sepals 3-4, Stamens and Disk 0. Ovary sessile, 1-célled ; style, short, 3-fid, stigmas capitate, recurved ; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle.. Drupe dry; stone bony. Seed with a membranous testa; cotyledons thick, oily, curved. Disrris. Species about, 6, natives of Western Asia and the Mediterranean region, and one Mexican. : Several species of this genus, allied to Mediterranean forms, are found in Affghan- jstan and Beluchistan, but do not cross the frontier. Thé seeds of P. vera, L. the’ Pistachio-nut, are imported into N. Western India. P. integerrima, Stewart in Brandis For. Flor. 122, t. xxii.; leaflets 4-5 pairs lanceolate caudate-acuminate. Rhus integerrima, Wail. Cat. 8474, R. asingee, Royle Lil. 175. Norta-Western Frontier; Peshwur valley and Salt range. Western Hia- Lava; alt. 1200 to 8000 ft., from the Indus to Kumaon, usually on hot slopes. A nearly glabrous tree, 40 ft. and upwards. Leaves 6-9 in., with or without a terminal leaflet; petiole terete, puberulous; leaflets sub-opposite, petiolulate, coria- ceous, quite entire, base oblique; nerves many, arched. Pamicles lateral; g compact, pubescent; 9 lax, elongate ; flowers pedicelled, with 2 ovate bracts. Stamens 5-7,. fila- ments short; anthers large, dark red. Fu. rx. Sepals 4, linear, and bracts deci- : ‘duous. Style almost 3-partite. Drupe }in., broader than long, glabrous, rugose,. grey.—Wood very hard and handsome. a 3. MANGIFERA, Linn. Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, quite entire, coriaceous. Flowers small, polygamous in terminal panicles, pedicel articulate; bracts {deciduous. Calyr 4-5 partite; segments imbricate, deciduous. Petals 4-5, free or adnate to the disk, imbricate; nerves thickened, sometimes’ ending in excrescences. Stamens 1-5, rarely 8, inserted just within the disk, or on it, 1 rarely more perfect and much larger than the others, the others with imperfect or smaller anthers, or seduced to teeth. Ovary sessile, 1-celled, oblique ; style lateral; ovule pendu- lous, funicle basal, inserted on the side of the cell above its base, rarely hori- zontal. Drupe large, fleshy ; stone compressed, fibrous. Seed large, compressed, testa papery ; cotyledons plano-convex, often unequal and lobed. Drsrrre. A tropical Asiatic, chiefly Malayan genus, of about 30 species. Of the species here described some may be referable to Malayan ones that are imperfectly escribed by Blume and others. The genus is a very difficult one, and the Malayan species want careful revision with many specimens. Srcr. 1. Disk tumid, usually 5-lobed, broader than the ovary. ‘Petals free from the disk, inserted at its base. * Petals with 1-5 free or confluent ridges that do not end in wart-like ex- erescences, , + Panicle pubescent or tomentose. 1. 12, indica, Linn. ; leaves oblong or linear-oblong or elliptic or obo- -vate-lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate, panicle usually tomentose, petals 5 with 8 ridges, stamens 1 fertile and. 4 reduced to short capitate subulate filaments, style sub-terminal, Roxb. Fl. Ind.i.641; W. § A. Prodr, 170; 14 XLVI. ANACARDIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mangifera. Beddome Fl. Sylv. t. 162; Wail. Cat. 8487 (excl. D. G. § I); Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb. Flor. 51; Bot. Mag. t. 4510; Brandis For. Flor. 125. M. domestica, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 100.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iv. t. 1, 2. Tropica, Hrmaraya; alt. 1-3000 ft. from Kumaon to Bhotan Hills and valleys of Brnar, the Kuasta Mrs., Brrua, Ovpu, and Western Peninsuta from Kan- deish southwards.—Distris. Cultivated as far west as Muscat, in all Eastern tropi- cal Asia, and generally in the tropics. ; : A large tree, glabrous, except the panicle; branches widely spreading. Leaves 6-16 in., very variable in breadth, crowded at the ends of the branches, acute, acu- minate or obtuse, shining, nerved, quite entire, margins often undulate; petiole 1-4 in., swollen at the base. Panicles a foot and more, pubescent, rarely glabrate ; bracts elliptic, concave. Flowers yellow, odorous, subsessile, rarely pedicelled, g and §- on the same panicle. Sepals ovate, oblong, concave. Petals twice as long, ovate, ridges 3-5, orange. Disk fleshy, 5-lobed. Stamen 1, inserted upon the disk, filament subulate; anther purple. Ovary glabrous. Drupe 2-6 in., compressed, yellow.—It is often difficult to say whether so common a tree is wild or not in a given locality, but there seems to be little doubt but that it is indigenous in the localities enume- rated above. Amongst the varieties, those with an almost glabrous panicle from the Western Peninsula look the most unlike the ordinary cultivated form. One Maisor specimen has leaves 10 by 1} in., much resembling those of M. oblongifolia, Wallich’s: 8487 D. is a Sorindeia, a Madagascar plant accidentally intermixed; 8487 G. is Buchanania? acuminata (Wall. Cat, 981), and 8487 I. is, I suspect, MM. sylvatica. 2. MZ. caloneura, Kurz in Beng. As. Soc. Jowrn. 1873, ii. 66; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate finely reticulated between the nerves acuminate, panicle spreading tomentose, flowers crowded sessile, petals 5 with 3 ridges, stamens | or 2 fertile, ovary rough, style lateral or basal. Martapan, Kurz. , A moderate sized tree. Leaves 46 by 13-13 in., equally reticulated on both sur- faces between the 16-20 pairs of arching nerves ; petiole 2-1 in., much thickened at the base. Panicle tomentose throughout. Flowers much as in M. indica, the re- flexed petals having 3 ridges. (Fruit as large as a hen’s egg, subreniform, smooth, obtuse, yellow, sweet and acid, Kurz).—My specimens of this are imperfect; it is. evidently very nearly indeed allied to M. indica, differing chiefly in the very fine re- ticulation of the leaves, as pointed out by Kurz, Wallich’s M. indica, 8487 H. from Tavoy is possibly the same. 3. M. pentandra, Hook. f.; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acumi-. nate reticulated on both surfaces, panicle’ spreading tomentose, flowers crowded subsessile, petals 5 with 3 ridges, stamens 5 perfect, ovary smooth, style sub- terminal. Maracca, Griffith, Maingay. A tree. Leaves 5-12 by 2-4 in., quite similar to those of M. indica, as are the. panicles and flowers, except that Maingay describes the disk as more fully and. fairly developed than in any form he had figured. The 5 stamens are all perfect ‘ and unequal. The petals are yellowish-white, with yellow brown ridges. Maingay figures the style as nearly terminal, and the ovule as quite laterally suspended.—The. Malay name is ‘Mam ploni,’ which means mango ripened artificially, 4. M. Griffithii, Hook. f. tn Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 168, in note s. leaves small oblong or oblong-cbovate obtuse reticulate between the nerves," inflorescence of many suberect compound pubescent racemes, petals 4 orbicular- oblong not much exceeding the sepals, stamen 1. Matacca, Griffith. Branches stout. Leaves 3-5 by 13-2 in.; nerves about 10 pairs; base narrowed ; petiole stout, 4 in. acemes (branches of a reduced panicle), not much if at all longer’ Mangifera. | XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ, (J. D. Hooker.) 15 than the leaves, stout, finely pubescent. Flowers very small, 4 in. diam., subsessile. Sepals broadly ovate, tomentose. Petals orbicular-ovate, with 2 short or more con- fluent ridges. Disk with 5 or 6 subulate points. Stamens short. 5. ML. sclerophylla, Hook. f. ; leaves glabrous broadly elliptic with obtuse narrowed tips most thickly coriaceous base acute or rounded nerves obscure, petioles much thickened at the base, panicle pubescent of many erect stout spiciform branches, petals not much exceeding the sepals, stamen 1, Maxacca, Maingay. Branches very thick, woody, glabrous, angled, and channelled. Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 in., alternate, not approximate atthe ends of the branches, exceedingly thick and hard when dry,smooth on both surfaces; midrib strong; nerves about 10, faint ; reticulations very obscure ; petiole 1 in., of the upper leaves 2 in., extremely thickened at the back especially, the thickening sometimes extending up the midrib. Panicle 4-6 in. long. Flowers sessile, j, in. diam.; bracts ovate. Sepals ovate, pubes- _ cent. Petals ovate-oblong, with 3 short ridges. Disk small. Young drupe nearly orbicular.—No other Mangifera has foliage at all like this, tt Panicle quite glabrous. 6. M. sylvatica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 644; leaves lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate usually long-petioled, panicle ample glabrous, branches slender, flowers pedicelled, eee 5 with 3 ridges, stamen 1 with no imperfect ones, ovary smooth, style lateral. M. indica, Wall. Cat. 84871. ' TroricaL Nrpat and Sixxm Himazaya, J. D. H.; Stuer, Roxbd.; Kaasia Mrs., H.f. § T.; Anpaman Ists., Kurz. : I am in some doubt about this plant, which is well figured in Roxburgh’s drawings, but of which I have seen no flowering or fruiting specimen. I believe it to be a common tree in the Silhet, Khasia and Sikkim jungles, with usually longer more membranous young leaves than the Mango, and a more open lax per- fectly glabrous panicle, and loose pedicelled flowers. Roxburgh contrasts it with the cultivated sorts as having a much larger panicle, with the numerous ramifica- tions more erect and slender, flowers more completely monandrous, disk villous. The leaves he describes as in the common Mango. The drupe he figures as ovoid, gradually narrowed at the top into a sharp curved beak. Graham (Cat. Bomb. Pl.) states that is a native of the Bombay Ghats, but no one has !confirmed this. Kurz’s specimens, thus named from the Andaman Islands, have leaves 10-12 by 21-32 in., membranous, much reticulated, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, petiole very slender %-2 in.; nerves 16-20 pairs, slender, arched. I have gathered similar specimens in Sikkim and Silhet, with petioles 4 in. long, and Wallich’s 8487 I. quite agrees with these. My Khasia ones, with slender branched panicles (as in Rox- burgh’s description and figure), but flowers all dropped, have leaves like those of M. indica. Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 75), observes that Miquel has incorrectly identified this plant with Mf. indica, from which it is at once distin- guished by the very different white flowers, the disk and acuminated fruit, 7. M. longipes, Griff. Notul, iv. 419; leaves oblong- or elliptic-lanceo-~ late acuminate faintly reticulate, panicle very lax spreading branches slender, flowers pedicelled, petals 5 narrow with one slender basal ridge branching into 5 nerves, stamen 1, imperfect ones minute. Mazacca, Griffith, Mamgay. Atree. Leaves 6-10 by 11-8 in, with 14-10'pairs of nerves, reticulation obscure above, more distinct beneath; petiole 3-1Zin. Pamicles usually longer than the leaves, branches widely spreading, pedicels} in, Flowers 4-1 in. diam. Sepals ovate, subacute. Petals white, with yellow veins, very narrow, recurved, Disk broadly conical, papillose, 5-lobed. Stamen far exserted, filament elongated. Overy smooth; style lateral, long, slender; ovule obliquely ascending.—This, as 16 XLVI, ANACARDIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Mangtfera, Griffith remarks, is very near M. sylvatica, and as far as I can see may be a form of that plant, differing chiefly in the smaller disk and very narrow petals. Griffith describes the calyx and pedicels as puberulous, but I find no trace of this. The Malay name is ‘ Boa Pow. —Griffith. 8. IM. zeylanica, Hook. f.; leaves oblong-obovate oblong or elliptic- lanceolate obtuse or rounded at the tip reticulated, panicle glabrous stout narrow, sepals orbicular, petals 5 oblong with 5 ridges, stamen 1 with 6-8 minute subulate filaments, style subterminal. M. indica, Thwattes Enum. 76 ; Buchanania? zeylanica, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 185. Crrton; abundant up to an elevation of 3000 ft. A tree, everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves small,{2-31 by 1-14 in., coriaceous, usually rounded at the tip, nerves 12-16 pairs, arching; petiole }-$ in. Panicle stout, erect, much longer than the leaves. Flowers 3 in, diam. ; pedicel slender. Petals short, elliptic-oblong, with 5 nerve-like ridges. Disk large. Stamen short. Ovary obscurely pubescent.—Thwaites identifies this specifically with the culti- vated M. indica, but it appears to me to differ much in habit and foliage, in the contracted panicle, more pedicelled flowers, perfectly glabrous sepals, and short petals. . 9. M. gracilipes, Hook. f.; leaves small elliptic-lanceolate acuminate obscurely reticulate, petiole very slender, inflorescence of many slender erect glabrous compound racemes, pedicels very slender, petals 5 lanceolate with 3-5 ridges, stamen 1 perfect slender with 4 short subulate filaments, style lateral. Matacca, Maingay. A large tree, everywhere perfectly glabrous; branches very slender for the genus: Leaves 3-4 by 1-1} in., undulate, much narrowed at both ends, nerves faint, arched; , petiole remarkably slender, 3-1 in. not much thickened at the base. Racemes (branches of a sessile panicle which start in a fascicle from the tips of the branches), long, very slender, much exceeding the leaves, and bearing short lateral branches throughout their length; pedicels very slender. Flowers about 4 in. diam. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals twice as long, pale green with purplish: ridges. Filament slender, exserted. Disk rugose. Ovary quite smooth; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle. ‘ 10. M. oblongifolia, Zook. f.; leaves linear-oblong obtuse or sub- acute very coriaceous not reticulated beneath, petiole long, panicle large Spreading quite glabrous, flowers pedicelled, petals 5 elliptic-oblong with a basal tubercle and 8-5 more or less confluent ridges, stamen 1 perfect with 4 shorter antheriferous ones, style subterminal, Maracea, Griffith, Maingay (cult.). ; _ Avery large tree, glabrous throughout; branchlets stout. Leaves 8-12 by 13-23 in., very coriaceous, with undulate margins, faintly reticulate above, not at all or very obscurely so beneath; base usually rounded ; nerves 20-25 pairs. Panicle very large, branches widely spreading, 2-3-chotomously divided. Flowers distant, in. | diam. ; pedicel rather stout, jj in. Sepals veined. Petals rather short, yellow. ridges tipped with red. Fruit 4 in. long, ovoid, dull green—Maingay, from whom this Sennen of the fruit is taken, says that this is cultivated at Malacca as the Quenee ango. ** Petals .4, with 1-5 free or confluent ridges that terminate in wart-like excrescences. —— ll. M. quadrifida, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii, 440: elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse narrowed into long Sets pee ‘beneath inflorescence of many erect stout glabrous compound racemes, petals 4 Mangifera.] XLVI. ANACARDIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 17 short ovate with 3 short confluent ridges, stamen 1, the others reduced to minute teeth. Wall. Cat. 8489. Penane, Jack ; Matacca, Maingay.—Disrrrs. Sumatra. A lofty tree, perfectly glabrous throughout; branchlets very stout. Leaves 4-8 by 14-2 in., rarely acute, very coriaceous; nerves 15-20 pairs, reticulation above obso- lete; petiole 1-2. in. Racemes equalling or exceeding the leaves, collected on a short. peduncle, rachis stout, branchlets 1-6 flowered. Flowers small, 3 in. diam.; pedicel longer than the petals. Sepals broadly orbicular-ovate. Petals twice as long, pearly- white (Maingay); the ridges raised at their ends. Stamens very short, inserted on the disk. Disk tumid, 4-lobed. Style lateral. (Drupe roundish, becoming very dark-coloured, Jack).—Maingay in his MSS. describes the petals as 5, and stamens as usually 2, but I tind the flower to be uniformly 4-merous and monandrous; Jack however states that a small superfluous fifth petal is sometimes placed within the rest. This is allied in flower and inflorescence to M. Griffithii. 12. M. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaves elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate not reticulate on either surface or obscurely so beneath only, panicle glabrous spreading, flowers pedicelled, petals 4 oblong with 3-5 confluent ridges, stamen I perfect, the others reduced to teeth. Matracca, Maingay. A tree, everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves 4-9 by 14-8 in., coriaceous, nerves 15-20 pairs, not strong, arched; petiole 1-2 in. Panicle equalling or exceeding the leaves, branches pale green (when dry), rather slender. Flowers 2 in. diam., pedicel slender. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals about twice as long. Stamen short. Style subulate, subterminal—There appear to be two varieties of this in Maingay’s Her- barium ; one (called Sapoong or Sampong), with larger leaves not narrowed into the petiole, opaque above, with sunk nerves, tumid between the nerves; the other (marked as truly wild) with brown (when dry) more shining leaves, narrowed into the petiole, more reticulated beneath, and the nerves not sunk; its leaves are like those of M. indica, from which its glabrous pedicelled flowers and warted petals at once distinguish it; both differ from M. quadrifida in the inflorescence. Tho first variety has, according to Maingay, globose green fruit 8-4 by 23-3 in. 13. M. microphylla, Grif. MSS.; leaves small elliptic acuminate reticulate beneath, panicle stout contracted puberulous, flowers very shortly pedicelled, sepals broadly ovate, petals 4 oblong with 3 ridges, stamen 1 with- out rudiments of others, : Matacca, Griffith ; in orchards. A small tree (Griffith). Leaves 14-4 by 2-1} in., shining above ; nerves 8-10-pairs ; petiole slender, }4 in. Panicle short, stout, rather irregular, sometimes reduced to erect. compound racemes, by the abbreviation of the peduncle and the branches being erect. Flowers about } in. diam., on short stout pedicels. Sepals pubescent. Petals about twice as long, the ridges distinct. Filament slender. Style lateral. Fruit ovi- form, green, very turpentiny, Grifith.—Griffith has what appears to be a small state of this, with small very shining leaves, quite polished on the upper surface. Sect. 2. Disk narrow, often reduced to the form of a stalk to the ovary, rarely obsolete in the J fi. * Petals free from the disk. 14, M. odorata, Grif. Notul. iv. 417; leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblong acute or acuminate-reticulate, panicle very stout with ascending stout branches ea ear 5 linear-oblong reflexed from the middle with a thick branching ridge. M. foetida, var. 5. Miquel in Herb. Hook. Mazacca, Grifith—Disrers. Java (Zollinger, 430). VOL. Ir {9} ty 18 XLVI, ANACARDIACEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Mangifera. A tree, everywhere quite glabrous, or very obscurely pubescent on the panicle, Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., very coriaceous, reticulate on both surfaces ; nerves about 20- pairs, very strong; petiole stout, 11-12 in., much thickened from below the middle to the base. Panicle with stout green branches that turn black when dry. Flowers 3 in, diam., odorous, flesh-coloured. Sepals ovate-oblong. Petals three times as long, reflexed, greenish, suffused with blood-red. Perfect stamens sometimes 2 (Griffith), the imperfect ones slender, subulate, capitate. Ovary glabrous. (Drupe oblong, stinking, yellow-green, with yellow spots, filled with a sticky gum ; flesh yellow, fibrous, sweet, not turpentiny; stone compressed, fibrous; cotyledons rugose, equal at the base, one overlapping at the top. Griffith.)—Malay name “ Koeene” or “ Kohini,” according to Griffith, which is the name Maingay gives to M. oblongifolia (a totally different plant). This much resembles M. Parih, Miq., of Java, which has a more effuse panicle with long tertiary branchlets and very long pedicels. 15. M. lagenifera, Grif. Notul. iv. 414, t. 567, f. 3; leaves small obovate-oblong or -spathulate obtuse or rounded at the tip, panicle large spread- ing pubescent, petals 5 linear-oblong obscurely thickened in the middle, stamens 5 perfect. Mazacca, Griffith, Cumming (2830), Maingay. A very lofty tree (Griffith); branchlets stout, with pale bark. Leaves 3-6 by 13-18 in., very thickly coriaceous, gradually narrowed into a very stout petiole 3-14 in., not reticulate on either surface ; nerves about 20 pairs, very faint, spreading and parallel. Panicle on a long and stout peduncle, much exceeding the leaves. Flowers in. diam.; pedicels very short. Sepals many, orbicular, tomentose. Petals three times as long, concave, purple, erect till a late period. Disk a slender stipes. Fila- ments very slender (purple, alternating with short horns, Maingay). Ovary glabrous; style capillary, lateral. (Drupe pyriform, 43 by 24 in., pale green, with a pink blush, flesh livid or purplish flesh-colour; stone fibro-coriaceous, adherent to the membranous testa; radicle basal, very large. Maingay.)—Called Lanjoot by the Malays, according to Maingay and Griffith. The latter describes the drupe as smooth, glaucescent, fleshy, fetid, exuding a black varnish, traversed by innumerable fibres; stone ovate- lanceolate, fibro-coriaceous. Seed erect, adhering to the black tegument on the one side, on the other smooth; cotyledons with one half the surface smooth, the other wrinkled. Maingay describes the disk as hemispherical, but I do not find it so. 16, M. fragrans, Maingay MSS. ; leaves very narrowly linear-oblong- or lanceolate acute acuminate or rounded at the tip, panicle spreading quite gla- brous, petals narrow linear, stamens 5, one much longer than the others whose anthers are imperfect. ; Mazacca, Maingay. A tree, everywhere quite glabrous. eaves much longer and narrower than in any other species, 6-10 by 14-1} in., coriaceous, reticulated on both surfaces, margins waved, base acute abruptly contracted into a very slender petiole 1-2 in.; nerves 25-35 pairs, slender, almost horizontal. Panicle longer than the leaves, peduncle long and branches thick, black when dry. Flowers erect, almost } in. long; pedicel turbinate. Sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate. Petals very narrow, erect, reflexed sharply from the middle, 1-nerved (Maingay), 3-nerved ina young state. Disk a slender pedicel. Filaments very slender, shorter than the capillary style, which is lateral. (Drwpe obliquely broadly oblong-globose; flesh yellow, acid and terebinthine; stone thin, fibrous; testa coriaceous, Maingay.)—This in foliage approaches very closely Blume’s M. macrocarpa of Java, which has still narrower . . . . ¢ . ae Mie eee edges, 40 pairs of nerves, and a bitter-sweet fruit as large a8 a ** Petals adnate to or inserted on the disk. 17. M. foatida, Lour. Fl. Coch. 160; leaves large elliptic-oblong or ~obovate obtuse or acute not reticulate, nerves strong, panicle very stout glabrous Mangifera.} XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 19 spreading, flowers subsessile, petals 5 linear-lanceolate 8-ridged inserted on the disk, stamens 5 one perfect the rest shorter imperfect. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 440; Wall. Cat. 8488; Griff. Notul. iv. 419. M. Horsfieldii & M. foetida, Mog. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 6832.—Rumph. Amb. i. 98: t. 28. Mazacca, Panane, and Smvcarorz, Jack, &c.—Disrris. Throughout the Malay Archipelago. A large tree; branchlets very stout. Leaves very large, 10-12 by 3-4 in., very coriaceous, pale when dry; surface raised above between the stout nerves, of which there are about 20 pairs; base acute; petiole stout, 1-24 in., Panicle large, stout, ‘with very spreading branches, and these again with short tertiary cymose branchlets (deep blocod-red, Maingqy), black when dry. Flowers 4 in. diam., pink or dark red. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals reflexed from the middle, inserted on the pedicel-like disk above its base, but not decurrent on the disk. Ovary glabrous; style slender, lateral. (Drupe variable in form, not compressed, oblique, green, smooth, very fetid ; flesh yellow, thick; stone almost 2-edged, chartaceous, fibrous; cotyledons equal, auricled at the base; radicle short. Grifith.)\—Maingay describes the fruit as coarse-flavoured, and not unlike Lanjoot (M. lagenifera), stringy. Malay name ‘Bachang or Bachong. Rumph and Loureiro describe the drupe as hairy, but no one else does so; possibly the fibres of the stone are alluded to by these authors. 18. MM. exesia, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 441; leaves cuneate- obovate or -oblong or -elliptic with very short thick petioles, panicle branched tomentose very stout, petals 5 erect adnate to the disk long narrow with one central ridge, stamen 1. Griff. Notul. iv. 415. M. fcetida, Blume (according to Miquel in Herb.). Maracca, Maingay (cult.).—Disters. Sumatra, Java. A large stately magnificent tree (Griffith) ; branchlets very stout. Leaves 6-16 by 23-34 in., very thickly coriaceous, smooth, rather shining, obscurely reticulated beneath, decurrent on the petiole, which is }-1 in.; nerves about 20-30 pairs, slightly arched, Panicle very stout and much branched (of a glaucous reddish colour, Jack). Flowers in dense heads on the tertiary branchlets, 3 in. long; bracts broad; pedicel very thick, short. Sepals short, broadly ovate, pubescent. Petals erect, adnate by the ridge to the disk, linear, concave, purple. Disk slightly lobed, Jmperfect stamens reduced to mere teeth; filament of perfect one slender. Style lateral, slender. (Drupe oblong-obovate, reddish-white, Jack.)—Griffith says that the corolla is more connate with the disk in the female, and that the panicle is cream-coloured and petals white outside and lilac inside, and that the larger cotyledon alone is auricled.— Malay name Beenjai or Binjaee. 19. MZ. superba, Hook. f.; leaves very large subsessile cuneate-oblan- ceolate not reticulate, panicle spreading* pubescent, flowers subcapitate very large, petals 5 lanceolate acuminate adnate to the disk with a flat central ridge, stamens 5, 1 perfect. Mazacca, Maingay. » A gigantic tree (Maingay); branchlets as thick as the thumb. Leaves 10-16 by 3-5 in., very thickly coriaceous and hard, obtuse, narrowed below into the short very thick petiole, not reticulate ; nerves about 35 pairs, spreading, not sharply defined but prominent, midrib very stout beneath. Panicle hoary-pubescent, probably 2 ft. long, peduncle very thick; primary branches strict, ascending, branched at the tips and there bearing heads of flowers two inches across ; bracts large, concave. Flowers 3 in. diam., lilac. Sepals hoary, } in. long, ovate- lanceolate. Petals adnate to the torus by the central ridge, concave, recurved. Filaments all slender, one antheri- ferous. Ovary oblique; style slender, subterminal ; ovule laterally attached, hori- zontal._—This is a grand species, allied to M. cesia, but far larger in all its parts than any other of the genus. It is curious that no one but Maingay should have met with so conspicuous a tree. Large sheathing stipule-like scales occur amongst the leaves, whose nature I cannot ascertain. 3 c 20 XLVI. ANACARDIACEa. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mangifera. 20. MZ. policarpa, Griff. Notul. iv. 416 (polycarpa), t. 167, f. 2 (ceesia); leaves large sessile oblanceolate obtusely acuminate faintly reticulated undulate. Mazacca, Griffith. . A large tree,-like M. fetida; branches stout. Leaves nearly 1 foot long, very coriaceous, nerves 20-80 pairs, arched; petiole 3 in., winged, flattened. Flowers unknown. Drupe oblong, base rather broader, brown, dusty all over, of a strong Dorian or Mango taste ; flesh and juice copious acid and pleasant; stone lanceolate, compressed, coriaceo-fibrous ; embryo obclavate.—Griffith, from whom most of the above description is taken,-says that this is the ‘Camang,’ and that he proposes for it the name of Mangifera ?policarpa (misprinted polycarpa, at p. 416 of the Notule), in allusion to the russet-coloured fruit, which is unique in the genus. Judging from the foliage, this is probably allied to M. cesta. — DOUBTFUL SPECIES, Maneiera. Pegu, Kurz n. 2021; leaves very like those of M. fragrans in shape and size and with equally slender petioles; but the nerves are far less nume- rous, about 20 pair, arched, very slender, and the under-surface is far less finely reticulate, pale brown and quite opaque. Manerrera. Pegu, Kurz no. 2020; leaves 14-18 by 34-4 in, narrowly - elliptic-lanceolate acuminate membranous glaucous beneath, finely but not closely reticulate, nerves about 30 pair slender well defined slightly arched, petiole 2-4 in. very slender.—I give this as a Mangifera on Kurz’s authority. *3. ANACARDIUM, Rottb. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Panicles terminal, bracteate. Flowers small, polygamous. Calyx 5-partite, segments erect, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate, recurved, imbricate. Disk filling the base of the calyx, erect. Stamens 8-10, all or some fertile; filaments connate and adnate to the disk. Ovary obovoid or obcordate; style filiform, excentric, stigma minute; ovule 1, ascending from a lateral funicle. Nut kidney-shaped, seated on a large pyriform fleshy body formed of the enlarged disk and top of the peduncle; pericarp cellular and full of oil. Seed kidney-shaped, ascending, testa membranous, adherent; cotyledons semi-lunar; radicle short, hooked.—Disrrrs. A small tropical American genus, of whick one species is naturalised in Asia. A. occidentale, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 62; leaves obovate or obovate- oblong glabrous obtuse retuse or rounded at the tip, base rounded or cuneate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ti. 312; Wall. Cat. 990; Wight. & Arn. Prodr. i. 168; Grah, Cat. Bomb. Pl. 40; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flor. Suppl. 18; Griff. Notul. iv. 408, t. 565, f. 8 e. f.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 163.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iii. t. 54. Hotter parts of Inou, especially near the sea. Naturalised from America. Cryton. ° A small tree; trunk short, thick, crooked. Leaves 4-8 by 3-5 in., hard; nerves about 10 pair, nearly horizontal; petiole 11 in. Panicles 6-10 in,, pubescent ; branches long naked to the tips where the flowers are collected; bracts lanceolate, gibbous, hoary. Flowers 4 in. diam., yellow with pink stripes. Stamens usually 9, all fertile, one larger than the rest. Fruit 1 in.,on a pyriform fleshy receptacle 2-3 inches long.—The Cashew-nut. 4. BOUEA, Meissn. Trees. Leaves opposite, petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire. Flowers small, in axillary and terminal panicles, polygamous. Sepals 3-5, deciduous, Bouea. | XLVI. ANACARDIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 21 walvate. Petals 3-5, imbricate. Disk verygsmall. Stamens 8-5, inserted within the disk, all fertile. Ovary sessile; style short, terminal, stigma obscurely unequally 3-lobed; ovule ascending from the wall of the cavity. Drupe fleshy; stone thin, fibrous, 1-celled, I-seeded. Seed suberect; coty- ‘Tedons fleshy; radicle very short, inferior.—Disrrrs, Species 5, natives of Tropical Asia and the Malay Archipelago. l. B. burmanica, Griff. Plant. Cantor 14; leaves 5-7 in. elliptic- lanceolate obtusely acuminate, nerves 12-15 pairs, panicles obscurely puberulous lax-flowered, flowers 4-5-merous. B, oppositifolia, Meissen. in Walp. Rep. i. 556. B. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, ii. 50; 1873, ii. 66. Mangifera oppositifolia, Rovb. Fl. Ind. i. 640; Hort. Bengh. 18; Wall. Cat. 8490. Cambessedea, Wt. § A. Prodr. i. 170. Prscu, TenassErim and the AnpaMAn Istanps.—Distris. Java. Leaves very coriaceous, pale; nerves above sunk, very slender, beneath raised with slender incised line along the ridge. Pamicles much shorter than the leaves, slender, spreading, lax, few-flowered. #owers about 3} in. diam., yellow, pedicelled, ‘quite glabrous. Sepals rounded. Petals oblong, keeled on the face. Stamens usually 4. Ovary obliquely ovoid. Drupe 1-2 in., broadly ovoid, compressed, yellow, eatable.—‘ Mariam’ or ‘Mai-een’ of the Burmese. Kurz states that the ‘stamens are usually 8, perhaps a misprint for 3. 2. B. microphylla, Griff. Plant. Cantor 15; Notul. iv. 423; leaves 23-34 in. elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, panicles dense- flowered obscurely puberulous, flowers 4-merous. B. diversifolia, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 522, 2B, myrsinoides, Blume Mus. Bat. t. i. 204; Miquel lc. i. pt. 2, 635. Matacca, Griffith, Maingay.—Distx1s. Sumatra. Very similar to B. burmanica, but much smaller in all its parts and usually triandrous.—‘ Roomaniya Paigo’ of the Burmese. 3. B. macrophylla, Griff. Plant. Cantor 15; Notul. iv. 420, t. 567, £4; leaves 6-10 in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, panicle much branched dense-flowered very pubescent, flowers usually 3-merous. ? B. gandaria, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 204, in note; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 635. Matacca, Griffith, Maingay.—Diste1z. Java, Borneo. A much larger plant than B. oppositifolia, with more oblong glossy leaves, the nerves 12-20 pairs sunk on the upper surface, raised on the lower but not grooved on the ridge. Panicle 2-3 in. long; branches stout, spreading horizontally and bearing densely crowded cymes of flowers about + in. diam. Sepals 3 in the 9 (Griffith). Stamens 8-5. Drupe ovoid oblong, a little oblique, as large as a hen’s egg; pulp yellowish, acid, not terebinthine; stone leathery, fibrous, adherent to the testa. i tga lilac, equal, reticulate, rugose (Griffith). ‘Roomaniya Baitool’ of the lays. ‘ 5. GLUTA, Linn. Trees with caustic juice. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branchlets, short-petioled, simple, oblong, coriaceous. Panicles axillary and terminal. Flowers small, hermaphrodite. Calyx spathaceous, bursting irregularly, caducous. Petals 4-6, adnate to the disk, imbricate. Disk elongate, rarely short. Stamens 4-6, inserted on the disk, filaments capillary. Ovary sessile on the disk or stipitate, oblique, 1-celled; style lateral, filiform, stigma simple ; ovule 1, pendulous from a basal funicle. Berry stalked, dry, deformed, tubercled or ridged. Seed with the testa adherent to the pericarp and full of black juice; cotyledons large, connate, fleshy; radicle short, obtuse, incurved.— DistRzB. About 8 species, all Malayan. : : 22 XLVI. ANACARDIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gluta. 1. G. elegans, Wall. in Roxb. Fi. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 315; Cat. 1003 (Syndesmis); leaves elliptic-lanceolate’ acuminate not reticulate above, petiole and nerves slender, panicles lax and flowers perfectly glabrous. Inde~ terminata, Wail. Cat. 9049. Penana, Porter, Maingay. ‘A small tree, perfectly glabrous throughout; much branched; trunk stout. Leaves 3-5 in., tapering at both ends, shining, reticulate beneath; nerves 8-12 pairs, arched; petiole 2-14 in. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers 2 in. long, subeorymbose. Calyx tubular, membrahous, scarlet, split, mouth 2-toothed, Petals linear-lanceolate. Disk elongate. Stamens 4-5, as long as the petals. Drupe 8 in. long, when dry, gibbous-oblong, smooth, style-scar nearer the base than top. —A most beautiful and fragrant tree. Van. Helferi; leaves linear-oblong obtuse, nerves more oblique. Tenasserim or Andaman Islands, Helfer—Probably a different species. 2. G. tavoyana, Wail. Cat. 1004 (Syndesmis) ; leaves oblong-lanceo- late obtuse acute or acuminate reticulate on both surfaces, petiole short, panicles long-peduncled puberulous. Syndesmis sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 410. TunasseRim, at Tavoy, Gomez; Mergui, Griffith. A small tree with white branches. Leaves 4-12 by 11-8 in., very coriaceous, brown, rather waved; nerves 15-20 pairs, arched; petiole usually } in., stout. Panicles slender; peduncle 1-3 in.; flowers loosely corymbose, like those of G. elegans, but smaller, about 4 in. long; pedicel stouter; calyx (scarlet) shorter, puberulous, not. toothed. Petals linear-spathulate, white. 3. G. coarctata, Griff. Notul. iv. 409, t. 567, f. 1 (Syndesmis) ; leaves recurved conduplicate short-petioled linear- or obovate-oblong obtuse or sub- cot reticulate on both surfaces, margins waved, panicles pubescent, flowers ge. Mazacca, Griffith, Maingay. A small tree. Leaves 5-10 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, bright brown when dry ; nerves- 15-22 pairs, very slender; petiole} in. Panicles much branched, 3-65 in.; flowers crowded at the tops of the branches, $in. diam. Calyx short, almost campanulate, split and lobed, very pubescent. Petals 5, obovate-lanceolate tipped with red. Stamens 5. Drupe subglobose, with an irregular raised ridge round the base, others down the sides ; rind dry, papillose, coriaceous ; flesh white, fibrous and spongy; stone: coriaceous, adnate to the testa. Seed erect; embryo very large, cotyledons sub- hemispheric unequal fleshy, opposite faces pink, radicle short.—The description of the fruit is taken from Griffith’s Notule and figure. The recurved subsessile leaves and large flowers at once distinguish the species. ; 4, G. travancorica, Bedd. Flor. Sylv. i. t. 60; leaves subsessile: an obovate-oblong rounded at the tip, panicles spreading tomentose, calyx cupular. Western Pentnsuta; Ghats of Tinnevelly and Travancor, Beddome. A very tall timber tree. Leaves 4-6 by 14-13 in., coriaceous, reticulate on both surfaces but especially beneath; petiole very short, dilated. Panicles crowded, terminal and in the upper axils, subcorymbose, shorter than the leaves; bracts ovate, boat-shaped. Calyx truncate at the base, very short, coriaceous, irregularly toothed. or lobed, split on one side, less deciduous than in the other species. Petals 5, elliptic-obovate, obtuse, downy on both surfaces. Disk very short. Stamens 5, filaments subulate. Drupe 1 in. diam., depressed-globose, stipitate. 6. BUCHANANTIA, Roxb. Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Panicles terminal and axillary, crowded. Flowers small, white, hermaphrodite. Calyx short, LED al ap Buchamania.] Xvi. anacarpiacem. (J. D. Hooker.) 23 3-5-toothed or -lobed, persistent, imbricate. Petals 4-5, onlong, recurved, imbricate. Disk orbicular, 5-lobed. Stamens 8-10, free, inserted at the base of the disk. Carpels 5-6, free, seated in the cavity of the disk, one fertile, the rest imperfect; style short, stigma truncate; ovule 1, pendulous from a basal funicle. Drupe small, flesh scanty; stone crustaceous or bony, 2-valved. Seed gibbous, acute at one end; cotyledons thick; radicle superior.—Dzrstrr. A tropical Asiatic, Australian and Pacific Island genus; species about 20. 1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 385; leaves usually broadly oblong rounded at the tip closely reticulate on both surfaces villous pubescent or glabrate beneath, panicle woolly or velvety, flowers crowded. Wt. & Arn. Prodr. i. 169; Wall. Cat. 988; Bedd. Fl. Syl.t.165; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 52; Grah, Cat. Bomb. Pl. 41; Brandis For. Flor. 127. Spondias elliptica, Rott]. Hot, drier parts of Innis, from Kumaon ascending to 1500 ft. and Ovpx, through Cunrraz Inp1a and to the Wustzrn Pentnsura, Birma and TENAsSSERIM. A tree 40-50 ft., subdeciduous; branchlets as thick as the finger. Leaves 6-10 in., very coriaceous or hard, nerves 15-20 pairs, stout, nearly straight; petiole 3-4 in., stout, pubescent. Panicles terminal and axillary, shorter than the leaves, pyramidal, branches stout; bracts small, caducous. Flowers i in. diam., sessile, greenish white. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals oblong. Disk fleshy. Stamens 10, spreading, as long as the petals. Ovaries one perfect, conical, pubescent, 4 others reduced to filaments. Drupe 4 in., subglobose, slightly compressed, black; stone hard, 2-valved.—There is a specimen marked from Malacca in Griffith’s Herbarium. 2. B. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 8386; Cor. Pl. iii. t. 262; leaves linear-oblong or elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or rounded at the tip base not narrowed into the petiole glabrous on both surfaces, nerves very slender, panicles quite glabrous, flowers sessile. Wall. Cat. 982; W. & A. Prodr. 169; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 41; Wight Ic. t.101. Spondias simplici- folia, Rottl, Mangifera axillaris, Lamk. Western Peninsvra; the Concan, from the Adjunta Jungles, Graham, south- wards, Cxyton, in the northern parts of the island. A tree, perfectly glabrous throughout, branchlets stout. Leaves 4-6 by 13-2 in, thinly coriaceous, shining above, delicately reticulate beneath, rounded or acute at the base; nerves 12-15 pairs, very slender; petiole 3-13 in., slender. Puanicles axillary and terminal, about as long as the leaves, peduncle and branches slender, | spreading. Flowers in small clusters 1-4 in. diam., quite glabrous, nearly sessile. Drupe } in. diam., obliquely spherical.—The Malayan and Australian forms referred to this appear to me to differ much in the leaf-base, narrowed into the shorter stouter peduncle, and other points. 3. B. glabra, Wall. Cat. 984; leaves broadly elliptic or oblong or almost orbicular obtuse or rounded at the tip quite glabrous, base rounded, nerves strong, panicle spreading puberulous, flowers sessile. Tenassermm; at Moulmein, Wallich. A tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2-8 in., usually quite elliptic and rounded at both ends, sometimes more acute at the base, very coriaceous, upper surface raised between the nerves, faintly reticulate, lower strongly reticulate shining; nerves 12-15 pairs; petiole always short, in. Panicle shorter than the leaves, rusty puberulous, glabrate in fruit; branches spreading, rather stout. Flowers 3, in. diam., rather crowded, very shortly pedicelled, F'rwit unripe, glabrous.—Wallich’s are the only specimens of this that I have seen; it is nearest B. augustifolia, but differs materially in the broad almost rounded leaves, very short petiole, and puberulous panicle. 4, B. lucida, Blume Mus, Bot. i. 184; quite glabrous throughout, leaves 24 XLVI. ANACARDIACER. (J.D. Hooker.) [Buchanania, obovate or obovate-oblong, tip rounded or obtuse reticulate on both surfaces narrowed into the petiole, panicles lax spreading, branches slender, flowers not crowded pedicelled. ‘hla. Fil, Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2, 636. B. palembanica, Blume? Turcs. in Bull. Mosc, 1858, pt. i. 478. Hypericinea angustata, Wail. Cat. 4830. B. subobovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 413. Eastern Penrysuta; from Tenasserim to Malacca, and Penang.—Disrep, Sumatra, Borneo, Australia? : A tree, quite glabrous throughout. Leaves 4-7 by 13-2 in., coriaceous, very brown when dry and rather shining; nerves 12-15 pairs slender, arched ; petiole 1-1} in., gradually dilated upwards. Panicles usually longer than the leaves, very many-flowered. lowers 3 in. diam. (4-5-merous, white, disagreeably-scented, Griffith). Sepals orbicular. Petals elliptic, obtuse. Filaments subulate, white. Drupe Zin. diam., orbicular, compressed with a sharp edge.—Blume’s B. arborescens, and perhaps B. longifolia, are hardly distinct from this, as is Miquel’s petiolaris and bancana. I should refer hither also the glabrous panicled Australian plant placed under angustifolia, Roxb., in the Flora Australiensis. Var. intermedia, leaves obovate-spathulate membranous. B. intermedia, Wight Ie, t. 81.—Naggarie hills, Madras. 5. B. acuminata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i. 472; glabrous throughout, leaves long- or short-petioled obovate or oblanceolate abruptly acuminate, panicles spreading exceeding the leaves long-peduncled very slender lax-flowered, flowers pedicelled. B. sessilifolia, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 184, Hypericinea lucida, Wall. Cat. 4827. Terebinthacea, Wall. Cat. 8505. Tenassermm; at Moulmein, Lobb; Penance, Porter; Mauacca, Griffith, Maingay. Distris. Sumatra. A small tree. Leaves 4-7 by 2-21 in., thinly coriaceous, tips very acute, base much narrowed, reticulate on both surfaces, quite sessile in Penang specimens, with slender petioles sometimes 1} in. in Malacca and Tenasserim ones, bright brown when dry; nerves about 165 pairs, slender. Panicles chiefly axillary, branches divari- cating. Flowers 3; in. diam. Sepals small, orbicular. Petals oblong. Filaments compressed. Drupe as in B. lucida.—I think there is no doubt of Blume’s B. sessili- folia being a sessile-leaved form of this, which is far more frequently a petioled plant, and therefore better fitted to Turczaninoff’s name than to Blume’s, though against the laws of priority. 6. B. lanceolata, Wi. Ic. t. 237; Til. i. 185; leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, petiole stout,'panicles short pubescent, flowers crowded subsessile. Buchanania? acuminata, Wall. Cat. 981. WeEsTERN PENNsvLa ; near Quilon, Wight. A tree. Leaves 4-5 by 13-13 in., reticulate and shining on both surfaces, margin waved, base acute but not contracted into the petiole; nerves 16-20 pairs, slender arched ; petiole 3-3 in., stout. Panicles shorter than the leaves, numerous, stout, axillary and terminal. Flowers } in. diam., crowded on the short stout lateral branches. Sepals rounded. Petals broadly oblong. Filaments subulate. Fruit unknown.—Wallich’s B.? acuminata, from Tavoy (Cat. 981), is very similar to this; it has fruit only, and the nervation is a little different. DOUBTFUL SPECIES. B. ranctror1s, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 386; ‘a large tree, leaves lanceolate obtuse pointed lucid entire, panicles terminal.’—Chittagong, : B.? acuminata, Wall, Cat. 981. See at end of 6. lanceolata. Tavoy, Gomez, in fruit only. B, raxtrtora, Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. Beng. 1872, pt. 2, 304; ‘leaves 6-7 in. ovate-oblong coriaceous finely tomentose glabrescent above, petiole 4 in. stout, panicle terminal lax diffuse much branched hoary or yellowish pubescent, flowers minute, Melamorrhea.| XLVI. ANACARDIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 25 pedicels short slender, bracts minute subulate, calyx hoary, lobes 3, in. long oblong acute, petals 3, in. obovate-oblong, filaments subpuberulous, ovary glabrous,— Martaban, Kurz. 7. MELANORRAGA, Wall. Trees with a varnish juice. Leaves alternate, simple, quite entire, coriaceous. Panicles axillary. Flowers rather large, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, cohering into @ panel cap, deciduous. Petals 5-8, linear-oblong, imbricate, much enlarged in fruit. Disk hemispheric or columnar. Stamens 5 or very numerous, inserted all over the disk; filaments capillary. Ovary stalked, lenticular, oblique, 1-celled ; style sublateral, stigma simple; ovule 1, pendulous from a basal funicle. Frutt dry, subsessile on a long pedicel rising from the stellately spreading persistent petals, globose coriaceous. Seed subglobose or oblong; testa papery; cotyledons thick, plano-convex; radicle ascending.— The following are the only species. ‘ * Stamens many. Fruit pedicelled. 1. M. usitata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 9. t. 11, 12: Cat. 597; leaves obovate or elliptic obtuse softly tomentose on both surfaces. Mounniporz, Brema and Trenassrerim, Wallich, &c. A large deciduous tree; branchlets very stout, velvety. Leaves 6-14 by 4-6 in.; base cuneate; nerves 28-30 pairs, stout, straight ; petiole flattened, winged, 2-1lin. Panicles 1 ft. long, peduncled, tomentose. Flowers lax } in. diam. ; pedicels slender. Calyx calyptriform, beaked, pubescent. Petals 5-6, eventually 2-4 in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, reticulated, gland-dotted, pubescent. Stamens 20-30. Drupe the size of a cherry, red, glaucous ; pedicel 3 in.—The varnish tree. 2.™M. glabra, Wall. Plant. As. Rar, iii. t. 283; Cat. 1005; leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse quite glabrous, nerves 16-20-pairs, Melanorrheea, Griff. Notul. iv. 409. TenassEerm™, at Tavoy, Gomez; Mergui, Griffith. A tree; branchlets hoary. Leaves 6-10 in., undulate, coriaceous, shiningabove, reticulate on both surfaces; base cuneate; nerves 16-20-pairs, slender, arched, very different from M. usitata; petiole 3 in. flattened, winged. Panicles lax, slender, sparingly branched, about equalling the leaves, puberulous. Flowers on slender pedicels, white, 4 in.diam. Calya membranous, calyptriform, acute pube- scent. Petals linear-oblong, acute, puberulous, eventually 2-23 in. long, linear- oblong or -spathulate, coriaceous, veined. Drwpe % in. diam., depressed or globose, quite smooth ; pedicel very slender, 1-1} in. ** Stamens 5. Frutt subsessile. 3. MI. Maingayi, Hook, f. ; leaves broadly elliptic obtuse long-petioled, quite glabrous. Matacca, Maingay. : A gigantic tree (Maingay) ; branchlets rather slender. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in, very coriaceous, deeply reticulate on both surfaces; nerves 18-20-pairs, strong- parallel ; petiole 1-2 in. Panicles terminal and axillary, longer than the leaves, long- peduncled, pubescent, curved, lax-flowered. Flowers § in. diam. Calyx calypitri- form, membranous, veined, split on one side as in Gluta, pubescent. Pedals linear, oblong, obtuse, tomentose. Stamens 5; filaments filiform, hairy. Disk elevated. Ovary tomentose. Drupe 3 in., oblong, obtuse, smooth. i \ 4. ML. Wallichii, Hook. f.; leaves petioled broadly obovate tip rounded, nerves 12-14 pairs, panicles very numerous excessively branched very long softly tomentose. Stagmaria verniciflua, Jack? Wall. Cat. 980. 26 XLVI, ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Swintonia, Smvcarorz, Wallich; Maracca, Maingay. : A large tree. Leaves 6-8 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, obscurely reticulate above, more distinctly beneath; nerves strong, nearly straight; petiole 1-1} in. Panicles terminal and in the uppermost axils, branched from the base, curved, a foot long and more, together forming a drooping mass of long arched finely pubescent angled (when dry) peduncles, that branch towards their ends into slender tomentose branchlets with innumerable softly downy flowers; bracts large, obovate, concave, very mem- branous. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, 2in. long. Calyx narrow-ovoid, very membranous, almost 2-valved. Petals linear-oblong, inserted towards the base of the disk, villous on both surfaces. Stamens 5. Disk short.—Wallich, who assumed this. to be Jack’s Stagmaria vernicifiua (Gluta Benghas, L.), found a tree of it in the forest of Sincapore, close to Botany Hall, which, I assume, was his temporary residence, 8 SWINTONTA, Griff. A tall tree, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, long-petioled, simple, quite entire. Panicles terminal and axillary, very large and broad. Flowers small hermaphrodite or unisexual. Calyx small, 5-lobed, lobes rounded imbricate. Petals 5, adnate to the middle of the disk, linear-oblong, imbricate, much enlarged and reflexed in fruit. Disk short or elongate or cylindric. Stamens 5, inserted on the top of the disk, free. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 1-celled, narrowed into the slender style ; stigma capitellate; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle. Drupe ovoid, smooth, sessile, coriaceous, subtended by the 5 reflexed enlarged petals. Seed erect, testa thin; cotyledons amygdaloid.—Disrris. The following are the only species known. 1. S. Griffithii, Kurz in Jour. Beng. As. Soc. 1870, ii. 75; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate at both ends, petiole long slender, panicle much larger than the leaves lax spreading quite glabrous, branches very slender, flowers pedicelled. Swintonia, Griff. in Proc. Linn. Soc. 1846, 283. Astro- petalum 1, Grif. Notul. iv. 411, t. 565, f. 2, be. d. TENASSERIM, at Mergui, Griffith ; Helfer. A lofty tree, glabrous throughout ; branchlets very slender. Leaves 4-7 by 1-13 in., sometimes subopposite or 3-nate; tip obtuse ; margin waved, obscurely reticulate above and beneath ; nerves 16-20-pairs, very slender ; petiole 14 in. Panicle copiously branched from near the base. Flowers long-pedicelled, 4 in. diam. Petals linear- oblong, quite glabrous, rapidly enlarging. Fruit unknown.—I do not find the irregular pellucid dots which Griffith describes. Habit of a Mango, conspicuous for its dense masses of flowers which, when bruised, emit a peppery smell. 2. S. Melferi, Hook. f.; leaves narrow-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, base acute, margins undulate, petiole long slender, panicles much longer than the leaves lax spreading quite glabrous, flowers pedicelled. Trnasserim or ANDAMAN Istanps, Helfer. Very nearly allied to S. Griffithii, but branchlets stouter. Leaves much longer, 6-10 by 1-13 in., drawn out into longer points, with more numerous (25-80) pairs of nerves, rather stouter petioles, and more waved margins; they are also of a dark brown colour when dry, whereas those of 8. Griffithii are pale greyish-brown. Drupe (tipe) obovoid, 4 in. The reflexed petals 2 in. long, linear, obtuse, veined, glabrous. 3. S. Schwenkii, Teysm. § Binnend. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 230; leaves oblong-lanceolate tip obtuse rounded or obtusely acuminate, base rounded glaucous beneath, petiole very slender, panicles excessively branched longer or shorter than the leaves, flowers minute subsessile. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Swintonia. | KLVL ANACARDIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 27 Beng. 1870, ii. 75. Anauxanopetalum Schwenkii, Teyem. §& Binnend. in Miquel Journ. i. 368. Astropetalum 2, Grifith, Notul. iv. 415. Mazacca, Griffith ; Maingay.—Distrre. Sumatra. A tall tree ; branchlets rather slender. Leaves 3-5 in., usually obtusely acuminate, rather thin ; margins hardly undulate ; nerves about 15-pairs ; petiole very slender, 2-23 in. Panicles numerous from the upper axils, branched, peduncles and branches and. pedicels excessively slender and spreading. Flowers the smallest of the genus, when first expanded, J, in. diam., shortly pedicelled. Calyx-lobes orbicular, glabrous. Petals oblong on expansion, very rapidly enlarging, finally 21 in. long, linear, obtuse coriaceous, veined. Drupe $ in long, oblong, smooth. Cotyledons oblong, amygda- loid; radicle lateral, minute.— Kurz refers to this Astropetalum 1 of Griffith’s Notule, which, as it appears to me from Griffith’s notes and specimens, is his original Swintonia, to which he attached the MS. name of S. floribunda, but for which I have adopted Kurz’s S. Griffithii. The reference to “Cat. Hort. Begor.” is taken from Kurz. Ido not find the name in the edition of that work at Kew. 4, S. spicifera, Hook. f.; leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate tip rounded. base cuneate, panicles longer than the leaves branches strict, flowers forming pubescent spikelets at the tips of the branchlets. Penana ? Maingay. A lofty thick-stemmed tree (Maingay). Leaves 34-7 by 13-2 in., coriaceous, upper: surface shining with very obscure nerves, under glaucous with 12-16 pairs of very slender nerves, reticulation very indistinct; petiole $-1 in. Panicles subcorymbose, sometimes leafy, repeatedly trichotomously forked; branches angular, strict, suberect, glabrous, articulate, ultimate divisions } in., stout, clothed with imbricating small bracts and flowers; rachis with close-set deep scars; bracts orbicular, concave, pubescent. Flowers } in. diam. when first expanded, apparently polygamous, most of them males and caducous; pedicel very short. Calyx hemispheric, 5-lobed, lobes orbicular, pubescent. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse, hoary, eventually 1-23 in., reflexed, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous in fruit. Stamens 5, filaments subulate; anthers. oblong. Disk confluent with the thickened base of the filament in the male. Drupe 2 in. long, obliquely ovoid, smooth; pericarp thin. Cotyledons amygdaloid—tI assume ‘this to be a Penang plant from the tickets and writing being of the same kind | as is attached to Maingay’s other Penang plants. A very different species from the test, the imbricating flowers on the thick tips of the branchlets of the panicle is a curious character. 9. SOLENOCARPWS, Wt. & Arn. A tree. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, odd-pinnate ; leaflets. opposite, glabrous, crenulate. Panicles terminal. Flowers small, hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 5-toothed, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 5, ovate, valvate. Disk. broad, annular. Stamens 10, inserted at the base of the disk. Ovary sessile, l-celled, style clavate, stigma obliquely truncate; ovule 1, pendulous from the top of the cell. Drupe small, obliquely oblong, truncate, compressed ; pericarp cellular, full of oil. Stone hard. Seed linear, compressed ; cotyledons linear, plano-convex ; radicle very short, superior. 1. S. indica, Wt. §& Arn. Prodr.i. 171; Beddome Fi. Syl, t. 233 ; Anal. Gen. 79 Western Peninsuta; Malabar and Travancor, ascending to 2500 ft. on the Anamally hills, Beddome. ? . Leaves 6-12 in.; petiole angled, slender, pubescent; leaflets 4-6-pairs, 2-4 in., subopposite, sessile, except the terminal, which is long-petiolulate, oblong or oblong- lanceolate acuminate; base obliquely cordate, quite entire or remotely crenate, rather | coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 8—10-pairs, faint, Panicles much branched ; branches erect. ; 28 XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Tapiria. patent, pubescent, at length glabrate. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 3-3 in. diam. Drape 4 in. long, pedicelled. 10. TAPIRIA, Juss. - Erect or scandent shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate ; leaflets numerous, subopposite, serrate. Panicles axillary and terminal. Flowers small, green, polygamous. Calyx 5-partite; segments imbricate, persistent. Petals 6, small, oblong, imbricate. Disk broad, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, inserted at the pase of the disk; anthers globose. Ovary in the ¢ immersed in the disk, 4-5- lobed, with 4-5 styles; in the 9 ovoid, more free, 1-celled; style short, conic, stigma simple; ovule pendulous from the top of the cell. Drupe obliquely ob- long, fleshy ; stone rugose, crustaceous, Seed oblong, testa membranous; coty- ledons large, plano-convex; radicle superior.—DzsrRis. Species 8 or 10, chietly American, 1. B. hirsuta, Hook f. in Benth § Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i, 423; Robergia hirsuta, Rorb. Fl. Ind, ii. 455; Pegia nitida, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv, 864; Phlebochiton, Wall. in Trans. Med. & Phys. Soc. Cale. vii. 230; P. ex- tensum, Cat. 8499. Cunrrat and Eastaen tropical Hrazava, from Nipal and Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft.; to Bhotan, Griffith. Assam, Suuuet, and Currracone. A scandent shrub, more or less clothed with soft villous tomentum. Leaves 8-12 in. ; petiole villous, slender ; leaflets petiolulate, 5-7 pairs, 1-4 in., oblong, acuminate, membranous, rarely quite entire, base cordate. Panicles villous; bracts ovate. Flowers 2, in. diam., pale, sweet-scented. Drupe the size of a currant, black; flesh next the stone cellular and full of viscid brown balsam. 1l. PENTASPADON, Hook. f. Trees. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite subsessile, quite entire. Pa- nacles axillary, peduncled, branched, Teaches very slender. Flowers pedicelled, minute, hermaphrodite. Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate. Petals 5, oblong-obovate, strongly imbricate. Stamens 5, minute, inserted at the base of the disk, alter-. nate with 5 short subulate staminodes which are free or adnate to the side of the disk, filaments short, broadly subulate ; anthers didymous. Disk cupular, ob- scurely 10-lobed. Ovary seated on the disk, very minute, 1-celled, contracted into a stout short style, stigma globose or obliquely oblong, large ; ovule 1, pendulous from the upper part of the cavity. a 1. BP. 7 ,velutinus, Hook. f.; petioles leaflets beneath and panicles clothed with velvety tomentum. Mazacca, Maingay. Branchlets stout, woody, cylindric, covered with close-set scars of fallen leaves, tips velvety. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches; petiole 6-10in. stout, cylindric, ' velvety, bearing no leaflets ou the lower third or fourth; leaflets 2-33 in. subsessile except the petiolulate terminal one, oblong, acute or acuminate, base rather oblique and rounded, thinly coriaceous, opaque above with pubescent midrib, thickly tomen- tose beneath ; nerves 12-14 pairs, slender, arched. Panicles usually shorter than the leaves, triangular, densely velvety, except the flowers, peduncle 2-4 in.; branchlets very numerous, erecto-patent, strict, very slender indeed, much divided and spread- ing. Flowers 7, in. diam. on short glabrous pedicels; bracts minute. Calyx lobes ovate. Petals spreading, minutely puberulous. Stamens and Ovary very minute, as compared to the petals. Drupe 1 in. long, rather scurfy outside, compressed, ovoid, obliquely beaked, 1-celled ; pericarp cellular and full of black varnish, endocarp thin. ‘ Odina.] XLVI. ANACARDIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 29 Seed pendulous, oblong, compressed ; testa thin; cotyledons thin, flat; radicle supe- tior.—Maingay notes that this tree is polygamo-dicecious, but all the flowers I have examined seem to be hermaphrodite. Owing to the minuteness of the parts of the flower he states he was unable to make out the structure of the ovary and ovules. That I have given is, I think, correct. The genus Pentaspadon was founded on a Bornean plant (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 168 t. 24), afterwards published from Sumatran specimens as Nothoprotiwm by Mi- quel (Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 527), who referred it to Burseracee. Miquel’s description is mostimperfect,and Iadded to it in the Genera Plantarum the character ofhaving two styles, taken from flowers sent to me by Miquel as belonging to his plant, but which prove to belong to a totally different one. Marchand (Rey. Anacard. 90, 183) was the first to identify Nothoprotium with Pentaspadom, and his identification I have confirmed by specimens subsequently received from Miquel. The fruit of the original species being unknown, it is possible that that here described may not be con- generic. 12, ODINA, Roxb. Trees with few stout soft branches. Leaves few at the ends of the branches, alternate, odd-pinnate, deciduous; leaflets opposite, quite entire. Racemes simple and panicled, terminal, fascicled. Flowers small, moncecious or dicecious, fascicled, shortly pedicelled. Calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent ; lobes rounded, im- bricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Disk annular, 4-5-lobed. Matz rn. Stamens 8-10, inserted within the disk. Ovary4-5 parted. Ferm. Fu. Ovary sessile, oblong, 1-celled ; styles 3-4, stout, stigmas simple or capitellate ; ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell. Drupe small, compressed, reniform, crowned by the distant styles; stone hard. Seed compressed; embryo curved, cotyle- dons flat fleshy, radicle superior. Distr. About 12 species, of which most are African. 1. O. Wodier, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 293; W. § A. Prodr.i. 171; Thwattes Enum. 78; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 42; Wt. Ic. t. 60; Bedd.. Fl. Sylv. t. 123; Wall. Cat. 8475; Royle Ii. t. 31; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51; Brandis For. Flor. 123.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iv. t. 82. Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the extreme N.W. and along the foot of the Himalaya (ascending to 4000 ft.) to Assam, Brrua, Tunasserim, the ANDAMAN Isuanps, and CryLon. A deciduous ugly tree 40-50 ft.; trunk very thick; branches few; bark exfoliat- ing ; young parts clothed with stellate down. Leaves 12-18 in.; petiole terete ; leaf- lets 3-4 pairs, petiolulate, 3-6 in., oblong-ovate, caudate-acuminate, quite entire. Racemes slender, 6 compound, @ simple pubescent. Flowers 4-merous, fascicled, shortly cymose, inodorous ; bracts ciliate. Sepals obtuse, ciliate. Petals twice as long, oblong, spreading, purplish and greenish-yellow. Stamens equalling the petals in the g. Drupe red—The tissues abound in starch, whence it is most easy to in- crease this tree by cuttings of almost any part. . 13. PARISHIA, Hook. f. Beautiful flowering trees. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; leaflets numerous, quite entire, coriaceous. Panicles ample, nodding. Flowers dicecious. Matz. Calyx cupular, 4-lobed; lobes ovate, valvate. Petals 4, oblong, imbricate. Disk short, annular, obscurely 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inserted below the margin . of the disk. Rudimentary ovary columnar. Ferm. Fu. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes greatly enlarged in fruit. Petals 4. Disk? Stamens 4? Ovary sessile, ovoid, I-celled ; style terminal, unequally 3-fid, stigmas capitate; ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell. Fruit dry, globose, pubescent, pointed by the style-base, pericarp thin. Seed pendulous, testa membranous; cotyledons amygdaloid; radicle superior.—Drstrrs. The following are the only species. 30 XLVI. aNacARDIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Parishta. 1. PB. insignis, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxiii. 170, t. 26; leaflets 6-8 pairs, thinly coriaceous, ovate-cordate or -oblong oblique glabrous beneath, fruiting sepals 3-84 in. Astronium insigne, Marchand Rev. Anacard. 177. Trnasserim, at Mergui, Griffith; Anpaman Isxps., Parish, Kurz. — ’ . Leaves 1-2 ft., petiole cylindric, glabrous; leaflets petiolulate, 6-8 in., variable in shape, often gradually narrowed to the tip from just above the base, shining above, reticulated beneath; midrib quite excentric; nerves 12-20 pairs, slender, arched. Panicles as long as the leaves, villous with spreading hairs. Flowers 3 in. diam., broadly campanulate. Sepals pubescent. Disk tomentose. Drupe the size of a large pea, globose, pointed, tomentose ; enlarged sepals puberulous, acute or rounded at the tip. 2. P. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaflets 10-12 pairs, thickly coriaceous oblong or linear-oblong obtuse puberulous beneath, fruiting sepals 6-7 in. Matacca, Maingay. F 7 A tree abounding in a resinous slightly viscid secretion (Maingay). Leaves cerowded at the ends of the branches; petiole 12-18 in., pubescent woody terete ; leaflets 3-5 in. shortly petiolulate, base rounded, hard, shining above, with ‘obscure nerves; beneath minutely puberulous, and minutely reticulated; nerves 15-30 pair, slender, spreading, nearly straight. Panicles apparently shorter than the leaves, pubescent. Petals linear-oblong. Disk pilose. Young fruit densely clothed with hispid ferruginous bristles; fruiting sepals puberulous, nearly 1 in. broad, tip rounded.—I have assumed that the fruits belong to the leaves of the plant ‘ with which Maingay has placed them; but in cne of his Herbarium specimens, the leaves of P. Maingayi are fastened down with the fruit of a species with pubescent pericarp and acute fruiting sepals 44 by 1} in. 3. P. pubescens, Hook. f.; leaflets 5 pair thickly coriaceous oblong acute or acuminate pubescent beneath, fruiting sepals 5 in. Mazacca, Maingay. A lofty tree. Leaves 8-14 in.; petiole pubescent, terete; leaflets 3-5 in., sub- sessile, base rounded, above glabrous except the midrib, shining, beneath lurid thickly pubescent much reticulate; nerves 10-12 pairs, very strong, arched. Panicle divided to the base into numerous fascicled branches, densely softly tomentose. Flowers 3 in. diam., pedicelled. Ovary conical, pilose; styles 3. Drupe 2 in. long, between conical and spherical, densely tomentose. Pericarp cartilaginous; fruiting sepals 3 in. diam., tip rounded. 14. SEMECARPUS, Linn. f. Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, quite entire, coriaceous. Flowers small, polygamous or dicecious, in terminal, rarely axillary panicles. Caly« 5-6-fid, seg- ments deciduous. Petals 5-6, imbricate. Desk broad, annular. Stamens 5-6. inserted at the base of the disk, imperfect in the 2 flowers. Ovary L-celled ; styles 3; ovule pendulous from a basal funicle. Drupe fleshy, oblong or sub- globose, oblique, seated on a fleshy receptacle formed of the thickened disk and calyx base; pericarp loaded with acrid resin. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous inner coat somewhat fleshy; embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle superior.—DistR1B. About 20 species, tropical Asiatic and Australian. * Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. Panicles pubescent (see also 7, S. marginata). 1. S. Anacardium, Linn. Ff. ; leaves very large oblong or obovat oblong tip rounded, base rounded cordate or cuneate quuaas “Shove lean minutely pubescent beneath, panicle tomentose, drupe 1 in. Roxb. Flor. Ind. Semecarpus.] XLVI. ANACARDIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 31 ii. 83; Cor. Pl. i. t. 12; W.& A. Prodr.i. 168; We. Ic. t. 558; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 41; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 52; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 166; Brandis For. Flor. 124; Wail. Cat. 8473. 8. latifolius, Pers. (ex Marchand). Anar- cardium latifolium, Lamk. Iii. t. 208. A. officinarum, Gierin. TropicaL oureR Hmraraya, from Sirmore to Sikkim, ascending to 3500 ft.; and throughout the hotter parts of India, as far east as Assam (absent in the Eastern Peninsula and Ceylon).—Disrris. Eastern Archipelago and N. Australia. A moderate-sized diccious deciduous tree, exuding a dark juice; young parts petioles leaves beneath and panicle clothed with a fine pale pubescence. Leaves 9-30 by 5-12 in., very coriaceous, flat, margin cartilaginous, rarely linear-oblong, usually contracted below the middle; nerves 16-25 pairs, stout, slightly arched; petiole 1-2 in., rounded, not winged. Panicle equalling or shorter than the leaves, stout; branches spreading; bracts lanceolate. Flowers 4-4 in. diam., subsessile, fascicled. Petals much longer than the calyx, oblong, greenish-white. Filaments subulate. Drupe 1 in. long, obliquely ovoid or oblong, smooth, shining, black; eup orange-red. Var. cuneifolia ; DC. Prody. ii. 62; leaves cuneate at the base often tomentose beneath. Tropical Himalaya, Khasia Mts., Behar, and the Concan.—S. cuneifolia, Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 86; Grak. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 41. 2. S. microcarpa, Wail. Cat. 989; leaves large obovate or subpanduri- _ form tip rounded base acute obtuse or rounded glabrous and opaque above pale with fine subscabrid pubescence beneath, drupe } in. Burma; on the Irawaddy, Wallich. Very similar in habit and foliage to 8S. Anacardiuwm, but the drupes are less than half the size—Kurz’s 8S. albescens (see p. 35), which he describes as having the petals valvate or subvalvate, a glabrous disk, pubescent ovary and 3 thick styles; found in the Moung forests, Pegu, by Dr. Brandis, may possibly be this. 3. S. pubescens, Thwaites Enum. 77; leaves lanceolate finely acumi- nate under surface and petiole velvety-tomentose nerves nearly straight, panicles slender velvety, drupe 3 in. Czyzon, at Ratnapoora, Walker, Thwaites. A small tree (Thwaites), Leaves 6-12 by 2-21 in., opaque and glabrous above except the pubescent midrib, densely clothed with rusty brown tomentum beneath, base acute or rounded ; nerves 16-20 pairs, somewhat arched ; petiole 3-1 in. Panicle with very spreading branches. Flowers glabrous. Drupe oblong, slightly oblique, as broad as the short cup. 4, S. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; leaves lanceolate finely acuminate under surface and petiole laxly pubescent or glabrate nerves much arched, panicles glabrate. Cryton, at Morowe Corle, Thwaites. This, which is regarded by Thwaites as a glabrous form of 9%. pubescens, seems to me to be at once distinguished not only by the different pubescence, but by the much arched nerves. ** Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. Panicles glabrous. 5. S. travancorica, Bedd. Flor. Sylv. t. 232; leaves very large oblong or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous, shining and reticulate on both surfaces, tip rounded, base rounded or acute, petiole 2 in. Western Penmsura; Travancor Ghats, alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome, Avery large tree. Leaves 12 by 5-6 in., occasionally lanceolate and acuminate, very coriaceous, dark green and shining above, paler beneath; nerves 16-18 pairs, mauch reticulated beneath; petiole 2in. Panicles axillary and terminal, compound, spreading, about equalling the leaves. Flowers dicecious, 5-6-merous. Calyx pubes- 82 XLVI. aNacaRDIAcERZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Semecarpus. cent, and ciliate, f with a large turbinate rudiment of an ovary. Drupe 1 in., obliquely oblong, rounded at the tip; cup broad, short. Beddome. 6. S. auriculata, Beddome Fl. Sylv. under t. 232; Ic. Plant. Ind. Or., t. 187; leaves sessile oblanceolate tip obtuse reticulate on both surfaces nerves strong beneath. Wesrern Penrsura; Travancor and Tinnevelly Mountains, Hayne, Beddome. A good-sized diccious tree. Leaves 7 by 13 in., oblanceolate, obtusely acuminate, very gradually narrowed at the base and there furnished with 2 rounded lobes just above the petiole, dull green, glabrous, midrib slightly rusty, margin membranous, reticulations prominent beneath; petiole 4-3 in. Flowers g 3-5-merous. Drupe obliquely obovate, } in. diam., broader than long, very oblique; cup short, broad.— Beddome. 7. S. marginata, Thwaites Enum. 77 ; leaves 6-14 in. elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate glabrous or pilose beneath, base contracted auricled margin broadly cartilaginous, petiole very short and thick, panicle from the old wood glabrous or pilose, nut } in. Cryton; damp forests in the Galle, Ratnapoora and Ambagamowa districts, Walker, Thwaites. An erect shrub, 6-8 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 24-5 in. broad, bright brown when dry, but hardly shining, white margin 3, in. broad, reticulate beneath; nerves about 12 pairs, slender, arched; midrib grooved beneath ; petiole 4 in., remarkably thick. Panicle short, slender. Nut ovoid, subcompressed, oblique, reddish ; cup half as long, scarlet.—Described chiefly from Thwaites, who states that there is a form with the leaves beneath clothed with spreading rigid hairs, 8. S. obovata, Moon Cat. 22; leaves 3-7 in. subsessile very broadly obovate or oblong thickly coriaceous shining on both surfaces, tip rounded or retuse, base cordate, panicles quite glabrous. Thwattes Enum. 77. Ceyton; at Caltura and Ratnapoora. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 24-8} in. broad, very thick, dark brown above when dry, paler beneath, reticulated on both surfaces, but the nervules not well defined; nerves 6-8 pair; petiole} in. Panicles rather slender, branches spreading. Flowers minute. Unripe nut oblong, with a rather elongate narrow cup. 9. S. Moonii, Thwaites Enum. 77; leaves 6-12 in. oblong or oblong- lanceolate shortly acuminate thickly coriaceous many-nerved much reticulate beneath, petiole very short, panicle terminal large spreading. Ceyton, south part of the island, Thwaites. A moderate-sized perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves 22-31 in. broad, hard, rather shining grey-green above, with distinct and rather broad reticulations, which are stronger on the brown undersurface; nerves 18-20 pairs, very spreading, shining beneath, with the midrib grooved; petiole 3-2 in., very thick. Panicle with a stout peduncle and spreading branches. Fowers numerous, } in. diam. 10. S. coriacea, Thwaites Enum. 76; very robust, leaves 3-7 in. obovate or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip rounded much reticulate be- neath base subacute not narrowed into the very short petiole, panicles very robust with spreading branches, drupe large broader than long. Cryton ; central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Thwaites. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout; branchlets as thick as the finger. Leaves 14-82 in. broad, hardly shining, pale above when dry, brown beneath, nerves 10-12 pairs, slightly arched, not well defined, as is the case with the reticulations beneath ; midrib beneath grooved ; petiole 34 in. long, and broad. Panicles fascicled, Semecarpus.] XLVI. ANACARDIACEa. (J. D. Hooker.) 33 rachis very stout. Vowers 3 in. diam., sessile, clustered. Nut 14 in. diam., obliquely cordate, compressed, apiculate ; cup short, narrow. ll. S. subpeltata, Thwaites Enum. 75; leaves peltate 10-15 in. oblong or ovate- or obovate-oblong abruptly obtusely acuminate thickly coria- ceous broadly margined shining and reticulate above opaque and minutely closely dotted beneath, panicle terminal stout, nuts transversely oblong. ’ Ceyzon ; forests between Galle and Ratnapoora, Thwaites. A large tree, glabrous throughout; branchlets as thick as the finger. Leaves 4-63 in. broad, very thick, polished above and reticulate on both surfaces, base rounded with the petiole inserted 3 in. within it; nerves 16-20 pairs, nearly horizontal ; midrib grooved on both surfaces ; petiole 13-2 in., very stout indeed. Panicle small for the size of the plant, brancheg spreading. Flowers iin. diam. Nut 1} in. broad, much shorter ; cup large, kidney-shaped, fleshy—A very handsome plant. 12. S. Gardneri, Thwaites Enum. 76 & 410; leaves 6-15 in. lanceo- late or elliptic or linear-lanceolate obtusely acuminate strongly closely reticulate and dark beneath, midrib broad above, petiole 1-2 in., panicles axillary and terminal, nuts 3 in. obliquely oblong broader than long. Cryion, common in the central province, ascending to 3000 ft. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout; branchlets not very stout. Leaves usually nazrowly elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous, opaque above, dark and densely reticulate beneath; base not decurrent on the petiole; margin cartilaginous, waved ; midrib very broad and flat; nerves 10-15 pairs, nearly horizontal or arched and ascending ; ultimate venules curved with free ends, pale on a dark green ground. Panicles numerous, axillary and: terminal. Nuts oblique, broader than long; cup shallow.—The minute reticulation of the undersurface of the leaf of this species is quite peculiar. Thwaites’ original 1257 (of first distribution) has leaves of the following species and fruit of this. Marchand (Rev. Anacard. 169) refers this to S. Anacardium var. angustifolium DC. (Prodr. ii. 62), an Amboyna plant, I know not on what authority. 13. S. Walkeri, Hook. f.; leaves 4-7 in. elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acuminate transversely strongly reticulate and pale beneath, midrib slender above, petiole 1-2 in., panicles terminal axillary and on the old wood, nut ovoid- oblong erect half sunk in the cup.—s. obscura, Thwattes Enum. 410. Cryton; Walker, Thwaites (C. P. 2940). This, which was first sont out by Thwaites with §. Gardneri, and afterwards referred by him to 8. obscura, differs from the latter in the leaves not being decurrent and the long petioles, and from the former in the very different reticulation of the pale undersurface of the leaf, as well as in the form of the nut. 14. S. obscura, Thwaites Enum. 76; leaves 3-6 in. obovate-oblong narrowed into the very short petiole tip obtuse or rounded pale and strongly reticulate beneath, midrib slender above, panicles terminal, nut ovoid-oblong. ?S. zeylanica, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 189. S. oblongifolia, var. Thwaites, CP. 1258; Marchand Rev. Anacard. 169, var. 3. Cryxon ; in the central province alt. 3000 ft., Macrae, Thwaites, Gardner. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 14-2 in. broad, gradually decurrent on the petiole, undersurface and its reticulations like those of S. Walkeri 3 petiole Zin. Nut 2 in., half sunk in the cup. a 15. S. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 76; leaves 4-12 in. elliptic- ovate or oblong-lanceolate finely caudate-acuminate closely reticulate and dark beneath; petiole # in., panicles terminal and axillary, nut 1 in. obcordate broader than long. 8. oblongifolia, Thwaites Enwin.i.c. 8. oblongifolia, var. 2, Marchand Rev. Anacard. 169. VOL. II. D 34 XLVI. aNAcaRDIACEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Semecarpus. Cryton ; forests in the Galle, Ratnapoora and Ambagamowa districts, Thwattes, I retain this species with great hesitation, having only a flowery specimen, and finding it referred to a variety of S. oblongifolia, by Thwaites, in his Addenda. From the latter it appears to me to be wholly distinct, having precisely the peculiar reticu- Jation and undersurface colouring of S. Gardneri, from which it differs in the lon acute tail to the apex of the leaf and slender midrib above. According to Thwaites’s description, it further differs in the less coriaceous leaves, smaller panicle, and differently shaped fruit. From S. nigro-viridis and S. obscura it seems to me to differ in the leaf not being decurrent into the petiole, and in its very long acute tip. ° 16. S. nigro-viridis, Thwaites Enum. 76 & 410 (excl. var. acumi- nata); leaves 3-6 in. obovate-cuneate or oblong-obovate narrowed into the petiole, tip rounded or abruptly obtusely acuminate, pale and reticulate beneath, midrib above slender, panicles terminal short, nut broader than long. §, oblongifolia, var. nigro-viridis, Thwaites (C.P. 631, 641, 2444, 2586); Mar- chand Rev. Anacard. 169. : Cryton, central province, alt. 2-4000 ft., Zhwaites. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 13-2 in. broad, very variable in breadth, but almost always cuneate-obovate and decurrent on the petiole, which is 2-1 in., very dark green ; nerves 6-10 pairs, much arched, reticulate as 8. obscura and S. Walkeri. Panicles short, reduced to racemes. Flowers large, 3 in. diam. Nut described by Thwaites as obliquely rounded or obcordate, compressed, with a hooked apiculus, and narrower cup; and this they are in his No. 2586, but in one spécimen of 631 they are ovoid and erect, and quite 1 in. long. Thwaites’s 631 bis, with 4 flowers only, also sent as S. nigro-viridis, has elliptic-lanceolate leaves finely acuminate and not narrowed into the petiole, which is longer, with very large spreading panicles, It is probably identical with his original 1257, mentioned under S. Gardneri. 17. S. parvifolia, Thwattes Enum. 77; leaves 14-34 in. obovate or elliptic decurrent on the slender petiole tip rounded or obtusely abruptly acuminate, margin cartilaginous, strongly closely reticulate beneath with thick nervules, racemes terminal slender few-flowered, flowers pedicelled. 8. oblongi- folia var. 4, Marchand Rev. Anacard. 169. - Cryton ; Galle district, at Hinidoon Corle, Thwaites. A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. eaves the smallest of the genus, 2-1} in. broad, very thickly coriaceous, and with a remarkably strong cartilaginous border, shining above with a slender midrib, undersurface pale; nerves 7-12 pairs, nearly horizontal; petiole 4 in. much more slender than usual in the genus. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Nut unripe, elongate-conic with a curved acuminate tip and a turbinate narrow cup. 18. 7S. lurida, Hook. f-3 leaves 5-8 in. narrowly elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate obtuse very coriaceous decurrent on the petiole opique and reticulated beneath with many spreading nerves, midrib file broad, panicles terminal black when dry shorter than the leaves, flowers minute pedicelled. Matacca, apes , A tree, quite glabrous throughout. Leaves 11_22 in, broad, almo: ini very opaque and lurid (as if glaucous when fresh) beneath, usually pres oe into an obtuse tip; nerves 30-40 pairs, very slender, but. not much raised beneath : midrib convex and much broader above; petiole 3-1 in., stout. Panicles terminal and axillary, much branched, the lateral branches 3-1 in. long, bearing loose cymes of éflowers not 3; in. diam. Calyx obtusely 5-lobed. Petals broadly oblong, obtains Stamens 5, anthers subglobose. Disk broad, fleshy, margin lobed, Ovary Sarr, —I am very doubtful of the genus of this plant, of which I have seen no fruit. . *** Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. Panicles pubescent, : Semecarpus.] XLVI. anacarpiacez. (J. D. Hooker.) 35 19, S. subpanduriformis, Wall. Cat. 987; leaves lanceolately pan- duriform acuminate membranous white beneath, petiole short slender, panicle terminal much branched. Currtacone, Wallich (cult. in Calcutta Bot. Gardens). Branchlets stout. Leaves 1 ft. and upwards by 31-4 in., broadest much above the middle, thence rapidly narrowing upwards to a very acuminate point and downwards to the petiole but dilating again for one-fourth above the base, exceedingly thin and membranous, opaque-above, beneath brownish white, with faint indications of pubescence on the nerves and midrib, reticulations very delicate; nerves 16-80, very slender, straight; petiole 3-3 in. Pamicles as long as the leaves, very robust and much branched, finely pubescent. Flowers unknown. Fruit immature, obliquely orbicular, compressed, with a small cup. 20. S. heterophylla, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 187; leaves 6-14 in. oblong or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip abruptly obtusely acuminate shining above pale and reticulated beneath, petiole 4-1 in., panicle pubescent very large with slender erecto-patent branches, lowers minute. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 625. ; ; TrnassERim or ANDAMAN IsLanps, Helfer.—Distris. Sumatra, Java. Perfectly glabrous except the panicle. Leaves very variable according to Javanese specimens, 1-4 in. broad, thick, hard, and leathery, reticulated on both surfaces, whitish beneath, margin thickened, cartilaginous, base acute but not decurrent on the petiole; nerves 12-16 pairs, shining, somewhat arched. Panicle of the $very large, a foot long and more, and as broad; branches strict, pale, the ultimate slender, with small clusters of minute sessile flowers. Mut in Java specimens transversely oblong, 1 in, diam. ; cup much narrower, shallow, pubescent when young, SPECIES UNKNOWN OR IMPERFECTLY KNOWN TO ME, S. supracemosa, Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 304; young parts pu- berulous, leaves deciduous? distant 3-4 in. oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or subobtuse subdecurrent into a broad glabrous petiole 3-1 in. thinly chartaceous glaucous glabrous and shining above, glaucous beneath and minutely puberulous when young, midrib thick, nerves parallel, reticulations lax and conspicuous, panicles axillary and terminal graceful puberulous, flowers small in fascicled cymes, pedicels very short densely pubescent, calyx puberulous, petals valvate, filaments capillary, disk hispid, styles 3 thick.—Pegu, Kurz. Probably a Holigarna, S. acuminata, Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 75; perfectly glabrous, leaves 6-12 in. cuneate-obovate or~-oblofig acuminate, base narrowed acute or acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves slender acutely prominent, reticulations lax con- spicuous, panicles terminal slender shorter than the leaves, lax quite glabrous, calyx- teeth broad acute, petals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, disk hispid, ovary glabrous, drupe obliquely oblong broader than long, cup as broad, scarlet.—Frequent in the forests of Arracan on sandstone ; also in Chittagong, Kurz. 8. nmvicata, Thwaites in Herb. (Coll. 3948); a small species in a very imperfect state, with glabrous elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate leaves 2-4 in. long shining above transversely strongly reticulated beneath,—South parts of Ceylon. 8. oblon- gifolia var. 5, Marchand Rev. Anacard. 109, * S. aupuscuns, Kure in Beng. As. Soc. Jowr, 1871, ii. 51; ‘a large tree, young parts “velvety-tomentose, leaves 7-12 in. elongate-obovate or cuneate-lanceolate shortly and obtusely acuminate, base cuneate rounded or obtuse shining and glabrous above except the pubescent nerves, thinly clothed with white tomentum and sparingly hairy beneath, nerves yéllow conspicuous yellowish pilose not tomentose, reticulations D2 36 XLVI. ANACARDIACER. (J.D. Hooker.) [Semecarpus. lax, petiole 1-1 in. thick tomentose, panicle densely yellow tomentose usually shorter than the leaves, flowers small racemulose, pedicels 3-4 in., calyx minute pubescent, petals valvate or subvalvate 3, in. shortly pubescent, ovary densely appressedly hirsute, stigmas 3 thick glabrous, disk glabrous, stamens 5, filaments short rather broad 1 or 2 longer and abortive.’—Kurz. , Prov; in the Moung forest. Brandis. 15. DRIMYCARPUWS, Hook. f. Lofty trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Racemes or panicles axillary. Flowers small, subglobose, polygamous. Calyx superior; Tobes 5, rounded, imbricate. Petals 5, erect, orbicular, imbricate. Disk broad, annular. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the disk. Ovary inferior, 1-celled ; style 1, very short; stigma capitate; ovule attached to the wall of the cell. Drupe transversely obliquely ovoid, fibrous, flesh resinous; stone coriaceous, Seed attached to the wall of the cell, testa membranous ; embryo thick, coty- ledons plano-convex radicle minute opposite the hilum; plumule hairy.— Disrriz. 2 or 3 Indian species. 1, D. racemosus, Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. 424; leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate glaucous beneath, margins waved. Holi- garna racemosa, Roxb. Fl, Ind. ii. 82; Wall. Cat. 1006. Sixx and Buoran Himaraya, alt. 2-5000 ft.; Srxuer and Kaasia Mrs,, alt. 0-4000 ft. A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4-12 in., coriaceous, shining above, opaque and grey beneath ; nerves 20-80 pairs, strongly arched; reticulations delicate; midrib above rather broad; petiole } in., stout. Racemes branched in axillary fascicles, shorter than the leaves, pubescent or glabrate. Flowers 3, in. diam., crowded, the males most so, greenish-white. Drwpe red, 1 in. diam.—Marchand (Rev. Anacard. 172) mentions a Holigarna angustifolia Roxb. as identical with this, but I find no such name published by Roxburgh. 16. HOLIGARNA, Ham. Lofty trees. Leaves alternate, simple, petioled, entire, coriaceous; petiole furnished with 2 or 4 spur-like decidous appendages. Racemes or panicles axillary and terminal. lowers small, crowded, polygamous, Calyx superior ; tube cup-shaped ; teeth 5, imbricate. Petals 5, densely villous in front, cohering with the edge of the disk and at the base, persistent, valvate. Disk lining the calyx-tube, obscure in the?. Stamens 5, inserted on the edge of the disk, coherent at the base with the petals, filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers small, subglobose. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; styles 3-5, terminal, stigmas capitate or clavate; ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell. Drupe sub- compressed, oblong or ovoid, resinous, acrid ; stone coriaceous, Seed parietal, testa membranous; embryo thick, cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle minute next the hilum.—Disrrrp. 7 species, all Indian. * Leaves quite glabrous beneath. 1. H. Arnottiana, Hook. f. ; leaves cuneate-obovate obtuse or acute quite glabrous decurrent on the petiole, petiole with two tubercles at the top, panicles slender tomentose, drupe glabrous. TH. longifolia, Wt. § Arn. Prody. i. 169; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 41; Dalz. § Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 51; Beddome Fl. Sylv. t. 167 (not of Roxburgh). Terebinthacea, Wall. Cat. 8504, Western Pentnsvra ; from the Concan southwards on the Ghats, Holigarna.] ‘XLVI. aNAcARDIACERZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 37 A tree, branches stout. Leaves 6-9 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, shining above, reticu- lated and glaucous or not beneath; nerves 16-20 pairs, strong, nearly straight, pro- minent on both surfaces ; petiole }-1 in., rather slender; petiolar spurs early deci- duous. Panicles of compound racemes, axillary and terminal, shorter or longer than the leaves, thickly rufous-tomentose when dry. Flowers crowded, minute, $4 in. diam., enveloped in tomentum. Drupe lin., obliquely oblong, rounded at the top, quite glabrous, long pedicelled—Wight’s originally distributed specimens (No. 526) have leaves pubescent beneath. 2. H. ferruginea, Marchand Rev. Anarcard. 171 ; leaves cuneate-obovate rounded at the tip quite glabrous decurrent on the petiole, petiole with two tubercles at the top, racemes robust clothed with dark rusty tomentum. Terebinthacea, Wall. Cat. 8503. Western Penrysvra: Coorg, Herb. Stocks; Travancor, Herb. Wall.; Manga- lore, Wight. Very similar to H. Arnottiana, but the racemes are short and very robust, less branched and clothed with a deeper red (when dry) tomentum, and the flowers are much larger, being fully }-2in.diam. Stamens longer than the petals. Styles 3-4 in., elongate.—The terminal bud of this species seems more glabrous than in the Z. Arnottiana. : 3. H. longifolia, Roxb. Cor. Pl. iii. 79, t. 282; FI. Ind. ii. 80; leaves 1-2 ft. very narrowly cuneate-oblanceolate acuminate membranous glabrous and glaucous beneath, petiole very short and thick, petiolar spurs 2 or 4 persistent or deciduous, ¢ panicle finely pubescent. DC. Prodr. ii. 63, Crrracone, Roxburgh, &c.; Pecu, Kurz. A tall tree; bark white. Leaves thinly coriaceous, hardly shining above, ciliate when quite young, ending in a long acuminate point, gradually narrowed from above the middle to the base which is hardly decurrent on the petiole; nerves 20-26 pairs, erecto-patent, slender, reticulations large; petiole }-} in. Panicle very large and spreading, 9? tomentose. Flowers 7, in. diam., clustered. Fruiting panicle 18 in. long, with spreading decurved branches. Drupes (immature) oblong.—Specimens from Kurz. 4, H. Helferi, Hook. 7.; leaves 8-16 in. cuneate-oblanceolate acute or acuminate glaucous beneath rather coriaceous, decurrent on the very short pe- tiole, spurs two on each side slender persistent, panicle much branched softly densely tomentose, ? simple racemose. TenasseRm; at Mergui, Helfer. Branchlets stout, as thick ag the finger.. Leaves very variable in size, the smaller 7 by 2 in., with 10-12 pairs of nerves; the large 16’by 4 in., with 26 pairs of nerves ; upper surface opaque, under purplish-brown when dry; midrib very prominent, grooved, nerves slightly arched, slender; transverse venules reticulated. Panicles rather slender, clothed with soft lax ferruginous tomentum. Flowers 3; in. diam., in small glomerules; Q in stout simple racemes, pedicelled, very much larger than the g. Drupe subcylindric, truncate, 3 in—This may prove to be a form of H. longifolia, but I do not think so. ** Leaves pubescent beneath. 5. H. Grahamii, Hook. f. (not of Kurz); leaves 12-16 in. oblanceolate- cuneate triangular above the middle and acuminate finely pubescent beneath, etiole very short and thick, petiolar spurs 2 or 4 persistent. Semecarpus Gra~ amii, Wt. Ic. t. 235; Ill. i. 185; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 52. Western Peninsuta; Concan, Graham, &c. A tree 20-30 ft.; branchlets very robust. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., gradually nar rowed from above the middle to the base, hardly decurrent on the petiole, very rigidly 38 XLVI, ANACARDIACERZ, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Holtgarna, coriaceous, shining above, pale and reticulated beneath ; nerves 20-30 pairs, very pro- minent beneath ; petiole } in., spurs lor 2 on eachside }-4 in. Pamicles terminal, $ a foot long, much branched, clothed with ferruginous tomentum, 9 shorter. Flowers clustered, g about in. diam. Styles 3. Drupe ovoid, glabrous, 2 in. long, upper 4 or 3 exserted.—Kurz gives this as a native of Pegu, but the plants hesends to.Kew under this name are in part the true H. longifolia of Roxburgh, and in part H. aléi- cans. H.-Grahamti differs from H. longifolia in the leaf being more triangular at the top, not rounded and suddenly acuminate. . 6. H. Beddomei, Hook. f.; leaves 10-22 in. cuneate-oblanceolate some-~ times much produced below acute or acuminate densely velvety beneath young membranous and ciliate. Western Peniysvra; Anamallay hills, Beddome. ; An enormous tree, Beddome. Leaves when old 10 in. long, coriaceous, densely velvety, rufous ; nerves 18-22 pairs, stout, ferruginous, those of young plants 26 in, long, membranous, ciliate with long hairs on the margin midrib and under surfaces; nerves slender 40-50 pairs, horizontal in the lower very elongated portion, more arching above; petiole short; stipular spurs capillary, caducous.—-A very fine species of which the leaves only are known. . 7. H. albicans, Hook. f.; leaves 6-16 in. oblanceolate-cuneate or oblong coriaceous acuminate shining and reticulate above white beneath and glabrous or very minutely pubescent in the midrib only laxly reticulate, panicle pubes- cent as long as the leaf much branched, branches slender, @ flowers shortly pe- dicelled } in. diam., drupe broader than long oblique. . Grahamii, Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 205. Prev, Marranan, Kurz, McLelland, Scott. Branchlets as thick as the thumb. Leaves 2-4 in. broad, base not decurrent on the petiole, obtuse; midrib stout faintly grooved; nerves 14-18 pairs all raised, arched; petiole }# in. Panicle of § peduncled, rachis curved, branches very slender, spreading ; of 9 also much branched and spreading. Flowers 3 only seen. Sepals small. Petals obtuse, pubescent. Filaments very slender. Disk pubescent. Drupe pedicelled, 3 in. diam. when dry, turgid, somewhat compressed, very oblique, the exposed portion much smaller, convex, puberulous.—Apparently a very dis- tinct species, of which a large-leaved specimen from Kurz is marked H. Grahamit, Kurz (Semecarpus, Wight.) I find no trace of spurs on the petiole, but have seen no very young leaves. Kurz describes this as beard-like. 17. MELANOCHYLA, Hook. f. _ Trees. Leaves simple, very coriaceous, exstipulate, quite entire. Panicles branched, axillary and. terminal. Flowers small, unisexual. Calyx-tube per- sistent, enlarged_in fruit and adnate to the very base of the drupe, cupular, lobes 5, erect. Petals 5, inserted on the edge of the disk, very coriaceous, per- sistent, erect or suberect, villous in front, valvate. Disk lining the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted on the edge of the disk, filaments stout; sometimes coherent at the base with the petals villous; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, 1-celled; style short, stigmas 3; ovule 1, pendulous from near the top ofthe cell, Drupe globose, areolate at the base by the enlarged calyx, flesh full of black varnish; stone thick, hard. Seed oblong, testa thin; cotyledons amygdaloid, radicle superior.—DrstRiB. The following are the only known species. 1. M. tomentosa, Hook. f.; branchlets petiole panicle and midrib be- Hos velvety-tomentose, leaves oblong acuminate rounded or subcordate at the ase. Melanochyla.] Xvi. awacarpiacesz. (J. D. Hooker.) 39 Matacca, Maingay. Branchlets rather stout, densely clothed with soft spreading ferruginous tomentum., Leaves 6-14 by 2-4 in., hard, smooth but hardly polished above, with a slender mid- rib, not reticulated; beneath pale with 30-35 pairs of strong arched pubescent nerves, and faint reticulations; petiole very thick, 14in. Panicle exceeding the leaves, rachis almost villous, branches spreading pubescent. Flowers g minute, zz in. diam., in small lateral cymes, shortly pedicelled. Calyx lobed for half way down, lobes obtuse. Petals oblong, obtuse, pubescent outside, villous within, very coriaceous. Filaments rigid nearly as long as the petals. Drupe elliptic, globose, 1-13 in. diam., orange-yellow, clothed with ferruginous (when dry) pubescence, and full of black varnish. j 2. M. angustifolia, Hook. f.; leaves linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate. acuminate quite glabrous, petiole long slender, panicles slender puberulous. Matacca, Maingay. Branchlets rather slender, minutely puberulous, as are the panicles. Leaves 6~10 by : 13-13 in,, hard, base acute often unequal, margin rather waved, shining on both sur- faces, reticulations not well defined; midrib slender above, strong beneath; nerves 15-20 pairs, arched ; petiole 1-1} in. very slender, greatly thickened from 2 in. above the base. Panicles chiefly axillary, very slender, longer or shorter than the leaves. Flowers in lateral cymules, ¢ p in, diam. ; like those of M. tomentosa, but much less tomentose. Drupe unripe 4-4 in. diam, globose, apiculate, puberulous.—Maingay describes the corolla as imbricate, but I find it to be quite valvate. 3. M. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaves narrowly elliptic-oblong or -oblanceo= late abruptly acuminate pubescent beneath, panicle stout tomentose. Matacca, Maingay. A tree yielding a copious black varnish, Maingay. Branchlets rather slender, gla- brous or pubescent. Leaves 5-8 by 24-31 in., rigidly coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, smooth but hardly shining above, beneath minutely pubescent; nerves 20-25 pairs, strong, arched; reticulations beneath distinct, transverse; petiole 3 in. Pa- nicle terminal, stout, ferruginous, Flowers pubescent, ¢ 3 in. diam. subsessile; 9 more than twice as large, with an almost urceolate calyx. Filaments rather broad. Ovary globose, hairy. Frudt not seen. 4, NM. auriculata, Hook. f.; leaves narrowly linear-oblong from an au- ricled tapering base recurved acuminate glabrous polished sessile or with a very short enlarged petiole, panicle ¢ stout pubescent. Matacca, Maingay. Branchlets very thick and woody. Leaves 18 by 3-4 in., rigidly coriaceous, appa- rently folded down the middle, recurved, polished on both surfaces, base 3 in. broad,. auricles recurved; nerves about 80 pairs, slightly arched, more prominent above than beneath, transverse reticulations faint beneath ; midrib at the base suddenly expand- ing into a petiole + in. long and as broad, which is adnate to the branch. Panicles terminal, smaller than the leaves, rusty-pubescent, rachis very stout. Flowers ¢ clus- tered about 2 in. diam. Drupe oblong-globose, 14-14 in. diam., puberulous, ribbed when dry; stone very thick. 18. NOTHOPEGIA, Blume. Small tree. Leaves alternate or opposite, petioled, entire. Racemes short axillary. Flowers small, bracteate, white, polygamous. Calyx small, 4-5- lobed, persistent. Petals 4-5, spreading, imbricate. Disk annular, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the margin of the disk, filaments free hairy. Ovary free, sessile, ovoid, 1-celled ; style very short, stigma simple; ovule pendulous 40 XLVI. awacarpiacez. (J.D. Hooker.) [Nothopegia. from near the top of the cell. Drupe depressed-turbinate, striate, tipped with the style, flesh cellular. Seed pendulous; cotyledons thick, plano-convex, radicle short sublateral—Drsrr1s. The following are the only species. 1. N. Colebrookiana, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 203; branchlets glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate quite glabrous, margin usually waved. Bedd. Flor. Sylv. t. 164; Anal. Gen. 79. Pegia.? Colebrookiana, Wt. Ic. t. 236; IU. i. 185. Glycycarpus racemosys, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ, Bot. ii. 39; Hook. Ic, Pl, t. 842; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51, excl. syn.; Thwaites Enum. 78. Western Pentnsura; on the Ghats from the Southern Concan southwards. Cryton ; ascending to 3000 ft. Common. 5 : A small tree, about 15 ft. high, with milky acrid juice. Leaves 2-8 by 1-24 in, usually elliptic-oblong with a tendency to be more narrow below than above, rarely narrower and 8 by 1} in., base decurrent on the petiole, shining above, usually white beneath ; nerves 15-20 pair, not prominent beneath, arched, reticulations also not sharply defined ; petiole }-3 in. Racemes much shorter than the leaves, solitary and fascicled, strict; 4 branched, much longer and more branched than the 9, more or less pubescent. Flowersminute; @ sessile or nearly so, 3, in. diam. Petals suberect, with recurved tips, hairy on the back. Sepals almost orbicular. Fiaments almost glabrous. Drupe 3 in. diam., red, top depressed. Var. 1. Heyneana ; leaves smaller 2-3 in. more shortly petioled obtuse, drupe blue. —Terebinthacea? Wall. Cat. 8500. Var. 2. macrocarpa; leaves 3-4 in. obovate-oblong shortly obtusely acuminate very coriaceous, drupe $—3 in. diam., top not depressed.—Shevaghery hills, Wight. 2. N. travancorica, Beddome MSS.; branchlets petiole and midrib beneath pubescent with short spreading hairs, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- nate, petals hairy within. Western Peninsuta; Travancor, Beddome. Leaves 6—7 by 13-12 in., almost membranous, margin thickened, green below, ciliate towards the base which is acute and not decurrent on the petiole; nerves 30-35 pairs, slightly arched; petiole 4 in. Flowers % in supra-axillary glomerules, } in.’ diam. Petals ovate-lanceolate. Filaments hairy, broad.—I have seen only imperfect specimens. 3. N. aureo-fulva, Beddome MSS. ; ‘branchlets petiole and midrib be- neath densely rufous villous, leaves opposite narrow linear. : WeEsTERN Peninsura; Tinnevelly, Beddome. Leaves 7-8 by 1 in., obtuse or acute, rather membranous, shining above, much reticulated beneath ; nerves about 30 pair, slender, arched ; petiole 3 in—I have seen only an imperfect specimen of this very curious species. 19. CAMPNOSPERMA, Thwaites, Trees. Leaves alternate, very coriaceous, simple, quite entire. Racemes axillary, simple or sparingly branched. Flowers sessile, minute, hermaphrodite. Calyx 3—5-partite ; segments erect, persistent, imbricate. Petals 3-6, suborbicular, erect, imbricate. Disk urceolar. Stamens 6-10; inserted at the base of the disk. Ovary free, sessile, ovoid, 1-celled (or 2-celled with 1 cell suppressed) ; style very short, stigma discoid or capitate; ovule 1, pendulous from the top of the cell. Drupe ovoid, fleshy; stone hard, almost 2-celled by a vertical plate from the top of the horse-shoe shaped cell. Seed pendulous, curved round the Campnosperma.] XLVI. ANACARDIACES. (J. D1. Hooker.) 41 imperfect septum ; cotyledons curved, flattish ; radicle short superior.—A genus of 6 species, of which one is a native of Madagascar, and another of the Seychelles. 1. G. zeylanicum, Thwaites in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 65, t.1. A; Enum. 78; leaves glabrous above dotted beneath finely reticulate, racemes short stout glabrous. . Cryton; Saffragan and Ambamagowa districts, generally on river banks. Thwaites. A ramous tree, 30-40 ft.; branchlets stout, terete, youngest parts minutely scaly. Leaves 3-7 by 2-24 in., elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse, base decur- rent on the petiole, thickly coriaceous, smooth and beautifully reticulated on both surfaces, the numerous spreading nerves hardly more distinct than the reticulations, pale brown when dry, covered beneath with minute dot-like scales; midrib prominent beneath ; petiole stout 3-2 in. Raceme usually shorter than the leaves, rachis stout. Flowers 3, in. diam. Drupe nearly globose, 3-4 in. diam. purple. , 2. G. macrophylla, Hook. f. ; leaves obovate-oblong or obcuneate tip rounded puberulous beneath, reticulations obscure, nerves close-set 20-35 pairs, racemes furfuraceously-pubescent. Buchanania macrophylla, Blume Mus. Bot. 1.185; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 637. Matacca, Griffith. Stncarore; Schomburgk, &c.—Duisrris. Sumatra, Borneo. A small tree; branchlets pubescent, as thick as the finger. Leaves full grown, 8-14 by 33-62 in., thickly coriaceous, shining above, and scarcely reticulate beneath, clothed with a very fine rusty down; nerves nearly straight, strong, transverse, venules obscure; petiole 1-3 in., very stout, winged, channelled above, pubescent all over. Panicles slender, very variable in length, sometimes 1 ft., lateral branches short or long. Flowers very minute, in clusters along the rachis and branches, globose, 3; in. diam., tetramerous. Sepals rounded, pubescent. Petals orbicular- ovate, obtuse, erect. Filaments shortly subulate. Drupe 4-3 in., subacute, com- _pressed, nearly orbicular; stone crustaceous, 3—4-celled. 3. ©. Griffithii, Marchand Rev. Anacard. 174; leaves obovate-oblong or obcuneate, tip rounded perfectly glabrous reticulate on both surfaces, nerves 14-18 pairs, racemes furfuraceously pubescent. Semecarpus? grandifolia, Wail. Cat. 985. Mazacea, Griffith, Maingay; Penanea, Porter. A tall shrubby tree, Wallich. Very similar in foliage to C. macrophylla, but the leaves are less thick, perfectly glabrous and reticulate on both surfaces, the nerves fewer and more distant, the petioles longer (2-3 in.) and winged to the base, and the panicles are more slender.—Griffith (MSS.) describes the flowers as {5-merous, but I find them to be 4-merous. 4, ©. auriculata, Hook. f.; leaves obovate-spathulate auricled at the very base tip rounded quite glabrous reticulated on both surfaces, nerves 12-18 pair, panicles pubescent very slender. Buchanania auriculata, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 185; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 687. Smcarorz, Maingay, T. Anderson.—Distrie. Sumatra, Borneo. Leaves of the same character as those of C. Griffithii but smaller, 6-9 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, very gradually narrowed downwards into the petiole, which is 4-1 in., the auricles quite small, beautifully reticulate on both surfaces, as in C. zeylanica, nerves arched, very slender. Panicle as in P. grandifolia, but less pubescent. Flowers similar, 4-merous. 42 XLVI. ANACARDIACES.. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Spondias: 20. SPONDIAS, Linn. Deciduous glabrous trees. Leaves usually crowded at the tips of the branches, alternate, odd-pinnate ; leaflets sub-opposite, usually caudate-acumi- nate, Panicles terminal, spreading. Flowers small, polygamous. Calyx small, 4-5-fid, deciduous, lobes slightly imbricate. Petals 4-5, spreading, subvalvate. Disk cupular, broad, crenate. Stamens 8-10, inserted beneath the disk. Ovary sessile, free, 4-5-celled; styles 4-5, conniving; ovules solitary, pendulous in the cells. Drupe fleshy; stone hard, thick, 1—5-celled, the cells erect or diverging and opening by canals through the top of the stone. Seeds pendulous, testa membranous; embryo straight, cotyledons elongate plano-convex, radicle short superior—Disrrip. About 8 species all tropical. Sponpias putcis, Willd.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 452; Wall. Cat. 8477 A.; with erenate longer leaflets, is a South-Sea Island plant. introduced into India, and called ‘ Hog-plum’ and ‘ Otaheite Apple’— Wall. Cat. 8477 B. from the Calcutta gardens is in part &. lutea, L., the Hog-plum of the West Indies. : Sronpias?; Wall. Cat. 8479, from Hurdwar appears to be Rhus succedanea, Linn. 1. S. mangifera, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 75; leaflets 4-6 pairs 2-9 in. oblong acuminate quite entire, panicle 1-2 ft., drupe ovoid, stone rough and fibrous. Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 451; W.& A. Prodr. 173; We. Ill. i. 186, t. 76; Wall. Cat. 8476; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 169; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Flor. Suppl. 19; Grah, Cat. Bomb. Pl. 42; Brand. For, Flor. 128, §. amara, Lamk.; Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii. 581. Evia amara, Comm.; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 284; Thwaites Enum. 78. Mangifera pinnata, Ken. (not Lamk.).—Rheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 50. Throughout India from the Inpus eastwards and southwards to Mazacca and Czyton, ascending to 5000 ft. in the Himazaya, Wild and cultivated—Disrrm. Tropical Asia. : A small tree, everywhere glabrous. Leaves 1-1} ft.; petiole slender; leaflets 2-9 by 1-4 in., shortly petiolulate, shining, more or less oblique; nerves 10-30 on each side, horizontal, joined by a strong intra-marginal one. Panieles large, spreading, sparingly branched. Flowers 3 in. diam., scattered, uni- or bisexual. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals oblong, greenish-white. Disk broad, 10-toothed. ‘Filaments short, subulate. Drupe 14-2 in. long, yellow, smooth; flesh very austere; stone cavernous, usually with 1 (1-8) perfect seed—The ‘Amra’ of the Hindoos, and the Hog-plum of many Europeans. 2.S. acuminata, Rorb. Fl. Ind. ii. 458; leaflets 5-8 pair 14-3 in. elliptic caudate-acuminate quite entire or obscurely crenulate, panicle 6-8 in., drupe ovoid-globose, stone smooth fibrous. Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 42; W.& A. Prodr.173; Wail. Cat. 8478. Western Pewinsuta; Malabar, Heyne, Roxburgh; in the Concan hills, near Kenuery caves, Graham; Canara, Ritchie. : An elegant middling sized tree (Roxb.), apparently differing from S. mangifera chiefly in the smaller leaves with longer points, the very short panicle, and smooth stone (if I am right in referring a fruiting plant in Wight’s Herbarium to this species).—In Wallich’s Herbarium, specimens of Odina Wodier are mixed with this. 3. S. axillaris, Rozb. Fl. Ind. ii. 458 ; leaflets 6-8-pairs ovate-lanceolate acuminate serrate, drupe ovoid-oblong, stone smooth. Nivat, Roxburgh. A small Melia-looking tree. Leaves 1 ft.; petiole slender; leaflets shortly petio- Spondias. | XLVI. ANACARDIACES.. (J. D. Hooker.) 43 lulate, 3-4 in., pale beneath, not, abruptly acuminate as in S.) mangifera and acuminata; nerves free, arching. ' Flowers solitary or subsolitary on the branches, long pedicelled, } in. diam,, white. Calyx lobes acute. Petals elliptic, subacute. Filaments short, subulate. Disk annular, 10-lobed. Ovary 5-celled with 5 short erect styles. Drupe 11 in. long, rounded at the top, yellow. Stone 5-celled, quite smal].—I know this plant only through Roxburgh’s description and excellent drawing, which represents a true Spondias in the structure of flower, fruit and embryo; but the arched-nerved leaves which he describes as ‘ gash-serrate’ but figures as obtusely serrate), and the subsolitary flowers on the branches with peduncles $ in. long, are quite unlike any. Spondias I know. ‘ 4, S. ?macrophylla, Wail. Cat. 8480; leaflets 3-4-pair 6-9 in. elliptic acuminate. Brea, at Taong-dong, Wallich. This, of which there are only mutilated leaves and fragments of a panicle without flower or fruit, in Wallich’s Herbarium, may be only 8. mangifera. 21. DRACONTOMELUM, Blume. Trees. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, quite en- tire. Panicles axillary and subterminal. lowers small, pale, hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-partite, segments conniving, imbricate. Petals 5, suberect, subvalvate. Disk cup-shaped, crenulate. Stamens 10, inserted at the base of the disk. Ovary sessile, 5-celled ; styles 5, thick, erect (like ovaries), connate by their obtuse, stig- matiferous tips; ovules solitary and pendulous in the cells. Drupe globose, fleshy, tubercled above the middle by the style-bases; stone-hard, depressed, 2-5- celled ; cells diverging, opening by canals through the top of the stone. Seeds compressed, pendulous, testa membranous; cotyledons plano-convex, radicle short superior centrifugal.—Disrrrs. 5 species natives of tropical Asia and the Pacific. . 1. D. mangiferum, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 231, t. 42; leaflets 5-8 pairs opposite and alternate oblong-lanceolate acuminate, panicle much branched pu- bescent or tomentose. Poupartia mangifera, Blume Bijd. 1160 (excl. synon.). P. pinnata Blanco Flor. Filipp. 393. Eastern Pentysuza, South Andaman Islands, Kurz ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay ; Penang, Maingay—Distrie. Eastward to the Philippines and Fiji Islands, native and cultivated. A large tree. Leaves 1-1} ft.; petiole cylindric, glabrous or pubescent; leaflets petiolulate, 5-7 by 14-2} in., usually rather faleate and oblique at the rounded or cor- ‘date base, gradually narrowed to the subacute apex, glabrous above, beneath glabrous puberulous or with tufts of hair in the nerve axils; nerves 10-12 pair, arched, reticu- lations close small; petiolule iin. Panicle equalling or exceeding the leaves, pubes- cent or tomentose; pedicels slender, ebracteate. Flowers campanulate, 4 in. diam., greenish white. Sepals pubescent or tomentose. Petals longer, recurved. F'la- ments slender. Drupe 1 in. diam., depressed—aA variable plant in pubescence, of which I think D. sylvestre, Blume, and D. puberulum, Mig. are varieties. Var. 1, Leaflets nearly glabrous beneath with occasional tufts of hair in the nerve axils.—Andaman and Malacca. Van. 2. Leaflets and petiole pubescent beneath.—Malacea. Var. 3. Leaflets glabrous beneath, panicles and flowers rusty-tomentose.— Penang. 4A XLVI. ANACARDIACEEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rumphia, DOUBIFUL GENUS. 22. RUMPHIA, Linn. A very large tree. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, broadly ovate-cordate, toothed, rough, aromatic. Racemes axillary. Flowers bitter. Calyx tubular, 3-fid. Petals 3, oblong. Stamens 3, exserted. Ovary subtrigonous; style simple. Drupe coriaceous, turbinate, 3-grooved ; stone 3-celled, 3-seeded. 1. R. tilizwfolia, Lamk. Dict. vi. 352; Zl. t. 25; DC. Prodr, ii. 90, R. amboinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 49.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iv. t. 11. Maxasar; stony sandy mountain woods in Parakaroo and elsewhere, Rheede, _ A'very large tree; bark red within, aromatic. Leaves 4-5 by 23-83 in., aromatic, 5-nerved at the base; petiole 1-1} in. acemes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves, woolly. Flowers } in. diam., inodorous. Drupe 1 in. long, obovoid ob- tusely 3-lobed, rough and setose, flesh bitter; stone triquetrous, 3-celled. Of this remarkable plant nothing is known except from the plate and description of Rheede. I follow the majority of authors in placing it at the end of Terebinthacee, with which, however, I suspect it has nothing to do. Jussieu (Gen. Pl. 370) suggests that it may be more allied to Sapindacea. To me it looks more like a Euphorbiaceous or Verbenaceous plant. Wallich’s TzzzprntHacea ? No. 8501, ex Herb. Wight, is a mixture of Garuga pinnata fruits with the leaves and immature fruit of another plant that I do not recognise and which is in a most imperfect state. Orprr XLVIL.—CORIARIEH. (By J. D. Hooker.) Usually glabrous shrubs, with 4-angled sarmentose branches, the lower op- posite; buds scaly. Leaves opposite, varely 3-natery whorled, quite entire, sessile, exstipulate. Racemes axillary. Flowers small, green, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals 5, spreading, imbricate, persistent. Petals smaller than the sepals, fleshy, keeled within, thickened after flowering and embracing the fruit. Stamens 10, hypogynous, free or the alternate adnate to the petals, filaments short; anthers large, oblong, ea i Disk 0. Carpels 5-10, free, 1-celled, whorled on a fleshy receptacle ; styles slender, subulate, fleshy, papillose all over ; ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous from the top. Fruit of 5 or 10 oblong com- pressed dry little nuts, closely embraced by the fleshy petals, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed compressed, testa membranous, albumen a thin layer ; cotyledons plano- convex, radicle superior.—DistRriB. 3-5 species natives of S. Europe, N. Africa, Japan, the Himalaya, New Zealand, and the Andes. An order of doubtful affinity, perhaps nearest Phytolaccee, which should in this work have been placed in Thalamiflore. CORIARIA, Linn. ' Character of the order. 1. GC. nepalensis, Wail. Pl. As. Rar. iii. t. 289; Cat. 6817; leaves ovate or elliptic 3-7 nerved, stamens 10, carpels 5. Brandis For. Flor. 128, Temperate and Suprrorican Hrwataya, from Marri alt. 83-6000 to Bhotan ; ascending to 11,000 ft. in Sikkim.—Disrrrs. Yunan. ‘A shrub with arched branches, glabrous or puberulous on the leaves beneath and racemes. Leaves 1-2 by 3-1} in., usually broadly rounded-cordate and abruptly acu- Moringa.) XLVI. MoRINGER. (J. D. Hooker.) 45 minate, rarely ovate-oblong or elliptic and acute or acuminate, minutely serrulate. Racemes axillary or in the forks, solitary or clustered, 2-6 in. long, rachis glabrous or pubescent; bracteoles oblong, concave, deciduous. Flowers aboutiin. diam, Fruit 3 in. diam., black. Orprr XLVIJI.—MORINGEX. (By J. D. Hooker.) Deciduous trees with soft wood. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate or 2-3-pin- nate ; leaflets ise quite entire, caducous as well as the pinnules, glandular at the base. anicles axillary. Flowers irregular, bisexual. Calyx cup- shaped, 5-cleft ; segments unequal, petaloid, deciduous from above the base, im- bricate. Petals 5, unequal, upper smaller, lateral ascending, anterior larger. Stamens inserted on the edge of the disk, declinate, 5 perfect opposite the petals alternating with 5 (or 7) which are reduced to antherless filaments; anthers dorsifixed, 1-celled. Disk lining the calyx-tube. Ovary stipitate, 1-celled ; style slender, tubular, stigma perforated ; ovules numetous, in 2 series,on 3 pa- rietal placentas. Capsule elongate, beaked, 3-6-angled, 1-celled, loculicidally 3-valved, corky and pitted within. Seeds many, in pits of the valves, testa corky winged or not, albumen 0; embryo straight, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle very short superior, plumule many-leaved—Disrrin. 3 species, natives of Western Asia and N Africa. A natural order of very doubtful affinity, which has been referred to near Resedacee, Capparidee, Melianthee, Violariee, Polygalee, Leguminose, Bignoniacee, and others. MORINGA, Lamk. Character of the order. 1, M. pterygosperma, Gertn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 478; leaflets elliptic ovate or obovate, nerves obscure, flowers -white, capsule. 9-ribbed, seeds winged. W. & A. Prodr. 178; Wight Ii. i. 186, t. 77; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 80; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 314; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 43; Brand. For. Fl.129; Wail. Cat. 5814. M. oleifera, Lamk. Encycl. i. 398. M. zeylanica, Pers. M. polygona, DC. Prodr. ii. 478. Hyperanthera Moringa, Vahl.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 368; Griff. Notul. iv. 572, t. 609. H. decandra, Willd. Guilandina Moringa, Linn. —Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 11. Forests of Western Himataya and Ovnu, and cultivated elsewhere throughout India.— Distr. Cultivated in various tropical countries. oat A small tree, bark corky, wood soft, root pungent; young parts tomentose. Leaves i-2 ft., usually 3-pinnate; petiole slender, sheathing at the base; pinne 4-6 pairs ; leaflets 6-9 pairs, 1-3 in., opposite, pale beneath; petiolules slender; glands linear, hairy. Panieles spreading, bracts linear. Flowers pedicelled, 1 in. diam.;, honey: scented. Sepals linear-lanéeolate, reflexed. Petals narrowly spathulate. Fertile filaments villous at the base. Ovary hairy. Pod 9-18 in., pendulous, 9-ribbed. Seeds 8-gonous, winged at the angles.—The Horse-radish tree. 2. MZ. concanensis, Mimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl, 43; leaflets 1~ 14 in. broadly elliptic or orbicular, nerves 4-6 pair distinct. Dalz. § Gubs. Bomb. Flor. 811; Brandis For. Flor. 180. Raspurana, on dry hills; Srypx and the Concan. A tree, very similar to M. pterygosperma, but the leaves are much larger as aro the leaflets, which are often retuse at the tip; the petals are yellowish streaked with pink. Seeds } in. long, very broadly trigonous with membranous wings. This may possibly be the red-flowered species alluded to by Roxburgh (Fl. Ind. ii. 368) as oecur- Ting near Maldah. 46 XnIX. connaracesz, (J. D. Hooker.) ' [Agelaa, Orpen XLIX. CONNARACEZ. (By J. D. Hooker.) Erect or climbing shrubs or trees. Zeaves alternate, exstipulate, 1-3-folio- late or odd-pinnate ; leaflets quite entire. Flowers racemed or panicled, regular or subregular, usually bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed or -partite, usually persistent, imbricate or valvate. Petals 5, usually narrow, free or slightly cohering, very zarely valvate. Stamens perigynous or hypogynous, sometimes. declinate, 5 or 10, those opposite the pétals often shorter and imperfect; filaments frequently connate at the base. Disk 0, or small annulat or incomplete. Carpels 5, rarely 1-3 or 6-7, globose, hirsute, 1-celled; styles subulate or filiform, stigmas capitellate simple or 2-lobed; ovules 2, collateral, ascending, orthotropous. Fruit usually of 1 rarely 2-8 sessile or stalked 1- rarely’ 2-seeded follicles, Seed erect, arillate or not, testa thick sometimes arilliform below the middle, aril various ; cotyledons fleshy in the exalbuminous, leafy in the albuminous seeds, radicle superior, rarely ventral.—Disrris. 12 genera, all tropical. The following Wallichian species of this order are to be rejected. Connaracza, Wall, Cat. 8538, B. is an undeterminable apparently Connaraceous plant. Connaracea ? Wall. Cat. 8534, is Dialium platysepalum, Baker. Cownaracza ? Wall. Cat. 8550, is Cupania glabrata, Kurz. Connaracea ? Wall. Cat. 8553, consists of the foliage of a Willoughbeia and fruit of a Connarus. Trinp I. Connareze. Calyx imbricate. Seeds exalbuminous. Calyx not clasping the base of the capsule. Seeds exarillate . 1. AcuLma. Calyx accrescent, clasping the base of the sessile capsule. Seeds arillate . : , ‘ c : . 2. Rourza, Calyx slightly accrescent, not clasping the base of the sessile capsule. Seeds exarillate . , : . 8. Rourzopsis, , Calyx not accrescent, clasping the pedicel of the stipitate cap- sule. Seeds arillate . 3 4. Connarvs. Trise II. Cmestidese. Calyx valvate. Seeds albuminous or exalbu- aminous. Calyx 5-partite, exceeding the petals. Carpels 5, sessile. Cap- sule hispid within. Seeds albuminous. . F . . 5. Crests, Calyx 5-partite, revolute. Petals uarrow. Carpels 5. Seeds ex- , albuminous , . 3 . : . : : 4 6. Tauntocuimya. Calyx 5-partite, erect. Petals oblong. Stamens 5, perfect. Carpel 1. Seeds exalbuminous . ° . . + .» . 4%. Exurpanruvs. 1. AGELZEA, Soland. Erect or scandent shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Panicles or racemes axillary. Calyx 5-partite, not accrescent nor embracing the fruit, imbricate or subvalvate. Petals lanceolate or ligulate, obtuse, free or connate at the middle. Stamens 5 or 10. Disk }-annular or 0. Carpels 3-5. Capsules 1-2, sessile or shortly stalked, coriaceous, rugose or lamellate. Seed erect, exalbuminous; testa arilliform below the middle.—Drstrip. 9 species, African and Asiatic, ; 1. A. vestita, Hook. f. ; branches leaves beneath and inflorescence densely tomentose, leaflets elliptic obtusely caudate-acuminate, stamens 5, styles 5 vet -Agelea.] -—»—-XLIX. Connaracez. (J. D. Hooker.) 47 slender. Cnestis vestita, Wall. in Herb. Linn. Soc. Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8535. Hemiandrina borneensis, Hook. f. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 171, t. 28. Troostwyckia singularis, Mig. FU. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 581. (See Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, pt. ii. 76.) Eastern Pentnsvta, Sincapore, Jack; Penang, Porter; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay.—Disrr1z.. Borneo. Densely clothed with fulvous hairs. Leajlets 3-6 by 14-2} in., lateral, subsessile, terminal petiolulate ; nerves beneath very stout, strongly reticulate. Racemes 1 in., slender, hirsute. Flowers }in. diam. Capsule % in. long, ovoid with a curved beak, strongly tuberculate or sublamellate, densely tomentose. Seed obovoid; testa thin, arilliform towards the base. 2. A. Wallichii, Hook. f.; branches and leaves quite glabrous, leaflets ovate-oblong or oblong obtusely-pointed, base rounded or cordate, stamens 10, styles 5 very short. Connaracea, Wall: Cat. 8544. : Eastern Penixsvra; Sincapore, Wallich; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. Branches and petioles slender. Leaflets 4-6 by 1}-24 in., coriaceous, lateral shortly terminal long-petiolulate; nerves strong beneath. Racemes }-1 in., densely pubescent. Flowers Zin. diam. Stamens and carpels stout. Capsule 3-2 in. long, obtusely beaked, tubercled, rusty tomentose. Seed oblong, testa thin, 2. ROUREA, Aubl. Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets subopposite or alternate. Panicles axillary. Flowers small ; pedicels usually slender. Sepals 5, orbicular, imbricate, enlarged and clasping the base of the ripe capsule. Petals 5, usually linear-oblong. Stamens 10; filaments connate at the base. Ovaries 5,4 usually ‘imperfect; style slender. Capsule sessile, curved. Seed erect, arillate, exalbu- minous.—Disrris. Tropics; species about 50. * Leaflets few, 1-6-pairs, petiolulate, glabrous. 1. R. santaloides, W. § A. Prodr. 144; quite glabrous, leaflets 2-4~ pair 2-4 in. polished reticulated, elliptic or ovate, caudate-acuminate shining, principal nerves indistinct, base usually rounded, sepals orbicular not ciliate, ovaries glabrous. Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 418; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 53. ‘Connarus santaloides, Vahl Symb. iii. 87; DC. Prodr. ii. 85. C. monocarpus, W. & A. Prodr. 143 (not of Linn.) Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8582.—Burm, Thes. Zeyl. t. 89. Wesrren Penrnsuras; from the Concan to Trayancor. CrYLon. Leaflets 14-3 by 1-1} in., coriaceous, sometimes acute at the base; nerves rarely distinct from the reticulations of the leaflet and usually spreading horizontally from the midrib, but this is a very uncertain character. acemes terminal and axillary, 2-4 in., simple or compound, slender ; pedicels slender, }-in.; bracts small. Flowers 4 in. diam. Petals twice as long as the linear-oblong sepals.’ Capsule falcate, 3_1 in,, obtuse, apiculate or pointed. 2, R. commutata, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 420; quite glabrous, leaflets 2-4-pairs 3-6 in. ovate elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate shining, principal nerves usually very distinct beneath, lower pair long ascending, base usually acute, sepals: orbicular not ciliate, ovaries glabrous. Cuestis monadelpha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 454. Connaracea ? Wall. Cat. 8549 (no fi. or fruit.). Con- naracea, Wall. -Cat. 8547, 8548, Assam, Suuuet, Currracone, Birma and southwards to Tznasserim.—Disrais. China. So similar in most respects to PR. santaloides that I scarcely doubt its being an eastern form of that plant, distinguished by the nervation of the leaflets, which are 48 XLIX. CONNARACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Rourea. more usually acute at the base. Some Tavoy specimens are, however, almost inter- mediate. 3. R. caudata, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 419; quite glabrous, leaflets 3-5 pairs elliptic-ovate with long caudate-acuminate obtuse points not shining, petiole very slender, sepals ciliolate, petals oblong obtuse. Assam, Jenkins; Kuasia Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., Griffith, H. f. § T. Very similar to . santaloides, but much smaller in all its parts and more slender, with more membranous leaflets 2-24 in., of which the points are }-3 as long as the blade, finely reticulate, not shining. acemes or panicles 1-2 in. Flowers } in. diam. Capsule 3-1 in., slightly curved, broader upwards. Petals not much exceeding the sepals. Ovaries glabrous, style short. 4, R. pulchella, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii, 419; quite glabrous, leaflets 1-8-pair 1-1} in. ovate-lanceolate obtygely caudate-acuminate shining, sepals suborbicular ciliolate. Manacca, Griffith, Maingay. Asmaller leaved plant than R. caudata with more coriaceous leaflets, which are dark chestnut-brown when dry, and have slender petiolules } in. long; they are uniformly reticulated on both surfaces without obvious principal nerves. Panicles very slender, often exceeding the leaves; pedicels 7 in., capillary.- Flowers} in. diam. Petals twice as long as the sepals, linear-oblong, connate, just above the base, Ovaries 5, pilose; styles very slender. Capsule } in., stout, curved, pointed. 5. R. acuminata, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaflets 3-4 pair elliptic or elliptic-oblong abruptly caudate-acuminate finely reticulate on both surfaces shining above subglaucous beneath, petiole very slender. Cnestis acuminata, Wall. Cat. 8533 (Connaracea). Stncarore, Wallich, Branches slender. Leaves 2}-6 in.; petiole quite glabrous, petiolules very short ; leaflets 14-3 by 3-1} in., thinly coriaceous, brown when dry; base rounded. Capsule 3 in.—The specimens are very imperfect. : ** Leaflets very numerous, small, 14-23 in., sessile, oblong. + Leaflets very pubescent beneath. 6, R. rugosa, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 422; branches petioles leaves beneath and inflorescence softly pubescent, leaflets 6-9-pairs 14-23 in. oblong obtusely acuminate, base cordate, panicles stout, pedicels shorter than the calyx. Connarus ? rugosus, Wall. Cat. 8527, Connaracea. Eastern Prninsuta; Sincapore, Wallick. Penang, Porter. Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. Branches stout, velvety. Leaves 1 ft.; petiole stout. Leaflets shining above, reticulate on both surfaces. Panicles shorter than the leaves. Flowers 1 in. diam., rosy. Sepals orbicular, pubescent. Petals twice as long, pilose on the back. Capsules - 4-2 in., pointed. 7 Re villosa, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 422; branches petioles and in- florescence softly pubescent, leaflets 12-20 pairs 3 in. oblong rounded at the tip pilose beneath, panicles slender, pedicels equalling the calyx. TernassERIM, at Mergui, Griffith, Helfer — Disrrie. Sumatra. Branches rather stout, velvety. Leaves 3-8 in.; petiole slender; Ieaflets faintly reticulate and polished above, base oblique subcordate. Panicles shorter than the leaves, clothed with denso spreading soft hairs. Flowers 2 in. diam. Sepals orbicular, scarcely pilose. Petals glabrous, linear-oblong, twice or thrice as long as the calyx. Capsule } in., curved. Rowrea.] XLIX. CONNARACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 49 8. BR. fulgens, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 423; branches petjoles leaves beneath and panicles densely shortly pubescent, leaflets 12-20 pairs in. linear- oblong rounded at the tip base oblique, racemes strict contracted. Connarus fulgens, (Connaracea?) Wall. Cat. 8524. Sincaporz, Wallich, Maingay. Pubescence rusty when dry. Leaves 3-5 in., petiole rather stout; leaflets slightly dilated or contracted at the base, opaque, reticulation very obscure. Racemes (very con- tracted panicles) axillary, strict, shorter than the leaves; pedicels very short indeed. Flowers not seen. . Capsule 3 in., much curved, obtuse.—I do not. see why Wallich proposed the trivial name of fulgens for this ; in its dry state it is a remarkably lurid plant. tt Leaflets glabrous beneath or nearly so. 9. R. stenopetala, Hook f. ; petiole and midrib of leaflets beneath pubes- cent, leaflets 6-10 pairs $-1 in. obliquely ovate or obovate 2-lobed at the tip, racemes very short, pedicels slender. Cnestis steriopetala (misprint for stenope- tala), Griff. Notul. iv. 483, t. 611, f. 2. Rourea No. 23 indeseripta, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 421. Trnasserim, at Mergui, Griffith. Branches glabrous, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in.; petiole slender; leaflets contracted cordate and very oblique at the base, shining above and below, nerves and reticulations obscure. Racemes apparently almost reduced to fascicles ; bracts ovate, ferruginous. Sepals lanceolate, acute, spreading, imbricate, pubescent at the tip. Petals linear, very narrow, 22 times longer than the sepals. Ovaries pilose.— The flowers are described from Griffiths’ Notule; the spreading calyx is anomalous in the genus. 10. R. Wallichiana, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 421; petioles and. panicles pubescent, leaflets 15-30 pairs {-3 in. linear-oblong rounded at the tip glabrous on both surfaces, racemes slender, pedicels. equalling or exceeding the calyx, flowers 4 in. diam. Connaracea, Wail. Cat. 8525, Connarus mimosoides, Vahl? Wall. Cat. 8526 D. TrnassErIm and Martasan; Amherst, Wallich; Tavoy, Gomez; Moulmein, Falconer. Leaves 6-1( in. ; leaflets very uniform, always obtuse, base rounded or subcordate, upper surface dark brown hardly shining, lower chocolate brown opaque; nerves faint. ‘Racemes slender, much shorter than the leaves, villous, paniculate at the base, pedicels very slender, exceeding the calyx. Sepals orbicular, ciliate. Petals tin. long, linear, glabrous. Capsule 3-4 in. long, curved.—A specimen of this is mixed with Wallich’s 8526 B. 11. R. concolor, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 264; petioles and racemes pubes- cent, leaflets 15-20 pairs 3 in. oblong rounded or retuse at the tip glabrous on both surfaces, racemes slender, pedicels about equalling the calyx, flowers }-3 in. diam. R. parvifolia, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 420. Connarus mimosoides, Vahl? Wall. Cat. 8526 A.B. ? C. mimosoides, Jack in Mal. Mise. 2, vii. 44. Suvcapors, Prince; Matacca, Griffith.—Dist. Borneo. Branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves 2-6 in.; petiole slender; leaflets cordate at the base, shining above, chocolate-brown and minutely reticulated beneath. Hacemes equalling or exceeding the leaves. Flowers the smallest of the Indian species. Sepals orbieular. Petals twice as long, linear-oblong. Capsules}-3 in., pointed.—There is a Wallichian specimen in Herb. Benth. under Wall. Cat. 8526 B. with the leaves shining beneath. . 12. R. similis, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 264; petioles and racemes pubescent, leaflets 8-12 pairs linear-oblong 2-lobed at the tip shining above, very sparsely VOL. II. E 50 XLIX. CONNARACERZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rourea, pubescent or glahrate beneath, racemes slender, pedicels equalling the calyx. R, sororia and R. parallela, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 421; Connarus mimosoides Vahl.? Wall. Cat, 8526 C. Eastern PEnInsuta, Penang, Porter; Matacea, Maingay.—Distris. Sumatra, Borneo. Branchlets pubescent, Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole slender ; leaflets cordate at the base, usually shining above with raised nerves, or with the nerves obsolete, subglaucous be- neath. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Flowers} in. diam. Sepals broadly oblong, wery pubescent. .Petalstwice as long. Capsule 2 in., much curved. 3. ROUREOPSIS, Planch. Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets few. Flowers in axillary panicles, pedicels slender. Sepals oblong, slightly imbricate, somewhat en- larged and spreading, but not clasping the base of the capsule. Petals linear- oblong. Stamens 10, the alternate longer. Ovaries 5; styles slender. Capsule linear-oblong, recurved. Seed ovoid, testa thin black arilliform at the base; cotyledons amygdaloid. Drsrris. Species 2, a Javanese and Indian. This genus, which (Gen. Pl. i. 432) when the fruit was unknown I united with Rourea, proves to be exarillate, and I therefore restore it, 1. BR. pubinervis, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii, 424 ; branehlets petioles and nerves beneath finely Manin leaflets 3-pairs ovate or elliptic with a con- tracted notched tip. Indeterniinata, Wall. Cat. 9050. Eastern Puninsuxa, Penang, Porter; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. Leaves 4-8 in,; petioles slender; leaflets, 2-4 in., alternate, petiolulate, base acute ; nerves distinct, arched. Panicles or racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, nearly glabrous ; pedicels fin. Flowers in. diam. Sepals nerved, glabrous, very obtuse, pri il se cad as long. Ovaries pubescent. Capsule 1 in., nearly straight. 4, CONNARUS, Linn. Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets 5, rarely 3 or more, quite entire. Panicles axillary and terminal, branched. Flowers small. Sepals 5 deciduous or persistent and clasping the pedicel of the capsule, not accrescent, unbricate. Petals 5, linear or ligulate and slightly dilated upwards, ‘Stamens 10, 5 shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovaries 5, densely pubescent, 4 usually imperfect or obsolete, the fifth with a slender style, stigma capitellate. se pc ela arene Peet L Blsiod valves glabrous or pubes- cent within. Seeds arillate, testa shining, albumen 0: cotyl loi —Disrris. Species about 55, all tropical ie a The structure of the flowers is remarkably uniform in all the Indi i i are with difficulty distinguished. Erase eee ate * Valves of the eapsule quite glabrous within. L ite | beneath in all. Natives of the Wales Peninsula, ee ae es 1. G. monocarpus, Linn.; W. § A. Prodr. 148; leafl ipti elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, very see ee glabrous, capsule 13—2 in. narrow turgid contracted into the stalk not veined. nor shining. Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 425. C. asiaticus, Willd. Sp. Pi. iii, 692, ©. pinnatus, Lamk. Eneycl. ii. 95; Il. t. 572; W. & A. Prodr. 143: Grah. Cat, Bomb. Pl. 35; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb, Flor. 58. Omphalobium pinnetum, DC. Connarus. | XLIX, CONNARACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 51 Prodr, ii. 86. O. indicum, Gertn. Fruct. i. 217, t. 46, fig. 8; DC. 1. e. 85. Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8589, exc]. D.— Rheede, Hort. Mal. vi. t. 24 ? vii. t. 26; Wustmrn Pryinsuz, from the Concan to Travancor. Cuyzon, abundant. Leaflets 3-4 by 14-1} in., glossy, above, reticulations faint, quite glabrous, Panicles densély pubescent. Flowers 3 in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, subacute, pubescent. Petals twice as long, slightly pubescent on the back. Longer filaments three times as long as the shorter, all antheriferous. Capsule dark-coloured, rounded at both sutures, dehiscing tardily, contracted but neither acute nor apiculate at the tip. Testa black, shining, Very near the C. oligophylius of. Penang, but the capsule is quite glabrous within.—I think there can be no doubt that this, which is clearly Lamarck’s C. pinnatus, is also Linneus’s C. monocarpus, which being, one of the commonest plants in Ceylon, cannot have escaped Burmann’s notice. Wight & Arnott describe it as having a sessile capsule, no doubt from Rlieede’s figure, which, if it belongs to this plant, is a very bad one, also as having a glabrous calyx, which is not the case. } 2. G. Wightii, Hook. f.; leaves elliptic-ovate obtusely pointed, nerves 5-6 on each side arched slender, capsules 14 by 3 in. compressed, base narrowed into the stalk shining hardly pointed. Rourea? sclerocarpa, W. § A. in Wight Cat. 934. (See note under Pongamia, W. § A. Prodi. 262.) Western Penisvura, Wight; the Concan, Stocks. ; Leaflets 3-34 by 13-13 in., coriaceous, hardly shining, finely reticulated, quite glabrous. Capsules pale chestnut coloured, shining, rounded, strongly striate on the ventral and dorsal faces, narrowly keeled at the sutures, early dehiscing, pale and quite glabrous within.—I have described this from « fruiting specimen. The capsule resembles that of C. paniciilatus, but is quite glabrous within. 3. CG. Ritchiei, Hook. f:; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, nerves 5-7 on each side faint, capsule 3 by 3 in. turgidly oblong rounded at the top, base cordate. Western Penrnsuxa, the Concan, Stocks; the Ramghat near Belgaum, Ritchie. Leaflets 3-4 by 14-13 in., finely reticulated, quite glabrous. Panicles rusty- pubescent. Flowers crowded, iin. long. Sepals ovate-oblong. Petals about twice a long. Capsule quite as broad from suture to suture as across the valves, dark- coloured, intruded at the base, which is very rounded, and suddenly contracted into the stalk—The capsule much resembles that of C. latifolius, Wall., but is more cordate at the base and larger. : ** Valves of the capsules more or less pubescent or velvety within (un- known in. C. Griffithii and semidecandrus. "g +. Leaflets more or less pubescent beneath. 4, G. ferrugineus, Jack in Mal. Mise. 2, vil. 87; branches panicles and leaves beneath densely rusty tomentose, leaflets 7 oblong or oblanceolate acuminate rugose, capsules 2-24 by 14 in. compressed velvety narrowed into the stalk:—Connaracea, Wail. Cat. 8580. Eastern Prninsuza, Sincapore, Malacca, and Penang, Jack, gc. ; Densely clothed with rusty velvety tomentum. Leaflets 8-6 by 14-22 in., thickly coriaceous, rugose, and pubescent above when young, glabrate above when old, base rounded or subcordate; petiolules very short and stout; nerves 6-8 pairs, arched, very much sunk above’ and raised beneath.. Pamicles shorter than the leaves, very stout. Flowers nearly $in. long. Sepals oblong. Petals twice as long, narrowly linear-spathulate. Filaments glabrous, shorter, half as long as the others. Capsule almost woody, readily dehiscing, hardly pointed, densely tomentose, valves finely pubescent within. : EQ 52 XLIK, CONNARACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Connarus, 5. ©. Griffithii, Hook. f.; branches, petioles, and leaves beneath pubes- cent, leaflets ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves very indistinct, Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith. ; ; Branches slender. Leaflets 3-5 by $-14 in., thinly coriaceous, finely pubescent with rusty hairs beneath, midrib distinct ; nerves very faint, oblique. Panicles rusty- pubescent. Flowers#in. long. Sepals linear-oblong. Petals more than twice as long, glabrous, ligulate. Filaments almost glabrous. Capsule unknown. 6. C. semidecandrus, Jack in Mal. Misc. 2, vii. 39; branches, petioles, and midrib beneath finely pubescent, leaflets elliptic-oblong acute, thinly cori- aceous, not reticulated, nerves 5 pairs very slender. O. floribundus, Wall. in Herb. Linn. Soc. sub 8548. | ; Tenasserim at Mergui, Griffith; Penance, Wallich, Phillips, §e. Leaflets pale on both surfaces. Panicle much branched, thinly pubescent. Flowers % in. long, white (Wallich). Sepais linear-oblong. Petals more than twice. as long, narrow, linear-spathulate, glabrous. Filaments nearly glabrous. Capsule not seen. tt Leaflets perfectly glabrous beneath ~~" 7. CG. paniculatus, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 189; leaflets 3-7 elliptic- oblong, -ovate or -lanceolate with a short or long obtuse point, petals glabrous, filaments puberulous, capsules 13-13 by é in. contracted into’ the stalk compressed, seed oblong compressed. ?O. pentandrus, Roxb. J. c. 140.— Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8540 (excl. E.). Smruet and the Kuasia Mrs., ascending to 2000 ft., Roxburgh, &c.; Currracone, Roxburgh, H. f. §& T. A large climber; branches and leaves perfectly glabrous. Leaflets 3-8 by 1-2 in, coriaceous, glossy above ; nerves 5-6 pairs, slender, faint, reticulations obscure ; petiole stout. Panicle hoary, much branched and spreading. Flowers4in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, pubescent. Petals more than twice as long, nearly glabrous, linear. Longer filaments three times as long as the short ones. Capsule shining, pale, deeply striate, finely pubescent within.—I do not see how C. pentandrus, Roxburgh, . differs except in being described as truly pentandrous, 8. C. gibbosus, Wail. in Herb. Linn. Soc. sub 8541; leaflets elliptic- oblong or -ovate obtusely acuminate nerves 5-6 pairs, capsules 1 by 4 in. hatchet-shaped compressed with a horizontal beak on the outer edge. Conna- racea, Wall. Cat, 8538, B (in part) ? 8540 E, 8541,8541 B. Sapind. dub. Wail, Cat. 8098. . Brema, at Rangoon, McLelland; Tunasserm, at Mergui, Griffith, &c.; Punana, Porter; Matacca, Griffith, Maingay; Sixcarorn, Wallich—Distrie. Borneo. Leaflets 3-5 by 14-24 in., quite glabrous; transverse venules distinct beneath. Panicles branched, rather slender. Flowers in. Sepals ovate-oblong.. Petals about twice as long. Filaments puberulous. Capsules compressed, broad, veined, with the beak, usually very pronounced at the outer edge of the broad top; valves finely. pubescent within.— Wallich suggests that this may be Jack’s C. lucidus or C. grandis. 9. ©. Championii, Thwaites Enum. 80, leaflets 5-7 elliptic acuminate, nerves 5-6 pairs very strong beneath, capsules 14 by 3 in. semilunar compressed. narrowed at the base but not distinctly stalked striate glabrous, Crvton; Central province, ascending to 4000 ft. A climbing shrub; young parts clothed with rusty pubescence. Leaflets 3-5 by 13-2} in., thinly coriaceous, polished on both surfaces, reticulate beneath ; petiole and petiolules slender. Panicles axillary and terminal, 4~6 in., minutely rusty-pubescent. Flowers 3 in. long. Sepals oblong, hairy. Petals twice as long, linear-obovate, white dotted with red, sparsely hairy. Filaments included, glabrous, the longer twice as long as the shorter. Capsule apiculate, sutures not keeled; valves thin with scattered hairs within. : } Connarus.] XLIX. ConNaRACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) 53 10, GC. latifolius, Wall. Cat. 8587 (by error 5887); leaflets elliptic- oblong with contracted obtuse or notched. points, capsule 3 by 4 in. shortly subcylindric very turgid abruptly contracted into the stalk, top rounded scarcely apiculate. Connaracea ? 8545. Marranay, at Moulmein, Wallich. Tunassertm, at Tavoy, Gomez. Leaflets 4-7 by 14-8 in., coriaceous, quite glabrous; nerves 5 pairs, slender, arched, reticulations indistinct. Panicles widely spreading. Flowers 3 in. long. Capsules with very round tops, and an obscure sublateral point, finely puberulous within. ll. G. grandis, Jack in Mal. Misc. 2, vii. '40; leaflets 8-14 in. elliptic- oblong obtuse or obtusely acuminate thickly coriaceous polished, nerves 8-10 pairs, capsules 2 by 3-1 in. contracted into the stalk turgid woody. Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 429, 0. Wallichii; Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 426. Connaracea, Wall. Cat, 8538, A, B (in part). ‘ : Eastren Pentinsura, Sincapore and Penang, Wallich; Maxacca, Griffith, Main- gay; Tewasserm or ANpaman Istanps, Helfer. Branches and petioles very robust, quite glabrous. Leaflets 3-5, much the largest, most coriaceous and polished of the genus, transverse nerves distinct beneath ; petiolules short, stout. Panicles' spreading, clothed with hoary down. Flowers 4,in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse. Petals twice as long, almost glabrous, linear, dilated upwards. Filaments puberulous, longer, three times as long as the others. Capsule coarsely striated, glabrous, sutures rounded, not keeled or raised. 12. ©. Maingayi, Hook. f.; leaflets ovate or elliptic-ovate obtusely acuminate very coriaceous pale, nerves very faint, capsules 1-1} by 3 in. elliptic or subcylindric, stalk obscure. Eastarn Pentnsuia; Maracca, Maingay. - Branches rather stout, glabrous. Leaflets 5, 3-5 by 14-24 in., closely finely reticu- lated, opaque and pale grey on both surfaces., Panicles hoary-pubescent. Flowers 4 in. long. Sepals small, ovate-lanceolate. Petals three times as long, linear, with black dots, hoary on both surfaces.’ Capsules, young, 14 by 4 in., terete, grooved at both sutures, top rounded and mucronate, striz quite longitudinal ; old more elliptic ; valves woody, velvety .within—Very near and perhaps identical with C. falcatus, Blume of Borneo. I find great varieties in the capsules of Maingay’s specimens, in part I assume depending on age; the longer are almost straight and subcylindric and 1a. diam.; the shorter are ellipsoid and 3 in. diam.; a few are 24 in. long, curved and more distinctly stalked, as in Blume’s fulcatus, 13. C. oligophyllus, Planch. in Linnea, xxiii. 427 ; leaflets elliptic- lanceolate obtusely acuminate lower 2-3 pairs of nerves prominent beneath, panicle hoary-pubescent, capsule 14-14 by 4 in. fusiform-clavate symmetrical apiculate obscurely stalked grooved on one face. Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8542 (in part) and 8539, D (in part). Penane, Porter. ; Branches and leaves quite glabrous. Leaflets 5, 4-7 by ae in.; base acute, thinly coriaceous, shining on both surfaces, pale red-brown beneath, the lowest pair of nerves quite basal, the succeeding pairs distant, all very oblique; petiole and petiolules slender. Panicle subpyramidal, nearly black; branches slender, ascending, rufous- pubescent. Flowers in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, hoary. Capsules nearly straight, dark brown, smooth, striated longitudinally, tip rounded, apiculate; valves coriaceous, finely pubescent within—The sheet of 8539 D. in Wall.’s Herb. contains three fragments of this plant without fruit, one flowering specimen of 8539 A (C. panicu- latus), and three capsules of the same (glabrous inside). The sheet of 8542 consists of flawering specimens of this; and 8542 B. consists of this and C. paniculatus or monocarpus. The specimen given to Bentham by Wallich is in fine fruit. This seems to differ entirely from C. Maingayi in the foliage, large panicle, and sepals. 54 LIX. conwaracez. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Connarus, DOUBTFUL SPECIES. C. species? leaflets 5-8 in. elliptic and stout, branches almost black and very polished, nerves 7-8 pair very strong beneath, panicle slender hoary, sepals ovate- lanceolate, petals glabrous.—Sincapore or Penang, Walker. C. spectes? leaflets as in C. pinnatus, but. nerves beneath very. strong.—Anamallay hills, alt. 8000 ft., Beddome. Connarus? vetutinus, Wall, Cat. 8536, consists of foliage and diseased fruit of a Spatholobus, with one capsule of Eilipanthus tomentosus, H. f. Connarus? Jacxianus, Wall. Cat. 8552, is Cupania Jackiana, Hiern. Connarvs mimosorpes, Vahl Symb. iii. 87; DC. Prodr, ii. 85, from the Nicobar Islands is indeterminate from description. 5. CNESTIS, Juss. Shrubs or trees. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets many, quite entire. Flowers solitary, fascicled or racemed, tomentose, rarely panicled, polygamous or dig-. cious, rotate. Sepals 5, valvate or imbricate at the tip, spreading in fruit. Petals 5, shorter or longer than the calyx. Stamens 10, free. Ovaries 5-7, sessile; styles short, stigmas capitellate. Capsules 1-8, kidney-shaped, cylindric curved or waved, pubescent, often villous or clothed with rigid hairs within, Seed exarillate, albumen fleshy; cotyledons thin.—Drsrrrs. Tropical Asia and Africa ; species about 10. 1. ©. ramiflora, Griff. Notul. iv. 432; softly tomentose or villous, leaf- lets eagle eine oe ae tip rounded obtuse or subacute, base rounded or cordate. O. flaminea, Griff. ic. 438, t. 608, f.2. ©. platantha, Griff. le. 484; Kurs in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, pt. ii. 75. Oonnarus foliolosus, Jack in Wall. Cat. 8529. ©. igneus, Wall. Cat. 8528, (Connaracea). Rourea dasyphylla, Mig. Fi. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 528. Brema, at Amherst, Chappedong and Rangoon, Wallich. Tunassunrm, at Mergui, Griffith. Movumern and the 8. Anpamans, Kurz, &. Psnanc, Matacca and Smxcaporz, Wallich, Griffith, &e.—Disrer. Sumatra, Philippine Islands. A climbing shrub. Branches stout, woody. Leaves 1 ft.; petiole slender, pube- scent; leaflets subsessile, 14-3 in., sometimes contracted below the middle, glabrous and shining above; nerves 6-10 pairs, slender, arched. Panicles axillary, fascicled, slender, much shorter than the leaves, densely clothed with pale soft tomentum. Flowers. 3 din. diam, rosy, 2 smaller. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse. Petals shorter in the &, longer in the 9, linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous. Filaments slender, glabrous. Ovaries 5-7 (usually 6, Griffith), hirsute; styles short. Capsules 1-3 in. long, sessile, faleate, enlarged and tumid above the middle, obtuse, woody, rugged ; valves thickly woody, velvety within. Seed short, broad, compressed, testa thin.— I think there can be no doubt but: that this answers to the three species of Cnestis deseribed by Griffith and cited above, though his names are not attached to any of his specimens. It has been distributed as Cnestis. foliolosus and C. igneus, Planch. MSS. in Herb. Hook. 6, TIENIOCHLIENA, Hook. f. A rambling shrub. eaves odd-pinnate, glabrous; leaflets 5, quite entire. Panicles axillary, short. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyz-tube short, hemispheric, segments 5, enlarged and revolute in fruit, valvate. Petals 5, much exceeding the calyx. Stamens 10, alternately shorter, nearly free at the base. Ovartes 5, igh, Toniochlena.] XLIX. conwARACER. (J.D. Hooker.) 55 sessile ; styles short, stigmas discoid. Capsules: I-8,.ovoid,.compressed, pubes- cent; valves glabrous within. Seed obleng, arillate; albumen 0; cotyledons plano-convex. 1. T. Griffithii, Hook.f. in Benth. § Hook. Gen, Pl..i, 484. Mazacea, Griffith, Maingay. ; Branches-vather slender, quite glabrous. Leaflets 3~7 by 14-8 in.,.sometimes almost orbicular, base usually cordate, shining above and beneath, nerves 3-5 pairs, arched ; petiolules very short. Racemes 2-8 in., fascicled, densely pubescent, slender. Flowers rotate, 4 in. diam. Sepals oblong,.pubescent, recurved in flower. Petals twice as long, linear, dilated upwards, glabrous. Filaments short, subulate. Capsules 2-3, 3-1 in., cae densely pubeseent, valves coriaceous. Seed short, slightly” compressed, testa black. ; : 7. ELLIPANTHUS, Hook. f. Trees:-or shrubs: Leaves with 1 leaflet, quite entire. Racemes axillary, short. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals 5, not enlarged in fruit, suberect, valvate: Petals 5, longer than the sepals,. oblong-lanceolate, densely pubescent. Stamens 10, 5 shorter, without anthers,. filaments short subulate connate at the-base. Ovary 1, strigose; style shert. Capsule stalked, oblique, velvety ; valves glabrous:within. Seed arillate; albumen 0;. cotyledons plano- convex.—DisTR1B, Malayan Peninsula.and Islands: * Leaves glabrous beneath or nearly so.. lL. B. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; leaflet elliptic obtusely caudate-acuminate, capsule curved into a semicircle beaked densely closely pubescent. Oonnarus unifoliatus, Thwaites Enum. 80 and 410. Cryton, Central Province, at 34000 ft. Thwaites A moderate sized tree; branches slender, black. Leaflet 2-3}'by 1'-13 in., reticu- late ; petiole and -petiolulé 3-3 in., slender. Racemes 4—7-flowered, pubescent, bracts deciduous. Flowers subdicecious, } in. diam., green.. Sepals acute. Petals twice as long. Capsude 13 in. long, compressed,: woody. . 2. EB. Helferi, Hook, f’; leaflet elliptie-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acuminate, nerves-5-7 pairs strong beneath. Tenasserim or ANDAMAN Istanps ; Helfers—Busrrie. Borneo: Branches: slender, black. Leaves 4-7. by: 12-2} in., very-variablein-lengtir and! breadth, thinly coriaceous, with slight pubescence on the: petiole ‘and‘midrib beneath ; petiole slender, !in. Racemes 3-3 in., pubescenta Flower-buds; 2’ in. long. Fruit unknown, ‘ : 3. E. calopkyllus, Kurz Andam. Rep: Append. B. 6, and:in Beng. As. Soc. Jour. 1872, it. 305; leaflet ovate ovate-lanceolate or elliptie long-acumi- nate quite glabrous, nerves 6-7 pairs very slender:.. Anpaman Ienanps, Kurz. A tree 20-30ft.; shoots and buds pubescent. Leaflet 5-7 byv 2-22 in,, coriaceous, finely reticulated, gradually narrowed to the obtusely acuminate tip, pale; petiole slender, 3-1in. Racemesi in:, densely pubescent.’ Petals } in., densely pubescent, linear-oblong. Capsules 3-1 in., obovoid or ellipsoid, subacute, densely velvety ; valves woody, glabrous within.—The description of the petals and inside of the capsule is taken from Kurz. 56 XLIxX. connaracez. (J.D, Hooker.) [Ellipanthus, ** Leaves pubescent or tomentose beneath. 4. E. tomentosus, Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, pt. ii. 305, leaflet elliptic ovate or orbicular obtuse acute or obtusely acuminate densely pubescent beneath, nerves 6-8 pairs very slender. Connarus? monophyllus, Wall. Cat. 8551 (Connaracea). Peeu, Marrapan, and Tznasserm, Wallich., &c.—Distr1z. Siam. Branches densely tomentose with fulvoushair. Leaflets 4-6 by 2-3} in., usually ellip- tic or elliptic-lanceolate, but often broader and sometimes quite orbicular, coriaceous, glabrous, shining and very finely reticulated above; petiole 34+in. Racemes }in., densely tomentose. lowers din. diam. Sepals obtuse. Petals twice as long, oblong, obtuse. Filaments hairy. Ovary strigose. Capsule 13 in. (2in., Kurz), semicireular or obovoid, contracted into the stout stalk, obtuse, apiculate, densely velvety, sutures rounded, valves woody, glabrous within. 5. E. Griffithii, Hook. f.; leaves ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate rusty-pubescent beneath, nerves 8-10 pairs strong beneath. Maxacca, Grifith—Distrre. Borneo. __ Branches slender, rusty pubescent or tomentose. Leajlet 4-5 ‘by 14-2 in., coria- ceous, glabrous and shining above, tomentose chiefly on the nerves beneath; petiole d-+in. Racemes } in., few-fiowered. Capsules 3 in. long, curved, semicircular, beaked, densely clothed with rusty velvety tomentum, stalk very short, valves woody, glabrous within. Orvrr L, LEGUMINOSZ. (By J. G. Baker, F.LS.) Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves stipulate and usually alternate, pinnate or digitate or simple, often stipellate, sometimes with the rachis ending in a tendril. Inflorescence axillary leaf-opposed or terutinal, usually simply racemose or panicled ; bracts and bracteoles usually both present. Flowers usually irre- gular, hermaphrodite, rarely regular-or polygamous. ‘Sepals:5, combinetl or free, often unequal, sometimes combined into two lips. Petals 5, rarely fewer by arrest, usually free and unequal. Stamens normally ten, perigynous or almost hypogynous, rarely fewer by arrest or indefinite ; filaments free or variously com- bined. -Anthers 2-celled, the dehiscence almost always longitudinal. Ovary free; style simple, cylindrical, usually declinate; stigma capitate, terminal or oblique. Ovules one or more on the ventral suture. Fruit usually dry, a pod splitting open along both sutures, sometimes continuous and indehiscent, at others separating into 1-seeded joints. Seeds usually.exalbuminous ; cotyledons foliaceous or amygdaloid, with a straight or inflexed accumbent radicle.— Disrris. One of the most cosmopolitan of natural orders, the second largest of flowering plants, containing between 6000 and 7000 known species. Of the three suborders it is only the first that is cosmopolitan, the two others not reaching beyond the tropical and warm temperate zones. _ ,Susorprr I. PAPILIONACEZ. Corolla papilionaceous. Petals irregular, imbricated, the uppermost (standard) outermost, the four others ‘in two opposite pairs. Stamens definite. Tribe I. Podalyriea. ‘Stamens free. Pod dehiscent. Leaves digitate, Shrub with connate stipules. eo jo “LP : _ Herbs with free stipules ration 5 e . : 2. THeRMopsis. Tribe II. 'Genistew. Stamens monadelphous. ; Pod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves:simple or digitately 3-foliolate. regs L. LEGuMINOs#. - (J. G. Baker.) 57 * Anthers uniform. Keel petals scarcely cohering. 3. Roruta. ** Anthers dimorphous. Keel petals ged cohering: Leaflets entire, subsessile. Keéel obtuse. : Calyx 2-lipped . ‘ ‘ ‘ . . 4, ARGYROLOBIUM. Calyx subequally 5-toothed - : : 3 is F 7 5. Lorononrs. Keel beaked. . Pod flattened. ‘Flowers solitary in axils of leaves. Z 6. Heytanpu. Flowers in terminal racemes. A - . : 7. PRiorroris. Pod turgid . < . ‘ . : . . 8. Crorazaria. Leaflets toothed, stalked 2 . . ‘ fi F a 9. Ononts, Tribe III. Trifoliese. Stamens dindciguind, | Pod usually dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves digitately or pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets eee toothed. * Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. Petals persistent, adnate to the staminal tube . . . 10. TRrroxiem. Petals caducous, free from the staminal tube : e . 11. Parocuetvus. ** Leaves pinnately 3-fokiolate. Pod elongated, straight or recurved =. . . F . 1%. TRiconeura, Pod short, round, or oblong . F 5 < ‘ A » 18. Meximorus, Pod falcate or spiral . . . . . ‘ -,. + 14, Mzprcaco. Tribe IV, Lotes. Stamens diadelphous. Pod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves pinnately 5-foliolate ; leaflets entire. 15. Lotus. Tribe V. Galegeze. Stamens usually dieastitine Pod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets entire. * Anthers apiculate, Hairs fired by the centre. Stamens monadelphous “A ‘ » oe) 6.) 16, Cxamopsis. Stamens diadelphous . . a . «17. InpicorEra, ** Anthers obtuse. Hairs basifixed, Pod 1-seeded, indehiscent. Leaves gland-dotted . e 18. PsoraLza. Pod few- or many-seeded, subindehiscent or date in dehiscing, Filaments filiform. Pod membranous, inflated . A 7 ~ . « 19. CotuTEa. Pod woody or very firm. . . . . . . 20, Mitrerti. Filaments dilated. 3 F . ~ « 21, Munpurza. Pod many-seeded, soon dehiscing. Flowers mostly i in leaf-opposed racemes . ‘ . 22, Tepwrosta, Flowers mostly in axillary racemes. Pod very long, distinctly septate . . e i . 23, SEsBANIA. Pod linear or oblong, not septate. Calyx very oblique . : ; ‘ . . . 24, Caracana, Calyx not oblique. ; Keel very short, obtuse . . . . , : Keel long, obtuse . F F 2 . . Keel long, appendiculate : . . : . 25. GULDENSTDTIA. 26, ASTRAGALUS. 27. OxyrRoris, 58 L. LEcuminosz. (J. G. Baker.) Tribe VI. Hedysaree. Stamens diadelphous or monadelphous. Pod jointed if more than 1-seeded. Leaves odd~pinnate. * Leaves exstipellate, Stamens monadelphous ; anthers uniform. Leaflets 1-8. Flowersinalaxraceme . Leaflets 8. Flowers in a dense head . ‘ Leaflets 4 5 2 . a : Leaflets many . Stamens diadelphous (9 and ‘)); ; anthers uniform. Ovule solitary. Pod 1-jointed . . es Ovules few. Spiny shrub, with simple leaves. - (# Herbs with imparipinnate leaves. Pod distinctly jointed Pod marked only by faint transverse Tines Stamens monadelphous; anthers dimorphous. Joints of pod 2-6, muricated . 3 . ‘ Joints of pod 1-2, rugese $ Stamens in two bundles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. Pod twisted inside the calyx. 2 - Pod straight exserted from the ealys Calyx 2-lipped - < © ‘ 28. TAVERNIERA, 29. Epenvs. 30. GrrssapPsis. 31. OnoBRYCHIS. 32. LzesPEDEza. 33. ALHAGI. 34, Hepysarum. 35. Stracuerya,. 36. Zornta. 37. STYLOSANTHES, 38. Sarai. 39, ARscHYNOMENE. 40. OrmocaRPum. Calyx 5-toothed . F é . ok ** Leaves stipellate.. (Stamens in all 9 and 1; anthers uniform.) Ovary 1-ovuled. Racemes terminal, capitate . . A ae) Racemes axillary, lax . Ovules several. Pod not distinetly jointed. ” Pod turgid s i F e 7 Pod flat . : Ovules 2 or more. Pod distinctly jointed. Pod twisted up so that the joints are brought face to face. Calyx accrescent; teeth lanceolate . i; Calyx not acerescent ; teeth setaceous Pod not twisted up. Joints turgid . . ‘ . 5 a Joints flattened. Pedicel abruptly inflexed! at the tip Pedicel not inflexed. Racemes in fascicles. from the old wood .. Racemes simple or panicled from the year's shoots » 41. LepropesmM1A. 42. Exsrortis. 43. Pycnospora. 44, PsEuDARTHRIA. 45. Lourna. 46. Urarta. 47. ALysIcarpus. 48. Mecorvs. 49. OucEINIA. 50. Desmopium. ad “ Tribe VII. Viciezw. Stamens diadelphous (the tenth abortive in Abrus). Pod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves egal pinnate; petiole ending i in a tendril or bristle. Shrubs with the tenth stamen absent . < . Herbs with diadelphous stamens (9 and aa Leaflets toothed a . $ s Leaflets entire. : ; Tube of stamens oblique at mouth . . Tube of stamens truncate at mouth =. Tribe VIII. Phaseolez. 3-foliolate leaves. : Stamens nionadelphous or diadelphous. dehiscent, not jointed. Climbing, rarely erect niin 51. ABRUs. 52. Cicmr. 58. Vicra. 54. Latuyrvs. Pod s or shrubs, with pinnately L. LecuMInosa. (J. G. Baker.) 59 Subtribe I. Guycinzm, Leaves not gland-dotted ; leaflets stipellate. Nodes racemes not tumid. Flowers small. Petals about equal in length, Style eardless. * Stamens diadelphous. Stipules and bracts conspicuous persistent. Style filiform. Calyx-teeth distinct. : Standard spurred. Flowers dimorphic’ . a . . 55, AMPHICARPHA. Standard not spurred. Flowers uniform . ‘i . . 66. SHureria. Style flattened upwards. Calyx truncate . ‘ - . 67. Dumasta. ** Stamens monadelphous. Stipules and bracts minute caducous. Anthers uniform, all fertile . ‘ 2 ar . 68. Grycrne. Alternate anthers abortive . é J = : ‘ . 69, TERAMNUS. Subtribe Il. Eryrarinem. Leaves not gland-dotted; leaflets stipellate. Nodes of racemes tumid. Flowers conspicuous. Petals very unequal. Style beardless. os ; : Keel exceeding the wings and standard. Anthers dimorphous . . . : . . F - 60. Mucouna. Anthers uniform 5 . ‘ y : . . . 61. Aptos, Standard exceeding the keel and wings ‘ F a . 62. Eryrieina, Standard and keel equal; wings short . . . . . 63. SrRonGYLoDON Subtribe TTI. Gatacrimm. Leaves not gland-dotted; leaflets stipellate. Nodes of racemes tumid. Petals equal. Style beardless, * Stamens diadelphous. Herbs. Two upper calyx-teeth not fused . 7 . 7 . 64, Grona. Two upper calyx-teeth fused into one. Keel nearly straight . . ‘ . ‘ F . 65, Gaxactta. Keel semicircular . . 2 : . . : . 66. CocHLIANTHUs. Shrubs. Pod 1-seeded, not winged. Flowers small, panicled ‘ a F : : . 67. SpaTHOLoEvs. Flowers large, racemose . F E . 2 . 68: Butea. Pod many-seeded, winged . 3 : . > . . 69. Masrmrsia. ** Stamens monadelphous. 3 Upper lip of calyx projepting, . . . «»« . «© 70, Canavaria. Upper teeth of calyx not projecting. : Pod oblong, turgid, 1-2-seeded : F ‘ é + 71. Drocrea. Pod linear, flat, many-seeded . j , 3 7 . 72. Pupraria. Subtribe IV. EvpHasrotum. Leaves not gland-dotted. Stamens diadel- phous. Style bearded below the stigma. * Stigma oblique. Keel spiral . 73. PHASEOLUS. Keel not spiral. Style ‘filiform 2. 5 : ae ; 74, Viana. Keel not spiral. Style flat upwards . . F : . 75. PacnyRuizvs. ** Stigma terminal. Petals very unequal in length . . . : . . 76. Crrrorta. Petals equal in length. Pod flattish . : ' . 77. DoxtcHos. Potals equal in length. Pod square, 4-winged < ‘ . 78. PsopHocaRreus. 60 L. LEGUMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) Subtribe V. Casanzam. Leaves gland-dotted below ; stipellee often abortive, Nodes of raceme not tumid. Style not bearded. * Ovules 3 or more. Pod with depressed lines between each seed. Seeds with a large grooved aril F . . , . 79, Arynosta, % Arilabsent . . : : ‘ “ . ‘ . 80. Cazanus. Pod without depressed lines between the seeds. : - 81. Dunpari. ** Ovules 1-2. Calyx-teeth accrescent . : . . . 5 . - 82. Cyzisra, Calyx-teeth not accrescent. Funiculus at the end of the-hilum . 3 ‘ . . 83. ERtosema, | Funiculus centric on the hilum. Leaves pinnate. Pod compressed . Fs : F . 84, Reyncnosra, Leaves digitate. Pod turgid F a a : » 85. Fuemnan, Tribe IX. Dalbergiez. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Pod continuous, indehiscent. Leaves odd-pinnate. * Leaflets distinctly alternate. Flowers small, white or reddish . é ei ‘i . . 86. Darperera, Flowers large, yellow . 5 a . . . . . 87. Prerocarrvs, ** Leaflets opposite. Pod fiat, almost woody, wingless . 3 F ‘i js . 88. Poneamr. Pod flat, thin, firm, winged down one or both sutures . . 89. Derris, Pod round, subdrupaceous . ss . . i . - 90. Evcuresta. Tribe X. Sophorew. Stamens free. Pod not jointed. Leaves odd-pinnate, rarely simple. Leaves simple. Bract and bracteoles large, opposite, per- sistent . : 5 é : F ; ‘ ‘ + 91. Daxuovsrsa, Leaves odd-pinnate. Bracts and bracteoles small, caducous, Stigma terminal. Pod moniliform ..- . - : is ‘ + 92. SopHora. Pod equal, flat, membranous . ‘ « . " . 98. Carpurni. Stigma oblique, Pod indehiscent, flattish, narrowly winged . rs « 94, Prrtcopsis, Pod turgid, dehiscent, fleshy or coriaceous. ‘ » 95. Ormosta, Susorpsr II. CASALPINIEZ. Petals imbricate, slightly unequal, the upper innermost in bud. Stamens definite. Tribe XI. Hucesalpiniezx. Lewies ample, abruptly bipinnate. * Calyx-disk sub-basal ; sepals imbricated. Sutures of pod not winged . % ge ‘ + 96. Casatprnia. Both sutures of pod winged er & : - 97, PevropHorum. Upper suture of pod winged Fi . - 98. Mxzonrvron, Pod samaroid ., . . . s ‘ é - 99. Prerotoprom. ** Calyx-disk sub-basal ; sepals valvate. Pod thin, flat é ‘ . . . . « 100. Por A. Pod turgid, moniliform : «8 . se 3 ‘ - 101, Parxrnsonta. L. LeGUMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) 61 *** Culyx-disk placed considerably above the base. 102, Wacartza. ‘See also Mezonrunon, § Tubicalyx. Tribe XII. Gassiew. Leaves simply pinnate. Calyx-tube short; disk subbasal, Petals 5. Anthers mostly dehiscing by a terminal pore- . 103. Cassia. Petals 5. Anthers dehiscing longitudinally 7 Z . 104, Cynometra. Petal 1. Stamens diadelphous (Qand1) . . : » 105. Sinpora. Petals none. : Stamens 2. Leaves unequally pinnate . . . » 106. Drarrom. Stamens 10. Leaves equally aia Sepals usually 5 . . . . ‘ : . 107. Harpwickta. Sepals 4 . . . . . . . . - 108. Crupia. Tribe XIII. Amherstiez. Leaves equally pinnate. Disk at the top of a prolonged calyx-tube. Petals none . . + oe . . . - a - 109. Saraca. Petals 3-5. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) ‘ “ . 110. Ammerstia. Stamens monadelphous, only 3 developed . : ‘ . 111. Tamarinpvs. Stamens 6, free, equal. . . . E . 112. Humporpria. Stamens 3-8, free. : : . : : : » 118, Arzeria. Tribe XIV. Bauhiniew. Leaves simple, mostly deeply 2-lobed. 114, Bavainia. Susorper II]. MIMOSE:. Petals regular, valvate, usually united above the base. Stamens definite or indefinite. Tribe XV. Mimosez. Stamens definite, usually ten. * Anthers at first gland-crested. , Herbs with flowers in round heads 3 s 4 2 . 115. Nepronz. Tree with flowers in round heads : r . ‘ . 116, Xyzia. Shrubs or trees with flowers in spikes. Climber with tendrils. - . . F . - 117. Enrapa. Erect without prickles. . 8 : A , . 118. ADENANTHERA, Erect prickly. Pod turgid with a thick mesocarp . . . . - 119. Prosopis. Pod thin, coriaceous, finally twisted .. . . . 120. Dicurostacuys, Pod long, thin, flat He Ow . . : . - 121, Pretapenta. ** Anthers not gland-crested. Stamens 10. Calyx-teeth imbricate. Stamens monadelphous , . 122, Parks. Calyx-teeth valvate. Stamens free, Pod ligulate, coriaceous, continuous. Undershrub with clavate stigma ‘ 5 7 . 128. Desmanruus., Tree with capitate a . ‘ 4 » 124, Levomna. Pod jointed . : . . . : . . 125. Mrmosa. Stamens 5 . F . : : . . 4 . . 126. AcrocaRPus. Tribe XVI. Acacieee. Stamens indefinite. Stamens free ‘ a : . . . . . » 127. Acacta. 62 L. Lecuminosz. (J. G. Baker.) [Piptanthus, Stamens monadelphous. Leaves bipinnate. Pod thin, ligulate, the sutures not thickened . - . 128, Avsrzzra. Pod large, turgid, oblong, indehiscent, the sutures not ; thickened . 3 3 H 7 é i . . . 129, SeRrantuHss, Pod rather faleate, the sutures much thickened . . 180. CarzianpRa. Pod circinate ce . ; 5 é : . 181. PrrgEecotosrum. Leaves simply pinnate. F . 3 é . . 182. Inga. 1. PEPTANTHUS, D. Don. A shrub. Leaves digitately 8-foliolate. Flowers racemed, bracteate. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth equal, lanceolate. Corolla three times the calyx; petals all with long claws; standard orbicular, erect, margins. reflexed ; wings obovate; keel-petals obovate-oblong, connate down the back, slightly incurved. Stamens free; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, stalked, downy, 6~10-ovulate ; style filiform, incurved; stigma minute terminal. Pod linear, flattened, con- tinuous within.—DisrriB. A single endemic species. 1. P. nepalensis, D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Flower Gard. t. 264; Brand. For. Flor. 182. Thermopsis nepaulensis, DC. Prodr. ii. 99. T. laburnifolia, Don Prodr. 239. Baptisia? nepalensis, Hook. Exot. Flor. t.131. Anagyris nepalensis, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5340. A. indica, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vil. 245. ; ; : ; , , : Temperate Hiratraya, from Sima to Buotay, alt. 7-9000 ft. : = A shrub 6-10 feet high ; habit of the laburnum; branches downy. Stipules small, connate, amplexicaul; petiole 1 in. or less; leaflets glabrescent, lanceolate, 2-4 in., narrowed to both ends. Flowers 12-20 in subdense racemes; bracts large, de- ciduous; bracteoles 0. Calyx downy, deciduous from the base. Corolla yellow, above lin. long. Pod 2-5 in., 3-10-seeded. : 2. THERMOPSIS, R. Br. Perennial herbs. Leaves stipulate, 3-foliolate; bracts large, leafy, free. Flowers showy, usually yellow, racemed. Calyx-tube turbinate; teeth lanceo- late; two a more or less connate. Petals all long-clawed ; standard orbicu- lar, sides retlexed ; wings obovate; keel-petals: obovate-oblong, faintly joined down the back. Stamens free; anthers uniform: Ovary linear, sessile or stalked, oo-ovulate; style filiform, incurved; stigma minute terminal. Pod turgid, linear or oblong, straight or falcate, continuous within.—DistR1. Species 12, China, Japan, N. America. ‘ 1. ZT. barbata, Royle Ii. 196, t. 32, fig. 1; densely shaggy, leaflets oblanceolate, corolla deep purple, pod linear-oblong. Hook. Bot. Mag, t. 4868. Anagyris barbata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5341. : : TemPERATE and Susarrine Himataya, from Kasuure and Kunawar to Smxm ascending to 11,000 ft. : Rootstock woody. Stems 1'ft. or more, copiously branched dichotomously. Leaves sessile, subglabrescent, often opposite ; stipules just like the leaflets in texture and shape. Flowers 6-12, short-stalked, opposite or ternate. Calyx. shaggy,. like the leaves, 3 lower teeth twice the tube. Corolla 1in.long. Pod short-stalized, 18 in: broad, 1-6-seeded. 726" . “ . . . . Thermopsis. | L, LEGUMINOs#. (J. G. Baker.) 63 2. I. inflata, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. iv. 34, t. 89; finely downy, leaflets obovate-cuneate, corolla yellow, pod broad-oblong. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii..431. Himarayas of Tiser and Kunawar, alpine region, alt. 15-17,000 ft. General habit of the last, but not more than half a foot high. Rootstock woody, widely creeping. Leaves sessile; leaflets fleshy, glaucous, 1-3 in: Stipules like the leaflets in shape and texture. Racemes close, 6-10-flowered. Flowers short-stalked, in twos or threes. Calyx finely silky, the three lower teeth as long as the tube. Pod short-stalked, 6-10-seeded, oblong, an inch or more thick, more membranous and flexible than in 7. baybata, and dehiscing less readily, 3. ROTHIA, Pers. Diffuse annuals. Leaves petioled, digitately 3-foliolate. Flowers copious, minute, in the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tube turbinate, the teeth as long as the tube, the two upper broader and arched. Corolla scarcely exserted, all the petals narrow, nearly straight, distinctly unguiculate, those of the keel scarcely cohering. Filaments united in a tube which is slit along the top; anthers uniform, minute. Ovary sessile, linear, oo-ovulate; style short, straight, fili- form, stigma capitate minute. Pod linear, slender, nearly straight, compressed, continuous within.—DistR1B. Two species, the other Trop. African. 1. RB. trifoliata, Pers; DC. Prodr. ii. 382; Wall. Cat. 5821; Wt. § Arn, Prodr. 195; Wight Ic. t. 199. Lotus indicus, Desr. in Lam. Ene. iii. 606. Trigonella indica, Linn.: Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 389. Dillwynia trifoliata, Roth Cat. iii. 71. Glycine leptocarpa, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5515. Hosackia indica, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5940, om Troricat Prawns from Bunpetxunp to Ceyton.—Disteip, Australia, ' A’ eopiously-branched diffuse annual with slender stems a foot or more long. Stipules free, minute, 4-lunate, persistent; petioles shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely mucronate, rather fleshy, silky, 3-1 in. long. Flowers 1-4, on short pedicels in the axils of most of the leaves. Calyx silky, #4 in. Corolla inconspicuous, fugacious. Pod 14-2 in., silky. Seeds 20 or more. 4. ARGYROLOBIUM, Eckl. § Zeyh. ‘Herbs or shrubs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; stipules free. Flowers yellow, in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes or umbels. Calyx 2-lipped, slit nearly to the base, with (in Indian species) 5 distinct teeth, 2 to the upper, 8 to the lower lip. Corolla scarcely if at all exserted ; standard roundish ; wings oblong; keel-petals broad, joined down the back to the obtuse incurved tip. - Stamens monadelphous; anthers dimorphous. Ovary linear, sessile, -oo-ovuled ; ‘style elongate; filiform, curved gradually upwards inside the keel, stigma minute oblique. Pod linear, straight, continuous within, compressed, subtorulose.—Distr1B. Species 40-50, mostly South African. l. A, flaccidum, - Jaub. § Spach in Ann.-Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xix. 48; terminal leaflet lanceolate acute, upper lip of calyx as long as lower, 4 upper teeth deltoid, lowest subulate. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii, 350.. Cytisus flaccidus, Royle Ill.197. Glycine? flaccida, Wall. Cat. 5517. A. divaricatum, Jaub. § Spach. loc. cit.; Ill. Pl. Orient. i. 116, | 64 L. LEGuMINosaZ. (J. G. Baker.) [Argyrolobium, TropricaL and Traprrats tracts of north-west India, ascending from the plains to 9000 ft. ; ; A shrub with very slender diffuse branches reaching 12-18 in. high. Stipules minute, linear, persistent ; petioles much shorter than the leaves ; leaflets pale, silky, subequal, lanceolate, acute, iin, long. Flowers 1-6 in leaf-opposed racemes on peduncles that exceed the leaves. Calyx 11 in.; teeth shorter than the limb. Pod densely silky, 6-8-seeded, 2 in. broad.—Cytisus languinosus, Royle MSS., is a form with more densely silky vestiture. 2. A. roseum, Jaub. § Spach. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xix. 51; end leaflet obovate-cuneate very obtuse, upper lip of calyx shorter than lower, teeth all lanceolate. Cytisus roseus, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. iv. 35, t. 40. A. ornithopo- dioides, Jaub. & Spach, loc. cit.; Ill. Pl. Orient.i. 116. A. Kotschyi, Bovss, Diagn. vi. 82. Tropical and SupreMPErRaTE tracts of the north-west, ascending from the plains to 7000 ft. in Kumaon.—Disrris. Persia. General habit of A. flaccidwm, but nearly or quite glabrous. Stipules the same: petioles as long as or shorter than the leaves; leaflets 1-3 in. long, often nearly as broad, point truncate or emarginate. Pedwncles 1-4-flowered, exceeding the leaves, Calyx } in., glabrous; teeth of upper lip exceeding limb. Coralla yellow tinged with red; standard longer than upper lip of calyx. Pod glabrous, 10-15-seeded, 4, in, broad.—A. trigonelloides, J. & S., with a similar habit, but a shorter flatter pod with much fewer seeds, will probably be found in Scinde, 5. LOTONONIS, DC. Herbs or shrubs with digitately trifoliolate leaves, stipules connate or free, flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes or umbels. Caly2-tube narrow- turbinate ; lowest tooth deeper than the other 4. Corolla little exserted; standard very narrow; wings shorter and still narrower; keel longer, suddenly incurved at the tip, its petals firmly joined along the back. Stamens united in a tube slit along the top; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile, linear, oo-ovulate; style abruptly incurved at the base, stigma minute oblique. Pod linear, usually compressed, but in our species turgid—Drsrrzs. Species 60, nearly all restricted to South Africa. 1. L. Leobordea, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 607. Leobordea lotoides, Delile Fragm. Pl. Arab, 23, tab. 1. Scmpz; between the plains and Rohill pass, Stocks. Punsas; Peshawur, Stewart. Disrris. Through the desert region to Algeria, Abyssinia and the Cape. e A much-branched finely silky diffuse annual, 3 ft. or less high. Stipules minut lanceolate, deciduous ; petiole as long as leaf; leaflets oblanceolate, rather fleshy, obtuse, minutely mucronate, i-3 in. Flowers 1-5, subsessile in axils of most of the leaves. Calysx silky, §-; in. Corolla pale yellow or red, scarcely exserted, Pod linear-oblong, turgid, 4-8-seeded, scarcely exserted, aes 6. HEYLANDIA, DO. Calyx-tube turbinate ; teeth lanceolate, three lowest deepest. Corolla much exserted ; standard large, round; wings much smaller, obovate; keel-petals narrow, joined along the back, narrowed into an incuryed beak. Stamens united in a tube slit above; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile, 2-ovulate ; style Heylandia.] L. LEGuMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) 65 elongated filiform abruptly incurved at the base; stigma terminal. Pod oblong, flat, 1-2-seeded.— Distris. A single endemic species. 1. H. latebrosa, DC. Mem. Leg. 201; W. & A. Prodr. 180; Dalz. §- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54. Hedysarum latebrosum, Linn. Mant. 270. H. leiocarpa, DC. loc. cit.; Wall. Cat. 5342. Hallia hirta, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1169. Cro- talaria uniflora, Koen. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 271. Heylandia hebecarpa, DC. loc. cit. t, 834. Goniogyna hebecarpa, leiocarpa and latebrosa, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. iv. 91. ; Everywhere in the tropical region from the Ganeuric plain and Scinpz to Ceyton. A prostrate more or less silky much-branched herb. Leaves close-set, alternate, simple, subsessile, cordate-ovate, 1-3 in. long, more produced in the lower half. Flowers in the axils of most of its leaves, subsessile, solitary. Corolla yellow, #4 in. Pod silky, 4-4 in. long. 7. PRIOTROPIS, W.& A. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth subequal. Corolla much exserted ; standard roundish ; wings obovate-oblong ; keel broad, with a long distinct ascending beak. Stamens monadelphous; anthers dimorphous. Ovary distinctly stalked, oo-ovulate; style long, abruptly incurved at the base, bearded on the inner side, stigma capitate. Pod distinctly-stalked, 5—6-seeded, oblong, flattened, continuous within.—Disrris. A single endemic species. 1. BP. cytisoides, W. § A. Prodr. 180; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 594; Walp. Ann. iv. 461. Crotalaria cytisoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 276, Wall. Cat, 5422; DC. Prodr. ii. 131. Tropica, East Hiwaraya ; Nrpax to Ava, ascending to 6000 ft. in Smxim. Undershrub, with the habit of Crotalaria striata, with slender glabrous branches. Stipules 0; petioles as long as the leaves; leaflets 3, oblong, glabrous, membranous, 2-3 in. long, narrowed to both ends. Racemes copious, short-stalked, leaf-opposed and terminal, closely 12-20-flowered. Calyx i in., finely silky ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1 in. by 2 in., narrowed to both ends; gynophore filiform, quite as long as the calyx. ' 8 CROTALARIA, L. Herbs or shrubs of very various habit and vestiture. Leaves simpleor 3- foliolate, very rarely odd-pinnate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, often showy. Calyx-tube short; teeth linear or lanceolate, subequal or shortly connate in two lips. Corolla gnats or exceeding calyx ; standard with a short claw, usually round; wings obovate-oblong, shorter; keel broad, equalling the wings, its petals joined down the back, much incurved, distinctly beaked. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile or stipitate, linear, usually multi- rarely 2-ovulate; style long, abruptly incurved at the hase, bearded upwards, stigma minute oblique. Pod sessile or stipitate, straight, linear or oblong, turgid, continuous within, usually many-seeded.—Disrrip. Species 2-800; spread everywhere in tropical and subtropical regions. Srcr. I. Arenariz, Benth. Rigid copiously stiffly-branched undershrubs, often spiny, with scattered small rigid deciduous simple leaves.—A small group. characteristic of the desert Flora, reaching westward through Arabia and Norh Africa to Senegal. VOL, II. ¥F 66 L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, 1. ©. Burhia, Hamilt. in Wail. Cat. 5886 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, ii. 474; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 54. Scrvpz and Punsas, in sandy plains, ascending to 4000 ft. Camsay, in the desert region, Dalzell—Disrris. Afghanistan and Beloochistan, A low undershrub, with very numerous stiff erecto-patent branches, clothed with fine pale tomentum. Spines none. Leaves scattered, deciduous, subsessile, oblong or lanceolate, rigid, pale green, silky, 3-14 in. long; stipules 0. Mowers 6-12, in elongated ‘terminal racemes ; pedicels 2-bracteolate, very short. Calyx densely silky, 2_1 in.; teeth long, lanceolate. Corolla yellow, scarce exserted. Pod oblong, 3-4- seeded, rather longer.than calyx. Szcr. II. Diffuse, Benth. Copiously-branched herbs with flexuose trailing stems. Leaves close, simple. Stepules 0 or small, not decurrent. Racemes all lateral, leaf-opposed, usually reduced to few flowers or one only. Pods glabrous -or downy. 2. G. biflora, Linn. ; pod subglobose finely silky flexible 12—20-seeded, DC. Prodr. ii. 127; W.§& A. Prodr. 190. Astragalus biflorus, Linn. Mant, 273. ©. nummularia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 979; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 271; DC Prodr. ii. 129; Wall. Cat. 5417 (ex parte). C. hirta, Roth Nov. Sp. 339. 0. Rothiana, DC. Prodr. ii. 127. ©. Rothii, Spreng. Syst. iii. 237, Cicer num- mularieefolium, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 354, Plains of the Penmnsuza and Certon.—Distrm. Java. A silky trailing annual, with stems 1-14 ft. long. Leaves close, subsessile, densely silky, ovate or roundish, }-1 in. long, obtuse, mucronate; stipules minute, usually 0, Pedicels 2-4 times leaves, 1 or closely 2-flowered. Calyx 4 in., densely silky; teeth long, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla yellow, scarcely exserted,. Pod compressible, 3-4 in. long, short-stalked. 3. GC. globosa, W. § A. Prodr. 190; pod subglobose finely silky haré 2-4-seelled. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 475. C. globulosa, Waght in Wall. Cat. 5412, Carnatic, Dindygul hills and Courtalum, Wight, G. Thomson. Habit, vestiture, leaves, infloresence, calyx and corolla just as in C. diflora, but pod smaller, not compressible, glabrescent before splitting, with seeds larger and much fewer. 4. ©. filipes, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 475; finely silky, stipules 0, leaves cordate-oblong oblique, peduncles thread-like 1-3-flowered, bracts and corolla very minute, pod oblong glabrous 8-10-seeded. Dalz. § Guibs. Bomb. Flora, 56. Plains of the west side of the WesTErN Peninsuta; Dexxan, Edgeworth. Stems very slender, 3-1 ft., clothed with fine spreading deciduous silky hairs, Leaves pale, rigid, prominently veined, subsessile, obtuse, much more rounded on the lower side. Peduncles copious, rigid, 3-6 times the leaves, glabrous; flowers dis- tant if more than one; bracts persistent, reflexed. Calyx 3, in. long, finely silky; teeth long, all lanceolate. Corolla yellow, exserted ; standard erect, veined, round, @ in. broad. Pod short-stalked, } in. long. 5. G. filiformis, Wail. Cat. 5389; subglabrous, stipules semilunate per- sistent, leaves oblong, peduncles 1-2-flowered, bracts linear very minute, corolla very small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 12-16-seeded. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 475. Ava; Mount Prome, Wallich. Stems slender, copiously branched, thinly silky when young. Leaves short-stalked, membranous, pale, subacute, 1-2 in. long, glaucous below; stipules small, spreading, Orotalaria. | L. LEGUMINOSH, (J. G. Baker.): 67 foliaceous. Peduneles very slender, sometimes pseudo-terminal by’ the develop- ment of leaves from their nodes; flowers if two distant. Calyr 4 in. long; teeth deep, lanceolate. Corolla yellow, not distinctly exserted. Pod short-atalked, 4-§ in. long. 6. ©. trichophora, Benth. MSS.; densely silky, stipules 0, leaves obliquely cordate-oblong, peduncles 1-2-flowered, bracts and corolla very small, pod oblong glabrous 6-8-seeded. Concan plains, Stocks, Stems slender, copiously branched, 1-1} ft., clothed with long silky yellow-brown hairs. Leaves sessile, membranous, }~1 in. long, obtuse or subacute, pale, membranous, more broadly rounded on the lower side. Peduneles thread-like, rigid, clothed with long hairs, rarely two-flowered, often leafy downwards, longer than the leaves. Calyx din., densely silky; teeth long, linear. Corolla yellowish, scarcely exserted. Pod short-stalked, 1-4 in. long. 7. ©. Stocksii, Benth, MSS.; subglabrous, stipules deciduous very minute, leaves linear-oblong, peduncles 1-flowered, bracts and corolla very small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 12—16-seeded. Concan, Stocks; and contained also in Helfer’s Tenasserim and Andaman collection. Stems slender, very copiously branched, 1-1} ft. eaves short-stalked, obtuse, 4-1} in. long, membranous, equally narrowed on both sides at the base. Pedicels filiform, 2-3 times the leaves; bracts subulate. Calya 4 in.; teeth long, linear. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod sessile, }-4 in. long, finally black. 8. G. vestita, Baker ; densely silky, leaves linear-oblong, stipules 0, bracts lanceolate persistent, racemes 4-5-flowered, corolla middle-sized, pod oblong glabrous 15-20-seeded. Herb. Stocks, probably from Concan. Stems slender, much branched, 4-1 ft., densely clothed with yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, moderately firm, equal-sided, 4-14 in. long, base rounded, point rather obtuse. Peduncles spreading, exceeding leaves; bracts acute, 14 in. long ; pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx 4 in., shaggy; teeth linear, long. Corolla not exserted. Pod nearly sessile, }~-3 in. long. ‘ 9. G. prostrata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 54; Fl. Ind. iii. 270; finely silky,. stipules 0, leaves obovate-oblong rather oblique, racemes 2~4-flowered, bracts sala very minute, corolla small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 12~15-seeded. Rottl. in Willd. Enum. 747; DC. Prodr. ii. 180; Wall. Cat. 5419; W. & A. Prodr. 189 (excl. syn.); Mart. in Munch. Denk. 6, t. E. ‘Plains from the Urrur Ganczs to CEyton, ascending to 6000 ft, in the Chenab valley.—Distris. Java. : Stems slender, 3-1 ft., clothed with short adpressed or spreading silky yellow- brown hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, 3-14 in. long, obtuse, pale, glaucous below, pro- duced (cordate) on the lower side at the base. Peduneles finely silky, usually twice the leaves. Calye +4 in. densely silky; teeth linear, long. Corolla yellow, not exserted, Pod nearly sessile, 3} in. long. 10. ©. humifusa, Grah. m Wall. Cat. 5421; shortly silky, stipules minute subulate, leaves round-oblong, peduncles laxly 3-6-flowered, bracts and corolla very small, pod oblong glabrous 6-8-seeded, Benth. an Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 476. ©. prostrata, Weght Herb. ex parte. Koumaon to Srxxm and Kaas, ascending to 5000 ft, Anamaxzay hills, alt. 4000 £t., Beddome. é i 68 L. LEGUMINoszZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, Stems under a foot long, slender, flexuose, much branched, densely clothed with short spreading yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, very obtuse, mem- branous, pale, glaucous below, equal at the base, $-1 in. long. Peduneles arcuate, densely silky, usually 2-3 times the leaves, sometimes leafy below; pedicels cernuous, lower as long as the calyx. Calyx } in, densely silky; teeth linear, very long, Corolla yellowish, not.exserted. Pod short-stalked, } in. long. ll. G. ferruginea, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5398; finely silky or shaggy, stipules lanceolate spreading, leaves obovate-oblong, racemes laxly 2-8-flowered, bracts small linear, corolla middle-sized, pod linear-oblong glabrous 20-80- seeded. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 476. C. canescens, Wall. Cat. 5415, C. crassifolia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5416. C. obliqua, Wall. Cat. 5888. C. leioloba, Bartl. Ind. Sem. Hort. Gott. 1837 ; Linnea xii. Littb. 80. OC. pilosis- sima, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 327. Nrpat to Assam, ascending to 5-6000 ft.; Ava, Marrapan, Cryton.—Disrris. Java, Philippines, Formosa. More robust than all the preceding. Branches in the type finely silky. Leaves short-stalked, moderately thick, pale beneath, obtuse, equal-sided, 1-2 in. long; stipules persistent, foliaceous, often deflexed. Peduncles usually 2-3 times the leaves ; racemes much elongated; bracts persistent, spreading or deflexed. Calyx. 3-4 in., shortly silky; teeth long, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla not distinctly exserted. Pod shbort-stalked, 1-1} in. long. ' Var. 8. pilosissima, Benth. MSS. ; leaves and flowers larger, calyx and branches densely clothed with longer bright yellow-brown silky hairs.—Kuasra ; 3-5000 ft., Hook. fil. § Thomson. 12. CG. acicularis, Ham. in Wail. Cat. 5390; finely silly, stipules small lanceolate, leaves oblong oblique, racemes closely 12-20 flowered, bracts lanceo- late, corolla small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 15-20 seeded. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 476. C. disticha, Zolleng. in Flora, 1847, 694. Benear to Ava and TenassEerim.—Distris. Java, Philippines. Stems slender, a foot long or more, thinly clothed with spreading silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, obtuse, glaucous-green, membranous, thinly silky, #12 in. long, rounded onthe upper, cordate on the lower side at the base; stipules persistent, re- flexed. Pedwncles equalling or exceeding leaves: bracts small, persistent, reflexed. Calyx 4 in., densely silky, teeth linear, very long. Corolla not exserted. Pod sessile, }-3 in. long. 18, C. evolvuloides, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5410; finely silky, stipules linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse slightly oblique, racemes 3-8 flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, corolla small, pod oblong finely downy 8-10-seeded. W. & A. Prodr. 188 (excel. syn.); Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 477. ©. hirsuta, Wall. Cat. 6413 A.C. Tropical region, Nizeurris and Cryton. Stems 1-2 feet long, copiously branched, clothed with fine sho: j irs. Leaves short-stalked, 3-1 in. long, moderately firm in texture, c feleed Latin toa equalling or much exceeding the leaves; pedicels cernuous, exceeding the bracts, shorter than the calyx. “Calyx 4 in., long densely pubescent; teeth long, linear Co- rolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod short-stalked 1-$ in. long.—The plant figured under this name in Wight’s Icones t. 31 from Courtallum has much larger flowers and is probably a distinct undescribed species. 14. C. hirsuta, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 978 ; finely silky, stipules li i-’ nute, leaves ovate acute slightly oblique, racemes BB aed bene lan oan: minute, corolia middle-sized, ae oblong finely downy 8~-10-seeded. Roxb. Fi. Ind, ii. 270; Wall, Cat, 6418 B; DC. Prodr. ii. 126; W. & A. Prodr. 188 Crotalaria.) L: Lecuminosa. (J. G. Baker.) 69 ©. dichotoma, Roth Nov. Sp. 840. O. rubiginosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 269, non Willd, ©. bifaria, Wall. Cat. 5399, in part. O..triflora, Heyne in Wail. Cat. 5387. Tropical region, Cenrran Hrmaraya, Royle, Edgeworth, Thomson ; BunpE.cunp, Edgeworth; Western Peninsuna, Heyné, Wight. ° : Very near the last. eaves more membranous, always acute, 1-2 in. Peduncles ‘shorter, more slender, often leafy, densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs. Calyx 3 in., densely pubescent, Corolla yellow, distinctly exserted. Pod just the same in shape and size. 15. ©. bifaria, Linn. Suppl. 822; ‘inconspicuously pubescent, stipules linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse slightly oblique, racemes 1-2-flowered, bracts small lanceolate, corolla middle-sized, pod oblong finely downy 10-12- seeded. DC. Prodr. ii. 127; W.& A. Prodr. 188 (excl. syn.); We. Ic. t. 80; Wall. Cat. 5399, ex parte; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 55: ee Tropical regions of the WusTeRN Peninsvuza and Crey1on. Habit of the two last, but. pubescence short’ and inconspicuous. Leaves short- stalked, moderately firm, $-13 in., upper casually narrow, but all obtuse. Peduncles stoutish, usually exceeding the leaves; bracts reflexed, persistent. Calyx &-t in., ob- securely pubescent : teeth Yinear-lanceolate, long. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod short-stalked, 3-1 in, lo ery turgid, glabrescent before it splits. 16. GC. multiflora, Benth. v% Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 478; shortly silky, stipules linear minute, leaves ovate /acute, racemes 2~6-flowered, bracts linear, corolla large, pod oblong 10-12-seedéd. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 828. C. bifaria, var. multiflora, Arn. in Nova Act. (Nat. Cur. xviii. 829. i Czvton, alt. 83-5000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites, 8c. ; The most robust and showy specijes of the section. Leaves distinctly stalked, sub- coriaceous, dark green, glandular, punctate, usually 1-2 in., but reaching in a narrow- leaved form 4-5 in. Peduncles 441 foot, stout, arcuate, densely clothefl like the stem with short spreading brow hairs; pedicels cernuous, 4 in.; bracty reflexed, persistent. Calyx 3-T in., incotispicuously downy ; teeth lanceolate, very long. Corolla yellowish, equalling the calyx; standard’ in. broad, veined with dark purple. ‘Pod short-stalked, 11-2 in. long, densely clothed with. brown silky haizs. Sct. III. Alatze, Benth. Diffuse or suberect pubescent perennials. Leaves Simple, . Stipules decurrent as a persistent wing to ‘the branches. Racemes all lateral, leaf-opposed 1-3-flowered. Pod stipitate linear-oblong glabrous. . 17. ©. alata, Hamilt. ex Roxb. in Don. Prodr. 241; suberect, stipular ‘wing broad, leaves thin oblong obtuse or subacute, peduncle elongated often leafy, ‘pod long-stalked. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii. 274; DC. Prodr. ii, 124; Wall. Cat. 5356 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 478, ©. sagitticaulis, Wail. Cat. 5857. C. bialata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 274. : Kumaon to Assam and the Kasia Mrs. ascending to 6500 ft.; Ava, Wallich; ‘Misumi, Griffith; Pzev, McLelland.—Disrnis. Java. . . A suberect under-shrub 1-2 ft. high. Stem and leaves below clothed with short silky pubescence. Leaves subsessile, much thinner than in C. rubiginosa, varying from obovate to ovate-oblong, reaching 2-8 in.; stipule forming a wing from one node nearly to the next, its point lanceolate-deltoid. Racemes 2-3-flowered ; bracts small, persistent, ovate, acuminate. Calyx % in., densely silky ; tube campanulate ; bracteoles inserted above the base. Corolla pale, not exserted. Pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 14-1} in; long, 30-40-seeded. j 18, C. rubiginosa, Wiild. Sp. Pi. iii. 973; diffuse, stipular wing narrow, leaves small round-obovate obtuse coriaceous, peduncle short not leafy, pod short- 70 L. Lecummosz. (J. G. Baker.) [Crotalaria, stalked. DC. Prodr. ii. 125; W.& A. Prodr. 181; Wt. Ic. t. 885; Benth. in Hook, Lond. Journ, ii. 478, ©. ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. 6411. O. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 5858 B. is Nizeurris up to 4000 ft. A spreading shrub with stems 4-1 foot long, densely shortly grey-downy. Leaves subsessile, rarely an inch long, dark green, always very obtuse, and densely’ clothed with prey or when young with yellow-brown pubescence; stipules passing suddenly into a narrow wing from the spreading deltoid points. Racemes sparse, 1—4-flowered, Braets small, persistent, ovate; bracteoles small, lanceolate, inserted above the base. Calyc 3-1 in., densely silky. Corolla yellow, not exserted. Pod oblong, 1-1} in. long, glabrous, 20-80-seeded. ’ Var. 1. scabrella; stems stronger and more ascending, flowers rather larger, pod more distinctly stalked. CO. scabrella, W. & A. Prodr. 181.—Nmeutis and CzYLon, , Var. 2. Wightiana; stems suberect much more robust than in the type, leaves thinner more silky larger reaching 2-3 in. long 13-2 in. broad, corolla and calyx §-3 in. long, pod 14-2 in. long, 30-40-seeded. CO. Wightiana, Grahk. in Wall. Cat. 5358, A.; W. & A. Prodr, 181.—Nueurris and Cryion up to 6000 ft. Sect. IV. Calycinee, Benth. Oopiously-branched diffuse annuals or low shrubs with slender branches. eaves simple, more or less hairy, stipules 0 or small not decurrent. Racemes all terminal or a few also lateral. Pods glabrous or pubescent, exserted or included, ; * Pod decidedly exserted from the cally’ 19. ©. pusilla, Heyne; DC. Prodr. ii) 128; annual, densely silky, stipules 0, leaves linear very small, racemes terminal and lateral laxly 3-6-flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, pod silky sessile twice the calyx. Wall. Cat. 5396; W. _§ A, Prodr. 189. Western Prenmysvta; Bombay to Courtallum. Stems under half a foot high, with copious’ ascending branches clothed with ad- pressed brown silky hairs. Leaves subsessile, firm, obtuse, 1-3 in. long, densely silky. Racemes very copious, short-stalked, 4-1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, silky +; in. deep; teeth deep, all linear. Corolldiyéllow, scarce exserted, Pod 2 in. long, thinly silky, 4-8-seeded.—The smailest ot all the species. 20. ©. hirta, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 180; annual, finely hairy, stipules 0, leaves small linear obtuse, racemes capitate 2-4~flowered, bracts lanceolate folia- ceous, pod glabrous sessile twice calyx. Mart, in Munch. Denks. 6+. F.; W.§ A. Prodr. 182; Benth. in’ Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 567. ©. chinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ili. 268; Wall. SG 5385, non Linn. C. pilosa, Roxb. in E. I. C. Mus. t. 870; Rotil. Neve Act: T&08. Dexxay, near Hydrabad. ai : A diffuse annual with slender branches, thinly clothed with short spreading hairs. Leaves short-stalked $-$ in. moderately close, rounded at the base. Flowers crowded at the end of leafy branches ; pedicels very short. Calyx + in., densely silky ; teeth long, all linear, acuminate. Corolla scarce exserted. Pod oblong, 15—20-seeded. ——Differs from chinensis by its small obtuse leaves and much shorter calyx. 21, ©. mysorensis, Roth ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; annual, densely silky, sti- a linear persistent, leaves linear-oblong obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral axly 6-9-flowered, bracts lanceolate foliaceous, pod subsessile glabrous twice the calyx. Wall. Cat. 5861; W.& A. Prodr. 182. C. stipulacea, Roxb, Fl. Ind. iii. 264, C, hirsuta, Roxb. in E. I. C. Mus., t. 1595. TROPICAL REGION, all through India proper, ascending to 4000 ft. in Kumaon. | Crotalaria. | L. LEGuMINosZ. (J. G. Baker.): 71 Copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high,’the stems clothed with long dense erecto-patent brown silky hairs. Leaves. membranous, short-stalked, 1-3 in. long, rounded at both ends, thinly silky. Racemes stalked, reaching 6-9 in. long. Calyx }-§ in. deep, densely clothed with long silky hairs; teeth all long, acuminate, upper lanceolate, at a Gorolla yellow, not exserted. Pod oblong, 1-12 in. long, 20-30- seeded. 22. ©. triquetra, Dalzell in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 84 ; suffruticose, branches triquetrous obscurely pubescent, stipules lanceolate minute, leaves lanceolate- oblong obtuse, racemes lateral and terminal laxly 2-3-flowered,,pod silky short- stalked 84 times'the calyx. Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 56. Western Preninsura; Concan and Marwan, Dalzell,. Stocks, Law; Cxrton, Thwaites. : Suffruticose,. 1-2 ft. high with copious very slender ascending branches angled down to the base. Leaves membranous, pale green, glabrescent, 1-2 in. long,.broadly rounded at the base. Aacemes long-stalked, very lax; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx }-3 in. deep, thinly silky; teeth long all‘ linear, acuminate. Corolla pale yellow, 4 in. long ; standard ovate, pointed. Pod oblong-cylindrical, 2 in. long, thinly coated with short yellow-brown silky hairs, 15-20-seeded. 23. G. albida, Heyne; DC. Prodr. ii. 126; suffruticose, branches terete minutely silky, stipules 0, leaves linear or oblanceolate obtuse, racemes mostly ter- minal laxly 6+20-flowered, bracts linear very minute, pods glabrous sessile 14 or twice the calyx. W. § A. Prodr. 189. C. montana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 265, W. & A. Prodr..182.. C. scoparia, Wall. Cat. 6418.. C. parva,.Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5402. C. punctata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5401 A.§ C. OC. tenuis, Wall. Cat. 5403. TropicaL REGION through India proper and Ceyton, ascending to 5500 ft. in Kumaon, and to 6-7000 in the West Himarayas. Birma, Wallich. Prov, McClelland. Trnasserim, Helfer.—Distris. Malay Isles, China, and Philippines: A shrub 1-2 ft. high, with very numerous firm slender, obscurely silky branches. Leaves short-stalked, firm, 1-2 in.,.thinly silky beneath, pellucido-punctate, glabres- cent above. Facemes 2-4 in. long, rarely lateral. Calyzr turbinate, } in., finally 2 in. long, thinly silky; teeth long, 3 lower linear acuminate, upper broader often subobtuse. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, scarcely exserted. Pod oblong-cylindrical, 4-4 in. long, 6-12-seeded. Var. 1. epunctata; leaves membranous pubescent not detted, racemes very lax 3-6-flowered, calyx teeth all linear‘acuminate. C. epunctata, Dalz..im Kew Journ. iii. 210; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 56.—SovruErn. Concan, Daizell.. ** Pod included or very slightly exserted. 24. GC. nana, Burm. Fl. Ind. 156, t. 48, fig. 2; leaves oblanceolate obtuse, racemes capitate 6-12-flowered, calyx densely silky, upper teeth connate, pod ovoid small glabrous sessile slightly exserted. DC. Prodr. ii. 127; W.§ A. Prodr. 191; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 56. C. umbellata, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5388; W. & A. Prodr. 191; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 56. O. biflora, Herb. Madr. in Wall. Cat. 5881, not of Linn. C. sobolifera, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5420 B. Western. Peninsvra and Cryton, ascending to 6000 ft. An annual 1 fé. or less high, with copious slender terete ascending or spreading: branches clothed with short silky hairs. Leaves }—1 in., moderately firm, thinly silky above, densely so below, base subcuneate, stipules 0. Braects and bracteoles minute, subulate ; upper flowers often quasi-umbellate.. Calyx }-} in. long, densely clothed with long silky hairs ; teeth of lower lip narrow, acuminate. Corolla pale, not exserted. Pod 6-8-seeded, black when mature. Van. 1. patula; leaves narrow linear, calyx more shortly silky. C. patula, Gah. in Wall. Cat. 5371.—Biema, Wallich, Griffith. 72 L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, 25. G. linifolia, Linn. fil.; DC. Prodr. ii. 128; leaves oblanceolate obtuse rarely linear, racemes elongated laxly 6-20-flowered, calyx shortly silky, upper teeth connate, pod small ovoid-oblong sessile glabrous as long as calyx. Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii, 266; Don Prodr. 241; Wall. Cat. 5400 in part; W.& A. Prodr, 190 (excl. syn.); Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 56. O. czspitosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind, iii, 269. C. montana, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 385; DC. Prodr. ii. 126, not of Roxb. O. sobolifera, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5420 A. C. stenophylla, Vogel en Nova Acta Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 7. ©. saxatilis, Zolling. in Flora, 1847, 694, C. melanocarpa, Wall. Cat. 5382. TROPICAL REGION: Srxxim, alt. 1-4000 ft. Wrstern Prntnsuta, Cryton, Brea, Psev.—Distris. Malay Isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. : Annual, }-2 ft. high, with copious slender firm terete branches clothed with short ; adpressed silky hairs. Leaves shcrt-stalked, moderately firm, shortly silky, base sub-; cuneate ; stipules0. Racemes usually terminal only, reaching 3-1 ft. long ; bracts and’ bracteoles subulate, very minute. Calyx 3-3 in. long, deeply bilabiate, densely shortly brown-silky ; teeth of upper lip very short, of lower deep linear. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, scarcely exserted. Pod 8-10-seeded, black when mature. 26. C. tecta, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 126; suffruticose, thinly shortly silky, leaves obtuse obovate-oblong, racemes lax terminal only, calyx middle-sized, up- per teeth subconnate, pod oblong as long as calyx. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, ii. 569. C. viminea, Wall. Cat. 5897; W. §& A. Prodr. 189. C. linifolia var. Wall. Cat. 5400 B. C. punctata var. Wall. Cat. 5401 B. Western Peniysura, in the Concan, Nienirms, Purney Mrs. A low undershrub with numerous stiff terete erecto-patent branches, clothed with short grey silky hairs. Leaves firm, 3-14 in., cuneate in lower half, retuse or emarginate at apex, glabrescent above, thinly silky below; stipules0. Racemes 6-12- flowered, 3-4 ft. long, usually distinctly stalked ; bracts and bracteoles linear, very mi- nute. Calyx 3-4 in. long, shortly velvety, lower teeth linear. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, equalling the calyx. od sessile, glabrous, 9—12-seeded. 27. C. occulta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5360 ; suffruticose, shortly silky, leaves oblanceolate-oblong usually acute, flowers in lax terminal racemes and often solitary from leafy nodes, calyx middle-sized shortly silky, teeth all long, upper broad rather obtuse, pod oblong included. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ti. 565. C. rhizophylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat, 5481. Kaasia Mrs. and Sizer, alt. 83-5000 ft. Stems 2-8 ft. high, annual ?, simple or with few or many virgate ascending branches clothed with short adpressed silky hairs. Leaves firm, 2-3 in., subeuneate at base, glabrous above, glaucous and obscurely silky beneath; stipules setaceous very minute, Terminal racemes 6-20-flowered, 1-4 ft. long ; bracts linear, minute. Calyx 3-4 in. deep, densely clothed with short brown silky hairs ; upper teeth oblong-spath- ulate, 7-3 In. broad. Corolla glabrous, deep violet-blue, as long as the calyx. Pod glabrous, sessile, 10—15-seeded. 28. G. calycina, Schrank; DC. Prodr. ii. 129 ; annual, shortly silky, leaves linear or lanceolate acute or rather obtuse, flowers few in lax racemes and solitary from leafy nodes, calyx large densely clothed with long silky hairs, teeth all long, upper broad rather obtuse, pod linear-oblong included. C. stricta, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 265 not-of Roth. C. Roxburghiana, DC. Prodr.ii.129. C. anthylloides, Don Prodr. 241; Wall. Cat. 5866 A. ex parte; W. § A. Prodr. 181; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 54, not of Lam. C. linearis, Herb. Madr. in Wall. Cat. 570. C. crinita, Grah. im Wail. Cat. 5408. C. salicifolia var. ? Wail. Cat. 5359 B. TRoPIcaL REGION, from the Himazayras to Cryzon, ascending to 5,500 ft. in Ku- maon.—Disrris. Tropical Africa, Malay Isles, China, N. Australia. Crotalaria. ] L., LEGuMINos#Z, (J. G. Baker.) 73 Stems 1-2 ft. high; simple or with a few slender ascending branches clothed with short adpressed silky hairs. eaves moderatély firm, usually 2-4 in., but in the linear form 5-6 in,, usually acute, glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath; stipules subu- late, very minute, deciduous. Terminal racemes 2-12-flowered, rarely reaching 4 ft. long; bracts and bracteoles large, lanceolate. Calyx 3-1 in. long, persistently densely clothed with long brown silky hairs; lower teeth lanceolate-acuminate, upper oblanceolate, 3-4 in. broad. Corolla glabrous, pale yellow, shorter than the calyx. Pod sessile, glabrous, 4-3 in. long, 20-30-seeded. : 29. GC. sessilifilora, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 129; annual, shortly silky, leaves linear acute rarely lanceolate, flowers in elongated racemes rarely solitary from leafy nodes, calyx middle-sized densely clothed with long silky hairs, teeth all long, upper lanceolate acute, pod oblong as long as the calyx. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 565. C. anthylloides, Lam.; Wall. Cat. 5366 A. in part, B.C, C. venusta, Wall. Cat. 5365.. C. nepalensis, Link Enum. ii. 228. C. brevipes, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv.44. O. eriantha, Steb. §& Zuce, Fl. Jap. 13. C. Old- hami, Mig. Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat. iii. 42. Urprsr Punsas and along the base of the Himalayas to Assam, ascending to 5,500 ft. in Kumaon; Brrma, Wallich; Pxueu, McLelland.—Distris. China, Philippines, Japan. ; Stems 1-2 ft. high, simple or furnished with few or many ascending branches. Leaves moderately firm, narrowed to both ends, 2-6 in., glabrous above, thinly silky below; stipules setaceous, very minute. Flowers deflexed, 2-20 to a raceme, close ; racemes reaching 6-9 in. long; bracts and bracteoles long, setaceous, persistent. Calyx 3-3 in. long, brown silky hairs long and dense, but not as much so as in caly- cina ; teeth all acute, upper 4 in. broad. Corolla blue-white, glabrous, not exserted. Pod glabrous, sessile, 10—15-seeded. 30. G. chinensis, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 180; annual, laxly silky, leaves linear or oblanceolate obtuse or subacute, flowers 3-6 densely capitate all termi- nal, calyx middle-sized, teeth long upper lanceolate, pod oblong as long as calyx. Benth, in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 566 (not of Roxb.) Urrrer Gancetic Prarn, Concan, Matasar, Pecu, and Trenassert™.—Disreis. Sumatra, Philippines, China. Stems 1-2 ft. high, usually with several stout ascending branches densely clothed with long brown silky hairs. Leaves moderately firm, sparsely silky, 1-2 in., pale below, base rather rounded; stipules 0. Calyx 3-4 in., densely laxly silky ; lower teeth linear; bracts and bracteoles linear, persistent. Corolla glabrous, not exserted. Pod sessile, glabrous, 15-20-seeded. 81. ©. speciosa, Heyne; DC. Prodr. ii. 129; shrubby, densely silky, leaves linear-oblong obtuse, flowers 6-12 densely capitate all terminal, calyx middle- sized, teeth all long narrow acuminate, pod oblong included. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 564, C. cephalotes, Herb. Madr. an Wall. Cat. 5873, Mysorz, Heyne. Stems quite woody, with rigid erecto-patent branches, densely clothed with short bright brown silky hairs. Leaves firm, 1-14 in., densely silky on both sides, rounded at both ends; stipules subulate, very minute. Heads copious, round, terminal. usually with a leaf just beneath ; bracts lanceolate, as long as calyx, persistent velvety. Calyx 4 in. long, densely persistently velvety. Corolla as long as calyx, densely silky on the outside. Pod sessile, glabrous, 10-12-seeded, much shorter than the calyx. 32. C. dubia, Grah. m Wall. Cat. 5404; annual, shortly silky, leaves obovate cuneate subacute, flowers 12-30 in dense terminal heads, calyx small densely silky, teeth all long acuminate, pod oblong as long as calyx. Benth, m Hook, Lond, Journ. ii, 568. . 74 “L. LEcuMINOsZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, Western Paninsuta, Stocks, Beddome. Currracone, Hook. fil. § Thomson. Tr. NASSERIM, G'riffith. : . Stems 1-2 ft. high, simple or with many subpatent or arcuate-ascending branches, Leaves membranous, 2-3 inches, cuneate in lower third, thinly silky above, pale and densely silky beneath ; stipules minute, setaceous. Heads round or oblong, mostly with a leaf just beneath ; bracts and bracteoles large, persistent, ovate-acuminate. Calyx iin. deep; pubescence long, pale brown, silky, very dense; teeth linear or lanceolate, Corolla glabrous, as long as calyx. Pod sessile, glabrous, 6—8-seeded. 33. G. capitata, Benth. MSS. ; shrubby, finely silky, leaves oblanceolate subacute, flowers 6-20 in dense terminal heads, calyx middle-sized, teeth all long, upper broad subacute, pod oblong included. Kauasia Mrs., 5-7000 ft, Hook. fil. and Thomson, Lobb, Simons. Branches cespitose from a perennial rootstock, 1-1} ft. long, slender, suberect, mostly simple, clothed with short silky pubescence. Leaves firm, cuneate in the lower half, 1-14 in., green, glabrous above, densely shortly silky below; stipules 0. Heads round or oblong, 1-2 in. long; bracts and bracteoles small, linear, persistent. Calyx 4 in. deep; the vestiture and shape of teeth as in C. sessiliflora. Corolla deep violet-blue, glabrous, as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, glabrous, not seen mature. 34. ©. priestleyoides, Benth. MSS.; shrubby, laxly silky, leaves ob- lanceolate-oblong subacute, flowers few in dense terminal heads, calyx middle- sized shaggy, teeth all long, upper lanceolate acute, pod oblong included. Concan, Law, Stocks; Anamatiays, Beddome. a A low undershrub with, long ascending branches, densely clothed with moderatel long brown silky hairs. Leaves firm, subsessile, 4-1 in., glabrescent above, thinly shaggy beneath, base rather rounded ; stipules 0. Heads 4-8-flowered ; bracts lanceo- late, acuminate, persistent as the calyx. Calyx 4-8 in. long, as densely shaggy as in C. calycina ; upper teeth 4-2 in. broad, lower linear. Corolla glabrous, as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, glabrous, 10-15-seeded. Sect. V. Glaucze, Benth. “Erect herbs or shrubs, glabrous throughout. Stipules 0 or very minute deciduous. Racemes terminal. 35, G. lutescens, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 34; herbaceous, bracts linear very minute, calyx-teeth linear. ©. peduncularis, Dak. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 55, not of Grah. Concan, plains, Law, Dalzeil. Stems erect, slender 1-3 ft. high. Leaves membranous, pale, nearly sessile, varying from oblong obtuse to linear acute, reaching 4-6 in. Raceme laxly 6—15-flowered ; pedicels cernuous finally }-$ in. long. Calyc 1 in.; tube very short. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx ; standard ovate, conspicuously veined. Pod 1-14 in. long; gynophore finally equalling calyx. : 36. C. neriifolia, Wall. Cat. 5362; shrubby, bracts linear very minute, calyx-teeth lanceolate. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560. Ava; mount Taong Dong, Wallich. A shrub with slender terete branches. Leaves membranous, pale, nearly sessile, lanceolate, rather rounded at the base, subobtuse, 3-4 in. Racemes laxly 12-20- flowered, reaching half a foot long; pedicels slender, as long as calyx. Calyx din. long; tube campanulate. Corolla nearly twice the calyx; standard orbicular, obtuse. Ovary linear, silky. Pod unknown. 37. G. peduncularis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5369; bracts large ovate acuminate persistent, calyx-teeth lanceolate. W.& A. Prodr. 186 ; Benth. in te i aoe ii. 480. CO. elegans, Bedd. in Madr. Journ. iii. 178; Ic. Ph. . Or. t. 106, . Crotalaria. ] L. LecuMINOsz. (J. G. Baker.) 75 Nreunris, at about 4000 ft. elevation, Wight, Beddome, General habit of C. pedwncularis, Leaves narrow-linear, short-stalked, reaching 5-6 in. Raceme laxly 12-20-flowered, finally a foot long; lower pedicels 2-1 in. long ; bracts reflexed, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx 2 in.; teeth one-third the tube. Coroila smaller than in the last; standard the same shape and colour. Pod 13-2 in. long; gynophore finally exceeding the calyx. Sxcr. VI. Erectz, Benth. Erect herbs or shrubs, the foliage more or less silky or pubescent. Stepules 0, or small, not decurrent. Racemes rarely other than terminal. Pods glabrous, several times longer than the calyx. 38. G. retusa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, stipules subulate very minute, leaves obtuse glabrous above puberulent below, bracts subulate, corolla much exserted. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 272; Bot. Mag. t. 2561; Bot. Reg. t. 253; Wall. Cat. 5405; W. & A. Prodr. 187; Dalz. & Gubs. Bomb, Fi. 55. Lupinus cochinchinensis, Lour.; DC. Prodr. ii. 410—Rheede. Mal. ix. t. 25. Tropical region; Hrazayas to Cryton and Marzacca, but often cultivated. Distrrs. China, Malaya, N. Australia, Trop. Africa and America, in both the last doubtfully wild. A robust undershrub 3-4 ft. high, with stout striated branches. Leaves short stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, moderately firm, cuneate at the base, 12-3 in. Racemes laxly 12-20-flowered ; pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx 34 in.; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla nearly twice calyx, yellow tinged with purple. Pod linear-oblong, 1-1} in. long, distinctly stalked, 15-20-seeded. 39. ©. sericea, Retz.; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, stipules leafy persistent, leaves subacute or obtuse glabrous above finely silly beneath, bracts ovate foliaceous, corolla much exserted. W. & A. Prodr. 186; Wall. Cat. 5406; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 278, not of Burm.; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 55. CO. spectabilis, Roth.; DC. Prodr. ii. 125. ©. macrophylla, Weinm. Syll. ii. 26. C. cuneifolia, Schrank Syll. ii. 78. Tropical region; through India proper, ascending to 3000 ft. in Kumaon. Matacca, Griffith. Prav, McClelland. Habit and branches of C. retusa. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, moderately firm in texture, 3-6 in., cuneate at the base. Racemes laxer, 20-40-flowered, often a foot long; bracts persistent, reflexed ; pedicels exceeding calyx. Calyx }in.; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla half as long again as calyx, generally purplish. Pod 1-2 in. long, distinctly stalked, 37 in. broad. 40. G. assamica, Benth. rn Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 481; branches and calyx silly, stipules minute subulate, leaves acute glabrous above finely silky below, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, corolla much exserted.'’ C. Burmanni, DC. Prodr. ii. 126? . sericea, Burm. Fi. Ind. t. 48, fig. 1? Kzasia Mrs., alt. 83-4000 ft., Hook. fil. g Thomson, Lobb; Assam, Mrs. Mack.— Disreis. Philippines, Cuming, 1886. : General habit just that of the two preceding, to which it is allied closely. Leaves ‘oblanceolate-oblong, short-stalked, moderately firm, 2-4 in. long, cuneate at the base. Racemes laxly 20-80-flowered reaching a foot long; lower pedicels equalling calyx. Calyx 4-8 in.; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla 3 in. deep, golden- yellow. Pod 13-2 in. long, distinctly stalked. 41. ©. Kurzii, Baker ; branches and calyx silky, stipules minute subulate, leaves acute glabrous above finely silky below, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, corolla not exserted. Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. xlii. pt. 2, p. 229. Prev, Kurz, No. 1664. Closely allied to C. assamica, from which it differs mainly in calyx and corolla, the 76 L. LEGuMINosE. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria. former being the same size, but cleft more deeply, with narrower teeth and the latter much smaller. Leaves rather more coriaceous, 3-4 in., narrowed from the middle to both ends, the adpressed brown pubescence of the underside coarser and less silky, Pod oblong, glabrous, distinctly stalked. 42. G. Leschenaultii, DC. Prodr. ii. 125; branches and calyx sub- glabrous, stipules minute lanceolate, leaves obtuse glabrous above densely grey- silky below, bracts ovate persistent, corolla much exserted. W.& A. Prodr. 186; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 481; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 44; Dalz. §& Gibs, Bomb. Fil. 64. OC. lupiniflora, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5407. Nireuiris and highest Ghauts of Concan. : General habit of the three preceding, to which if is closely allied. Leaves oblan- ceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in., cuneate at the base, clothed beneath with thick white silky pubescence. acemes rather densely 20—30-flowered, reaching } ft, long; bracts like those of (. sericea but smaller; lower pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyz 4 in.; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla yellow, 2 in. deep. Pod distinctly stalked, linear-oblong, 14 in. long—A specimen from Ram Ghaut, Ritchie, perhaps distinct, has subulate bracts and leaves finely silky beneath. 43. ©. formosa, Girah. in Wall. Cat. 5393; branches and calyx densely silky, stipules lanceolate minute, leaves obtuse glabrous above densely silky beneath, bracts linear silky persistent, corolla not exserted. W. & A. Prodr. 186; Wet. Ic. t. 981; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 481. Nucarris. Dwarfer and more branched than the four preceding, with woody stems densely clothed with grey or yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 2-3 in. moderately firm, short-stalked, cuneate at the base. Racemes very dense, 1-2 in, long ; pedicels 3,4 in., densely silky. Calyx shaggy, 3 in.; teeth deep, lanceolate- deltoid. Pod oblong, 14-14 in, long, distinctly stalked. 44. C. barbata, Girah. in Wall. Cat. 5394; shrubby, stipules 0, leaves oblanceolate-oblong subacute thinly silky above densely silky beneath, racemes simple 6-12-flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod stalked. W.& A. Prod. 181; Wt. Ic. t. 980; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. li. 483. . Nrenrris; Travancor, ascending to 6000 feet, Beddome. . Sparingly branched. Branches woody, clothed with ascending dark brown silky hairs. Leaves like those of C. sericea in shape and size, moderately firm, short-stalked, cuneate at the base. Racemes finally half a foot long; pedicels 4-3 in., densely silky, not bracteolate at the middle. Calyx 3 in., deeply bilabiate, densely shaggy with dark brown silky hairs ; teeth of lower lip linear, equalling limb. Corolla scarce exserted. Pod 1} in. long by half as broad, 15-20-seeded. 45. C. longipes, W. & A. Prodr. i. 183; shrubby, stipules 0, leaves obovate-oblong rather obtuse both sides minutely silky, racemes copiously panicled, bracts foliaceous ovate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod stalked. Benth. an Hook, Lond. Journ. ii. 483. . : NILGHIRIS. A stiff undershrub with a straight woody stem, copiously paniculately branched. Branches densely clothed with short ferruginous silky hairs. Leaves coriaceous, short- -~ stalked, more or less rounded at base, vestiture thin and shining, lower 3-4 in. Flowers 3-4, close together near the top of numerous rigid branches ; bracts copious, reflexed, foliaceous. Calyx 4 in., densely clothed with brown silky hairs, deeply bilabiate; lower teeth reaching half way down. Corolla 32 in.; standard silky on the back. Pod linear-oblong, 1-14 in. long, 10~12-seeded, narrowed into a long gynophore.—Except for the glabrous pod, its affinity is with C. madurensis, Crotalaria.) L. LEGUMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) 77 46. G. peguana, Benth. MSS.; shrubby, stipules 0, leaves oblong- lanceolate both sides obscurely silky, racemes prolonged into the axils of numerous leaves, bracts.subulate very minute, pod sessile. Prev; near Rangoon, McClelland. Branches slender, terete, finely puberulent or glabrescent. Leaves nearly sessile, 3-4 in., narrowed to both ends, firm and thinly silky on both sides in exposure, but membranous and glabrous above in a shade torm; lower pedicels as long as the calyx. Flowers beside the lax terminal racemes springing solitary or in pairs from many of the leaf-bearing nodes. Calyx 3 in.; teeth long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla scarcely exserted. Pod cylindrical, 2 in. long, 10-12-seeded. 47. G. salicifolia, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5359 A.; herbaceous, stipules 0, leaves oblong or.lanceolate acute both sides shortly silky, racemes long-stalked simple few-flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod sfalied. W. & A. Prodr. 182; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 482. Western Peninsuia, Heyne. Stem stiff, sparingly branched, densely clothed with short ascending ferruginous silky hairs. Leaves ceasing a space below the inflorescence, lower oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, upper linear-lanceolate reaching 3-4 in., both sides clothed with hairs like those of the stem. Flowers near the end of long branches. Calyx 3 in. deep, densely coated with bright brown velvety hairs; teeth linear, all very long. Corolla bright yellow, not exserted. Pod 14-2 in. long, half as broad. 48. C. lanata, Bedd. in Madr. Journ. iii. 178; Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 105; shrubby, stipules foliaceous 4-lunate, leaves large oblong, racemes not panicled, bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels short, pod stalked. Western Paninsura; Anamallay and Pulney Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. A shrub 12-16 feet high, with the habit, stipules and inflorescence of C. semper- florens. Branches stout, densely clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves dis- tinctly stalked, membranous, very large, green and glabrous above, thinly matted beneath. Calyx 4-8 in. long, densely silky ; teeth linear-lanceolate, twice the tube. Corolla yellow, much exserted. Pod ‘glabrous’ (Beddome) oblong, 14-13 in. long. Sxcr. VII. Briocarpz, Benth. Erect shrubs, the foliage more or less silky or pubescent. Leaves simple, stipules not decurrent. Racemes terminal only or both terminal and lateral, in one group copiously panicled. Pods silky or velvety, many or few-seeded exserted or included. * Flowers racemed. 49, G. verrucosa, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 125; branches acutely angled, stipules foliaceous }-lunate, leaves ovate the base deltoid usually obtuse, racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 4-6 times the calyx. Bot. Mag. t. 8084; W. §& A. Prodr. 187; Wt. Ic. t. 200; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 55. ©. angulosa, Lamk.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 273. C. ccerulea, Jacq. Ic. t.144. C. acuminata, G. Don. Gard. Dict. ii. 184.—Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 29. Tropica, REGION; Himatayas to Creyton (reaching 2000 ft. in Smxm); Birma, Wallich; Prov, McClelland; Matacca, Grifith.—Disrris. China, Malaya, Trop. Africa, Mauritius, Trop. America. . Copiously branched, scarcely shrubby, 2-3 feet high. Branches at first puberulent, soon glabrescent. Leaves thin, obscurely downy beneath, reaching 4-6 in., casually acute, Racemes moderately close, 12—20-flowered, 4 foot or more long ; bracts linear, very minute; pedicels equalling or shorter than calyx, Calyx 3 in. obscurely 78 L. LEGUMINOSH. (J. G. Baker.) ‘Crotalaria,’ downy; teeth lanceolate, twice tube. Corolla twice calyx, yellow, white and blue, Pod finely pubescent, 1-1 in. long, 10-12-seeded. 50. ©. semperfiorens, Vent.; DC. Prodr. ii. 125; branches terete, stipules foliaceous }-lunate, leaves oblong rounded at base acute or obtuse, racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 44 times the calyx. Wall. Cat. 5391. C. Wallichiana, W. § A. Prodr. 187; Wt. Ic. t. 982. O. Arnottiana, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560, Tropicat recion; Nilghiris——Disrris. Java. More shrubby than C. verrucosa. Branches sulcate and puberulent when young, soon glabrescent and terete. Leaves 2-4 in., moderately firm, green and glabrous above, pale and shortly downy below, distinctly petiolate. Inflorescence like that of C. verrucosa ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels }-3 in., finely downy. Calyx 3-3 in, more or less densely puberulent; teeth linear, twice the campanulate tube. Corolla 3-4 in., bright yellow. Pod 14-2 in. long, finely downy, 10-12-seeded. Var. 1. Walkeri; stipules mostly subulate minute, leaves firmer smaller more acute nearly or quite glabrescent beneath. C. Walkeri, Arnott in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 8398. C. semperflorens, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560. Ceylon, 4-7000 feet.—Looks generally quite distinct, but Gardner's No. 560 connects it with the type, 51. ©. Heyneana, Grah. im Wall. Cat. 5414; branches terete, stipules small }-lunate, leaves oblong acute narrowed at base, racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod subsessile obscurely downy 3-4 times the calyx. W. & A. Prodr, 187; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560; Bot. Mag. t. 5974, Western Prninsvta; Mysore, Travancor, and Canara. General habit of C. semperflorens, of which it is most likely a mere variety. Branches woody, slender, soon glabrescent. Leaves membranous, distinctly petioled, 3-4 in,, narrowed at both ends, hardly at all puberulent; stipules smaller. Jnflorescence and bracts identical; pedicels j-3 in., slender, faintly puberulent. Calyx 3 in.; teeth lanceolate, very deep. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod 11-1} in. long, clothed with deciduous fine pubescence, 10-12-seeded. 52. ©. leptostachya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 562 ; branches angular, stipules 0 or minute subulate, leaves lanceolate acuminate, racemes rian and terminal not panicled, pod oblong sessile densely velvety 2-3 times the calyx. ya raat Pentnsvuta ; Concan, Jacguemont, Stocks, Law. A stiff erect shrub with the habit and slender sulcate thinly silky branches of C. juncea and tetragona. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous, green, thinly clothed on both sides with shining brown silky hairs, rather rounded at the base. Racemes laxly 12-20- flowered, reaching } ft. long; bracts lanceolate very minute. Calyx 3 in., densely ek teeth linear, very deep. Corolla yellow, not exserted. Pod 5-6-seeded, $3 in. ong. 53, G. tetragona, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 263; branches angular, stipules 0 or minute subulate, leaves large linear or lanceolate acuminate, racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod linear-oblong short-stalked rarely 2-3 times the calyx. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 593; DC. Prodr. ii. 128; Wall. Cat. 5367 AC. ; W: § A. Prodr. 185. “C. grandiflora, Zolling. in Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1,’333, Koumaon (up to 3500 ft.), and along the Himalayas to Sixxm and MceClelland.—Distriw. Java. ‘ piegupsicetbcis A stiff shrub, reaching 6 ft. high, with sulcate thinly silky slender erecto-patent branches. Leaves short-stalked, distant, membranous, both apes thinly silky or glabrescent, reaching $~1 ft. Lacemes laxly 6-10-flowered, half a foot or more long ; Orotalaria. | L. LEGUMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) 79 bracts minute, linear. Calye 3-1 in. long, densely brown-velvety ; teeth very long, linear or lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla lemon-yellow, glabrous, little exserted. Pod 14-2 in. long, densely persistently dark-brown and velvety, 12—20-seeded. 54, C. juncea, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 125; branches’ terete multisulcate, stipules 0 or minute subulate, leaves linear or oblong rather obtuse, racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod oblong sessile velvety twice the calyx. Bot. Mag. t. 490; Roxb. Cor. Fl. t. 193; Fl. Ind. iii. 259; Wail. Cat. 5409; W. § A. Prodr. 185; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54. ©. fenestrata, Bot. Mag. t. 1933. O. benghalensis, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 125; Wall. Cat. 6895. O. tenuifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 263; DC. Prodr. it. 126; Wall. Cat. 5368. ©. porrecta, Wall. Cat. 53863. C. viminea, Wall. Cat. 5897B. C. sericea, Willd. not of Retz.—Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 26. Plains from the Himarayas to Cryton, but often planted for its fibre. Brea, Wallich; Pucv, McClelland.—Distris. Malay isles, Australia. A stiff shrub several feet high, with slender virgate rigid thinly silky branches. Leaves rather distant, firm, linear or oblong, usually 14-3 in., shining on both sides with thin short brown silky hairs. Facemes loosely 12-20-flowered, reaching a foot long; bracts minute, linear. Calyx }-3 in. long, densely clothed with ferru- ginous velvety hairs; teeth linear-lanceolate, very deep. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, slightly exserted. Pod 1-1} in. long, clothed with short-spreading persistent silky hairs, 10-15-seeded. Yields Sun fibre. 7 55. C. obtecta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5372; branches terete, stipules 0 or minute deciduous, leaves oblong obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral not panicled, pod stalked densely velvety twice the calyx. W. § A. Prodr. 185; Ie. t. 208 and 883. C. tetragona, Wall. Cat. 53867 D. Western Peninsvta; Nilghiris and Cochin. _ A tall shrub, with curved woody branches densely clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves short-stalked, coriaceous, 2—4-in., both sides more or less silky, Racemes rather close, 12-20-flowered ; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx 3-1 in., densely velvety, deeply bilabiate; teeth linear. Corolla slightly exserted ; standard silky on the back. Pod 14~2 in. long, 10-12-seeded, densely coated with dark brown velvety pubescence. Var. 1. glabrescens; branches and leaves glabrescent. C. glabrescens, Benth, in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 563.—Carnatic, near Courtallum, Wight. ** Flowers panicled. 56. GC. madurensis, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5376; leaves ovate-oblong closely ‘silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts round Bee ea subdeciduous, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla exserted, pod many-seeded much exserted. W.& A. Prodr. 184; Benth. in Hook, Lond. Journ. ii. 568. C. candicans, W. & A. Prodr. 184. Nurenteis and Madura hills, in the Carnatic. A stiff erect undershrub, copiously paniculately branched. Branches clothed with short dense brown silky hairs. Leaves short-petioled, obtuse, subcoriaceous, broadly rounded at base, 2-4 in., clothed on both sides with fine very short shining silky hairs. Bracts fewer and more deciduous than in other panicled Eriocarpe. Calyx } in. deep, densely silky, deeply bilabiate; teeth narrow, acuminate, two upper lanceolate. Corolla § in.; standard rather pointed, densely silky on the back. Pod short-stalked, nearly glabrescent, 10-12-seeded, 1 in. long. 57. G. subperfoliata, Wight im Wall. Cat. 5377; leaves oblong acute closely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts round spreading persistent, 80 L. LEcuMINos#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice calyx, pod many-seeded much exserted, W. & A. Prodr, 184; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 563. Carnatic; Dindygul hills alt. 2000 ft., Wight. General habit and inflorescence just as in C. madurensis, to which it is closely allied. eaves thinner, narrowed to a point, less rounded at the base, 2—4 in. long. Branches densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs ; bracts sometimes opposite, # in. long, densely silky on the back. Calyx 3-3 in. deep, finely silky; teeth lanceo- late, acuminate, with reflexed borders. Corolla 3-3 in.; standard rather pointed, silky on the back. Pod oblong, stalked, twice the calyx, with 12 or more seeds, 58. CG. fulva, Roxb. Fil. Ind. iii. 266; leaves oblanceolate closely silky, stipules 0 or minute subulate, racemes panicled, bracts ovate cuspidate, calyx- teeth broad foliaceous, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded included. Wall. Cat. 5875; W. §& A. Prodr. 183; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54. 0, pulchra, DC. Prodr. ii. 126, not of Andrews. C. grandis, Hort. Calcutt. Maisor, the Concan, Nueuiris, and Certon.—Disrris. Java, Sumatra, and naturalised in the Seychelles and Mauritius. A stiff erect shrub 3-5 feet, copiously paniculately branched. Branches densely clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, shining on both sides, with a silky lustre from minute hairs. Branches elongated with several bracts flowerless. Calyx 4-$ in. deep, densely silky, with a pair of conspicuous bracteoles ; upper teeth oblong, lower lanceolate. Corolla 2-1 in.; standard rather pointed, densely silky on the back. Pod thinly silky, sessile, about as long as the calyx. 59, ©. pulcherrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 267 ; leaves oblanceolate-oblong closely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts copious ovate-acuminate reflexed, upper calyx-teeth broad foliaceous, corolla scarcely exserted, pod oblong included 5-6-seeded. Bot. Mag. t. 2027; Wall. Cat. 5874; DC. Prodr. ii. 125; W. § A. Prodr. 184; Wt. Ic. t. 481. ©. pulchra, Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 601, not of DC. Nizeuiris. A stifferect shrub 3-4 ft. high, copiously paniculately branched. Leaves nearly sessile, subcoriaceous, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, shining on both sides with dense short close brown silky hairs. Flowers few, near the top of the branches ; bracts numerous, large, reflexed, persistent; pedicels short, densely silky. Calyx §-3 in. long; upper segments oblong, lower lanceolate; standard silky on the back. Pod oblong, bright brown, sessile, as long as the calyx. 60. C. lunulata, Heyne in Wail. Cat. 5378; leaves oblanceolate acute loosely silky, stipules small obtuse, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent like the stipules, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice the calyx, pod oblong l-seeded scarcely exserted. W. & A. Prodr. 183; Wight Ic. t. 480; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 564. Tanjore, in the Carnatic; Cryton, A stiff erect undershrub, copiously paniculately branched, clothed with dense spreading brown silky hairs. Leaves short-petioled, moderately firm, densely silky, cuneate at the base, usually 1-2 in. Branches elongated, with numerous am- plexicaul reflexed small bracts below the flowers. Calyx densely silky, 3-4 in. long; teeth long, all linear, the edges slightly recurved. Corolla 3-7 in.; standard rather pointed, thinly silky on the back. Pod sessile, finely silky, as long as the calyx. 61. G. ramosissima, Zorb. Fl. Ind. iii, 268 ; leaves small oblanceolate densely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts lanceolate persistent, calyx- teeth narrow, corolla little exserted, pod 1-seeded scarcely exserted. W. & A. Crotalaria. | I, LEauMinosz. (J. G. Baker.) 81 Prodr, 188. C. tomerftosa, Rottl. in Wall. Cat. 5880. O. pellita, Bert.; DC. Prodr. ii. 128? ©. Camphbellii, Arn. in Wight. Cat. 2316. Western Peninsura, Rottler, Heyne ; interior of Buncar, Roxburgh. Shrubby, erect, much branched. Stems a foot or less high, densely coated, like the leaves, with thick silky brown hairs. Leaves crowded, subsessile, subobtuse, thick, cuneate at the base, 3-1 in. long. Branches densely pubescent, generally short. Bracts not abundant, small, faleate, silky on the back, black and viscous on the face. Calyx din. long; teeth long, linear, with reflexed edges. Corolla 3 in.; standard pointed, silky on the back. Pod sessile, as long as the calyx, oblong, densely silky. 62. GC. paniculata, Wiilld.; DC. Prodr. ii. 126; leaves small oblanceo- late loosely silky, stipules linear, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent. falcate linear-subulate, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla exserted, pod 1-2-seeded scarcely exserted. Rovb. Fl. Ind. iii. 274; Wall. Cat. 5879; W. & A. Prodr. 183. ©. chinensis, Lamk. Dict. ii. 195, not of Linn. Ononis glutinosa, Mart. an Denk. Acad. Mun. vi. 155. Carnatic, near Vellore.—Drstris. Java. Shrubby, 2-3 feet high, with very numerous stiff ascending branches, clothed with loose brown silky hairs. Leaves 1-14 in. long, obtuse, loosely silky, cuneate at the base, nearly sessile; stipules just like the very copious bracts, conspicuous, falcate, with reflexed glandular margins. Branches short, with a few flowers near the end. Calyr 2 in.; teeth long, silky on the back, lanceolate or linear with recurved viscous edges like the bracts and bracteoles. Corolla 4-3 in.; standard very silky on the back. Pod oblong, sessile, finely silky. Group 8. Trifoliolatze Disperme. Leaves 3-foliolate. Pod ob- liquely subglobose, small, sessile, 2-seeded. Perennial herbs or undershrubs. Cyrtolobus, R. Br. 63. ©. medicaginea, Lamk. Dict. ii. 201; herbaceous, branches slender diffuse thinly clothed with adpressed silky hairs, petiole shorter than the small oblanceolate leaflets, racemes 2-6-flowered, corolla twice the calyx. W.& A. Prodr. 192; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 577; Thwaites Enum. 82; Boiss. Fi. Orient. ii. 26. C. procumbens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii. 278, et Wall. Cat. 5437, in part. C. foliosa, Willd.; DC. Prodr. 11.131. C. divaricata, Grah, in Wail. Cat. 5486. C. virgata, Mart.; DC. Prodr. ii. 181. Indigofera capitata, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5490. Tropical region, from the Wrst Himatayas to Cryton and Brrma, ascending to 6000 ft. in Kashmir.—Disrrre, Malay isles, Afghanistan, China and Australia. A diffuse perennial, with slender much-branched stems, }-1 ft. long, thinly silky upwards. Stipules setaceous, very minute, deciduous ; leaflets }-4 in. long, retuse emarginate, glabrous above, obscurely silky below. acemes copious, terminal and leaf-opposed ; peduncles exceeding the leaves; bracts minute, linear. Calyx thinly silky, campanulate, 3 in. deep ; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow. Pod # in. long, glabrescent. Var. 1. herniarioides; stems prostrate very slender, leaflets very small nearly or quite as broad as long, peduncles short 1-3-flowered. C. herniarioides, W. g- A. Prodr. 192. Var. 2. neglecta; branches more robust and more ascending than in the type, racemes 6-9-flowered, leaflets rather larger. C. neglecta, W. g A. Prodr. 192. C. procumbens, Roxb. § Wall. ex parte. Var. 3. luxurians; stems much stronger, 2-8 ft. high, petioles reaching 4 in. long, terminal leaflet 3-1 in., racemes 6-12-flowered. C. luxurians, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 578. C. medicaginea, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5434. 64. GC. Willdenoviana, DC. Prodr. ii. 134; herbaceous or suffruticose, VOL. II. @ 82 L. Lecuminosa. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria, branches often stiff clothed with short fine down, petiole*shorter than the small oblanceolate leaflets, racemes 3-6-flowered, corolla thrice the calyx. W. § A. Prodr. 191; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 579. C. spartioides, Spreng. ; Wall. Cat. 5435. C. genistoides, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 987, non Lamk. Western PENINSULA. Perennial, reaching 2-8 ft. high, with very numerous ascending elongated branches, Stipules small, setaceous, persistent; leaflets $4 in. long, firm, obtuse, emarginate, silky on both sides. acemes copious, terminal and lateral ; bracts minute, linear- setaceous, persistent. Calyr 4 in. long, finely downy; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow ; keel with a narrower and longer beak than in the last. Pod pubescent, 3 in. long. : : 65. C. trifoliastrum, JVilld. Sp. Pl. iii. 983 ; herbaceous, branches elong- ated ascending finely downy, petioles exceeding the obovate-oblong leaflets, racemes elongated 12—40-flowered, corolla thrice the calyx. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 277; Wall. Cat. 5432, excl. G. H.; W.& A. Prodr.191; Wight Ic. t. 421. C. virgata, Roxb. in E. I. C. Mus. tab. 373. C. medicaginea, DC. Prodr. ii. 188, ©. stricta, Roth.; DC. Prodr. ii. 133. Lupinus trifoliatus, Rott. in Nov. Act. Ber, iv. 223, t. 5. OC. stipitata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5425, A. Assam and WESTERN PENINSULA. An erect perennial 2-3 ft. high, with numerous erecto-patent slender branches, Petioles an inch or more; stipules minute, setaceous ; leaflets membranous, +1 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below, obtuse at the point, often deeply emar- ginate. Hacemes copious, both terminal and lateral, short-peduncled, reaching 4-6 in, long ; bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx 4 in. long, finely silky; teeth linear, twice the length of the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous. Pod subquadrangular, sessile, thinly silky, 3 in. long. 66. C. Notonii, W. § A. Prodr. 192; shrubby, branchlets elongated ob- scurely silky, leaflets middle-sized obovate-oblong, racemes closely 12-20- flowered, corolla 2-3 times the calyx. Wight Ic. t.752. C. trifoliastrum, Wall. Cat, 5432, G. C. rostrata, W. § A. Prodr. 191. Niteutris and Prrney Mountains. Branches firm, ascending, terete, clothed with minute grey silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, persistent, 2 in.; petioles shorter than the leaflets: leaflets cuneate in the lower half, reaching 1-1} in. long, green and glabrous above, thinly silky below. Racemes copious, short-peduncled lateral and terminal, 1-3 in. long; bracts small, setaceous. Calyz thinly silky, } in. long; teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube. Grell yellow ; keel with a very long beak. Pod 2 in. long, subquadrangular, thinly silky. 67. G. rigida, Heyne; DC. Prodr. ii. 183; shrubby, branchlets short stiff obscurely silly, leaflets minute obcordate, racemes 2-6-flowered, corolla 2-3 times the calyx. W.§ A. Prodr. 191. Carnatic, Heyne, G. Thomson. A low shrub with very numerous woody subpatent branches, the old ones glabre- scent, the copious branchlets almost spiny in old plants. Stipules setaceous, very minute; petiole very short; leaflets pale green, thick, obscurely silky, not more than # in. long. Qacemes copious, close, all terminal ; bracts linear, very minute. Calyx 4 in. long, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous ; beak of keel long and narrow. Pod } in. long, thinly silky. : i Group 9. Trifoliolate Polyspermee. Leaves 3-foliclate. Pod ob- eee oe) stalked or sessile, elabrous or pubescent, many-seeded. Herbs or shrubs. Crotalaria.} L. LEGUMINOSEZ. (J. G. Baker.) 83 68. ©. orixensis, Rottil.; DC. Prodr. ii. 181; herbaceous, diffuse, thinly hairy, leaflets obovate-oblong obtuse, racemes very lax, bracts foliaceous per- sistent, corolla small scarcely exserted, pod oblong glabrous long-stalked. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii. 276; Wall. Cat. 5426; W. § A. Prodr. 198; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 57. ©. macropoda, A. Rich, Fi. Abyss. i. 157. Plains throughout the Western Peninsvra.—Distais. Abyssinia. Perennial, with spreading slender copiously-branched stems, 1-14 ft. long, clothed with short spreading brown hairs, which are bulbous at the base. Stipudes linear, persistent ; petiole 4-1 in.; leaflets 1-14 in. long, moderately firm, glabrous above, thinly clothed with long hairs, below. Lateral racemes numerous, 3-12-flowered ; bracts large, ovate-acuminate, reflexed ; pedicels filiform, 3-4 times the calyx. Calyx $ in, long ; teeth linear, long. Pod 4-§ in. long, 8-10-seeded, with a stalk as long as the calyx.—The only representative of the Diffuse in the trifoliolate series. 69. G. levigata, Lamk.; DC. Prod. ii. 131; fruticose, obscurely downy, leaflets obovate-oblong obtuse, racemes terminal 2-4-flowered, bracts minute setaceous, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod oblong glabrous long-stalked. Benth. wn Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 576. OC. stipitata, Grah. in Wall. Cat, 5425, B.; W. & A, Prodr. 193. : Plains of the Western PEnInsuLa. A small shrub, with long slender terete erecto-patent branches, finely downy or glabrescent. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous; petiole as long as leaves ; leaflets +1} in. long, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. Racemes subcorymbose at the end of copious branchlets; pedicels cernuous, bracteolate, thinly silky. Calyx 3 in. deep, thinly silky; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, $3 in.; keel with a very long beak. Pod 4-3 in, long, 8-10-seeded, with a stalk as long as the calyx. 70. G. ineana, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 182; suffruticose, loosely downy, leaflets obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute, corolla slightly exserted, pod subsessile cylindrical loosely pubescent. Bot. Reg. t. 377. CO. affinis, DC. Prodr. ii. 182. C. Schimperi, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 151. OC. herbacea, Schweig. in Schranck Syll. ii. 77. a Kumaon; 5000 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom, Edgeworth; Cryton, Gardner, &c. Perhaps naturalised only.—Drstrrip. Malay isles, Trop. Africa and America, common. An undershrub, 2-4 ft. high, with robust terete branches, the whole plant, including ealyx and pod, clothed with fine spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, minute; leaflets 14-2 in. long, very obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, membranous. Racemes closely 12-20-flowered, reaching 6-9 in. long. Calyx 3 in. long; teeth long, lanceolate. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 1~14 in. long, 20-30-seeded. 71. ©. clavata, W. § A. Prodr. 194; shrubby, obscurely downy, leaflets obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute setaceous, corolla much exserted, pod thinly silky oblong-cylindrical short-stalked. Benth. wn Hook, Lond. Journ, ti. 587. OC. cytisoides, Wight m Wall. Cat. 5424, D. Carnatic; Dindygul hills, Wight. A low shrub with arcuate ascending terete glabrescent branches. Stipules setaceous, very minute; petiole shorter than the leaflets; leaflets thick, rather fleshy, obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, pale, subglabrous. Racemes 20-80-flowered, short- peduncled, reaching 3 ft. long. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, 3-4 in. long; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous, 3 in. long. Pod deflexed, rather recurved, 10-12-seeded. 72. ©. bracteata, Rorvd. Fil. Ind. iii. 378; shrubby, obscurely downy, leaflets large oblong acute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute a2 84 L. LEGUMINOsHZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Crotalaria. setaceous, corolla much exserted, pod subsessile oblong-cylindrical densely pubescent. Wall. Cat. 5423; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 586. Buotan, Currraconc, Brea, Pecu, Tenasserim.—Disrris. Malay isles, Philippines. A low shrub -with elongated flexuose slender finely downy or glabrescent. branches. Stipules setaceous, very minute; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets membranous, narrowed to both ends, 2-4 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below. Racemes short-peduncled, closely 12-30-flowered. Calyx } in. long, finely silky; teeth lanceolate, as long as tube. Corolla pale yellow, 3-4 in. long. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, hard, 8-10-seeded, densely clothed with spreading pale brown hairs. 73. ©. striata, DC. Prodr. ii. 181; shrubby, obscurely silky, leaflets. obovate-oblong obtuse or subacute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts. setaceous minute, corolla twice the calyx, pod short-stalked glabrous cylindrical. Bot. Mag. t. 3200. OC. Brownei, Reich. Icon. Exot. t. 232; DC. Prodr. ii. 130, C. Hookeri, Arn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. 3,248. OC. pisiformis, Gull. & Per. Fi. Seneg. 162. C. Saltiana, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648. OC. latifolia, Hort. Cale. C. pallida and laburnoides, Klotzsch in Peters. Mossam. Bot. 57. ; Himarayas to Ceyton and Manacca.—Dtsrris. Malay isles and spread through Tropical America and Africa. An erect low shrub 2-4 ft. high, with robust sulcate thinly silky branches. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole 2-8 in.; leaflets membranous, 3-+ in. long, usually subobtuse, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. Racemes 20-50-flowered, reaching 3-1 ft. long. Calyx i in. long, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla glabrous, yellow striped with red. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 13-2'in. long, 20-30-seeded. 74. G.laburnifolia, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 130; shrubby, glabrous, leaflets. obovate-oblong acute, racemes elongated very lax, bracts minute deciduous, corolla large much exserted, pod cylindrical glabrous long-stalked. Vall. Cat. 5424, evel. D; Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 275; W. § A. Prodr. 193; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fi. 57. C. pendula, Bert.; DC. Prodr. ii. 180. C. pedunculosa, Des». ; DC. Prodr, ii, 132. Clavulium pedunculosum, Desv. in Ann, Se. Nat. ix. 407 3 Htheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 27; Burm. Zeyl. t. 35. Western Penrsuna, Ceytoy, Maracca.—Disrrrs. Philippines and Malay isles. A low shrub with slender elongated terete branches. Stipules 0; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets membranous, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Racemes terminal. and lateral, 3-1 ft. long; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calya glabrous, turbinate, + in. long ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, 1 in. deep; keel very broad with a long incurved beak. Pod 13-2 in. long, 20-30- seeded ; gynophore filiform, 3-1 in. long, much exceeding that of any other species. Group 10. Multifoliolatz., Leaves usually 5-, but varying from 38- to 7-foliolate. Pod glabrous, oblong or linear-oblong, distinctly stalked, many- seeded. Herbs or under-shrubs. 75. ©. quinquefolia, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 135; herbaceous, branches and leaves below thinly silky, leaflets linear, bracts linear thinly silky, lower pedicels at last as long as the calyx. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 279; Dalz. § Gibs. ie a Wall. Cat. 5429; W. & A. Prodr. 194; Ill. t. 16—Rheede Hort. al. ix. t. 28. Western Punrysura, Czyton, Brena, TENASSERIM.— DisTRIB. Malay isles, Philippines. : An erect annual 2-4 ft. high, with robust straight sulcate branches. Stipules linear, subpersistent; petioles 1-3 in.; leaflets usually 5, rarely 3, linear, rarely rarrow oblanceolate, 2-4 in. long, obtuse, glabrous above. Pacemes usually terminal, Crotalaria. | L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 85 laxly 10-20-flowered, reaching } ft. long; bracts persistent, as long as the pedicels. Calyx campanulate, subglabrous, } in. long; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla glabrous, twice the calyx. Pod oblong, glabrous, distinctly stalked, 14-2 in. by 8-1 in., 30-40-seeded.—C. heterophylia, L. DC. Prodr. ii. 181, is a trifoliolate ‘form. 76. G. Grahamiana, W. § A. Prodr. 194; shrubby, branches and leaves “below densely clothed with adpressed silky hairs, leaflets oblanceolate, bracts linear thinly silky, lower pedicels as long as the calyx. OC. digitata, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5480, non Hook. Carnatic; Pulney hills at 4000 ft. Branches firm, elongated, angular, persistently silky. Stipules linear, reflexed, persistent ; petiole reaching 3-4 in., silky like the branches; leaflets thicker than in C. quinquefolia, 2-3 in. long, often 7, glabrous above, obtuse. Racemes closely 12-80- ‘flowered, 1-3 ft.; bracts 4-3 in., acuminate, reflexed, persistent. Calyx just like that -of C. quinquefolia. Corolla yellow, glabrous, half as long again as the calyx. Pod linear-oblong, 14-2 in. long, distinctly stalked. 77. ©. digitata, Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 354, suppl. t. 16 (C. quinquefolia) ; shrubby, branches and leaves on both sides clothed with loose soft tomentum, Jeaflets obovate-cuneate, bracts lanceolate tomentose, pedicels twice the calyx. W. & A. Prodr. 194, non Wight in Wall. Cat. 5480. Carnatic; Madura hills, Wight. A low shrub; the whole plant, except calyx and corolla, clothed with loose :soft pale brown velvety tomentum. Stipules 4 in. long, linear-setaceous, reflexed, persistent; petiole 2-8 in.; leaflets 3-5, thick and soft, cuneate in the lower half, very obtuse, the end one reaching 24-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, the outermost sometimes unequal-sided. Racemes terminal and lateral, short-peduncled, closely. 12-20- flowered ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, densely velvety, patent, persistent. Calyx -glabrous, §-3 in. long; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, gla- brons, 1 in. long. Pod linear-oblong, 2-24 in. long. C. extrptica, Roxb. in Wall. Cat. 5483 (C, Vachellii, H. § A.), and C. vascutosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5427, have no claim to rank as Indian species, having been in- :troduced to the Calcutta Garden, the former from China, and the latter from Mauritius. 9. ONONES, Linn. Undershrubs or herbs, often viscid. Leaves with pinnately 3~foliolate toothed leaflets. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth long, subequal. Petals clawed ; .standard roundish; wings obovate-oblong; keel incurved, acute. Stamens monadelphous, the alternate filaments dilated at the apex; anthers dimorphous. Ovary in our plant subsessile, few-ovuled ; style filiform, abruptly incurved, :stigma minute oblique. Pod oblong, turgid, continuous within.— DIstTRIB. Species 60, mainly Mediterranean and European. l. ©. hireina, Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 93; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii, 56. 0. altissima, Lam. Dict. i. 506; DC. Prodr. ii. 162. O. arvensis, Linn. herb. in part. ©. procurrens, Benth. in Royle Ill. 197. Temperate Wust Himaraya; Tiser and Kasumir, alt. 5-7000 ft—Disrriz. Orient, West Siberia, Europe. An uadershrub, with ascending unarmed pubescent stems. Stipules large, leafy, adnate to the short petioles ; leaflets oblong, obtuse. Flowers reddish, in pairs at the axils of the leaves, forming a close leafy raceme at the end of the branches. Calyx -2in.; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Pod oblong, downy, not exserted, 2-3-seeded. 86 L. LEGuMINosH&. (J. G. Baker.) [ Trifolium. 10. TRIFOLIUM, Linn. Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves with stipules adnate to the petiole and. digitately 3-foliolate leaflets. FVowers small, copious, in dense axillary heads. Calyx tube turbinate; teeth mostly 5 subequal. Corolla adnate to the staminal. tube, and fading without falling; standard and wings narrow; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; filaments more or less dilated; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, few-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved above the base; stigma oblique. Pod minute, included, membranous, indehiscent, 1 or few- seeded.—Dusrris. Species perhaps 200, mostly European and Oriental, many N. American and Trop. African. T. minus, Smith, is included in Hohenacker's Neilgherry plants, no doubt from: introduced specimens. : T. nesvpmatom, Linz., is largely cultivated in Afghanistan, Hazara and Khagan,. in the subtropical zone. 1. ©. pratense, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 195; erect, heads subtended by a. pair of opposite leaves, calyx not accrescent. Boss. F2. Orient. ii. 115. Kasumin to Garwuat, 4-8000 ft.—Distris. Afghanistan, Siberia, Orient, Europe. Perennial; stems a foot or more high, slightly downy. Stipules very broad ; leaflets oblong ; toothing obscure. Heads roundish; flowers very dense, usually red. Calyx pubescent ; teeth setaceous, the lowest longer than the rest, exceeding the tube. Pod 1-seeded, opening by a lid.—One of the common forage clovers. 2.7%. repens, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 198; trailing, peduncles elongated naked, calyx not accrescent. Bovss. FU. Orient. ii. 145. T. venulosum, Royle- MSS. , Temperate and Axpine Himaraya, ascending to 20,000 ft.; Nuecurris and Cryton, perhaps introduced.—Distris, Through Europe and Asia, also North America. Stems slender, glabrous, wide-creeping. Stipules narrow; petioles and peduncles: long, ascending; leaflets obovate emarginate, distinctly toothed. Heads globose, not dense; flowers finally deflexed. Calyx glabrous; teeth subequal, shorter than the tube. Corolla white or with a pink tinge. Pod minute, linear, 3-4-seeded.—Com- monly cultivated. 3. f. fragiferum, Linn,; DC. Prodr. ii. 202; trailing, peduncles elon-- gated naked, fruit calyx accrescent. Bovss. Fl. Orient. ii. 185. Kasumir, temperate zone, Jacguemont, Thomson.— Distr. Europe, Orient, N. Africa, Abyssinia. Habit of T. repens, for which it is easily passed over in flower. Stipules lanceo- late, with cuspidate points; petioles and peduncles elongated; leaflets less distinctly toothed. Corolla a deeper pink. Calyx in fruit becoming an ovoid membranous. persistent bladder, enclosing the small 1-2-seeded pod. ll. PAROCHETUWS, Hamilt. A slender creeping herb. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers on axillary peduncles. Calyx tube campanulate; two upper teeth subconnate. Corolla free from staminal tube; standard broad, obovate clawed; wings much shorter, obtuse ; keel as long as the wings, incurved and subacute at the tip. Stamens diadel- phous ; filaments not dilated ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, linear, oo-ovulate ; style elongated, glabrous, suddenly incurved above the base, stigma terminal. Pod linear, turgid, continuous within. A single species. 1. P. communis, Hamilt.; DC. Prodr. ii. 403; Wail. Cat. 5972; Royle: Mlust. t. 35; Don. Prodr. 241. P. major, Don Prodr.241; DC. Prodr. loc. Trigonella. | L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) 87 cit.; Wall. Cat. 5525; W. & A. Prod. 252; Wight Ic. t. 488. P. oxalidifolia, Royle Iilust. 201. P. maculata, R. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar, 162, t. 34. Axpine, Temperate and Susrrorican Himaraya from Srm~a and GarwHat to Assam, alt. 4—13,000 ft. Nuiteniris, Cryton, Birma, Wallich; Tenasserim, Parish.— Distris. Java, Zambesi-land. Rhizome thread-like, wide-creeping. Petiole long, filiform, bearing leaves like those of Ozxalis Acetosella ; leaflets subsessile, obovate, cuneate, emarginate, entire, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Peduncles overtopping the leaves, 1-2-flowered. Calyx 3 in. deep; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 4-3 in., purplish-white. Pod straight, glabrous, linear, 3-1 in. long. 12, TRIGONELLA, Linn. Annual herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, toothed. Flowers racemed, lemon-yellow. Calya: tube campanulate; teeth distinct, subequal. Petals free from the staminal tube; standard and wings narrow; keel shorter, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; filaments not dilated; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod linear or linear-oblong, compressed or subterete, not spiral, usually exserted, many-seeded, continuous within.—Disrris. Species 50, mostly Mediterranean and Oriental. Many cul- tivated for forage. * Pod short, turgid. 1. T. occulta, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 185; Botss. Fl. Orient. ii. 84. T. arguta, Visiant Pl. Agypt. 33, t. 8, fig. 1. Plains of Scnvpz, Stocks; Upper Gancetic Prain, near Lucknow, Anderson. — Distriz. Egypt, Nubia. Diffuse, densely czespitose, glabrous or subglabrous, annual, with slender stems a few in. long. Stipules deeply laciniatéd ; petiole exceeding the sharply-toothed minute oblanceolate cuneate leaflets. Flowers 2-4 together in copious sessile axillary clusters. Calyx 34 in.; teeth linear-setaceous. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod elliptical, scarcely exserted, glabrous, usually 2-seeded. ** Pod long, turgid. 2, T. Fonum-grecum, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 182; pod large long- beaked, reticulations distant not transverse. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 889; Wacl. Cat. 5984; W. & A. Prodr. 195; Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Greca, t. 766; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 70. ‘Kasumi, Punsas, Urrer Ganeetic Prawn, &¢.—Disrris. South Europe and Orient, widely cultivated. Annual, robust, erect, subglabrous. Stipules not laciniated; leaflets toothed, 3-1 in. long, oblanceolate-oblong. Flowers 1-2, sessile in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 4+ in., teeth linear. Corolla much exserted. Pod 2-3 in. long, 10-20-seeded, with a long persistent beak, often falcate. 3. ZB. polycerata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 184; pod small not beaked, reticulations close transverse, flowers 1-6 in a sessile or short-peduncled umbel. © T. incisa, Royle Ill. 197; Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 36, t. 42; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 76. TT. pinnatifida, Cav.; DC. Prodr. ii. 183. T. monantha, C. A. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. i. 584; Boiss, Fl. Orient. ii. 77. T. orthoceras, Kar. § Kir. ; Walp. Rep. i. 637 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 77, T. geminiflora, Bunge Rel. Lehm. 71. TT. brahuica, Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 73. Pounsap and Urrer Ganceric Prain, ascending to 6000 ft.—Disrris. West Siberia, Orient, South Europe to Spain. Annual, more slender, branched and diffuse than in the last. Stipules not laci- niated; points setaceous ; leaflets smaller, sharply inciso-dentate or even pinnatifid, ‘ 88 L. LEGUMINos#. (J. G. Baker.) [Trigonella, obovate; base deltoid, entire. Flowers 1-6 usually 2-4, sessile or on a short common peduncle in the axil of leaf. Calyr 2 in., subcylindrical; teeth setaceous, shorter than tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod 1-2 in. long, falcate, 4; in. broad, much wrinkled transversely, 10-20-seeded. 4, f. hamosa, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 183; pod small not beaked, reti- culations close transverse, flowers 6-12 in short-peduncled racemes. Boss, Fi. Orient. ii. 84. T. obcordata, Wall. Cat. 5986; Benth. in Royle Ill. 197, T. nervosa, Klotzsch in Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 158, t. 1, fig. 1. Included amongst Wallich’s plants, with the habitat of Tikari (Hamilton), but a doubtful native of India proper.—Disrrim. Afghanistan, Egypt, Nubia, Cape. Annual, glabrous. Stems cespitose, diffuse, 1 ft. or more long. Stipules broad, deeply cut; leaflets obovate-cuneate, shallowly toothed, 3-3 in. long; base deltoid, entire. Racemes close, equalling or falling short of the leaves, terminated by a spine. Calyx short-pedicelled, under j; in. deep; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube, Corolla three times the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, much curved, 4—6-seeded. *** Pod linear or linear-oblong fiat. 5. |. gracilis, Benth. in Royle Ill. 197; glabrous, peduncles 1-3- flowered, corolla distinctly exserted, pod linear straight 6-8-seeded. Kasumir, Kumaon, Gurwuat, &c., alt. 5-7000 ft. Stems very slender, trailing, 1-1} ft. long. Stipules linear, faintly toothed ; petiole shorter than leaflets, often scarcely any; leaflets obovate-cuneate, +4 in. long, finely inciso-dentate, veins raised. Peduncles filiform, exceeding leaves, ending in a conspicuous awn. Calyx } in. ; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Pod 3-4 in. by 4 in., marked with distinct rather close transverse veins. 6. T. pubescens, Edgw. MSS.; finely downy, peduncles 1-8-flowered, corolla slightly exserted, pod linear-oblong stmight 10-12-seeded. Hazara, Kasuuir, Kumaon, Pri, Kunawar, &c., alt. 5-10,000 ft. Stems more branched and stouter than in the last, reaching 1 ft. or more long. Stipules linear, faintly toothed ; petiole shorter than the blade; leaflets obovate- oblong, cuneate at the base, distinctly inciso-dentate, }-3 in. long. Peduncle as long as the leaves, not ending in an awn. Calya } in., finely downy ; teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube. Pod downy at first, $3 in. by 3+ in. ; veins transverse, distinct, very close. 7. ©. emodi, Benth. in Royle Ill. 197; flowers 4-6 rarely up to 12 closely racemose, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod linear-oblong straight 4-6- seeded. Melilotus emodi, Wail. Cat. 5941. Trigonella himalaica, Wall. MSS. T. cachemiriana, Camb. i Jacg. Voy. Bot. 36, t. 41. Botryolotus cachemy- ae Taub. § Spach. Itlust. i. 125. T. rhytidocarpa, Boiss. § ; Bal. Fl. Orient. i. 78. Kasumir.to Nrrat, alt. 4-10,000 ft.—Distrr. Afghanistan, Persia, Orient. Habit and inflorescence of T. corniculata, from which it mainly differs in pod. Stems glabrous, copiously branched, 1 ft. or more high. Stipules slightly inciso-dentate, points linear-setaceous ; leaflets obovate, distinctly inciso-dentate in the wild form. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, terminated by a distinct point. Calyz glabrous, 2-4 in. ; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Pod 4-3 in. by 1-2 in., glabrous, with close dis- tinct raised veins. 8. T. corniculata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 184; flowers 6-12 closely race- mose, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod narrow linear falcately recurved 4-8 seeded. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 889; W. & A. Prodr. 196; Wight Ic. t. 884; Sibth. § Sm. Fl. Greeca, t. 761; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 83. T. elatior, Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Greca, t. 762. T. fimbriata, Royle IU. 197. T. esculenta, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii, 185; Wail. Cat. 5985. Melilotus.] L. LEGUMINOs&. (J. G. Baker.) 89 Bzneat, Kasuwar and Lapax to Kumaon, alt. 5-12,000 ft.—Drsrri. Af- ghanistan, Orient, South Europe. ‘ Diffuse, very much branched, glabrous, suberect, 1 ft. or more high. Stipules deeply or faintly toothed, points setaceous; petiole as long as or exceeding leafiets ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, faintly inciso-dentate, ra in. long. Peduneles exceeding the leaves, awned at the tip. Calyx }in.; teeth shorter than the tube. Pod 4-8 in. by $ in,, glabrous, marked with close transverse raised veins. 13. MELILOTUS, Juss. Annual or biennial herb. Leaves with toothed pinnately 3-foliolate’ leaflets. Flowers in long racemes. Calya-tube campanulate ; teeth 5, subequal, lanceo- late. Corolla caducous, free from the staminal tube; standard and wings narrow; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, filaments not dilated ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, few-ovuled ; style filiform, glabrous, much incuryed, stigma terminal. Pod oblong, much exserted, indehiscent.— nage Species about a dozen; spread through the temperate regions of the orld. 1. M. parviflora, Desf.; DC. Prodr. ii. 187 ; annual, corolla pale yellow minute, standard exceeding wings and keel, pod glabrous. Wall. Cat. 5948 A, B.; W. & A. Prodr. 196; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 108. M. indica, All. Fl. Ped. i. 808. M. minima, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 189. Trifolium indicum, Linn. ; Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 388. Western Pentnsuta, Bencat, Norra Wesr Provinces, tropical zone.—D1s- trip. Orient, Europe, and introduced in many other regions. Stems slender, 1-14 ft. high. Stipules linear acuminate; leaflets obovate or ob- lanceolate, retuse or emarginate. Flowering-racemes close; fruiting-racemes 1-2 in. Calyx 3; in. ; teeth deltoid. Corolla not more than J; in. long. Pod 3—}in., obscurely reticulato-lacunose, usually 1-seeded.—M. parviflora, Wall. 5943 D, is M. italica, Lam., only known in India in cultivation. 2. M. alba, Lamk. Dict. iv. 63; biennial, corolla white, standard exceed- ing wings and keel, pod glabrous. Bovss. Fl. Orient. ii. 109. M. altissima, Wall. Cat. 5942, non Thuill. M. leucantha, Koch; DC. Prodr. ii. 187; W. & A. Prodr. 196. M. vulgaris, Willd. Enum. 490. Northern Provinces, ascending from the plains of Bencat to 12-13,000 ft. in Nopra, and 11,000 ft. in Lanax.—Distris. Europe, Orient, Siberia, &c. Much taller and more robust than the last. Stipules and leaflets similar. Racemes in flower 14-2 in., in fruit 3-4 in. long. Calyx under %, in.; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla always white, inodorous, 2-3 times the length of the calyx in the temperate zone, nearly as small as in M. parviflora in the plains. Pod as in the last, but larger, often 2-seeded. 3. M. officinalis, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 186; biennial, corolla yellow, standard the same length as the wings and keel, pod hairy. Boiss. FJ. Orient. ii. 109. M. macrorhiza, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 187. M. altissima, Thuill. Fl. Par, 378, non Pallich. Trifolium officinale, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 388. Nosra and Lapax : 10-13,000 ft., Thomson, Stewart.—Disrrie. Europe, Orient, &c. Very like M. alba in general habit and identical in stipules and leaflets. Racemes denser, and not quite so long. Calyx =, in.; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla linear, yellow, odorous, usually three times as long as the calyx. Pod dis- tinctly stipitate, 2 in. long, 1-2-seeded, not so obtuse. 14. MEDICAGO, Linn. Herbs, rarely shrubs. Zeaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets toothed. Caly2- tube campanulate; teeth 5, subequal. Corolla more or less exserted, tree 90 L. LEGuMINoss. (J. G. Baker.) [ Medicago. from the staminal tube; standard and wings oblong; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; filaments filiform; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, usually many-ovuled ; style short, little incurved; stigma oblique. Pod usually spirally twisted, many-seeded, indehiscent, rarely sickle-shaped, in M. lupulina one-seeded.—Disrrre. Species about 40; spread principally round the Mediter- ranean. M. sativa, Linn.; Wall. Cat. 5945, A,B, probably a cultivated race of M., falcata, characterised by the pod forming a double spiral and flowers usually purple, is often grown for forage in Madras, Bengal, and the North-West Provinces. * Suberect, perennial. l. M. falcata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 172; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 93. M. sativa, Wall. Cat. 5945 C,D. M. procumbens, Besser, Prim. Fl. Gal. ii. 127. Kasumre, Lavax, Kunawar, &c.; alt. 5-13,000 ft.—Disram. Affghanistan, Orient, and all through Europe. Subglabrous, copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leajlets oblanceolate, 3-1 in. long. Peduncles exceeding leaves. Flowers 12-20, in close racemes. Calya % in.; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, sickle-shaped, glabrous, 3}? in. long, 5-10-seeded. ** Diffuse trailing annuals or biennzals. 2. Mf. lupulina, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 172; biennial, pod minute linear sickle-shaped unarmed one-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5944; Bowss. Fl. Orient. ii. 105. Tropical and temperate tracts of the north-west, ascending from the Inpvs valley and Ganczric plain to 10-12,000 ft—Duzsrrrp. Orient, Siberia, Europe, Abyssinia, often cultivated. Stem 1 ft. or more long, finely downy. Stipules toothed; points lanceolate, acuminate; leaflets obovate, faintly inciso-crenate, base deltoid, entire. Flowers 12-20, densely capitate; peduncles exceeding the leaves. Calyx 3, in.; teeth seta- ceous, as long as the tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod 3, in. long, indehiscent, glabrous or downy, faintly veined longitudinally, finally black. 3. IM. orbicularis, All.; DC. Prodr. ii. 174; annual, pod spiral unarmed large vertically compressed. Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 97. _ Kasuair ; temperate region, Faleoner.—Disrniz. Orient, Mediterranean, Abys- sinia. Stems slender, subglabrous, a foot or more long. Stipules short, deeply laciniated ; leaflets 3-3 in. long, obovate-cuneate, faintly inciso-dentate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 1-3-flowered. Calyx 3in.; teeth linear-setaceous. Corolla yellow, much exserted. Pod 4-3 in. broad, with 4-5 flattened spirals, distantly finely trans- versely veined. 4. M. laciniata, All.; DC. Prodr. ii. 180; annual, stipules laciniated, pod small subglobose spiral muricated, corolla scarcely exserted. Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 104. Punsaz; tropical region, Fleming, Jacquemont, Aitchison.—Distrw®. Orient, Medi- terranean, Abyssinia. : Stems glabrous, very slender, reaching a foot long. Leaflets 1-8 in. long, obovate- cuneate, sharply inciso-dentate or even pinnatifid; petiole equalling or exceeding leaflets. Peduncles filiform, awned, 1-2-flowered. Calyx narrowly turbinate, } in.; teeth setaceous. Pod 4 in. broad with 4-5 sharply muricated spirals, 5. M. denticulata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 176; annual, stipules laci- niated, corolla twice the calyx, pod subglobose spiral muricated. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 102. M. canescens, Grah. i Wall. Cat. 5946. M. polymorpha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iti. 390, Lotus.] L. LEGUMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) _ 94 Tropical zone of the north-west : Scmvpz, Bencar, Oupz, Punsas, Kumaon, &e.— Disrrrs. Orient, Abyssinia, Europe, Japan, China, Siberia. Stems subglabrous, more robust than in M. minima and laciniata. Leaflets 4-3 in. long, obovate-cuneate, faintly toothed. Peduncles short, closely 2-6-flowered, not. awned. Calyx 3; in.; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Pod with 2-4 spirals,. the veined face 4-7 in. broad without the spines, which are 3—} in. long in the type,, but reduced down to mere tubercles in the var. M. apicwlata, Willd, 6. M. minima, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 178 ; annual, stipules subentire, pod. small subglobose spiral muricated. Botss. F°. Orient, ii. 108. Kasumir, alt. 5-6000 ft., D. Thomson.—Disrriz. Afghanistan, Orient, Mediter- ranean, Abyssinia, Europe. ‘Finely downy, the stems under + ft. long. Fptioles as long as the leaflets, which are- obovate-cuneate, }-3 in. long, distinctly toothed. Peduncles as long as the leaves, closely 2—5-flowered, not mucronate. Calyx 7, in., finely downy; teeth linear-seta-- ceous, as long as the tube. Corolla distinctly exserted. Pod 3 in. broad, exclusive of the long spines, formed of 4-5 close spirals. 1 15. LOTUS, Lim. Herbs. Leaves usually 5-foliate, the lowest pair of leaflets arising from the base- of the petiole like stipules. Calyx tube campanulate, teeth subequal. Corolla caducous, free from the staminal tube; standard obovate clawed, exceeding the wings and incurved shortly beaked keel. Stamens diadelphous, filaments dilated at the apex ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; style long, abruptly inflexed, stigma terminal. Pod linear, turgid, septate between the- seeds.—Drstxis. Species 50 or more, spread through North and South temperate- regions. L. major, Scop. is in Bellew’s Kashgar collection. 1, &. corniculatus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii, 214; herbaceous, leaflets 5,. upper 8 remote from lower 2, flowers in peduncled terminal umbels. Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 165. L. bracteatus, Wall. Cat. 5939. . West Himatayas, as far east as Nrpat, principally in the temperate zone up to 10,000 ft., but descending into the plains —Disrris. Europe, Orient, Abyssinia, Japan,. Australia. Perennial. Stems slender, glabrous or obscurely silky. Leaflets 5, the end one sessile and two lowest stipule like. Flowers 4-8 in a close umbel, subtended by a re- duced trifoliolate leaf, at the end of along peduncle. Calyx 3 in.; teeth lanceolate-cus— pidate. Corolla showy, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Pod cylindrical, straight, 3-1 in. long. ae minor ; a dwarf form, from the plains of Scinde with solitary flowers and fleshy leaflets 3 in. Jong. 2.4.7? Garcini, DC. Prodr. ii. 212; suffruticose, leaflets 3 all sessile yarely 5, flowers sessile axillary solitary. Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 174. Ononis- Aucheri, Jaub. § Spach Ill. Pl. Orient, t. 96. LL. Stocksii, Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. 174. Scrnpz in sandy ground near the sea, Stocks.—Distris. Through Persia to Nubia. Habit less like that of a Lotus than of an Ononis, to which genus it also approaches by its slightly dimorphous anthers. Stems 4-1 ft., copiously stiffly branched, covered like: the leaves with short grey tomentum. Leaflets pale, fleshy, 1-4 in. long, obovate-cune-- ate. Flowers copious, inconspicuous. Calye 3 in., densely downy; teeth linear, twice the tube. Corolla not exserted. Pod linear, straight, 5-6-seeded, 3-4 in. long. 792 L. LEGuMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) [ Cyamopsis. 16. CYAMOPSIS, DC. Erect annuals, with 8-foliolate leaves, laterally attached hairs and small pur- plish flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx-tube oblique ; teeth unequal, the lowest -elongated, setaceous. Petals caducous: standard and wings narrow ; keel obtuse, - slightly incurved. Stamens monadelphous; anthers uniform, apiculate. Ovary _ sessile, linear, 6-8-ovuled ; style short, filiform, much incurved, stigma capitate. Pod linear, straight, subtetragonous, 2-valved, septate between the seeds.— Disrrip. Species 2, the other Arabian and trop. African. 1. ©. psoralioides, DC. Prodr. ii. 216; Wall. Cat. 5920; W. & A. Prodr.197; Wight Ic. t.248. Psoralea tetragonoloba, Linn. Mant. 104. Lupinus trifoliatus, Cav. Ic. t. 59. Dolichos psoraloides, Lamk. Dict. ii. 300. D. fabse- formis, L’Herit.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii® 316. Plains from the Himazaya to the WusrzRn Pentnsvza, but often, perhaps always, - eultivated.—Distri. Afghanistan. A robust, erect annual, 2-3 ft. high, clothed with adpressed grey hairs attached by ~the middle, asin Indigofera. Stipules long, linear-setaceous; leaves petioled, 3-foliolate ; leaflets ovate, acute, inciso-dentate, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 6-80 in copious close short- peduncled axillary racemes; bracts setaceous, protruded. Calyx d-+in. Corolla scarcely exserted. Pod thick, fleshy, straight, 14-2 in. long. 17. INDIGOFERA, Linn. Herbs or shrubs clothed more or less densely with adpressed hairs laterally -attached, often silvery-canescent. Flowers in copious axillary racemes. Caly: minute, campanulate ; teeth 5, subequal or the lowest longest. “Corolla caducous ; standard obovate; keel straight, not rostrate, spurred on each side near the base. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform, apiculate. Ovary sessile, usually many- -ovuled ; style short incurved, stigma capitate usually penicillate. Pod usually linear-cylindrical, rarely oblong or globose, turgid, rarely flattish, in one section -crescent-shaped, densely muricated.—Disrrre. Species 250-300, spread through all tropical regions and also abundant at the Cape. Sunemy. 1. Acanthonotus, Benth. Pod recurved, sickle-shaped, 1- seeded, muricated along the ventral suture. 1. I. echinata, Milld.; DC. Prodr. ii. 222; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fi. Ind. iii. 370; Wall. Cat. 5456; IW. & A. Prodr. 198; Wight Ic. t. 316; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb, Fi. 57. Hedysaram nummularifolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1051 (excl. -syn.). H. rotundifolium, Vahl Symb. ii. 81. H. erinaceum, Poir. Dict. Suppl. vi. 893. Onobrychis rotundifolia, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 348. O. cuneifolia, DC. Prodr, ii. 348. Indigofera prostrata, Rovd. MSS. Plains of Cryzon and the Wrstern Pentysvta.—Distrip. Guinea. A diffuse much-branched annual with stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, broad-obovate, obtuse, mucronate, glabrescent, membranous, }-3 in. long; sti- pules linear-setaceous. Racemes copious. short-peduncled, 6—10-flowered. Calyz 35 In. ; teeth setaceous, very long. Corodla pinkish, 3 in. Pod under 1 in. long, laterally flattened, beaked with the persistent style. ‘ es 2. Spheeridiophora, Desy. Pod minute, unarmed, globose, -seeded. 2. I. linifolia, Retz; DC. Prodr. ii. 222; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 370; Cor. Pl. t. 196; Wall. Cat. 5489; W. § A. Prodr. 198; Wight Ic. t. 8313; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 188. Spheeridiophora linifolium, Desv. Journ. Bot, iii, 125, t. 6, fig. 85. 8. abyssinicum, Jaud. et Spach. Ill, t. 494. Indigofera. ] L. LEGUMINOSEZ. (J. G. Baker.) 93° Throughout India from the Hmatayas to Ceyzton, common.—Disrr, Abyssinia, . Afghanistan, Malay Isles, N. Australia. Annual, the whole plant persistently silvery-hoary. Stems slender, copiously ~ branched both at the base and cpwanle 3-1 ft Soe simple, subsessile, a in long, typically linear, acute, but varying (var. Campbeillit, Wight) to obovate, obtuse with a mucro; stipules minute, setaceous. Flowers 6-12 in copious dense subsessile racemes. Calyx #4 in., silvery ; teeth long, linear-setaceous. Corolla bright red, 2-3. times the calyx. Pod hard, mucronate, silvery, under 3, in. thick. Suncrn. 3. Huindigofera, Benth. Ovary with at least 2 ovules, usually ~ with many. Pod linear or oblong, unarmed, turgid. Group 1. Simplcifolie. Leaves simple (in Sp. 6 casually 3-folioliate.) 3. I. cordifolia, Heyne; DC. Prodr. ii. 222; herbaceous, loosely pubes-- cent, leaves subsessile cordate-ovate, flowers in dense sessile heads, pod oblong 2-seeded. W. & A. Prodr. 199; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. Heylandia ? cor-- difolia, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5343. Plains throughout India proper, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Chenab valley.— Disrrrs. Afghanistan, Beloochistan, Nubia, Malay Isles, N. Australia. A copiously branched diffuse annual with stems 4-3 ft. long. Leaves subobtuse with a mucro, flexuous, $—3 in. long, obscurely downy above, densely below ; stipules setace-- ous, minute. Heads copious, 4~8-flowered. Calyx } in. densely downy ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla bright red, not exserted. Pod under jin. long, pubescent, casually~ 1-seeded. : 4, I. triquetra, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 36; herbaceous, thinly argenteo-canescent, leaves subsessile oblong, flowers 6-12 in small peduncled. racemes, pod linear 4-6-seeded. Dalz. § Gubs. Bomb. Flora, 58. Plains of Concan, Dalzell, Stocks. Perennial, greenish in shade, obscurely silvery in exposure. Stems very flexuous,. trailing, 1 ft. or less long, slender, acutely triquetrous. Leaves firm, }—} in. long, nar- rowed or slightly rounded at both ends ; stipules setaceous, persistent. Hacemes short-- peduneled, finally an inch long. Calyx 3, in., canescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla din. bright red. Pod 4-$ in. long, turgid, glabrous, the flattened sutures margined by acute keels. 5, I. caloneura, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 229; shrubby,. fulvo-puberulous, leaves small petioled elliptical with veins beneath much raised,. yacemes short close, pods unknown. . Prev, Kurz. ‘An erect branched shrub. Leaves 3-4 in., rounded to both ends, mucronulate, char- taceous, glabrous above, glaucescent and softly pubescent below; petiole as long as- blade; stipules minute, linear-subulate. Racemes usually shorter than leaves; pe- duncle 2 in.; bracts subulate, moderately long. Calya« broad, short. Corolla 4 in., probably rose. Ovary densely silky. 6. I. Brunoniana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5491; shrubby, argenteo-ca-- nescent, leaves large petioled oblong, racemes close elongated, pods cylindrical. many-seeded. Wail. Pl. As. Rar. t. 279. Brema, Mount Prome, Wallich. Branches long, virgate, terete, slender. Leaves oblong, casually 3-foliolate, firm, conspicuously veined below, 3-5 in. long, obtuse or subacute; stipules deciduous ; petioles 34 in. Racemes short-peduncled, copious, reaching 4—5 in. long. Calyx oblique, argenteo-canescent, 75 in. long; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla 3 in., bright red 5. standard thinly canescent. Pod turgid, 2 in. long, thinly canescent, recurved at the tip- Group 2. Sessiliflore. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers in dense sessile or short-peduncled heads. Pods short, few-seeded. ‘94 L. LEGUMINOSH. (J. G. Baker.) [ Indigofera. 7. I. glandulosa, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 223; thinly pubescent, not at all sargenteo-canescent, leaves distinctly petioled always 3-foliolate, corolla 3-4 times the calyx, pod 1-2-seeded. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 872; Wall. Cat. 5461; W. § A. Prodr. 199; Wight Ic. t. 330; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. I. frumentacea, Roxb. MSS. Plains of WEesTERN PENINSULA and BuNDELKUND. Annual, with elongated slender branches clothed when young with spreading hairs, Stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole nearly as long as the leaflets ; leaflets oblanceolate, membranous, 3~1 in. long, green above, hairs adpressed obscure, pale glaucous with co- pious distinct black dots below. Heads +3 in. long, sessile. Calyx 3, in., pubescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Pod brown, finely pubescent, oblong, 2 in. long, the sutures often -dentate, in var. J. Sykesti, Herb. Griff., globose, 1-seeded. 8. I. trigonelloides, Jaub. § Spach." Illust. t. 482; densely silvery, leaves distinctly petioled 5-7-foliolate, corolla scarcely exserted, pod linear 3~4- ‘seeded. I. asperifolia, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 2272. I. wruginis, Schweinf. Fl. ZEthiop. 11. Plains of Scrnpz, Stocks.—Distris. Afghanistan, Abyssinia. Annual; stems cespitose, trailing, much branched, 3-1 ft. long. Leaves 3-1 in. long; leaflets firm, alternate, oblanceolate; stipules linear ; petiole 1% in. Heads copious, always sessile, round or oblong, 12-20 flowered. Calyx 4 in.; teeth long, ‘setaceous. Corolla red. Pod } in. long, cylindrical, silvery-hoary, torulose. 9. £. enneaphylia, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 229; thinly silvery-hoary, leaves nearly sessile 7-11-foliolate, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 9-seeded. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 876; Wall. Cat. 5444; W. § A. Prodr. 199; Wight Ic. t. 403; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. I. ceespitosa, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5447. Hedysarum prostratum, Linn. Mant. i. 102; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 55, fig. 1. Plains of India from the Himatayas (where it ascends to £000 ft.) to Ceynon and Birma.—Distriz. Angola, Malay isles, North Australia. Annual or biennial. Stems densely cxspitose, 1-1} ft., trailing, much branched. Leaves 4-14 in. long ; leaflets firm, oblanceolate, alternate ; stipules minute, setaceous. Heads 12—20-flowered, dense, short-peduncled or sessile. Calyx iz tin., hoary; teeth Jong, setaceous. Pod 3-4 in. long, cylindrical, thinly hoary. Group 8. Digitate. Leaves digitate or nearly so, rarely 1-foliolate, sessile. Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 10. X. uniflora, Hamilt. MSS.; herbaceous, branches very slender, pedicels exceding the leaves as long as the pod. Rob. Fl. Ind. iii. 374; Wall. Cat. 5446 ; W. & A. Prodr. 199; Wight Ic. t. 883 ; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. FI. 58. Plains of the Western Peninsvuza and Carnatic. Perennial. Stems herbaceous, very slender, copiously branched, 1-1} ft. long. Stipules setaceous, very minute ; leaflets 8-7, rarely 1, narrow, oblanceolate, subobtuse ‘or subacute, 4-3 in. long, pale green, membranous, with a few obscure adpressed. hairs, not always perfectly digitate. Pedicels filiform, 3-4 in, Calyx scarcely 3, in. ; teeth long, linear. Corolla red, in. Pod glabrous, straight, linear, 3-2 in, “long, -4-7-seeded. ll. I. aspalathoides, Vahl; DC. Prodr. ii. 231; shrubby, branches woody rigid, pedicels as long as the leaves much shorter than the pod. W.& A. Prodr. 199; Waght Ic. t. 382; Hook. Ic. t. 188; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 58. I. aspalathifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii.3871; Wall. Cat. 5445. Aspalathus indicus, Lenn. Sp. Plant. 1001. Lespedeza juncea, Wall. Cat. 5743, B—Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 37. Plains of Carnatic and Crron. Indigofera. ] L. LeGuMINosZ. (J. G. Baker.) 95 A low undershrub, with copiously spreading rigid terete branches and argenteo- eanescent branchlets. Leaflets 1-5, pale green, with a few obscure adpressed hairs, oblanceolate, 4-2 in. long, often complicate. Pedicels erecto-patent, 4-3 in. Calyx and corolla like that of I. uniflora. Pod straight, glabrous, turgid, 3-8 in. long. 6-8- seeded. Group 4. Dissityflore. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers few together, in lax short-peduncled racemes. ‘ 12. £. pentaphylla, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 230; branches with only a few spreading deciduous glandless hairs, leaflets 5 obovate, racemes 2—-4-flowered, pods glabrous. W.& A. Prodr.200; Wight Ic. t. 385, non Burch. I. glabra, Lenn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 229. I. fragrans, Retz.; DC. Prodr. loc. cit.; Roxb, Fl. Ind. iii. 875; Wail. Cat, 5452. Plains throughout India Proper from the Hiwarayas to Ceyron.—Distris. Trop. Africa, Annual, densely cespitose; branches firm, very slender, a foot or more long. Leaves short-petioled, 3-1 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, pale, glaucous below, with a few adpressed bristly hairs ; stipules setaceous, persistent, Calyx 3, in. long; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla }in., bright red. Pod turgid, straight, 8-2 in. long, 8-12-seeded, not at all torulose. 13. I. tenuifolia, Rottl.; W.§ A. Prodr. 200; branches and pod with only a few adpressed hairs, ieaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 3-6-flowered. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 58. Plains of the Western Pentnsuza and Crrton. General habit of I. pentaphylia, which it approaches closely. Leaves 3-1 in. long, short-petioled; leaflets opposite, firmer than in the last and much narrower, with numerous adpressed hairs on both sides; stipules setaceous, very minute. Racemes short-peduncled, equalling or slightly exceeding the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in L. pentaphylla. Pod straight, cylindrical, 3-1 in. long, 8—10-seeded, distinctly torulose. 14. I. viscosa, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 227; branches and pod densely clothed with minute gland-tipped hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 6-12- flowered. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 877; W.& A. Prodr. 200; Wight Ic. t. 404; Wall. Cat. 5451; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 189. I. glutinosa, Perott.; DC. Prodr. doc, cit. I. lateritia, Willd.; DC. Prodr. loc. cit. I. graveolens and glutinosa, Roxb. MSS. Galega Colutea, Burm. Fl. Ind. 172. Plains of India from the Hrmazayas to Ceyton; Brrma.—Disrris, Trop. Africa, Afghanistan, Malay isles, North Australia. Branches densely cxspitose, 1-3 ft. high, more robust and woody than in the two last, persistently densely viscous throughout. Leaves 3-14 in. long ; leaflets mem- branous, opposite, pale green above, very glaucous below, with persistent adpressed bristly hairs; stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole } in. long, viscous like the branches. Racemes short-peduncled, about as long as the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in the two last. Pod straight, 3-1 in. long, 10-12-seeded, faintly torulose. 15. £. pedicellata, W. § A. Prod. 200; branches and pod glabrescent, leaflets 3 oblanceolate-oblong, racemes 6-12-flowered. Wight Ic. t. 983. Nieurris and Putney hills. Perennial. Branches trailing, firm, very slender, a foot or more long, faintly pubescent when young. Stipules linear, minute; petiole shorter than the leaflets; leaflets firm, 3-4 in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs on both sides, and black sessile glands below, the end one subsessile. acemes 4-1 in. long, 6—-12-flowered ; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, with distinct linear bracteoles. Calyx 3; in., shortly pubescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corclla red, twice the calyx. Pod straight, in. long, many-seeded, obscurely pubescent at first, not at all torulose. 96 L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Indigofera. Group 5. Tinctorie. Leaves odd-pinnate. Racemes many-flowered, usually peduncled. Pods linear, usually many-seeded. * Leaflets 3-5. 16. Z. trifoliata, Zinn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 223; suffruticose, branches and membranous leaves thinly clothed with adpressed hairs, racemes sessile con- gested, leaflets 3 the end one sessile, pod straight glabrescent 6-8-seeded. W. & A. Prodr. 201; Wight Ic. t. 314; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. I. pro- strata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 283; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii. 373. I. moluceana, DC. Prodr. ii. 282. I. multicaulis, DC. Prodr. ii. 228. I. canes- cens, Grah. in Wall, Cat. 5448. I. peregrina, DC. Prodr. ii. 224. I. orixensis, Roxb. MSS. I. adenophylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5462. I. congesta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5471. Hiwanayas (ascending to 4000 ft. in Kumaon) to Ceyton, Tenasserim, Helfer.— Distriz. Java, China, Philippines, North Australia. Perennial. Stems copiously branched, trailing or suberect, 1-2 ft. long, soon glabrescent. Stipules minute, setaceous; petiole shorter than the leaflets, which are always 3, digitate, oblanceolate, 4-1 in. long, grey-green above, glaucous below with black dots. Racemes 6-12-flowered, usually shorter than the petiole. Calyx 2. in.; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla red, 3-4 times the calyx. Pod deflexed, 4-2 in. long, the sutures acutely bordered, the valves not torulose. 17. £. vestita, Baker; suffruticose, branches and leaves densely pubes- cent, leaflets 38 the end one sessile, racemes sessile congested, pod straight pubescent many-seeded. Western Peninsuta; Pulney hills, Wight. Closely allied to the preceding, differing mainly in pubescence. Branches very slender, densely ceespitose, under a foot long, ascending, clothed like the petioles, and leaves with short spreading soft brownish hairs. Petiole 1-3 in.; leaflets crowded, obovate, soft, thick, obtuse, 3-3 in. long. Racemes as in J. trifoliata. Calyx densely pubescent, teeth setaceous, plumose. Pod clothed with brown pubescence like that. of the branches. 18. Z. trita, Linn. fil.; DC. Prodr. ii. 232 ; suffruticose, branches and mem- branous leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets 8 obovate the end one stalked, racemes congested, pod straight tetragonous 6-10-seeded not torulose. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 371; Don Prodr. 245; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. t.16; W.& A. Prodr. 204; Wall. Cat. 5449; Wight Ic. t. 815, 886; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 60. I. cinerea, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 232. I. timoriensis, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii, 223. I. canescens, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. 224, non Wail. I. hedysaroides, Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 232. I. arcuata, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 232. I. vigida, Welld.; DC. Prodr. ii. 224, I. armata, Wall. Cat. 5458. I. argentea, Wall. Cat. 5455, in part. I. Leschenaultii, DC. Prodr. ii. 298, I. ternata, Roxb. MSS. I. virgata, DC. Prodr. ii. 224, non Roxb. Plains of India from the Himazayas to Certon; Brrma.—Disrrre. Trop. Africa, Malay isles, North Australia. An undershrub, 2-8 ft. high, with firm slender branches, soon glabrescent. Stipules minute, setaceous; petiole 3-3 in.; leaflets always 3, the end one 1-1} in. long, the side ones opposite. Hacemes 6—12-flowered, usually sessile, seldom over an inch long. Calyx 3-4 in., white-canescent; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla purplish-red, twice the calyx. Pod deflexed, 3-1} in. long, the firm glabrescent valves obtusely keeled. 19. IZ. subulata, Vahl; DC. Prodr. ii. 232; suffruticose, branches and. membranous leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets 5 obovate the side ones opposite, racemes elongated, pod long recurved 10~-15-seeded not Indigofera. | L. LEGUMINOsE. (J. G. Baker.) 97 ‘torulose. I. mucronata, Spreng.; DC. Prodr. ii. 227. I. flaccida, Kenig.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Fl. Ind. iii. 375; W. § A. Prodr. 204; Wight Ie. +t. 387; Wall. Cat. 5475. I. scabra, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 229, I. Thonningii, Thonn. et Schum. Pl. Guin. 366. i Plains of the Wxstern Pentnsuta and Ceynoy.—Distew. Trop. Africa, Trop. America. ; Habit and leaflets of I. ¢rita, from which it differs in racemes, leaves and pod. Branches woody, virgate, soon glabrescent. Leaflets thin, glabrescent above, pale below with a few adpressed grey hairs, always 5 on the leaves of the main branches, 3-lin. long. Peduneles 1-2 in. long; racemes 20-40-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long. Calyx 3; in.: teeth setaceous. Corolla lilac, 2-8 times the calyx. Pod 1-2 in. long, ‘subtetragonal from the raised keel of the valves. 20. I. marginulata, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5467 ; suffruticose, branches and membranous leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets 5 opposite obovate, racemes elongated, pod straight turgid 5-6-seeded. W.& A. Prodi. 204. . Concan, Stocks ; Dindygul hills, in the Carnatic, Wight. General habit of I. subulata, from which it scarcely differs, except in pod. Leaflets ‘the same in shape, size, and vestiture. Racemes lax, short-peduncled, 2-3 in. long, exceeding the leaves. Pods deflexed, 3-1 in. long, clothed with minute adpressed ‘deciduous grey hairs, the valves broadly rounded. 21. L. angulosa, Edgew. MSS.; suffruticose, branches and membranous leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets opposite 5 oblong, racemes elongated, pod short moniliform 1-3-seeded. I. subulata var. angulosa, Edgew. in Linn, Journ. ix, 311. Bunpzerxunn, Edgeworth. General habit, leaves and flowers of the two preceding. Leaflets 1-1} in. long, pale grey-green. Racemes peduncled, 30—50-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long, much exceeding the leaves. Pod 3-} in. long, deeply constricted between the seeds, with a beak which is gradually narrowed into the style. 22. I. paucifolia, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 224; shrubby, branches and ‘subcoriaceous leaves argenteo-canescent, leaflets 3-5 alternate, pods 6-8-seeded torulose recurved. Wall. Cat. 5454; W.& A. Prodr. 201; Wight Ic. t. 331; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 190. I. argentea, Rov. Fl. Ind. tii. 874; Wall. Cat. 5455, ex parte, non Linn. I. heterophylla, Roxb. MSS. Plains from Scrnpz and the Uprer Ganers to Czrton.—Disrriz. Java, Beloo- chistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa. ‘A shrub reaching 4-6 ft. high, with copious woody branches. Leaflets firm, ob- lanceolate-oblong, 3-1 in. long, sometimes solitary on the branches ; petiole short, but distinct. Racemes short-peduncled, 20-50-flowered, reaching 3-4 in. long. Calyx silvery, 2, in.; teeth lanceolate-cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla red, 2-4 times the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod 4-3 in. long, glaucous, distinctly torulose. ** Leaflets many, opposite (except I. endecaphylla) ; flowers small. 93. E. parviflora, Heyne; herbaceous, thinly argenteo-canescent, leaflets 7-9 linear or narrow oblanceolate opposite pod long glabrescent 15-20- seeded recurved at the tip. Wall. Cat. 5457; W. & A, Prodr, 201. I. linearis, Guill. & Per. Fl. Seneg. 184. Indigastrum deflexum, Jaub. § Spach. Mil, t. 492. VOL, Il. H 98 L, LEGuMInosz, (J. G. Baker.) [ Indigofera. Plains of the Carnatic and West Prnrinsuta.—Disrri. Arabia, Trop. Africa, N. Australia. : A suberect copiously-branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, with slender finely canescent. stems. Leaves short-petioled, 1}—2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, }~1 in. long, obtuse or subacute, thinly argenteo-canescent; stipules minute, setaceous. acemes con- gested, sessile, 4-1 in. long, 6-12-flowered. Calyx 4, in.; teeth linear,long. Corolla lilac, 2-8 times the calyx. Pod 1-1} in. long, finely canescent when young. ‘ 24, X. endecaphylia, Jacq. Ic. t. 570; herbaceous, stem and leaves with. only a few adpressed hairs, leaflets 5-9 oblanceolate alternate, pod straight glabrescent 6-10-seeded. DC. Prodr. ii, 228; Bot. Reg. t. 789. I. pusilla,. Lamk.; DC. Prodr. ii, 229? I. Kleinii, W. §& A. Prodr. 204. I. debilis, Grak. in Wall. Cat. 5466. I. anceps, Vahl.; Poir. Dict. Suppl. iii. 147. I. Schim- periana, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 366. Plains of the Wrsrern Pexmsvta. Brrma, Wailich—Duisrrie. Cape, Trop. Afriea, Siam,. China. An annual or biennial, with trailing stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves nearly sessile, 1-3 in. long; leaflets membranous, obtuse, 3—3 in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs; stipules }-} in., lanceolate, acuminate. Racemes close, usually peduncled, 1-4 in. long. Calyx 3-4 in. ; teeth setaceous, long. Corolla violet-purple, twice the calyx. Pods deflexed, #1 in. long. —If Lamarck’s name belong here it has priority. 25. I. hirsuta, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 228; herbaceous, stems densely - clothed with short spreading pubescence, leaflets 5-11 opposite large obovate, pod short straight pubescent 6-8-seeded. Wail. Cat. 5450; W.& A. Prodr. 204; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iti. 376; Jacg. Ic. t. 569; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. t. 24. I. fusea, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 211. I, ferruginea, Schum. § Thonn. Pl. Guin. 370—Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 30. ' Plains from the Himazayas (ascending to 4500 ft. in Kumaon) to Ceyton, Ava, and Texasserim.—Distris. Trop. Africa, Trop. America, Java, Philippines, N- . Australia. ; Annual or biennial, suberect, reaching 2-4 ft. high, the pubescence grey or brown.. Leaves short-petioled, 2-5 in. long ; leaflets membranous, grey-green, glaucous below, reaching 1-2 in. long, densely coated with adpressed hairs; stipules setaceous, plumose. racemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-6 in. long. Calyx 3 in., densely pubescent; teeth setaceous, long, plumose. Corolla red, not much exserted. Pod 4-3 in. long, densely clothed like the branches. 26. X. semitrijuga, Forshk.; DC. Prod. ii. 230; suffruticose, densely argenteo-canescent, leaflets opposite small obovate 5-9, pod linear straight 4-6- seeded not torulose. Plains of Scivpx, Stocks.—Distrip. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. A low shrub, diffusely branched from the base. eaves under 1 in. long ; leaflets obtuse, 3-4 in. long, subcoriaceous, sometimes emarginate; stipules ° minute, setaceous. Hacemes laxly 6-12-flowered, short-peduncled, usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx ys in., canescent; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla twice the calyx, thinly silvery oxternally. Pod z in, long, turgid, canescent. 27. I. argentea, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 224, shrubby, densely argenteo- eanescent, leaflets large obovate, pod reflexed 3-4-seeded torulose. Her. Stirp. t. 79; Boiss. Fl. Ortent. ii. 190, non Roxb. nec Wall, I. glauca, Lamk. Diet 246. I. articulata, Gowan Ill. 49. I. tinctoria, Forsh, Egypt. 188, non Linn, ’ Indigofera. ] L, LEGUMINOSa. (J. G. Baker.) 99 Plains of Scrypz, Stocks.—Disrris. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. A shrub several feet high, with sulcate woody branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; leaflets opposite, subcoriaceous, persistently argenteous,, }-1 in. long; petiole 4 in. ; stipules minute, setaceous. Racemes subsessile, 12-20-flowered, shorter than the leaves, $-1 in. long whilst in flower. Caly« 3 in., campanulate, argenteous ; teeth deltoid, cuspidate, as long as tube. Corolla 2 in., reddish-yellow, externally canescent. . _ Pod 3-4 in. by in,, at first argenteous, finally glabrescent, distinctly torulose. Var. caerulea; leaves 2-8 in. long, leaflets 7-9 less argenteous than in the type, racemes more elongated 1-2 in. long, pod less decidedly torulose. I. cerulea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 377; W. & A. Prodr. 208; We. Ic. t. 8366; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. I. retusa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5476. I. brachycarpa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5470. I. tinctoria, var. brachycarpa, DC. Prodr, ii. 224, Plains of Banda and the Western Peninsula. 28, I. tinctoria, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 224 (excl. var, 8); shrubby, faintly argenteo-canescent, leaflets 9-18 large obovate-oblong, pod nearl straight 8-12-seeded not torulose. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 879; Wall. Cat. 5474; W. §& A. Prodr, 202; Wt. Ic. t. 865; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59; Brand. For. Fl. 135. 1. indica, Lamk. Dict. iii. 245. I. sumatrana, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 317, t. 148—Rheede Hort. Mal. i. t. 54. The universally cultivated indigo. Whether it be truly wild is doubtful. A shrub 4-6 ft. high, with twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, turning blackish when dried; petiole 4-1 in. Racemes lax, nearly sessile, 2-4 in. long. Calyx J, in., silvery; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 3-4 in., reddish-yellow. Pod 3-1 in. long, 4 in. thick, glabrescent, scarcely at all recurved.—J. Anil, Linn. ; DC. ‘Prodr. ii. 225, also commonly culti- vated, 2 native of America, differs by its short congested racemes and pod turned back like a sickle. £. flaccida var. constricta, Thwaites Enum..411, from Ceylon, is probably a distinct species, but the flowers are unknown. It has the habit and leaves of I. cinctoria, with a slender tetraquetrous subtorulose 4-6-seeded pod. 29. E. Wightii, Grah. im Wall. Cat. 5458; shrubby, densely argenteo- canescent, leaflets 11-21 small oblanceolate, pod linear straight 8-12-seeded. not torulose. W. & A. Prodr. 202; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. I. foliolosa, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5485. I. polyphylla, Rottler MSS. non Heyne nec DC. I, inameena, Thwaites: Enum. 83. Plains of the Western Peninsuta and CrrLon. A low shrub, with numerous erecto-patent silvery woody branches. Leaves short-petioled, 14-2 in. long; leaflets opposite, rigidly subcoriaceous, persistently silvery, obtuse, 4-3 in. long. Racemes sessile, dense, 1-1} in. long. Calyx 3, in., silvery; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish-red, 4-2 in. long, externally canescent. Pod turgid, straight, finely canescent, 1-1 in. long. *** Teaflets many, opposite (except I. Dosua) ; flowers large for the genus. 30. I, cylindracea, Wall. Cat. 5482; shrubby, branches glabrous, leaflets small oblong obscurely hispid, stipelle and bracts minute, pedicels. elongated. Nreat, Wallich. ~ An erect shrubby perennial, with slender woody erecto-patent branches. Leaves short-petioled, 14-2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, obtuse, green above, pale below, 2-4 in. long, both sides with a few short adpressed hairs. tate very lax, H A 100 L. LEGuMINosH. (J. G. Baker.) [ Indigofera, short-peduncled, finally 83-4 in. long; pedicels 3-4 in. Calys oblique, 3 in. ; teeth short. Corolla 3 in. long, pale red. Pod straight, glabrescent, turgid, 13-12 in. long, 8-10-seeded. _ 81. E. leptostachya, DC. Prodr. ii. 225? shrubby, branches glabrous, leaflets middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 13-19 obscurely hispid, stipelle minute, pedicels short, bracts 0. Kuasia and Sixxm, temperate zone, 5-8000 ft., H. f. & T. An erect shrub, reaching 10 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches, thinly silky only when young. Leaves short-petioled, 3-4 in. long; leaflets membranous, opposite, 4-1 in. long, green above, glaucous below, nearly glabrescent. Pedunceles reaching 1-2 in. ; racemes lax, finally 2-3 in. long; pedicels not much longer than the calyx. Calyx 3, in., finely brown-silky ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla 3-3 in., pale red, canes- cent externally. Pod glabrous, straight, 1-13 in. long, 6-8-seeded, turgid, with narrow sutures.—The Candollean, synonym may not unlikely belong to a form of Z pulchella. 32. I. Gerardiana, Wall. Cat. 5486; shrubby, branchlets argenteo- canescent, leaflets small oblanceolate-oblong 9-17, stipellze and bracts minute. TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL WEsTERN Himataya; common, from the Saltrange to Kumaon, alt. 2?-10,000 ft.—Distris. Afghanistan. A low copiously-branched shrub, the branchlets distinctly argenteo-canes- cent. Leaves short-petioled, 1-2 in. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, opposite, pale grey-green, thinly clothed with short white bristles above, glaucous and thinly argenteo-canescent below, obtuse, often emarginate. Facemes distinctly pe- duneled, 1-2 in. long, 12~20-flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx obliquely cam- panulate, argenteous, ~, in. long; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla 2-4 in., pale red, canescent externally. Pod 14-2 in. long, ‘subcylindrical, glabrous, 6—10-seeded ; sutures narrow. Var. heterantha; leaflets more numerous 17-25 smaller, corolla and pod smaller, the former, } in, the latter 1-14 in. long. I. heterantha, Wail. Cat. 5480, 4.B.C. ex parte. Brand. For. Fl. 135. J. Dosua, Wall. Cat. 5481 B.; Bot. Reg. 28, t. 57, non Hamilt. I. virgata, Roxb, Fl. Ind. iii. 383? I. quadrangularis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5483. I. polyphylla, DC. Prodr. 227?—Temperate and sub- tropical Himalayas, as far east as Khasia and Bhotan, ascending to 8000 ft.— Distrib. Afghanistan. 33. I. galegoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 225; shrubby, branches glabrescent, leaflets large oblong 11-25, stipelle and bracts minute. I. uncinata, Roxb. Fil. Ind. iti. 882; Wall. Cat. 5472. I. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 5488. I. Zollingeriana, Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1. 310? Tropical zone; Kuasta and Mercur to Cryton, Maracca and S1am.—Duistrim: Malay isles, Philippines, 8. China. A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, thinly coated with adpressed hairs at first. Leaves distinctly petioled, }-1 ft. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, usually obtuse, 1-14 or 2 in. long, green above, glaucous below, the hairs short, adpressed, quite obscure. tacemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-3 in. long, not lengthened in fruit. Calyx 3; in. canescent; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla pale red, 3-4 in,, finely eanescent externally. Pods glabrous, the longest of the genus, 24-3 in. long, sub- cylindrical, straight, 15-18-seeded, beaked. 34, I, bracteata, Girah. in Wall. Cat. 5477; suffruticose, branches glabrescent, leaves middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 7-17, stipellee and bracts — large. Kaasta, 5-6000 ft., Hook. fil. & Thomson; Nrpat, Wallich; and an exstipellate form from Kasumir, 5-6000 ft., Thomson. Indigofera. } L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) 101 A low shrub, with copious slender trailing branches with a few adpressed hairs at first. Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-4 in., long.; leaflets opposite, membranous, 4-1 in, long, obtuse, pale green above, glaucous beneath, nearly glabrous; stipelle setaceous, 3 in. long. Peduncles reaching 2-3 in., bearing a close short raceme , bracts herbaceous, boat-shaped, with a cusp, enfolding the buds, Calyx 4, in., campanulate, obscurely hairy; teeth deltoid. Corolla % in. long, pale red. Pod linear, glabrous, not seen mature. 35. I. atropurpurea, Hamilt.; DC. Prodr. ii. 225; shrubby, branches glabrescent, leaflets large oblong 11-17, stipelle minute, bracts lanceolate acuminate exceeding the buds. Don Prodr. 244; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 381; Wail. Cat. 5463; Wight Ic. t. 369; Brand. For. Fl. 186; Bot. Mag. t. 8065 ; Bot. Reg. +. 1744, I. Hamiltonii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5465. Tropical and temperate zones, through the Hrimatayas, from Hazara and the Ponsas to Kasra, reaching 9000 ft. A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, only thinly coated with adpressed hairs at first. Leaves reaching 6-9 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, obtuse, usually 1-13 in. long, green above, pale green below, glabrescent; petiole 1-2 in. Racemes short-peduncled, long and narrow, 4-8 in. long, dense upwards; bracts } in., subper- sistent, narrowed gradually into a long point; pedicels very short. Calyr 3 in., obliquely campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla 3+ in.,a much darker deeper. ed than in any of the others. Pod linear, turgid, 1-14 in. long, glabrous, 6-10- seeded, not at all reflexed or narrowed into a beak. : 36. Z. hebepetala, Benth. MSS.; shrubby, branches glabrescent, leaflets large oblong 18-17 membranous, stipelle distinct, bracts boat-shaped cuspidate exceeding the buds. Himataras, from Kasumrr to Srxxim, 6-15,000 ft. A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, only thinly coated with adpressed hairs in the young state. Leaves 4-6 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, obtuse, usually 1-1} in. long, much smaller in a subalpine form, dull green above, pale but scarcely glaucous beléw, with a few short adpressed bristly hairs on both sides. Racemes peduncled, 2-4 in. long, laxly 12-20-flowered ; pedicels and calyx as in the last; bracts more deciduous, enclosing the buds, with a setaceous tip protruding beyond them. Corolla 3 in. deep, a much lighter and more crimson red than in J. atropurpurea, glabrous externally, the keel 4 in. deep. Pod glabrous, turgid, straight, 14-2 in. long, 8-10-seeded. i 87. I. pulchella, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57; Fl. Ind. iii. 382; shrubby, branches obscurely hispid, leaflets large obovate-oblong 13-17 subcoriaceous, stipelle abortive or very minute, bracts exceeding the buds. W.& A. Prodr. 203; Wight Ic. t. 867; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 60; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 85 ;" Anal. Gen. t. 12, fig. 1. I. purpurascens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 388. I. cassioides, Rottler; DC. Prodr. ii. 225; Wall. Cat. 5468. I. verrucosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5469. I. glaucescens, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5484. I. elliptica, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 880, I. violacea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 880; Wall. Cat-5479; Bot. Mag. t. 8848, I. arborea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 381; Wall. Cat. 5478; Wight Ic. t. 368. I, Jirahulia, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5464, I. Gibsonii, Grah, Cat. Bomb. Pi, 46. Throughout the Hmrazayas and hills of Inpra Proper, ascending to 5000 ft. in Kumaon. , A shrub 4-6 feet high, the trunk reaching the thickness of a man’s leg. Branches suleate, thinly coated with grey adpressed hairs at first, soon glabrescent. Leaves short-petioled, 3-6 in. long; leaflets opposite, firmer in texture than its allies, obtuse, often emarginate, usually 2-1 in. long, pale green above, glaucous below, thinly 102 L. LEcuMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) [ Indigofera. coated with short adpressed grey hairs. Racemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 1-3 in, long; pedicels short; bracts exceeding the buds, usually boat-shaped with a cusp. Calyr 3; in. long, argenteo-canescent; teeth short deltoid. Corolla bright red, glabrous externally, the largest of all the species, generally 3-4 in., reaching 3-4 in. long, the standard 3 in. broad, reflexed in the expanded flower. Pod straight, turgid, glabrous, 1}-12 in. long, 8-12-seeded, the sutures broader than in the preceding. 38. I. Dosua, Hamilt.; DC. Prodr. ii. 225; shrubby, branches densely pubescent, leaflets small linear-oblong 21-31, stipelle abortive, bracts exceeding the buds. Don Prodr. 244; Wall. Cat. 5481 A, non B, nec Bot. Reg. 28, t. 57. I. heterantha, Wall. Cat. 5480 C, ex parte. I. virgata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 383? TemprraTeE Centran and East Hrwarayas; Simla to Bhotan and Assam, 6-8000 ft. A low shrub, with woody branches, clothed with short spreading grey or brownish pubescence. Leaves subsessile, 1-3 in. long; leaflets usually opposite, mem- branous, obtuse, +-} in. long, dull green above, glaucous below, more or less densely pubescent. Facemes distinctly peduncled, moderately close, 1-3 in. long; bracts 3 in, long, lanceolate-cuspidate, silky ; pedicels very short. Calyx J in., densely silky; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla bright red, glabrous, 3-4 in. Pod straight, glabrescent, 1-13 in. long, 8-12-seeded, with very broad sutures. Var. tomentosz; branches clothed with dense brown silky pubescence, leaves 6-9 in. long, leaflets 41-51 often subacute and 1 in. long, racemes longer, bracts densely brown-velvety, with a very long’ cusp. I. tomentosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5487. I. stachyotles, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 14.—Khasia, Sikkim, Silhet, Bhotan, 1-5000 ft. Group 6. Paniculate, Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers inpanicled racemes. 39. Z.mysorensis, Rottl.; DC. Prodr. ii. 222; Wail. Cat. 5459; W.§ A. Prodr, 202. I. polyphylla, Heyne MSS., non. DC. Plains of the Caenatic, Heyne. A low erect copiously-branched shrub, the young stems slender, clothed with short spreading grey pubescence. Leaves sessile, of the main branches 1-3 in. long ; leaflets 11-21, oblong, membranous, opposite, 8} in. long, thinly clothed on both sides with adpressed grey hairs; stipules setaceous, z in., persistent. Racemes lax, elongated, more or less panicled, each flower subtended by a bract just like the leaflets, and the branches furnished low down with 3-5-foliolate leaves. Calyx 3 in.; teeth lanceolate, very long. Corolla red, glabrous, twice the calyx. Pod linear-cylindrical, straight, 1-3 in. long, 4-6-seeded, finely pubescent. Suscen. 4. Amecarpus, Benth. Ovary with at least two ovules. Pod linear, unarmed, flattened. 40. ZT. anabaptista, Steud. Nom. edit. 2,805. I. Hochstetteri, Baker in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Africa, ii. 101, I. ornithopodioides, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Arab. No. 769; Jaub. et Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. t. 480+ Boiss. Fi. Orient. ti. 188, non Schum. et Thonn. é Plains of Scrxpz and the Punsan.—Disrrre. Afghanistan, Arabia, Nile-country. A diffuse annual, with stems 1 ft. or more Jong, thinly clothed with adpressed white hairs. Leaves short-petioled ; leaflets 3-7, opposite, oblanceolate 3-1 in. long. Racemes short-peduncled, closely 12—-20-flowered, under an inch long. “Calyx 4 in. argenteo-canescent ; teeth setaceous. Corolla scarcely exserted. Pod linear, reflexed, $4 in. long, 6-8-seeded. * ‘ Psoralea. | L, LEGUMINOs@. (J. G. Baker.) 103 18. PSORALEA, Linn. Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple or odd-pinnate, conspicuously -gland-dotted. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth 5, distinct. Corolla little ex~ serted ; petals all with distinct claws; keel obtuse, the tip slightly incurved. Upper stamen free or connate, the tube in an early stage often closed; anthers small, uniform or slightly dimorphous. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, ovulate ; style long, filiform, incurved, stigma minute, terminal. Pod ovoid or oblong, l-seeded, indehiscent, the pericarp adhering to the seed.—Disrris. Species -about 100, mainly Cape and N. American. 1. PB. corylifolia, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 218; herbaceous, leaves simple, ‘racemes dense short. Burm. Fl. Ind. 172, t. 49, fig. 2; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 387 ; Wall. Cat. 5851; W.& A. Prodr. 198; Bot. Mag. t.665; Dalz. §& Gabs. Bomb. Fi. 60. Trifolium unifolium, Forsk. Flor. Afgypt. Arab. 1380; Burm, Fi. Ind. t. 49, Plains from the Himazayas through India proper to CerLon. An erect annual, 1-3 ft. high. Branches firm, conspicuously gland-dotted. Leaves -distinetly petioled, roundish, 1-3 in. long, inciso-repand, firm in texture, both sides conspicuously dotted with black dots, nearly glabrescent. Flowers 10-30 in dense copious long-peduncled heads. Calya nearly sessile, 4 in.; teeth lanceolate, long, the lowest longest. Corolla yellow, little exserted. Pod small, black, subglobose, glabrous. 2, P. plicata, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 221; shrubby, leaves trifoliolate, racemes lax elongated. Delzle, Egypt, t. 37, fig. 3. Plains of the Punsas, Thomson, Edgeworth, Stewart.—Disrrip. Arabia, Egypt, “Trop. Africa. A low copiously-branched shrub, the stems obscurely argenteo-canescent, ver- rucose, the denuded branchlets subspinescent. Leaves short-petioled ; leaflets sub- coriaceous, dull green, oblanceolate, obtuse, repand, gland-dotted below only, reaching 4-1 in. long, the end one largest, the side ones oblique. Racemes short-peduncled, 2-3 in. long; lower flowers in distant fascicles; bracts ovate, very minute. Calyx -4 in, clothed with adpressed white hairs, accrescent, clasping tightly the ineluded pod; teeth short, the lowest longest. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. J 19, COLUTEA, Linn. Shrubs with odd-pinnate leaves and showy yellow flowers in sparse copi- ous axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate, with 5 short teeth. Corolla much -exserted ; standard round, fixed in its place by two basal callosities ; keel broad, much incurved, not beaked. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sti- pitate, linear, co -ovulate ; style filiform, much incurved, bearded along the inner Bide, stigma large oblique. Pod large, membranous, inflated, continuous within, nearly or quite indehiscent.—Disrris. Species 3, or 4, spread through South Europe and Temperate Asia. 1. G. arborescens, Linn. var. nEPALENSIS. -C. nepalensis, Sims Bot. Mag. t. 2622; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1727 ; Benth. in Royle Ill. 198; Brand. For. - #1. 186. Temperate West Himataya, Kunawar, Tiser, Nirat, &c., alt. 8-11,000 ft.— _Distris. Orient, 5. Europe. ; A subglabrous shrub, 6-10 ft. high. Leaflets 9-18, obovate, pale green, 3-4 in. long, often emarginaté, obscurely silky in the young state. Hacemes as long as the leaves, laxly 3—4-flowered. Calyx 4-4 in. Corolla bright yellow, ? in. long; standard -furnished at the base with two nipple-shaped papillae. Pod 4-2 in. long, faintly downy when young, splitting at the tip before ripening. 104: L. LEGUMINosaZ. (J. G. Baker.) [Millettia.. 20. MILLETTIA, Wt. & Arn. Trees or large shrubs, usually climbers. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy,. in axillary racemes, often fascicled, simple or paniculate and terminal. Calyx campanulate ; teeth generally short or nearly obsolete. Corolla much exserted ; petals with long claws; standard broad; keel not beaked. Stamens monadel-- phous or diadelphous, filaments filiform ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, linear, few-ovuled; style filiform, incurved, glabrous, stigma capitate. Pod lear or oblong, 1- or few-seeded, flat or turgid, late in dehiscing or hardly dehiscent.— Distr. Species 40-50, spread through the tropics of the Old World. Suseen. 1. Bumillettia. Standard not auricled at the base. Stamens monadelphous or diadélphous. * Leaves lustrous beneath, with thin silky pubescence. 1. M. sericea, JV. & A. Prodr, 263; leaflets 7-9 coriaceous obovate-ob- long cuspidate exstipellate sericeous below, standard densely silky on the back, stamens monadelphous, pod linear velvety. Benth. Pl. Jung. 248. Pongamia sericea, Vent.; DC. Prodr. ii. 416. Dalbergia angustifolia, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 399. Forests of Brema, Matacca, Penance, and Sincarore. — Distrie. Malay Islands. A woody climber, the branchlets covered with fine short brown pubescence. Leaves 1 ft. or more long; leaflets 6-9 in. long, shining and glabrous above, on petiolules- 33 in. long; pubescence beneath grey or pale brown. acemes lateral, 6-9 in. long, the lower nodes with very short branches, bearing dense fascicles of pedicellate flowers. Calyx } in., silky, scarcely toothed. Corolla 3-4 in., reddish, very silky. Pod 4-5 in. long, densely coated with thick dark brown velvet. 2. M. rubiginosa, W.& A. Prodr. 263 ; leaflets 5-7 coriaceous obovate-- oblong cuspidate stipellate sericeous beneath, standard densely silky on the back, stamens diadelphous, pod oblong glabrescent. Wight Ic. t. 207. Hills in the Carnatic near Courtallum, Wight. Habit of the preceding, the branchlets and underside of the leaves coated with persistent shining yellowish-brown silky down. Leaflets 4-8 in. long, not shining, when young sericeous also above; stipellz obscure; petiolules 3-8 in. long. Racemes- nearly as long as the leaves, most of the nodes bearing short branchlets, on the tip of which the flowers are fascicled. Calyx campanulate, silky, } in., short-pedicelled. Corolla reddish, } in., densely silky. Pod 2-3 in. long, sublignose, 2-3-seeded, when young densely velvety. 3. M. splendens, IV. § A. Prodr. 263 ; leaflets 7-9 coriaceous oblanceo-- late-oblong cuspidate stipellate sericeous below, standard densely silky on the back, stamens diadelphous. Tropical forests of the Nrreurris and Anamazay hills. Habit and inflorescence of the two preceding, the branchlets and leaves beneath coated persistently with white or yellowish-browu shining short silky hairs. Leaflets 6-9 in. long, opaque, glabrous above; stipellz setaceous; petiolules din. Racemes shorter than the leaves, the nearly sessile flowers densely fascicled at the end of short branchlets. Calyx 44 in., densely silky, with a pair of small ovate bracteoles. Corolla reddish, +in. long. Ovary linear, densely silky, 4-5 ovulate. Pod not seen. ** Teaves opaque, pubescent beneath. 4, M. pulchra, Benth. MSS.; leaflets small 15-19 scarcely subcoria-- Millettia. | L. LEGUMINOSA. (J. G. Baker.) 105- ceous oblanceolate-oblong acute stipellate slightly silky below, standard glabrous. on the back, stamens monadelphous, pod elnino linear rigidly coriaceous flat smooth. Mundulea pulchra, Benth. Pl. Jung, 248. Tephrosia pulchra, Coleb. in Wall. Cat. 5630. Pongamia cassioides, Wall. Cat. 5918. Dalbergia tephrosioides,. W. & A. Prod, 210. Forests of Kuasia, Assam, Srruet, Ava, and Birra, ascending to 4000 ft.— Disrris. Philippines, Cuming, 1208? «An erect tree, with the branches and leaves below thinly clothed with opaque greyish. silkish pubescence. Leaves and leaflets the smallest of all the species, the former not more than 2-5 in. long, green and pubescent above; petiolules very short and stipellz minute. Racemes copious, shorter than the leaves, the flowers fascicled, shortly peduncled from the main rachis. Calyx } in., scarcely toothed. Corolla reddish, 3-4 in, Pod 2-4 in long, } in. broad, 1—-4-seeded. 5. NM. racemosa, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249; leaflets 13-15 scarcely subcoria-- ceous obovate-oblong acute distinctly stipellate slightly downy beneath, standard labrous on the back, stamens diadelphous, pod coriaceous glabrous torulose.. ephrosia racemosa, W. § A. Prodr. 210? Robinia racemosa, Rob. Fl. Ind. iii, 829° Pongamia racemosa, Grah.in Wall. Cat. 5914. Wisteria pallida,. Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 61. W.racemosa, Dalz. & Gubs. loc. cit. Pongamia. Corcor, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5891? Millettia pallida, Dalz. in Linn. Journ. xiii. 187. Tropical forests of the Concan and Orissa. : A woody climber, with thinly silky branches. Leaves reaching 1 ft. long ; leaflets: 2-3 in. long. scarcely more than membranous, glabrous above, obscurely silky or gla- brescent below ; petiolules short, with large setaceous stipelle. Racemes copiously pa-- nicled, the flowers not fascicled on short branchlets, but close shortly pedicellate on the main rachis ; bracts exceediug the buds, setaceous, deciduous. Calyx $ in., densely silky. Corolla 4-4 in., whitish, Pod linear, narrow, } ft. long, 4-5-seeded. Roxburgh’s plant, which inhabits the forests of Orissa, may be distinct. As. figured in his set of unpublished plates it has red flowers and much smaller bracts. 6. M. pendula, Benth. Pl. Jung. 250; leaflets 7 obovate-oblong cuspi-- date membranous exstipellate closely silky beneath, standard glabrous, pod flat woody glabrous. Pongamia pendula, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5902. Millettia leucantha, Kurz in Journ, Asiat. Soc. Beng. xiii. 2, 68. Ava, Prome hills, Wallich ; Brea, forests of Pegu, McLelland, Kurz. An erect tree, with thinly silky branchlets, and leaves 4 ft. long. Leaflets thin, flexible, 2~3 in. long, dull green, thinly silky above, when mature densely clothed with adpressed grey silky pubescence below, the lowest as long as broad ; petiolules under 4 in. Flowers in short dense racemes in the axils of the leaves; pedicels densely ‘fascicled, 3-4 in. Calyx 3-4 in., shortly grey-silky; teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube. Corolla shorter than the calyx. Pod oblong, 3-5 in. long, 14 in. broad, tubercled, 1-8-seeded. 7. M. cana, Benth. Pl. Jung. 250; leaflets 7 obovate-oblong rather- obtuse coriaceous exstipellate thinly matted with adpressed grey hairs beneath, standard glabrous, pod flat rigidly coriaceous obscurely grey-canescent. Pon-- gamia cana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5908. Ava; banks of the Irrawaddi at Yenanghuen, Wallich. Climber, with grey pubescent branches and leaf-rachis, the latter 4 ft. long. Side leaflets oblong, 23-8 in. long, the end one obovate; upper surface glabrous, rather shining ; petiolules in. Buds densely crowded ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceo- late, silky, as long as the calyx. Calyx minute, densely brown-sericeous; teeth del-- toid, half as long asthe tube. Pod dehiscing early for the genus, 2-3 by 3-4 in. 106 L. LecumInos#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Millettia, 8. IM. tetraptera, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xiii. 2, 69 ; leaflets 7 ‘subcoriaceous obovate-oblong exstipellate at first densely softly pubescent on both sides, standard glabrous, stamens monadelphous, pod glabrous indehiscent with each suture produced into a broad hard horizontal wing on both sides, Pongamia tetraptera, Hort. Cale. Legum. indeterm., Wail. Cat. 5976. Birma ; forests of Pegu, &c. Wallich, Griffith, Kurz. ‘An erect tree, with branchlets clothed with dense drab-brown short pubescence. Leaflets obtuse, 3-4 in. long, flexible and densely soft-pubescent at first, but becoming rigid and glabrescent when mature ; petiolules under 7 in. Flowers in short close nearly sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves; pedicles fascicled, 4-4 in. Calyx 4 in., thinly clothed with adpressed hairs; teeth deltoid. Corolla pale blue. Pod sublignose, quadrangular, straight, linear 8-4 in. long, nearly an inch thick, the wings 3-3 in. broad in the middle, narrowed to each end. 9. ME. pubinervis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 68; leaflets elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate glaucous and pubescent on the midrib below, standard glabrous on the back, ovary pubescent, pod unknown. ‘ Martanan, Kurz. : : An erect tree 20-25 ft. high, the young parts puberulous. Leaf} ft. witha puber- alous rachis ; leaflets (number not stated) 2-3 in. long, thinly chartaceous. Hacemes leaf-opposed, slender, simple, 24-3 in. long; pedicels capillary, pubescent, solitary or fascicled. Calyx reddish, broader than deep, 4—}in. long, slightly pubescent, obscurely toothed. Corolla yellowish-white ; standard above 4 in. long.—Kurz loc, cit. 10. M. monticola, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 67 ; leaflets 7-9 oblong shortly acuminate fulvo-pubescent beneath, standard glabrous, ovary thinly ferrugineo-pubescent, pod unknown. Martrazan, alt. 7000 ft., Kurz, A robust climber, resembling M. pachycarpa, with verrucose branches and ferru- gineo-pubescent glabrescent branchlets. Leaflets petioluled, with adpressed fulvous pubescence on the ribs. Flowers blue, in simple solitary racemes 4-7 in. long, arising above the scars of the fallen leaves. Caly« 3-2 in., longer than broad; teeth obscure, -anterior one largest. Standard 3 in., petals much smaller than those of M. pachycarpa. —Kurz loc. cit. ll. Rf. pachycarpa, Benth. Pl. Jung. 250; leaflets 11-13 subcoriaceous oblanceolate-oblong cuspidate exstipellate finely downy below, standard glabrous -on the back, stamens monadelphous, pod woody rugose glabrous. Forests of Kasia, Srxxim, and Assam up to 4000 ft. Mazacca, Griffith. A large climber, with the branches and leaves below more or less densely clothed with pale brown pubescence. Leaves 1 ft. or more long; leaflets 6-8 in. long, gla- brous, opaque above, sometimes subcaudate, the pubescence below short, loose, decidu- ous; petiolules A+ in. Racemes copious, 6-9 in. long, most of the nodes with short -branchlets. Calyx 3-} in., distinctly pedicelled, densely downy; teeth very short. Corolla 2-1 in. long. Pod 1-3-seeded, rugose, 1-1} in. broad, reaching 45 in. long. *** Mature leaflets glabrescent beneath. 12. NE. cinerea, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249 ; leaflets 5-7 obovate-oblong cuspi- .date membranous stipellate soon glabrescent beneath, standard densely silky on the ‘back, stamens diadelphous, pod thick linear velvety torulose. Pongamia cinerea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5888. P. palustris, Girrak. in Wall. Cat. 5889; P. pani- -eulata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5904, P. heterocarpa, Wall. MSS. P. oblonga, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5893 ?P N Millettia. ] L. LEGUMINOsa, (J. G. Baker.) 107 Forests of Sixxmr, Kuasta, Situer, Assam, Currracone, and Brema, ascending to 4000 ft.—Distris. China ? A woody climber, with young branchlets and leaves below with a little opaque grey deciduous pubescence. Leaflets large, reaching 4-1 ft. long, thin and flexible; both sides green ; petiolules and setaceous stipelle 4-f in. Racemes most or all in a panicle above the leaves ; flowers distinctly pedicellate, not fascicled, subtended by a pair of setaceous bracteoles. Calyx 2in., densely silky, distinctly toothed. Corolla 4-4 in., densely coated with grey silk. Pod very turgid, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad, 3-5-seeded, sublignose. 13. M. ovalifolia, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xiii. 2, 68, excl. syn. W. § A.; leaflets 7 ovate-elliptic shortly acuminate chartaceous glabrous, standard glabrous on the back, pod small linear-oblong glabrous flattish with obtuse sutures. Brema, at Prome, Kurz. An erect glabrous middle-sized tree. Leaves 3-1} ft.; leaflets 4-1 in. long, glau- cescent and fjnely reticulated beneath ; petiolules slender, 3, to pin. Racemes slender, glabrous, 2-3 inches, one or several together, arising from young branchlets ; pedi- cels capillary, solitary or fascicled. Calyx glabrous, purplish, broader than long, 3 in., long, nearly truncate. Corolla blue; standard 2 in. long. Pod 2-3 in. long, 2-3-seeded. at, middle, sublignose, pale, incurved, narrowed to base, sparsely verrucose.—Kurz loc. cit. 14, Mi. cwrulea, Baker ; leaflets 7 obovate-oblong cuspidate subcoria- ceous stipellate glabrous, standard densely silky, stamens monadelphous, pod large flat rather woody finely brown-velvety. Pongamia caerulea, Grah.in Wall. Cat, 5894. Ava, at Phanoe, Wallich; Matacca, Maingay. A woody climber, with glabrous branches. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, glabrous on both sides from an early stage; petiolules 3-2 in. Flowers in close short-peduncled racemes in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels very short, densely fascicled. Calyx campanulate, ap long, faintly silky, nearly truncate. Corolla three times the calyx, the standard densely white-canescent on the back. Pod linear-oblong, 7-8 in. long, 14-12 in. broad, recurved, late in dehiscing, clothed with dense short persistent brown velvety pubes- cence, 15. M. glaucescens, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 67; leaflets obovate-oblong cuspidate membranous exstipellate glabrous beneath, standard glabrous on the back, stamens cage er pod flat on the face woody linear-oblong glabrous not torulose with both sutures expanded into narrow wings. Birra ; forests of Pegu and Martaban, Kurz. A woody climber, with glabrous branchlets, Leaflets thin, flexible, green above, dull below, reaching 4 ft.; petiolules 4in. Racemes close, simple, } ft. long, axillary on short peduncles; pedicels in pairs, exceeding the calyx. Calyx 4 in., with a few minute hairs; teeth deltoid. Corolla 2 in., steel-blue. Pod 3-4-seeded, tubercled, 3 ft. by lin. 16. M. Piscidia, Wight Ic. t. 86; leaflets 5-7 obovate-oblong cuspidate rigidly coriaceous exstipellate glabrous, standard glabrous on the back, stamens diadelphous, pod thin compressed oblong glabrous. Galedupa Piscidia, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 241, Forests of Srxxim, Kuasia, Sicazt, and Misumt, ascending to 4000 ft. A woody climber, with whitish branchlets, only the youngest branchlets and leaves 108 L. LEGUMINOsZ. (J. G. Baker.) [Millettia, finely silky. Leaflets of medium size, reaching 3-4 in. long, both sides green, quite glabrous; petiolules short. Racemes copious, short, simple, laxly flowered ; pedicels 3-3 in, often geminate, neither bracteate nor bracteolate. Calyx 3-4 in., thinly silky; teeth short, obtuse. Corolla snow-white, }-$ in. Pod 38-4 in. by 1-1} in, nar- rowed to a point; valves quite smooth, dehiscing earlier than in the other species, 17. M. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 69; leaflets 18 or more lanceolate glabrous subcoriaceous stipellate, standard silky on the back, stamens diadelphous, pod thin compressed. ligulate-oblong glabrous. Brea, near Yomah, Kurz. An erect tree, with slender terete glabrous branches. Leaflets 1-14 in. long, narrowed to an obtuse tip, rather rounded at the base. Racemes very lax, panicled at the end of the branches and sending out small shoots from the lower nodes; pedicels much shorter than the calyx; bracts minute, glabrous, lanceolate. Calyx 4 in. glabrous, broadly campanulate ; teeth deltoid. Corolla lilac, 8-3 in. Pod 3-4 in. long, under an inch broad, 2-4-seeded, the valves quite smooth and flat, twisting when dried. : PY 18. M. eriantha, Benth. Pl. Jung. 250; leaflets 5 obovate-oblong cus- pidate rigidly coriaceous exstipellate glabrous, standard densely silky, stamens diadelphous, pod oblong lignose rugose glabrescent. Forests of Matacca, Griffith, Maingay. ; A woody climber, with only the youngest branches silky. Leaflets reaching 5-6 in. long, very rigid in texture, both sides green and quite glabrous; petiolules3-3in. Racemes: copious, short, subsessile, dense, subspicate; bracts large, roundish, densely silky, clasp- ing and hiding the buds. Calyx subsessile, 2 in., clothed with bright yellowish-brown silky pubescence, like the bracts and standard ; teeth as long as the tube, broad, imbri- cated. Corolla 3-1 in., densely silky. Pod beaked, turgid, 3 in. long, 1-seeded, sub- indehiscent. 19. M. atropurpurea, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249 ; leaflets 7-9 oblong acute rigidly coriaceous exstipellate glabrous, standard glabrous, stamens diadelphous,, pod oblong convex smooth rather woody glabrous. Pongamia atropurpurea, Wall. Cat. 5910; Pl. As. Rar. t. 78. Forests of Marrazan, TrenAsserimM, Matacca, and Prexanc.—Duistriz, Su- matra. _ An erect tree, with thick, glabrous branches. Leajlets 4-6 in. long, very thick and rigid, shining above, both sides quite glabrous, reticulato-venose ; petiolules 14 in. In- Hlorescence a dense terminal panicle above the leaves; racemes not branched ; bracts minute, ovate; pedicels 24 in. Calye 2 in. thinly silky; teeth short obscure. Corolla dark purple, 1 in. long. Pod narrowed to both ends, 3 in. long, subindehis- cent, 1-seeded in our specimens. Suneen. 2. Otosema, Benth. Standard auricled atthe base on both sides of the claw. Stamens monadelphous. 20. M. auriculata, Beker ; branchlets finely downy, leaflets 7-9 obovate obtuse or cuspidate membranous thinly silky, flowers shortly pedicellate, pod woody permanently sericeous. Brand. For. Flor. 188. Robinia macrophylla, Roxb. £1. Ind. iii. 829, Pongamia macrophylla, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5892. ae macrophylla, Benth, Pl. Jung. 249. Amerimnum pallidum, Hamilt. Roumcunp and Komaon to Srxxrm, reaching 3500 ft.; also on Parasnath in Bear. Millettia. ] L. LEGUMINOSa. (J. G. Baker.) 109 A large, robust, woody climber. Leaves reaching 1~2 ft. long; petiole 4-6 in. long ; leaflets green, glabrescent above, 6-12 in. by 3-6 in., minutely stipellate, pale below, sometimes subcoriaceous. Flowers in copious close axillary racemes near the top of the branches, fascicled on adowny rachis 4-6 in. long; bracts minute, linear, Calyx fin, densely silky; teeth very short. Corolla whitish, threo times the calyx, densely silky. Pod straight, very hard, 5-6 in. long, 1 in. broad; sutures thickened. 21. M. fruticosa, Benth. MSS.; branches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 oblanceolate-oblong obtuse or subacute thinly silky, flowers subsessile, pod woody glabrescent. Robinia fruticosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 328. Pongamia fruticosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 909. Otosema fruticosa, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249, Amerimnum fasciculatum, Hamilt. MSS. Forests of Bencar, Assam and Prav. A woody climber. Leaves long-petioled, 4-1 ft. long; leaflets 4-6 in. long, 14-2 in, broad, obscurely stipellate, glabrous above, thinly sericeous beneath. Flowers in dense short axillary racemes and also in terminal panicles. Calyx 4 in., densely sericeous, subtended by minute ovate bracts and bracteoles. Corolla # in. red, the ‘standard densely silky. Pod hard and woody, silky when young, 6-7 in. by 1-1} in. 22. M. extensa, Benth. MSS.; branches finely downy, leaflets 9-11 -obovate-oblong membranous acute thinly silky, flowers short-pedicelled. Pon- gamia? extensa, Wall. Cat. 5900. Otosema extensa, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249. Marrazan, Wallich. A little-known climbing species, closely allied to the two preceding. Leaflets long- petioled, distantly placed on an elongated nearly glabrous rachis, glabrescent above, not seen fully developed. Flowers in very copious close axillary racemes 6-8 in. long near' the top of the branches. Calyx 4 in., campanulate, scarcely toothed, with a ‘pair of very minute bracteoles at the base. Corolla 3 in., densely silky, reddish lilac. Pod like that of M. auriculata when young, but not seen mature. 23. MI. leiogyna, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 67; branches ferrugineo-tomentose, leaflets 9-18, flowers distinctly pedicelled, ovary glabrous. Martazan, Kurz. A woody climber with terete minutely lenticellate branches, all the young parts ‘ferrugineo-tomentose. Adult deaves not known. Racemes 4-5 in., arising from ‘shortened lateral branches, and forming usually ample lateral panicles; pedicels -11 in., nodding, velvety. Calyx broader than deep, under 3 in. long, fulvous-velvety, -obscurely toothed, upper tooth largest. Corolla glabrous, violet; standard } in. long, emarginate, yellow at the throat. Young pod smooth, linear, acuminate. Placed by ‘Kurz next to M. extensa. I have seen no specimen. 4, MI. caudata, Baker; branches glabrous, leaflets 7-9 oblong caudate coriaceous glabrous, flowers pedicellate, pod glabrescent not woody. Pongamia ? caudata, Grah. Wall. Cat. 5895, Otosema caudata, Benth. Pl. Jung. 249. Forests of Kwas1a and Siruet, ascending to 3000 ft. A woody climber. Leaflets minutely stipellate, 6-9 in. long, firm, bright green above, glaucous below, narrowed out at the tip into a long distinct tail. Racemes axillary, short-peduneled, not so dense as in the others, 4-6 in. long. Calyx cam- panulate, $ in., scarcely toothed, densely silky. Bracts very minute. Corolla a-% in, densely silky. Pod linear, straight, rigidly-coriaceous, subequally turgid, 8-4 in. long, + in. broad. 110 L, LEGuMINOSa. (J. G. Baker.) [Mundulea. Dovustrut SPEctEs. The following are probable species of Millettia, of which either flowers or pods are unknown. Leaflets and pod as in M. atropurpurea, but the latter 6-7 in. long, 2-23 in. broad, smooth, woody, flat, perhaps indehiscent.—Maxacca, Griffith, 1835. Leaflets 7, subcoriaceous, obovate, very obtuse, opaque, 3-4 in. long, obscurely grey-canescent below. Pod linear, 4-5 in. long, flat, 3 in. broad, several-seeded, with similar vestiture. Pzav, McClelland. May be Pappruacia DasyPHyLLa, Mig, Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 150. M. Maineay1, Baker. Leaflets 15 or more, oblong, coriaceous, 13-2 in. long, rounded at both ends, pubescent below. Pod oblong, woody, indehiscent, rounded at both ends, 4 in. long, 24 in. broad, an inch thick, turgid, densely clothed with short brown velvety pubescence, the surfaces traversed by deep longitudinal grooves. Sincarorz, Maingay. ; Poneamia aNcustirotia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5917. Leaflets 9, exstipellate, not coriaceous, glabrous, oblanceolate-oblong, acuminate, 2-3in. long. Inflorescence and separate flowers jnst as in M. glaucescens. Nirat, Hamilton. 21. MUNDULEA, DC. Shrubs. eaves odd-pinnate. Flowers in dense terminal racemes. Calyx campanulate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla much exserted ; standard obovate, with a long claw; wings oblanceolate, adhering to the incurved keel, which has « short obtuse point. Stamens monadelphous; alternate filaments slightly dilated ; anthers uniform.. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, glabrous, much incurved; stigma capitate. Pod large, linear, subindehis- cent. Disrrrs. Species 3, the two others plants of Madagascar. 1. M. suberosa, Benth. Pl. Jung. 248; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 85; Anal. Gen. t. 12, fig. 2, Tephrosia suberosa, DC. Prodr, ii. 249; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 120; Wall. Cat. 5628; W.& A. Prodr. 210; We. Ill. t. 79 (“82”); Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 60. Robinia suberosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 327. R. sennoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 328. Tephrosia sericea, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Wall. Cat. 5629. Cytisus sericeus, Welld. Sp. iii. 1121. T. Petersiana, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. Bot.t.9. T. icthynica, Bert. Misc. xviii. 18, t. 3. Hill-valleys of the Western Penrysuza and Cryton.—Disrrip. Trop. Africa, Natal. A stout erect shrub, with thick corky bark. Branches, rachises, pedicels and leaves beneath densely sericeous. Leaflets 6-10-jugate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 14-2 in. long. Flowers in close terminal racemes. Pedicels 2-3 times the cam- panulate calyx. Corolla 3-1 in. long, reddish, thinly silvery. Pod 3—4 in, long, densely sericeous, 6-8-seeded, both sutures thickened so as to form prominent borders. 22, TEPHROSIA, Pers. Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves usually odd-pinnate; leaflets opposite, sub- coriaceous. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes or solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth distinct, subequal. Petals clawed ; standard suborbicular; keel incurved, not beaked. . Stamens diadelphous ; anthers obtuse, uniform. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style much . incurved, filiform or flattened, glabrous or bearded ; stigma capitate often peni- cillate. cay mae rae many-seeded, 2-valved, continuous or obscurely septate between the seeds. Dusrris. Species about 100, spr Topica of both hemispheres. e eet eens Tephrosia. | L. LEGUMINOSH. (J. G. Baker.) 111 Susegn. 1. Macronyx (Dalzell).. Annual. Leaves simple. 1, ©. tenuis, Wall. Cat. 5970; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 61. Macronyx. strigosus, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ti. 35. Plains of Scrnpz, the Punsas and Concan. Stems filiform, densely ceespitose, 4-1 ft. long with a few short adpressed hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, linear, 1-2 in. long, narrowed suddenly or gradually at the point, glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath ; stipules minute, setaceous, ascending. Flowers 1-2 together in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels filiform, 3-3 in. Calyx 4, in.; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla 4 in., all the petals: with very long claws. Pod linear, 4-1 in. long, 6-10-seeded, thinly clothed with adpressed hairs. Style short, glabrous, filiform. Sunexy. 2. Brissonia (Neck.). Shrubby. Leaves odd-pinnate. Calyx- teeth short, deltoid. 2. T. candida, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Wall. Cat 5627; W. & A. Prodr. 210. Robinia candida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 327. Galega arborescens, Herb. Madras. Kiesera sericea, Reinw. in Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 291. Xiphocarpus candidus, Hassk. Pl. Rar. Jav. 336. ; Himatayas, tropical zone, from Kumaon eastward to Kuasia and Assam, ascending to 6000 ft. in Sikkim, SwHer, Currraconc, Marrazan, and Trenassprmm.—Disrais. Malay isles. ‘ A low shrub, with slender woody grooved branches clothed with brown or grey persistent velvety pubescence; stipules setaceous, ascending; leaves short-petioled, reaching 6-9 in. long; leaflets 19-25, ligulate, acute, 13-2 in. long, greex glabrous above, grey and thinly silky beneath. Racemes copious, terminal and lateral, elongated, 6-9 in. long; lower several to a fascicle; pedicels silky, 4-3 in. Calyx 3-4 in, densely silky; teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla 3-1 in., reddish or white; standard densely silky. Pod 3-4 in. long, 10-15-seeded, slightly recurved, clothed with adpressed brown silky hairs; style flattened, silky. Suscrn. 8. Reineria (Moench.). Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves odd- pinnate or simple. Calyx-teeth narrow, cuspidate, as long as the tube. 3. T. calophylla, Bedd. Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. t. 166; herbaceous, glabrous, leaves simple, flowers in lax long terminal racemes. East slope of the Nireurrrs, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. ; Branches slender, angular, tough. Leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, rigidly coria- ceous, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at the base; veins below and edges distinct, brown ; stipules linear, minute; petiole angular, 1-1} in. Hacemes 6-9 in. long; bracts: linear, very minute; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx. Culyx }in.; teeth lanceolate, cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla 3-4 in.; standard downy on the back. Pod 23-3 in. long, recurved, glabrous, 8—10-seeded. 4, %. tinctoria, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 252; shrubby, branches densely velvety, leaflets large 3-13 casually simple, flowers in copious long-peduncled. congested racemes. W.& A. Prodr. 211; We. Ic. t. 888; non Wall. Cat. 5648. T. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 5631. Galega Heyneana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 384, T. hypargyrea, DC. Prod. ii. 258, T. nervosa, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii, 254. Westrrn Penrysura and Cryion, ascending to 5000 ft. An undershrub, with flexuose woody twiggy branches, densely clothed with brown or grey velvety pubescence. Leaves subsessile, very variable; leaflets usually 3-6- 112 L, LEGuMINOsZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Tephrosia, jugate (reduced to one in T. Grahami, Wall. Cat. 5652), oblong, obtuse, sub- ‘coriaceous, the end one much larger than the others, 2-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, green, glabrous above, clothed with persistent white silky pubescence beneath, ‘the nerves prominent; stipules lanceolate, ascending. Peduncles often exceeding the leaves; racemes closely 3-12-flowered; flowers casually also in the axils of the leaves; pedicels very short. Calyx 2in., densely silky; teeth long, setaceous. Corolia 3-4 in., pale red, silky. Pod slightly recurved, 2-2} in. long, 10-12-seeded, ‘glabrescent. Style flattened, bearded throughout. Var. 1. pulcherrima ; leaflets large (end one 3 in. long) coriaceous often solitary, veins below very prominent, bracts ovate-lanceolate, flowers few close, pod per- sistently velvety. T. pulcherrima, Wight MSS. Nilghiris and Ceylon. Var. 2. coccinea ; leaflets 1-5 3-1 in. broad cuneately narrowed in the lower ‘half, branches closely argenteo-canescent, bracts linear minute, racemes elongated. T. coccinea, Wall. Cat. 5633; Pl. As. Rar. t.60. Birma, Wallich. Var. 3. intermedia, W. § A.; branches velvety, leaflets much smaller 9-13 3-4 in. broad the end one not much larger than the others, the veins less pro- Tminent; racemes not so close as in the type. T. intermedia, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5632. Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 5. 'T. spinosa, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 254; shrubby, branches closely -argenteo-canescent, stipules spiny, flowers 1-2 all in the axils of the leaves. Wall. Cat. 5651. W.& A. Prodr. 214 (excl. syn.); Wight Ic. t. 372. Galega ‘spinosa, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 383. Plains of the Western Peninsuta and Cuyton.—Distarm. Java. . A low shrub, with very numerous terete flexuose ascending branches. Spines ‘spreading, $+ in. Leaves short-petioled, 3-1 in. long; leaflets 5-7, narrow- oblanceolate, rigidly subcoriaceous, truncate, often emarginate, glabrous above, glaucous, nearly glabrous below. Flowers all axillary; 1-2 rarely 3 from the nodes; pedicels 3-4 in. Calyx } in., teeth linear-acuminate, as long as the tube. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod 3-1 in. nearly glabrescent, recurved, 5-6-seeded. Style ‘much incurved, flattened, glabrous. 6. T. senticosa, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 254; shrubby, branches closely ‘argenteo-canescent, stipules not spiny, flowers 1-2 all in the axils of the leaves. W.& A. Prodr. 211; Wight Ic. t. 370; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 61. ‘Galega senticosa, Linn. Amen. iii. 19. G. pentaphylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 384. T. pentaphylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5650. T. elegans, Wall. Cat. 5634. Plains of the WEsTERN PenrysuLa and Certon; Birma, Wallich. A low shrub, with copious erecto-patent terete slender branches; petiole very short; stipules minute, ascending, setaceous; leaflets usually 5, rarely 8, nar- row-oblanceolate, 1-1} in. long, truncate or emarginate, green, glabrous above, thinly silky beneath, cuneately narrowed in the lower half. Flowers usually geminate ; pedicels 3 in., argenteous. Calyx } in.; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Corolla more than twice the calyx, argenteous. Pod 14-2 in. long, 6-8-seeded, much recurved, persistently thinly canescent. 7.%. purpurea, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems glabrescent or finely downy, racemes elongated, pod glabrescent or finely downy slightly recurved 6-10-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5638; W. & A. Prodr. 213; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 61. T. leptostachya, DC. loc. cit. Galega purpurea, Linn.; Rorb. Fil. Ind. iii. 886. G. lanceefolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 386. G. Colonila and sericea, Ham. in Linn. Trans. xiii. 544-5. G. tinctoria, Lamk.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 386, non L. T. stricta, Grahk. in Wall. Cat. 5689. T. Taylorii, Grah. in. Wall. Cat. 5637. T. Wallichii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5640. T.lobata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5646, TT. tinctoria, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5643. T. gale- Tephrosia. | L, LecuMINOsSZ. (J.G. Baker.) 118 goides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5649. T. lanceefolia, Link; DC. loc. cit. T. indi- ofera, Bert. Misc. xix. 9, t. 5. T. lanceolata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5636. digofera flexuosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5473—Rheede Hort, Mal. i. t. 55. ‘ Tropical zone, spread universally from the Hrmazayas to Ceyton, Maxzacca and Stam, ascending to 4000 ft. in the north-west.—Distriz. Everywhere in the Tropics. A copiously-branched suberect perennial, 1-2 ft. high, with slender firm terete stems. Leaves short-petioled, 3-6 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, ascending or. reflexed ; leaflets 13-21, narrow oblanceolate, obtuse, green, glabrescent above, glaucous, obscurely silky below. Racemes copious, all leaf-opposed, 8-6 in. long, lax ; lower flowers fascicled; pedicels 3} in.;. bracts minute, Calyx 34 in., closely silky ; teeth. linear-subulate, as long ‘as the tube. Corolla 4-3 in., red, thinly silky. Pod 15-2 in. by 3 in. broad ; style subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. Var. 1. maxima ; taller, suberect, stipules lanceolate reflexed, racemes many- flowered elongated, corolla 4 in. long, pod glabrescent 2-2} in. long 10-12- seeded. T. maxima, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 252. W. § A. Prodr. 213. Galega maxima, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1068. T. Mitchellii, Grah. in Wall. Cat, 5641.—Plains of the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Var. 2. pumila; lower, more diffuse, persistently finely downy, stipules linear- setaceous, leaflets 9-11 smaller more downy, corolla rather smaller, pod 1-1} in. long finely downy. ‘T. pumila, Pers. ; DO. Prodr.ii. 254. T.timoriensis, DC. Prodr. ii, 254. TT. diffusa, W. g A. Prodr. 213. Galega diffusa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 387. G. procumbens, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 547. T. parviflora, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5642.—Distribution of the type. & T. Hookeriana, W. § A. Prodr. 212; herbaceous, stems finely downy, racemes elongated, pod slightly recurved 8-10-seeded clothed with persistent brownish silky hairs. T. Colutea, Wight.; Wall. Cat. 5647. Galega hirta, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 546. T. amcena, Hort. Calc. non Pers, Plains from the Himazayas to Cryton and Matacca. Closely allied to 7. purpurea, from which it scarcely differs except in the vestiture of the pod. Stipules linear; leaflets 13-19, narrow oblanceolate, 3-1 in. long, truncate or emarginate, glabrescent above, thinly persistently silky below. Racemes all lateral, reaching 6-9 in. long; pedicels 4-4 in. Calyx densely silky, 4+ in. ; teeth setaceous, exceeding the tube. Corolla 3-4 in. Pod 14-2 in. by ¢ in.; style flattened, subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 9. T. villosa, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems finely downy, racemes elongated, pod much recurved 6-8-seeded densely clothed with white silky hairs. Wall. Cat. 5645; W. & A. Prodr. 212. Galega villosa, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 885. T. argentea, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 252; W. & A. Prodr. ony Galega argentea, Lamh. Dict. ii. 599. G. Barba-jovis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 2. : Plains from the Himatayas to Ceyton.—Distrrs. Mauritius, Trop. Africa. Habit of T. purpurea, but stems somewhat firmer and more woody, clothed with short adpressed white hairs. eaves nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long; stipules linear, ascending or reflexed; leaflets 13-19, grey-green, glabrescent above, persistently silky below, narrow oblanceolate, often emarginate. Racemes half a foot or more long; lower flowers in distant fascicles, lowest often in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels very short; bracts setaceous, plumose, Calyx 3-4 in. deep, densely silky ; teeth setaceous, lower exceeding the tube. Corolla pale red, not much exceeding the calyx. Pod 1-1} in. long, 1-4 in. broad, densely persistently velvety; style glabrous, flattened, densely penicillate at the tip. Var. 1. éncana; stems clothed with short spreading pubescence, leaflets rather broader, pod still more densely silky. TT. incana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5644; VOL. II, I 114 L. LEGuMINOsZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Tephrosia, W. & A. Prodr. 212; Wt. Ic. t. 371. Galega incana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 385. G. Colutea, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1246 (excluding description of pod). T. Ehrenbergiana, Schweinf. Pl. Zithiop. 18.—Distribution of the type. : _ 10. ©, pauciflora, Grak. in Wall. Cat.. 5635; herbaceous, stems finely silky, flowers usually all in the axils of the leaves, pod glabrescent or finely downy slightly recurved 6-S-seeded. T. anthylloides, Hochst. ; Baker in Olin. Flor. Trop. Africa, ii. 118 ? Plains of Scinpz, Stocks, Dalzell; Punsan, Stewart; Brema, Wallich. Stems densely cxspitose, under a foot high. Stipules ascending, setaceous; leaflets 5-9, narrow oblanceolate, finely silky beneath, 1-1} in. long, often emar- ginate. Flowers usually all geminate on short pedicels in the axils of the upper leaves, casually produced into a sparse raceme. Calyr }in., finely silky. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod 1-2 in. by 2 in.; style glabrous, flattened.—-Probably a third variety of 7. purpurea. The Indian differs from the African plant by smaller flowers and fewer seeds. DOUBTFUL SPECIES. T. rusca, W. & A. Prodr. 210 (T. argentea, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5648, non Pers.), is a plant gathered by Dr. Wight on the Dindygul hills, of which the flowers are not known. In general habit, leaves, inflorescence, vestiture, and the shape of the calyx and pod, it resembles closely Mundulea suberosa, but. the leaflets are shorter and more obtuse, and the pod dehisces readily, like that of a Tephrosia, and the sutures are not thickened so as to form a prominent border. The calyx is that of § Brissonia. 23. SESBANTA, Pers. Soft-wooded shrubs or herbs. Leaves long, very narrow, abruptly-pinnate, with very numerous deciduous linear-oblong obtuse mucronate leaflets. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate, shallowly 2-lipped or 5-toothed. Co- rolla much exserted ; petals all with long claws; standard broad ; keel obtuse, straight, or in § Agatz recurved and subrostrate. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform, Ovary linear, stipitate, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved, glabrous, stigma capitate. Pod very long and narrow, dehiscent, with distinct septa be- tween the very numerous seeds.—Drsrrrs. Species about 20, spread everywhere through the tropics. Suseren. 1. Husesbania. Flowers small; bud straight. 1. S. egyptiaca, Pers.; DC. Prod. ii. 264; perennial, unarmed, pod. flexible twisted. Wall. Cat. 5656; W.& A. Prodr.214; We. Ic. t.82; Bedd. Fi. Sylv. 86, Anal. Gen. t. 12, fig. 3; Brand. For. Flor. 137 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 198. Aischynomene Sesban, Linn. ; Ro2b. Fl. Ind. iii. 332. AB. indica, Burm. Fl. Ind. 169. Coronilla Sesban, Willd, Sp. iii. 1147—Rheede Hort. Mal. vi. t. 27. Plains from the Hnratayas to Ceynon and Siam, ascending to 4000 ft. in the north-west.—Distrr1s. Cosmopolitan in tropics of old world. A soft-wooded shrub of short duration, 6-10 ft. high, with terete twiggy branches. Leaves 3-6 in. long; leaflets 2141, glabrous, linear-oblong, pale green. Flowers 6-10, in copious lax axillary racemes ; pedicels filiform, 3 in. Calyz 2 in., glabrous, membranous; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla }-3 in., glabrous, pale yellow or (in &. picta, Pers.,; Bot. Reg. t. 873), more or less tinged with deepred. Pod 6-9 in. long, weak, torulose; sutures little thickened. 2, S. aculeata, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii, 265; annual, muricated, pod long firm not twisted nor torulose. Wall. Cat. 5655; W. & A. Prod, 214; Dats. § Sesbania.] L, LEGuMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) 115 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. _Aischynomene bispinosa, Jacq. Ic. t. 564. ‘ZB. spinulosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 333. Coronilla aculeata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1147. Plains from the Wesr Himaravas to Cevton and Stam.—Drsrers, Cosmopolitan in tropics of old world. ; Suffruticose, reaching several feet high, the branches and leaf-rachises armed with small weak prickles, Leaves reaching 4-1 ft. long; leaflets glabrous, 41-81, ‘smaller and narrower than in 8. egyptiaca. Racemes laxly 3-6-flowered, distinctly peduncled. Calyx} in., glabrous. Corolla 3-4 in., pale yellow ; standard dotted with Ped 6-9 in. by 4 in., straight or rather falcate, beaked with the persistent ‘style. : Var. 1. paludesa; more robust, unarmed, leaves glabrous. AS. paludosa and uligi- nosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 333-4. Var. 2. sericea ; branches robust unarmed, leaflets more or less silky even when mature, racemes subsessile. S. sericea. DC. Prodr. ii. 266—Plains of Ceylon, Fergus- gov, CP., 3850. * 4 4 Var. 3. cannabina; branches obscurely muricated, racemes subsessile 3—4- ‘flowered, corolla and calyx smaller, the former not more than 2 in. long. S. canna- bina, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 215; W.& A. Prodr. 215; Wall. Cat. 5657. A&schynomene cannabina, Retz. Obs. v. 26. Coronilla cannabina, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii, 1148. 8. affinis, Schrad.; DC. loc. cit. 3. S. procumbens, W. & A. Prodr. 215; annual, obscurely muricated, ‘pod short flexible torulose not twisted. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 62. Aischy- nomene procumbens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 337. Ad. diffusa, Roxb, MSS. Prats of the Western PEentnsuta. _ Branches lower and more slender than in the last. Leaves 2-8 in. long; -leaflets 31-41, linear-oblong, glabrous, glaucous. lowers solitary or geminate, without a common peduncle. Calyr 3, in. long. Corolla 3 times the calyx. Pod straight, 2-3 in. long, 4 in. thick, 15-20-seeded, distinctly torulose. ., Sugeun, 2. Agati, Desv. Flowers large; bud falcately recurved. 4. S. grandiflora, Pers. Syn. ii. 316; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 86; Brand. For. Flor, 137. Eschynomene grandiflora, Linn. Sp. 1050; Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 331. Agati grandiflora, Desv. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 266; Wall. Cat. 5654; W. &§ A. Prodr. 215. Coronilla grandiflora, Willd. Sp. iii. 1145—Rheede Hort. Mal. i. t. 51. Pratns of the Western Peninsula, a doubtful native-—Distris. Mauritius to N. Australia, but often cultivated. A short-lived soft-wooded tree, 20-30 ft. high, with virgate terete branches. Leaves 3-1 ft. long; leaflets 41-61, linear-oblong, pale green, glabrous. Flowers 2-4, in short axillary racemes. Calyx 1 in. deep, glabrous, shallowly 2-lipped. Corolla 8-4 in. deep, white or, in Z. coccinea, Desv. ; DC. loc. cit. (7Eschynomene coccinea, L.), more or less deeply tinged with red. Pod 1 foot or more long, falcate, firm, not toru- dose, the sutures much thickened. 24. CARAGANA, Lam. , Usually low shrubs, with the leaf-rachises and the stipules usually spine- tipped and hardened, persistent from year to year. Culya: campanulate, placed very obliquely on its pedicel, produced on the upper side; teeth 5, deltoid or lanceolate. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad, with reflexed edges; keel not at all beaked, usually as long as the wings and standard. Stamens diadelph- ous; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved, glabrous, stigma minute terminal. Pod linear, turgid, not at all torulose, con- tinuous, but sometimes pubescent within—Disrrip. Species about 15, spread widely through Central Asia. 4 : I 116, L. LEGuMINosz. (J. G. Baker.) [Caragana, * Leaf-rachis suppressed. 1. GC. pygmea, DC. Prodr. ii. 268; leaflets 4 digitate oblanceolate gla~ brous, flowers solitary nearly sessile. Brand. For. Flor. 134, Robinia pygmea, Linn, Sp. Pl. 1044; Pall. Fl. Ross,i. t. 45. Genista versicolor, Wall. Cat. 5922; Royle Ill. t. 34, fig.2. CO. versicolor, Benth. in Royle il. 198, West Himarayas, temperate and alpine regions; Trset, Kunawar, &c., alt. 8~-17,000 ft.—Distris. Afghanistan, Altai to Davuria. A low undershrub, with the habit of a prickly Genista, the branches armed with a pungent, ascending trifid spine under an inch long from each of the close nodes,. Leaves solitary or geminate in the spine axils, with rarely a perceptible petiole;- leaflets 3-4 in. long, firm, pale green. _Pedicels jointed, shorter than the calyx. , Calyx glabrous, 4 in. long; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla bright reddish-yellow, 3 in; standard glabrous. Pod linear, turgid, glabrous, naked within, 3-1 in. long. ** Leaf-rachis produced, with a spine at the end. 2. C. conferta, Benth. MSS.; leaflets 4-6 oblanceolate subglabrous, stipules spinous, flowers 1-2 subsessile. ; Batti, temperate or alpine region, Winterbottom. Nodes crowded on the castaneous downy branches. Spines woody, an inch long. Stipules broad, scariose, downy, with a spiny tip; leaflets 4-3 in. long, obtuse, with a mucro, at first faintly silky beneath, subcoriaceous. Pedicels downy, shorter than the calyx. Calyx 3 in., finely silky ; teeth deltoid, ciliated, half as long as the tube. Cv- rolla 1 in. long, the keel incurved, with very long claws. Ovary linear, densely pubescent, 10-15-ovuled ; style long, much incurved. Pod unknown. : 3.G. Gerardiana, Royle Ill. 198, t. 34, fig.1; leaflets 8-12 oblan- ceolate-oblong densely pubescent, stipules not spinous, flowers 1-2 subsessile. Brand. For. Flor. 133. Astragalus Gerardianus,~Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5938. C. spinosissima, Benth. in Royle IUl.198; Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 43. West Hiwazayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 8-13,000 ft.; Gurwxat, Kumaon, Kunawar, _ A shrub reaching 3-4 ft. high, with very close nodes and downy young branches. Old spines erecto-patent, pungent, 1-1} in. long, often downy. Leaflets 1-3 in. long; obtuse, mucronate, firm, densely silky ; stipules deltoid, scarious, not spine-tipped and consequently the old spines simple, not trifid. Calyx shortly pedicelled, 2 in. long; densely pubescent; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, half the tube. Corolla twice the calyx. ae 3-1 a by 1 in., woolly within and persistently clothed with grey pubescence on the outside. 4. G. polyacantha, Royle Ill. 198; leatlets 10-12 obovate-oblong densely pubescent, stipules spinous, flowers 1-2 ona short peduncle. Astragalus- polyacanthus, Wall. Cat. 5934. Centrat Hmraraya, alpine or temperate region; Kumaon, Blinkworth 3; Gur- wat, Strachey and Winterbottom. A low shrub, with close nodes and densely downy young branches. Old spines 1-2 in. long, weaker and less pungent than in the last. Leaf-rachises densely matted with pale brown woolly pubescence ; leaflets 1-2 in. long, pale green, rigidly coriaceous, truncate, mucronate. Common peduncle short and not always developed. Calyx 3 in. long, densely silky, subtended by a pair of linear bracteoles; teeth setaceous from @ deltoid base, half as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish, twice the calyx. Ovary linear, densely pubescent. Pod unknown. 5. G. brevispina, Royle Ill. 198; leaflets 12-16 obovate-oblong gla- brous or finely silky, stipules spinous, flowers 2-4 on a common peduncle. Brand, For. Flor, 138. Caragana. | L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 117 West Himarayas, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft.; Kasumm, Kunawar, Gur- wHAL, Simxa, &¢c.—Distris. Chinese Tartary, Afghanistan. A shrub several feet high, the nodes less crowded than in the preceding, the young branches finely downy. Old spine-tipped rachises 2-4 in. long, rigid or flexible. Leaflets 3-3 in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrescent on both sides or thinly pubescent be- low. Peduncle 1-2 in.; bracts and bracteoles linear, scarious; pedicelsdowny. Calyx} in. long, subglabrous; teeth half the tube, lanceolate-cuspidate. Corolla glabrous, yellowish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, linear, 2 in. long, woolly within. *** Spineless leaf-rachis produced, with a leaflet at the end (CuusneEYA, Lindl.). 6. G. crassicaulis, Benth. MSS.; leaflets 21-25 linear-oblong pubes- cent, flowers solitary. Astragalus crassicaulis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5982... A. nubigenus, Don Prodr. 245? Caragana (Nephelotrophe) nubigena, Bunge Mon. Astrag. 240? Himatayas, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft.; Gurwuaz and Kumaon to Sixxm. Stems thick, tufted, woody, creeping for a few inches below the surface, clothed very densely with the long old tough but not pungent or spinous leaf-rachises. Leaves in a lax rosette at the surface, short-petioled, 1-14 in. long; leaflets green, not coriace- ous, +} in. long, truncate or emarginate. Peduncle downy, as long as the calyx. Calyx Zin. long, very oblique, densely pubescent ; teeth 3-4 tube. Corolla reddish-yellow, twice the calyx ; standard pubescent on the outside ; wings and keel shorter. Pod linear- oblong, §-2 in. long, finely pubescent, stuffed inside with cottony down. | 7. ©. cuneata, Baker; leaflets 11-13, flowers 1-3 long-peduncled. Guldenstedtia cuneata, Benth. in Royle Ill. 200. Chesneya vaginalis, Jaub. and Spach. Ill. 96, t. 48? (calyx teeth shorter). TEMPERATE and AtrINE West Hrmaxayas, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; Trser and Kunawar. —Disrri. Orient ?; Kashgar, Bellew. - - ' Branches 2-3 in. long, crowded from a woody rhizome. Stipules small, deltoid ; leaf-rachis, including distinct petiole, 2-4in. long; leaflets obovate, 3-4 in. long, truncate, emarginate, not coriaceous, densely pubescent. Pedunele equalling or overtopping the leaves ; pedicels very short. Calyx 3-4 in. downy ; teeth linear-lanceolate, half as long as the tube or more. Corolla twice the calyx ; standard pubescent ; wings rather shorter ; keel shorter still. Pod straight, linear, glabrous, 2-23 in. long, 10-12-seeded, slightly stuffed within. This and the last have the oblique calyx of Calophaca, but in habit :and corolla range better under Guldenstedtia.—Dr. Aitchison sends from Ladak a plant with deep purple flowers, more hoary leaves and narrower pod, which may be distinct, 25. GULDENSTZEDTIA, Fisch. Spineless perennials. Zeaves odd-pinnate. Flowers solitary or umbellate on Jong axillary peduncles. Calyz-tube campanulate, not oblique; teeth 5, distinct, upper broader. Corolla much exserted; standard round; keel not more than shalf as long as the other petals, straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved very short, stigma, capitate. Pod linear, turgid, not torulose, continuous within.—Disrris. Species 7-8, all Oentral Asian. 1. @. himalaica, Baker ;. shortly caulescent, leaflets 11-18 obovate- ~obcordate densely silky, flowers 1-8, calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. Hyrazava, alpine zone, alt. 11-15,000 ft.; Kumaow and Gurwuat to Srxxim. Stems 1-2 in. long, cespitose from. a, perennial rootstock, densely silky. Leaves 3-1} in. long, distinctly petioled, densely clothed with pale brown silky hairs; stipules 118 L. LEGuMINosEZ. (J.G. Baker.) [Guldenstedtia. large, leafy, ovate ; leaflets 4-3 in. long, not at all rigid. Peduncle filiform, 1-3 in. long ; pedicels shorter than calyx; bracts lanceolate, very minute. Calyx 2 in., silky ; ‘upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate. Corolla 3-4 times calyx; standard round, glabrous. Pod linear, glabrous, } in. long, 6-8-seeded, with a narrow border to the upper suture. 2. G. mirpourensis, Benth. MSS.; stemless, leaflets 3-7 oblong: obscurely pubescent, flowers 1-3, calyx-teeth as long as the tube. Astragalus. mirpourensis, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 39, t. 46. Uprrr Gancetic plain at Mirpour, Jacquemont. Hazara, Dr. Stewart." Rhizomes slender, branched, with the leaves and peduncles in a rosette at the sur- face. Petiole $-1 in., obscurely pubescent, like the rachis and underside of the leaves; leaflets }} in. long, obtuse, glabrescent above, not at all rigid. Peduncle as long as the leaves; pedicels scarcely any. Calyx } in. finely silky ; teeth lanceolate- acuminate. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod twice the calyx, linear, finely silky. 3. G. multiflora, Bunge Enum. Pl. Chin. 18; stemless, leaflets 11-13. oblong densely silky, flowers 3-6, calyx-teeth as long as the tube. West Houuaraya, Royle, the exact station not known. Distrrp. China. Rosettes of leaves and peduncles densely crowded at the surface on a slender woody- rhizome. Leaf-rachis 2-4 in., including the distinct petiole, densely pubescent > leaflets 3-4 in., obtuse, soft, not rigid. Pedunele equalling or overtopping the leaves ; bracts linear, exceeding the very short pedicels. Calyx 3 in.; teeth linear-lanceo- late. Corolla violet or yellow, twice the calyx. Pod twice the calyx, linear, straight,. densely pubescent. 26. ASTRAGALUS, Linn. Herbs or undershrubs with pinnate leaves, the lesf-rachis terminating either- in a leaflet or a spine. Calyx tubular or campanulate, equal or gibbous on the back; teeth 5, subequal. Corolla usually distinctly exserted ; petals subequal or wings and keel shorter than the standard, the keel incurved, obtuse. Stamens: diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, many-ovuled ; style Incurved, stigma capitate. Pod linear or oblong, usually turgid, continuous within or more or less completely longitudinally 2-celled from the introversion of the inferior suture.—Duisrrrs. Belts the world in the north-temperate zone, the head quarters being Western and Central Asia. Monographed in the 11th volume of the 7th series of the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of St, Petersburg, by Bunge, who estimates the number of species at 1150-1200. _Susezn. 1. Trichostylus, Baker. A herbaceous perennial, with basifixed: hairs, the style bearded down the inner face below the stigma, as in Phaseolus. 1. A. Heydei, Baker. West Trseran Himarayas, alpine region, alt. 15-16,000 ft., Strachey. By the Tso-kar sea, between Rupschu and Korsog, Heyde. Rhizome slender, woody, the whole plant not reaching more than an inch above the soil. Leaves 3-} in. long; leaflets 17-19, oblong, crowded, complicate, persistently argenteo-canescent, fleshy ; stipules small, deltoid, fleshy, spreading. Peduncles 11 in. Flowers 2-4 ina close umbellate head ; bracts and pedicels minute. Calyx $ in, densely argenteo-canescent ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, rather shorter than the campanu- late tube. Corolla more than twice the calyx, rose-red with the tip deeper; petals- subequal ; limb of standard round, reflexed, deeply emarginate. Pod } in, long, oblong, membranous, much inflated, short-stalked, glabrous, 1-celled, many-seeded. Suncrn. 2. Pogonophace, Bunge. A group of various habit, with basifixed hairs, differing from all the rest by its penicillate stigma. Astragalus.) L, LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 119 * Annuals with slender trailing stems and sessile pods (habit of Subgen, Trimenizeus). 2, A. amherstianus, Benth. in Royle Ill. 199; corolla scarcely ex- ceeding the calyx, pod 10-12-seeded with the valves but little inflexed. Bunge Mon. 1, 5, ii. 8. : West Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 6-10,000 ft.; Kisrwar, Kunawar, Cuampa, Sruta.—Disteip. Afghanistan, Stems densely ceespitose, diffuse, 1-1 ft., clothed with dense adpressed whitish hairs. Leaves short-petioled, 1-1} in.; leaflets 13-17, narrow, oblong, obtuse, 3-2 in. long, densely clothed with thick adpressed white hairs; stipules minute, lanceolate. Flowers 4-10, in close distinctly-peduncled racemes; pedicels very short; bracts minute, seta- ceous. Calyx 3-4 in., shaggy with hairs like those of the leaves; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla primrose-yellow. Pod linear, turgid, 3-4 in, long, much tecurved, rostrate, thinly pubescent. 38. A. subumbellatus, Klotzsch in Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 159, t. 3; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, pod 20-24-seeded with the sutures much inflexed. A. hippocrepidis, Benth. MSS.; Bunge Mon. i. 5, ii. 35 Boiss, Fl. Orient. ii. 231. A. Scorpiurus, Bunge Mon. loc. ct. A. humifusus, Jacquem. MSS. PunsaB, Hazara, Kasumir, tropical and temperate regions, ascending to 6-7000 ft.—Disrrie. Beloochistan, Afghanistan. Stems 1-1 ft., diffuse, branched, clothed with short deciduous ascending white hairs. Leaves 1-2 in.; leaflets 138-21, distant, oblong, glaucous, }-% in., thinly or densely pilose or nearly glabrescent; stipules minute, lanceolate, cuspidate. Racemes distinctly peduncled, 6-10-flowered, lax or close ; pedicels very short ; bracts setaceous, very minute. Calyx } in., thinly pubescent; teeth setaceous, as long as thetube. Co- olla % in., yellow tinged with rose-purple; blade of wings lanceolate, shorter than the standard and keel. Pod 4-3 in., cylindrical, much recurved, shortly pubescent, almost completely bilocular. : ** Perennials with slender cespitose trailing stems and stalked pods (habit of Subgen. Hypoglottis). 4, A. pyenorhizus, JVall. Cat. 5927; glabrous, flowers 1-2, calyx- teeth lanceolate nearly as long as the tube, wings shorter than the keel. Benth. in Royle Ill. 199 ; Bunge Mon. i, 4, ii. 1. Spheerophysa pycnorhiza, Benth. Gen. Plant. i. 504, Nreat, Wallich. Srxxr, alt. 6-12,000 ft., Hook. fil. Root woody, fusiform. Stems wiry, 3-1 ft. Leaves an inch or more long; leaflets close, 11-13, green, obovate-oblong, truncate-emarginate, } in. long, clothed with only a few very short obscure hairs; stipules free, minute, membranous, deltoid. Pe- duncles equalling or exceeding the leaves, clothed with short mixed black and white hairs; pedicels very short ; bracts membranous, lanceolate. Calys 3 in., gibbous, clothed with minute pubescence like that of the peduncle. Corolla 4-3 in., purplish; limb of standard round, 3 in. broad ; wings half as broad as the depth of the keel. Pod 3-3 in. long, glabrous, inflated, 12-16-seeded, the suture not inflexed ; stalk much shorter than the calyx. 5. A. Donianus, DC. Prodr. ii. 283; slightly Pobencart flowers few, wings as long as the keel, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube. Bunge Mon. i. 4, ii.1. A. macrorhizus, Don Prod, 245, non Cav. Niear, Wallich. Plant prostrate, beset with a few scattered adpressed hairs. Leaves with 8-10- pairs of oval alternate mucronulate leaflets, which are pubescent beneath, but when 120 L. LEGuMINosZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, -young silky ; stipules connate. Peduncles twice as long as the leaves. Calyz + in. long, Corolla purple; standard 2 in. long, blade broad. Pod silky, subulate, 20-seeded. Described from DC. and Bunge loc, cit.—No specimen seen. 6. A. kongrensis, Benth. MSS.; green, finely silky, flowers in a dense head, wings shorter than the keel, calyx clothed with adpressed silky hairs, teeth lanceolate much shorter than the tube. Srxxrm ; Kongra Lama, alt. 15,000 ft., Hook. fil. Subacaulescent, with a slender rhizome, creeping below the surface. Leaves dis- tinetly petioled, 2-3 in. long ; leaflets 15-17, roundish-oblong, obtuse, not complicate, pale green, thinly coated with short white hairs; stipules }-3 in., ovate, obtuse, per- sistent, slightly silky. Flowers 6-6, ascending or cernuous, in a dense head ; peduncles 13-2 in., erect, clothed with adpressed black hairs; pedicels very short, densely black- silky; bracts linear, not very small. Calyx.3 in. Corolla twice the calyx, deep purple; keel as long as the standard. Ovary densely silky, multiovulate, with a stalk nearly as long as the calyx-tube. 7. A. tribulifolius, Benth. MSS. ; glaucous, densely tomentose, leaflets crowded, flowers few in a dense head, calyx-teeth subulate as long as the tube, ‘wings much shorter than the keel. Bunge Mon. i. 4, ii, 2. Western Tiset, alpine region; valley below Hanle Rupchu, alt. 14,500 ft.; Thom- ‘son, Heyde. Rootstock long, woody, fusiform. Stems and thick glaucous leaves densely clothed with short spreading white hairs. Leaves 1-2 in. long; leaflets crowded, 17-21, oblong, 1-3 in. long; stipules minute, deltoid, leaf-like, free. Peduncles 1-2 in, the short pubescence growing black upwards; pedicels very short; bracts subulate, conspicuous, persistent. Calyx 1 in., densely clothed with short black pubescence. Corolla purplish, half as long again as the calyx; standard jin. broad. Ovary silky, ‘distinctly stalked ; ovules about 20. Pod not seen. 8. A. Hendersoni, Baker; glaucous, densely tomentose, leaflets crowded, flowers 1-2 together, calyx-teeth lanceolate shorter than the tube. Teer; upper part of the Karakash valley, Dr. Henderson. Closely allied to the last, the thick glaucous crowded leaflets clothed with dense white hairs, the whole plant in the single specimen gathered not more than a couple of inches high. Leaves +} in. long; leaflets 13-17, obovate-oblong, obtuse, folded together. Peduncles short, clothed with short white pubescence. Calyx 2 in., matted with mixed black and white hairs. Corolla seen in bud only. Pod oblong, the same size and shape, and as much inflated as in A. pycnorhizus, membranous, with a few short adpressed hairs and a short stalk; sutures scarcely at all intruded; seeds about 20. *** Tall perennials with almost woody stems, lax flowers, and long-stalked few-seeded pods (habit of Subgen. Phaca). 9. A. Falconeri, Bunge Mon. i.4; ii. 2; densely pubescent, stipules be foliaceous, leaflets 13-17, pod turgid glabrescent, A. acutiflorus, Benth. West Treet, Falconer; Hazara, Winterbottom. Stems flexuous, old glabrescent, young clothed with short spreading white pubes- cence. Leaves 1-1} in. long; leaflets close, glaucous, obtuse, oblanceolate-oblong, 3-tin. long. Racemes few-flowered, long-peduncled ; pedicels shorter than the calyx, downy. Calyx } in., gibbous, nearly glabrous; teeth very short. Corolla lilac, } in.; wings lanceolate, acute, as long as the keel. Pod 1-§ in. long, narrowed to both ends, 4-6-seeded ; stalk twice the calyx; inflexed suture reaching all through in the lower part, not in the upper. Astragalus. ] L. LEGUMINOSa. (J. G. Baker.) 121 10. A. adesmisfolius, Benth. MSS.; glabrous, stipules large foliace- ous, leaflets very numerous, pod flat glabrous. Bunge Mon. i. 4; ii, 2. -Phaca Hoffmeisteri, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 159, t. 2. a ‘West Tibetan Himalayas, alt. 8-12,000 ft.; Dras, Zanskar, Piri, Lapax, UBRA. Branches zigzag, glabrous, terete, woody, reaching several feet in height. Leaves 2-6 in. long; leaflets 25-41, green, obovate, emarginate, rather fleshy, lower $-4 in. long, upper growing gradually smaller ; stipules persistent, obliquely cordate-ovate. Ra- comes very lax, 3—1 ft.; pedicels very short; bracts minute, linear. Calyz 4 in., ob- lique, cans An! aa glabrous ; teeth minute, deltoid. Corolla lilac, 4 in., the petals subequal in length; limb of wing lanceolate, acute. Pod oblong, $-} in., nar- rowed to both ends, 4—8-seeded ; lower suture hardly at all inflexed ; stalk more than twice the calyx. ll. A. trichocarpus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5926; obscurely silky, sti- pules minute, leaflets very numerous, pod turgid finely downy. Bunge Mon. 1,45; 11.2. A. seshanioides, Benth. in Royle Ill. 199; Bunge loc. cit. Central Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 5-8000 ft.; Suma, Gurwuat, Kumaon. Erect, suffruticose, reaching several feet high, the branches straight, virgate, much furrowed. Leaves subsessile, 2-4 in; leaflets 31-41, oblong, 4-3 in. long, subobtuse, pale green, clothed with minute silvery hairs. Racemes very copious, distinctly pe- duneled, erecto-patent, 2-4 in. long, with very numerous flowers; ‘pedicels short, cernuous, clothed with dense short mixed black and white hairs; bracts linear, minute. Calyx glabrous, campanulate, oblique, 3, in.; teeth deltoid. Corolla lilac, 4-5 times the calyx; limb of standard round; wings lanceolate, shorter than the keel. Pod 3-4 in. long, oblong, completely 2-celled, 4—6-seeded; stalk much exceeding the calyx. Suseen. 3. Trimenicwus, Bunge. Annual weeds with basifixed hairs, small yellow flowers in usually dense heads, and glabrous stigmas. 12. A. prolixus, Sieber Pl. Agypt. Exvsic.; heads dense peduncled, leaflets 41-17 oblong obtuse, pod short straight linear-oblong 6-8-seeded ‘nearly bilocular. Bunge Mon. i. 9; ii. 6; Bows. Fl. Orient. ii, 228. A. arabicus, Ehrhenb.; Bunge Mon. loc. cit.; Boiss. loc. cit. Phaca Vogelii, Webb in Hook. Nigr. Fl. 123, t. 8. Plains of Scrmpe and Punsas.—Disrrie. Cape Verde islands; through Egypt to Arabia. Stems very slender, 3-1 ft., densely clothed upwards with adpressed white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 4-14 in. long ; leaflets distant, glaucous, 3 in., clothed with fine adpressed white hairs; stipules minute, lanceolate, free. Heads 6—-12-flowered ; peduncles rarely as long as the leaves. Calyx under 3, in., densely matted ; teeth linear-setaceous, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla little exserted. Pod sessile, turgid, 3-3 in. long, densely pubescent. 13. A. Aitchisoni, Baker ; heads very lax short-peduncled, leaflets ob- long emarginate, pod very long and slender straight or slightly recurved slightly torulose unilocular 15-20-seeded. Prensas, Salt range, Aitchison. . Stem suberect, } ft., slender, thinly white-canescent. Leaves distinctly petioled, 14-22 in. long; leaflets distant, 17-25, alternate, } in. long, grey-green, thinly coated with adpressed short white hairs; stipules minute, deltoid. acemes 4-6- flowered; pedicels very short; bracts minute. Calyx % in. campanulate, thinly white-silky ; teeth linear or lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube, Corolla twice the calyx, white with a purple tip; standard longer than the wings and keel. Pod 13 in. long, under 2; in. thick, thinly white-canescent at first; dissepiment not at all incurved ; seeds distant, very small. ; 122 L. LEGUMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus. 14. A. ophiocarpus, Benth. MSS.; heads lax nearly sessile, leaflets. oblong emarginate, pod very long and slender sickle-shaped slightly torulose unilocular 10-12-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 10; ii. 6; Boiss. Fl. Ortent, ii. 224, Lanvax, alt. 11,000 ft., Thomson.—Disrris. Persia. ee pete E, Stems slender, diffuse, }—} ft., densely finely white-downy. Leaves di stinctly petioled, +1 in. long; leaflets moderately close and thick, distinctly notched at the apex, matted on both sides with short white hairs; stipules lanceolate, very minute, Racemes 3-6-flowered; pedicels and bracts minute. Calyx under 7; in., densely matted ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, its petals subequal in length. Pod 1-14 in. long, thick, finely downy, the dissepiment not at all incurved, the oblong seeds with a space corresponding’ to the slight con- strictions of the pod between them. 15. A. tribuloides, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 288; heads dense sessile, leaflets 18-15 oblong-lanceolate acute, pod short linear-oblong densely pubescent little recurved 10-12-seeded subbilocular. Bunge Mon.i.10; ii. 7; Bovss. FU ie ii. 224, A. minutus, erpocaulis and ammocryptos, Boiss. Diagn. ix. Plains of Punsaz.—Distrr. Canaries, through Egypt to Afghanistan. : Stems slender, densely cespitose, trailing, 1-1 ft., densely clothed upwards with ascending white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-2} in. long; leaflets mostly close, densely clothed with long white hairs on both sides; stipules minute. Heads 6-10- flowered. Calyx tubular, 3-2 in., densely matted; teeth setaceous, shorter than the tube. Corolla pale yellow, little exserted. Pods 3 in. long, turgid, densely pubescent, the cluster often spreading from the stem like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. 16. &. hamosus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 290; heads peduncled dense, leaflets 13-25 oblong emarginate, pod long cylindrical glabrous much recurved nearly bilocular 16-18-seeded. Srdth. §& Sm. Fl. Grec. t. 728; Bunge Mon. 1.18; 11.13; Boiss, Fl. Orient. ii. 238. Plains of Punsas at Lahore, Peshawur, &c.—Distris. Canaries, Mediterranean region, Orient. More robust and less hairy than the other species, the stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves distinctly petioled, }-} ft. long; leaflets distinctly stalked, pale green, }—$ in. long, glabrescent above, or thinly matted with silvery hairs on both sides. Heads 6-20- flowered ; peduncles much shorter than the leayes. Calyx } in., matted with mixed black and white hairs; teeth subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod }-~1 in, long, cylindrical, firmer than in its neigh- bours, quite glabrous. 17. A. gracilipes, Benth. MSS.; heads dense peduncled few-flowered, leaflets 9-13 oblong obtuse, pod cylindrical pubescent little recurved 10-12- seeded half-bilocular. Bunge Mon. i. 15; ii. 17. West Tizet; Zanskar and Indus valley, alt. 11-14,000 feet, Thomson. Acaulescent, or stems short, suberect, densely clothed with ascending strong white hairs. Leaves long-petioled, 1-3 inches long ; leaflets distant, greenish, }-% in. long, densely clothed with hairs like thoso of the stem; stipules minute. Heads 3-6- flowered; peduncles pilose, 2-4 in. Calyx 2 in., tubular; teeth short, setaceous. Corolla pale yellow, twice the calyx; standard narrowed suddenly into a deltoid tip, the wings shorter and keel shorter still, Pod 3-8 in. long by 2 in., sessile, clothed with short dense white bristly hairs. 18. A. contortuplicatus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 290 ; heads dense short- peduncled, leaflets 13-17 oblanceolate-oblong emarginate, pod cylindrical downy very much recurved nearly bilocular 20-30-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 18; ii. 203 Bows. Fl. Orient. ii. 230. ' Astragalus. | L. Lecuminosz#. (J. G. Baker.) 123: Plains of Punsas and Scrnpz.—Disrerp. East Europe, Orient, West Siberia. Stems suberect, 4-14 ft., densely clothed with short soft spreading white hairs.. Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-4 inches long; leaflets }-} in., distant, greenish, thin at first, densely pilose on both sides; stipules lanceolate, free, larger than in all the pre- ceding. Heads very dense, many-flowered, on pilose peduncles much shorter than the- leaves. Calyx 4 in., densely pilose; teeth setaceous, plumose, exceeding the tube.. Corolla little exserted, the lanceolate acute wings shorter than the standard and keel. Pod 3 in. long, sausage-shaped, membranous, rugose, completely conduplicate. _ Suscen. 4, Podolotus, Royle. A caulescent perennial, with a few obscure basifixed hairs and naked stigma, differing from all the other groups: by the endocarp of the unilocular pod separating as a thin membrane and produced. into septa between the seeds. oo 19. A. hosackioides, Benth. Gen. i. p. 507. Podolotus hosackioides. Royle Ili. 198. Kvumaon and Gurwuat, temperate region. Stems slender, glabrous, zigzag, densely ceespitose, 14-14 ft. Leaves short-petioled,. 1-14 in.; leaflets 13-15, green, glabrous, oblong, obtuse, 3-2 in.; stipules minute,. deltoid. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the leaves, 1-2-flowered. Calyx } in, glabrous; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx; petals equal in length, wings and keel abruptly incurved. Pod linear, turgid, straight, 4-3 in. long,. 5-6-seeded, with a stalk as long as the calyx. Suncey. 5. Hypoglottis. Herbaceous perennials, with basifixed hairs,. flowers in dense mostly peduncled capitate heads, and naked stigmas. * Heads sessile or peduncled. Flowers lilac or purple. 20. A. confertus, Benth. MSS.; stems very dwarf densely czespitose- thinly clothed with adpressed white hairs, leaflets 11-13, calyx clothed with adpressed black hairs, teeth linear shorter than the tube, pod stalked unilocular: few-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 23; ii. 27. Wesr Trset, alpine region; Pangong and Parang valley, alt. 15-17,500 ft.,. Thomson, Henderson. : ‘ : Ehizome woody, fusiform, the whole plant not more than 1-3 inches high above- the soil. Leaves 4-4 in. long; leaflets silvery, thick, close, complicate, oblong, densely canescent, 4 in. or less long; stipules small, lanceolate. Heads 6—8-flowered ; penne 1-14 in., mostly subradical, clothed with adpressed black and white silky airs; pedicels and bracts very small. Calyx 3 in., the tube campanulate. Corolla. twice the calyx ; keel and wings subequal, rather shorter than the standard. Ovary silky, not seen fully developed. 21. A. rigidulus, Benth. MSS.; stems very short glabrous, leaflets. 17-21, calyx clothed with adpressed black silky hairs, teeth lanceolate as. long as the tube, pod oblong turgid sessile unilocular 6-8-seeded. Bunge Mon. 1.28; ii. 25. Srxxrm, alpine region; Tungnu, alt. 13,000 ft., Hook. fil. Rhizome slender, much branched below the surface, the whole plant closely: resembling A. alpinus in habit, not more than 3-4 inches high above the soil. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-1} in.; leaflets green, linear-oblong, obtuse, 3} in. long, thinly coated with adpressed white hairs; stipules } in. deltoid, membranous. Heads 6-10- flowered ; peduncles and pedicels both very short. Calyx under 3 in. Corolla twice- the calyx; limb of standard oblong, exceeding the wings and keel. Pod glabrous,. oblong, membranous, } in. long. 22, A. alpinus, Linn. Sp. 1070? ; stems short slender clothed with ad- pressed white silky. hairs, leaflets’ 11-13, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed. 124 L. LeGuMinosz. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus. black and white silky hairs, teeth setaceous as long as the tube, ovary stalked ‘glabrous few-ovuled. Phaca astragalina, DC. Prodr. ii. 274? Wesr Trset; Burgil pass, Winterbottom.—Distrr. Alpine region through north temperate zone. Stems 3-4 in. high, simple, ascending. Leaves about an inch long ; leaflets oblong, acute, pale green, thinly coated with close silvery hairs on both sides; stipules deltoid, foliaceous, rather large. Pedumncles 1-14 in., thinly silky. Heads 3-6-flowered ; bracts linear, exceeding the short pedicels. Calyx } in. Corolla twice the calyx; “wings shorter than the standard and keel. Pod not seen.—The Sikkim plant re- ¥erred here by Bunge is our A. kongrensis. 23, A. tibetanus, Benth. MSS.; stems slender short ascending thinly clothed with adpressed mixed black and white hairs, leaflets 21-25, calyx-teeth densely black-silky setaceous a third as long as the tube, pod linear stalked bilocular 6-10-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 52; ii. 85; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii. 250. A. Maxwellii, Royle Ill. 198 ? West Tibet, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-14,000 ft.; Dras, ZANSKAR, Nospra, Lapax, Thomson, Henderson.—Distriw. Afghanistan. General habit of 4. Hypoglottis, to which it is closely allied. Stems zigzag, firm, slender, branched, }-} ft. Leaves 24 in. long, distinctly petioled ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, moderately close, pale green, thinly canescent at first, glabrescent above when mature ; stipules small, lanceolate or deltoid, free. Heads subglobose, 10-20-flowered ; peduncles 1-4 in., the black hairs predominating upwards; bracts lanceolate, much exceeding the short black pedicels. Calyx 3in., the teeth densely, the tube thinly plack-silky. Corolla twice the calyx; wings shorter than the standard ; keel still shorter. Pod 3-3 in., rather recurved, finely black-silky; stalk shorter than the calyx-tube. 24. A. hypoglottoides, Baker; stems slender short ascending thinly clothed with adpressed white hairs, leaflets 17-19, calyx densely coated with mixed black and white silky hairs, teeth linear a third as long as the tube, ovary “stalked 8-10-ovulate. Trpetan Himatayas, the exact station not known, Dr. Henderson. Closely allied to the last, with which it agrees in general habit. Leaves 1-1} in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, pale grey green, persistently coated on both sides with -adpressed silvery hairs ; stipules foliaceous, connate in lower half. Flowers 12-20, in -a dense head, not more than half the size of those of 4. Hypoglottis and tibetanus ; ‘peduncles 13-2 in. long, with a few black hairs mixed with the white ones upwards. Calyx 44 in. Corolla deep purple, 3 in., the proportion of the petals as in the last. Developed pod unknown. , 25. &. lessertioides, Benth. MSS.; stems short firm erect glabrous, Heaflets 9-11, calyx-teeth linear densely black-silky half as long as the ney naked tube, pod stalked silky unilocular 3-4-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 24; ii, 28. Sixxrm, alpine region ; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., Hook. fil. Whole plant under a foot high. Leaves 1-2 in. long; leaflets green, oblong, obtuse, 4-4 in. long, with a few black hairs; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, }~ in. long, ‘ciliated at first with’black hairs; petiole twice as long as the stipules. Heads '12-20-flowered. Pedicels very short; peduncles erect 3-3 ft., with a few adpressed ‘black hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, shaggy with black hairs. Calyx 1+ in., tube campanulate, nearly naked; teeth black-plumose. Corolla } in., petals sub- equal, Pod } in. densely silky, narrowed from the middle to both ends; stalk as -ong as the calyx-tube. 1 4 26. A. strictus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5924; stems short fiesider ascending ’ Astragalus. | L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 125; clothed with adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets’ 19-25, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed black and white hairs, teeth linear shorter then the i, pod stalked linear-oblong unilocular 6-8-seeded. Benth. in Royle Ill. 198; Bunge Mon. i. 23; ii. 27. A. mutabilis, Jacqguem. MSS. Through the Himalayas in the alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft., from Nupra and Lapax to Srxxmm and SimHer. Stems densely cespitose, firm but slender, branched, 4-1 ft. long. Leaves short- petioled, 1-13 in. long; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, }—# in. long, pale green, persistently coated with adpressed white hairs; stipules small, deltoid, free, foliaceous. Heads very dense, 20-40-flowered; peduncles 2-4 in. with a few black hairs mixed with the- silvery ones near the top; pedicels black, shorter than the minute bracts. Calyx’ Zin. Corolla twice the calyx; wings and keel shorter than the standard, Pod } in.. long, short-stalked, rather recurved, clothed like the calyx. i 27, A. oxyodon, Baker; stems short slender ascending clothed with. adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets 15-17, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed: black Si white hairs, teeth setaceous twice as long as the tube, ovary stalked. §-6-ovulate. West Triser, Falconer. General habit of A. strictus. Stems densely cespitose, }4 foot high. Leaves- 1-1} in. long ; leaflets oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely white-strigillose on the back, thinly on the face, alternate, the lower distant; stipules moderately large, con- nate, silky onthe back. Peduncles 2-3 in., very slender, densely clothed ,withk adpressed mixed black and white hairs; pedicels black, very short; bracts , jn., laneéolate, membranous. Calyx 4 in.; tube campanulate; teeth much longer in proportion than in any of its allies. Corolla 4 in.; keel and standard equal ;, wings much shorter. Mature pod not seen; ovary thinly silky. ‘ 28. A. densiflorus, Kar. § Kir. Enum. Pl. Song. No. 245; stems elong- ated firm glabrous, leaflets 11-18, calyx minute clothed with mixed black and white hairs, teeth lanceolate short, pod globose sessile minute unilocular 1-2~ seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21; ii. 22. West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft.; Laut, Sassar, Zansxar, Lapax, Kunawar.—Disrris. Afghanistan, Central Siberia. Stems densely cespitose, rigid, erect, 3-1 ft. long. Leaves 1-2 in. long; leaflets thick, oblong, glaucous, obtuse, 3-4 in. long, obscurely white-strigillose on both sides ; stipules small, deltoid, foliaceous, free. Peduncles 1-4 in., with a few black and white hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, linear, black, ciliated, exceeding the very short, black pedicels. Calyx 3,-¢ in., campanulate; teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla lilac, three times as long as the calyx; keel and wings much shorter than the standard. Pod rugose, silky, } in. long, turgid, membranous. 29. A. melanostachys, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated firm glabrous,, leaflets 18-15, calyx clothed with black silky hairs, teeth as long as the tube, pod oblong sessile half-bilocular 2-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21; ii. 22. A. brac- teosus, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 160, t. 5, non Boiss. West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Kasumi, Lanvt, Trper, Stems 14-2 ft. high, moderately stout. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-3 in. long ; leaflets oblong, glaucous-green, obtuse or emarginate, 3-3 in. long, nearly naked ; stipules 2-3 in., free, foliaceous, deltoid-cuspidate. Heads dense, 1-3 in. long; peduncles 2-6 in. long, clothed with short spreading mixed black and white hairs, dense at the base of the head ; bracts 3-4 in., lanceolate, foliaceous, persistent. Calyx 3-4 in. nearly sessile. Corolla narrow, half as long again as the calyx; keel and ‘wings shorter than the standard. Pod included in the calyx, 4 in. long, clothed with fine black silky hairs. : ‘126 L., LEGUMINosZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, 30. A. bhotanensis, Baker; stems firm elongated glabrous, leaflets 21-25, calyx glabrous, teeth short linear, pod cylindrical sessile many-seeded half-bilocular. Buoran, temperate region; grassy banks at Panga, 7000 ft., Griffith. Stems 1-2 feet high, slender glabrous, terete, with distant nodes and ascending branches. Leaves 2-4 in. long ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-2 in. long, green and glabrescent above, clothed with a few obscure adpressed hairs below; stipules ‘free, lanceolate, 3-4 in. Flowers 12-20, in very dense heads; peduncles 2-65 in. long, with only a few obscure adpressed white hairs at the top; bracts lanceolate, glabrous, 24in, Calyx nearly sessile, } in. long, tubular; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla twice the calyx, colour uncertain; wings rather shorter than the keel and the latter than the standard. Pod firm, turgid, straight, }-3 in. long; seeds about 20. 31, A. inconspicuus, Baker ; stems short filiform trailing subglabrous, leaflets 15-17, calyx-tube with a few adpressed black hairs, teeth minute Janceolate or setaceous, pod stalked unilocular 10-12-seeded. Kvumaon ; banks of the Ralam river, alt. 9000 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom. Habit of a small Vicia. Leaves 1-1} in. long; leaflets opposite, oblong, obtuse, 2 in. long, green, glabrescent when mature, thinly silky at first; stipules minute, ‘Tanceolate. Flowers 3-4 together, on a short peduncle clothed with ascending grey ‘silky hairs ; pedicels distinct, but shorter than the minute deltoid bracts. Calyx din, ‘tubuloso-campanulate, nearly naked. Corolla scarcely twice the calyx, the petals ‘equal in length. Pod not seen mature. 32. A. tenuicaulis, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated subglabrous very weak and slender, leaflets 13-15, calyx thinly clothed with short black hairs, teeth not more than 3-4 as long as the tube, pod oblong sessile unilocular 4-6-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 23; 11. 28, Smxxrm and Easr Nipat, temperate region, alt. 7-9000 ft., Hook. fil. Stems straggling, branched, a foot or more long. Leaves 1-1} in. ; leaflets oblong, -obtuse, opposite, thin, glaucous green, finely downy ; stipules free, minute. Heads 4-8- ‘flowered, not very dense; peduncles an inch or less long, finely downy; bracts ‘lanceolate or deltoid, minute. Calyx 3 in., tubuloso-campanulate. Corolla 3 in.; ‘standard slightly exceeding the keel and wings. Pod } in. turgid, membranous, ob- ‘scurely downy.—General habit of an Eroum. 33. A. sikkimensis, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated slender weak nearly glabrous, leaflets 19-21, calyx clothed with adpressed black hairs, teeth half as long as the tube, pod small oblong stalked unilocular 2-3-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 23; ii. 28. : Srxxrmu and Easr Nreat, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Hook. fl. Stems 1-2 feet, erect, very slender, with distant nodes clothed only with a little minute adpressed white pubescence. Leaves 13-2 in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse or emarginate, clothed when young with adpressed white silky hairs, green and glabres- ‘cent above when mature; stipules minute, lanceolate, faleate. Peduncles short, clothed with copious adpressed black hairs; flowers 20-30 in an oblong head ; ‘pedicels black, very short ; bracts deltoid, minute. Calya din. tubuloso-campanulate. Corolla “twice the calyx; standard slightly exceeding the keel and wings. Pod 1-1 in long. membranous, turgid, densely black-silky ; stalk as long as the calyx-tube, ae ° 34. &. himalayanus, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 160, t. 4: stems elongated slender weak nearly glabrous, leaflets 21-25, calyx clothed with aainats -adpressed black and white hairs, teeth half as long as the tube pod linear- oblong stalked subunilocular 5-6-seeded. A. carinalis, Benth, MSS. ; Bunge Mon. i. 23; ii, 28. Phaca longicaulis and cachemerica, Benth. MSS.” Astragalus.) L. LEGUMINOSA. (J. G. Baker.) 127 Wesr Hiatayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 5-13,000 ft.; Lauuxz, Kuru, Kunawar, Kasumir, GARWHAL. Stems very slender, 1-2 feet long, with distant internodes, clothed when young with a few minute adpressed white hairs. Leaves 13-2 in. long; leaflets thin, oblong, ‘obtuse or emarginate, 3-4 in. long, pale green, with a few short adpressed white hairs; ‘stipules minute, lanceolate, spreading. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, clothed with ‘mixed black and white hairs; pedicels 3, in.; bracts very minute. Calyx }4 in., eampanulate. Corolla 3-3 in., keel slightly exceeding the wings, falling short of the ‘standard. Pod 3-4 in. long, membranous, finely black-silky; stalk exceeding the calyx—A specimen gathered by Strachey and Winterbottom at the Melam glacier in Kumaon has setaceous calyx-teeth, twice as long as the campanulate tube, and will probably prove a new species between A. himalayanus and Maddenianus. 35. A. Maddenianus, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated slender weak clothed at first with short spreading black and white hairs, leaflets 19-21, calyx clothed with minute adpressed black and white hairs, teeth setaceous as long as the tube, pod stalked unilocular 3-4-seeded. Kumaon ; temperate region, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Madden, Edgeworth. General habit exactly as in A. himalayanus, but the young branches densely beset, with short spreading black and white bristly hairs. Leaves 13-2 in. long; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, densely clothed at first on both sides with adpressed silvery hairs; stipules minute, spreading. Heads few-flowered; peduncle 3-1 in., clothed like the branches; bracts linear, exceeding the short black pedicels. Calya. # in. Corolla 3 in.; wings much shorter than standard and keel. Pod 3 in, long, membranous, densely white-silky, narrowed to both ends; stalk exceeding ‘the calyx. : ** Heads pedumcled. Flowers yellow. 36. A. cashmirensis, Bunge Mon. i. 30; 11.34; stems elongated shagey “with long hairs, leaflets 29-33, calyx thinly clothed with long hairs, corolla much exserted, pod sessile finely pubescent bilocular 6-8-seeded. Kasumir, temperate region, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Jacquemont, Falconer. Stems stout, erect or ascending, under a foot high. Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-4 inches long; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse or acute, $-4 in. long, dull green, clothed densely at first with long fine hairs ; stipules } in. long, free, lanceolate, membranous, .striated. Heads dense, round; peduncle 1-8 in.; pedicel 4-}in., shaggy; bracts linear, plumose, persistent, 1-3 in. long. Calyx 3-4} in.; teeth linear, shorter than the tube. Corolla 3 in.; standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 3 in. long, -firm in texture, linear-oblong, straight, hollowed down the keel, narrowed into a long beak. ' Var. 1 Falconeri, Baker; taller, much less shaggy, stipules narrower an inch long, leaflets 31-84 broad-oblong obtuse.—Kashmir, Falconer. 87. &. floridus, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated clothed with minute rather spreading black hairs, leaflets 25-31, calyx densely clothed with ad- pressed black hairs, pod long-stalked unilocular 4-5-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 24; “i. 28. Sixxrm, alpine region; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., Hook. fil. Stems moderately stout, erect, $-1 ft. Leaves 14-3 in.; leaflets linear-oblong, glaucous, subacute, 2-4 in., thinly clothed with adpressed silvery bristles ; stipules lanceolate or deltoid, free, 3-2 in. Heads round or oblong, 12-30-flowered, the lower flowers cernuous; peduncle 1-2 in., densely black-silky ; pedicels black, 7; in.; bracts linear, minute. Calyx under 1 in,; teeth short, linear. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx; petals nearly equal. Pod linear-oblong, } in. long, narrowed to both ends, densely black-silky ; stalk as long as the calyx-tube, 128 L. LEGUMINOSEZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, 38. A. leucocephalus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5923 ; stems short slender densely clothed with loose white hairs, leaflets 21-31, calyx shagey with white hairs, corolla little exserted, pod minute oblong sessile unilocular 3-4~ seeded. Benth. in Royle Ill. 198, t. 32, fig. 2; Bunge Mon. i. 48; ii. 76; Bots, Fil. Orient. ii. 241. West Himalayas, temperate and tropical zone, alt. 1-7,000 ft. ; Ponsas, Kasumi, Smoa, Gurweat, Kumaon.—Disrris, Afghanistan. Stems densely czespitose, ascending, +4 ft., densely persistently tomentose. Leaves 1-8 in. long ; leaflets close, oblong, glaucous, densely argenteo-canescent, thick, obtuse or subacute, }4 in. long; stipules small, foliaceous, connate below the middle. Heads small, very dense, oblong; peduncles 2-6 in., densely white-tomentose ; bracts lanceo- late, exceeding the buds. Calyx 3 in. long, subsessile, very shaggy; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, } in.; keel rather shorter than the standard and wings. Pod 4 in. long, included in the calyx, finely downy. *** Heads few-flowered, sessile or nearly so, in the axils of the leaves of an elongated stem ; flowers yellow. 39. A. Munroi, Benth. MSS.; Bunge Mon. i. 30; ii. 35, Tibet Himalayas, alpine region; Piri, Lanor, Lapax.—Disrere, Kashgar, Bellew. ; Rhizome stout, long, woody, fusiform. Stems czespitose, stout, erect, $-1 ft., shaggy. throughout with dense spreading white hairs. Leaves 13-2 in. long; leaflets 19-21- oblanceolate, obtuse, 3-1 in. long, thinly clothed with loose white hairs; stipules 4 in, free, linear, or lanceolate. Calyx short-pedicelled, }-$ in., thinly pubescent ; teeth linear-setaceous, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla 31 in., pale yellow; petals sub- equal. ot Selous sessile, membranous, much inflated, an inch long, nearly bilocular, 10-12-seeded. Suseen. 6. Phaca.* Herbaceous perennials or undershrubs with flowers in elongated racemes, basi-fixed hairs and naked stigmas. * Stipules small, 40. A. macropterus, DC. Prodr. ii. 283; shrubby, leaflets 13-17 ob- lanceolate, calyx-teeth minute, corolla lilac, pod oblong sessile turgid bilocular 5-6-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21; ii. 22. A. vicioides, Led. FU. Alt. 3, 301, t. 286. A. distans, Benth. MSS. A. longipes, Kar. and Kir. ; Led. Fl. Ross. i. 618. A. puberulus, K. and K. Enum. Pl. Alt. No. 240. Tibetan Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 9-12,000 ft.; Lapax, ZansxKar, &c., Thom-- son.—Distris. Western and Central Siberia. ‘ An erect undershrub, 2-3 ft. high, with numerous erecto-patent stiff yirgate glabrous branches. Leaves 2-3 in. long; leaflets distant, thick, pale green, glabrescent, 3-3 in. long ; stipules minute, lanceolate, free, spreading, caducous. Racemes very lax, 44 ft. long ; peduncles stiff, ascending, }-1 ft.; pedicels 3, in.; bracts very minute. Calyx campanulate, 7, in. long, with a few minute adpressed black hairs; teeth deltoid- euspidate. Corolla 3 in. ; keel much shorter than the wings and standard. Pod 3+4 in. long, glabrous, turgid, narrowed to a beak, nearly straight. 41. A. chlorostachys, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vii. 249; shrubby,. leaflets 13-17 oblong, calyx-teeth very short, bracts lanceolate, corolla pale green tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 6-10-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 27; ii. 82. A. Govanianus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5925. A. himalensis Jac- quem. MSS. : West Himalayas, alpine and temperate region, alt. 5-14,000 ft.; Panes, Lanur, Kasuaor, Sita, Kumaon, Gurwuat. i“ : * Name used here in a much more restricted sense than in Bunge’s Monograph. Astragalus. ] L. LEGuMINoszZ. (J. G. Baker.) 129 An undershrub, several feet high, with abundant slender branches, pubescent when mature, clothed with short spreading hairs above. Leaves }-} ft. long; leaflets thin, oblong, obtuse, 43 in. long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous, finely white-silky be- ‘neath ; stipules lanceolate, free, small, spreading. Racemes close, copious, long- peduncled, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 2, in. long; bracts lanceolate, scarcely exceeding the buds. Caly« tubular, under } in. long, finely downy, oblique at the mouth, the teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx; petals subequal. Pod turgid, membranous, glabrous, } in. long, narrowed to both ends; its stalk twice the calyx. 42. A. Stewartii, Baker; shrubby, leaflets 18-15 oblong, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale yellow tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 6-8-seeded. ; Hazara, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft., Dr. J. L. Stewart. Habit of the last, from which it differs by its leaves persistently and densely white-silky, and long setaceous plumose calyx-teeth and bracts, the latter conspicu- ously protruded beyond the buds. Stzpules } in., linear-setaceous, spreading, caducous. Branches firm, many-ribbed, clothed with copious adpressed short white hairs, Ra- cemes 3-4 ft., in the single specimen panicled near the base. Culys 2 in. long, includ- ing the teeth, densely silky. Pod 4-3 in. long, oblong, glabrous, very turgid, fully bilocular. 48. &. longicaulis, Baker; shrubby, leaflets 21-25, narrow-oblong, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale yellow-lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 10-12-seeded. Kasumig, temperate region, Falconer. General habit of the two preceding, to which it is closely allied. Branches with only a few adpressed short silky hairs. Leaves 4-6 in. long; leaflets 3-3 in. long, _finely white-silky, greenish above, glaucous beneath; stipules minute, free, lanceolate. Bracts as in the last. Calyx 34 in., with copious minute adpressed black hairs and deciduous longer white ones. Pod 3-3 in. long, glabrous, narrowed to both ends; its stalk +4 in. long. 44. A. ciliolatus, Benth. MSS. ; stems herbaceous, leaflets oblong 17-19, calyx-teeth elongated setaceous, corolla yellow tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 8-10-seeded. Bunge Mon. i, 27; ii. 33. West Himalayas, temperate region; Lapax, Kasumrr, Kistwar, alt. 6-9000 ft. ; Thomson, Falconer. Stems 1-2 ft. or more high, firm, hollow, erect, glabrous. Leaves reaching }-3 ft. long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, green and glabrescent, 3-13 in. long, glaucous, thinly white- silky at first below; stipules ;—} in., free, persistent, lanceolate or deltoid. Racemes long-peduncled close, subsecund ; bracts linear, not exceeding the buds. Calyx 2 in, oblique, tubular ; teeth setaceous, plumose, half as long as the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx; keel shorter than the other petals, broad, abruptly upcurved. Pod lin. long, oblong, turgid, membranous narrowed into a beak, clothed with fine short spreading black hairs; stalk as long as the calyx. 45. A. xiphocarpus, Benth. MSS. ; herbaceous, leaflets 21-25 oblong, corolla yellow, calyx-teeth short linear, pod ensiform subcompressed stalked pilocular 8-12-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 27 ; ii. 82. * East Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-11,000 ft.; Srxxmm and East Nira, Hook. fil. Stems 2-8 ft. high, erect, hollow, obscurely pubescent upwards, glabrous below. Leaves 4-} ft. long ; leaflets thin, narrow, oblong, obtuse, 1-14 in. long, green, glabres- cent, above, glaucous, thinly silky below ; stipules lanceolate, spreading, free, 1-1 in. VOL, IL 7 130 L. LEGUMINOsa. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, Racemes long-peduncled, at first close, finally 2-3 in. long; pedicels 44 in., black ; bracts lanceolate, not protruded. Calyx 3 in., tubular, with a few black hairs; teeth more densely black-silky, less than half as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 3-4 in.; petals subequal. Pod 1-14 in. by 4+ in., glabrous, membranous, narrowed gradually to both ends, rather recurved ; stalk as long as the calyx. 46. A. emodi, Steud. Nomen. edit. 2, p. 161; herbaceous, leaflets oblong 21-25, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, corolla yellow, pod long-stalked _ oblong turgid subbilocular 12-16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 28; ii. 838. A. podo- carpus, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5930, non C. A. Meyer. Kvmaoy, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Blinkworth, Strachey and Winterbottom. Stems tall, fistular, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves 6-9 in. long; leaflets thin, obtuse, 3-1in. long, glabrescent on both sides, green above, glaucous beneath ; stipules lanceo- late, acute, free, reflexed. Racemes long-peduncled, 2-3 in. long; pedicels ascending, % in. long, finely downy; bracts lanceolate, 3-3 in. Calyx 4 in., long, subglabrous, tubular. Corolla twice the calyx; petals equal. Pod oblong, turgid, membranous, glabrous, 13-1} in. long, narrowed gradually into a beak; stalk }-2 in. long. 47. &. khasianus, Benth. MSS.; shrubby, leaflets oblong 21-25, calyx-teeth minute, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 12- 16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 27 ; ii, 32. Kuasta, temperate region, alt. 6-7000 ft., Hook. fil. and Thomson, Griffith. Stems tall, erect, shrubby, much branched, subglabrous. Leaves 4 in. long; leaflets thin, narrow oblong, obtuse, }-3 in. long, green and glabrescent above, glaucous witha few adpressed white hairs below; stipules lanceolate, free, 3 in. long. Racemes long- peduncled, moderately close, subsecund, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels 3 in., finely downy ; bracts lanceolate, caducous, }in. Calyx } in., tubular, scarcely at all pilose. Corolla twice the calyx; petals subequal. Pod oblique oblong, very turgid, mem- branous, glabrous; stalk exceeding the calyx. 48. A. coluteocarpus, Borss. Diagn. ix. 65; shrubby, leaflets round- oblong 11-13, calyx-teeth long, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 10-12-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 26; ii. 82; Boiss. FU. Orient. ii. 271. West Tiseran Himazayas and Kunawag, alt. 610,000 ft., Thomson, Munro.—Dis- trip. Afghanistan. A tall undershrub, with copious erecto-patent terete virgate glabrous branches. Leaves 4-5 in. long; leaflets opposite, firm, glabrous, obtuse, glaucous, 3-4 in. long; sti- pules free, minute, deltoid. Racemes long-peduncled, at first close, finally 3-1 ft. long; pedicels short, pilose ; bracts linear, not protruded. Calyx Zin., tubular, thinly pilose; teeth setaceous, half as long as the tube. Corolla % in.; keel abruptly incurved, much shorter than the wings and standard. Pod glabrous, very turgid, 1-1} in. long, nar- rowed to both ends; stalk finally longer than the calyx. ** Stepules large. 49, A. frigidus, Bunge Mon. i. 25; ii. 28; herbaceous, leaflets 9-15 oblong, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked unilocular G-8-seeded. Phaca figile, Linn, DC Drie 27s, Western Hrwarayas, temperate region; GurwHat, Kisrwar, Lanvy.—Disrrp. Mountains through the north temperate zone. Stems 1-2 ft. high, erect, stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets opposite, thin, an inch or more long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few obscure hairs below ; stipules ovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, free, persistent, $3 in. long. Ra- cemes long-peduncled, moderately close, subsecund, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels black- Astragalus. | L. LecuMInosz. (J. G. Baker.) 131 silky, 3-4 in. Calyx % in., tubular, with “a few obscure adpressed black hairs, Corolla twice the calyx, bright yellow; standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod an inch long, glabrous, turgid, membranous, narrowed to both ends, 50. A. vicioides, Grah. in Wail. Cat. 5931, non. Ledeb. Herbaceous, leaflets oblong 17-21, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked bilocular 8~9- seeded. A. concretus, Benth. in Royle Ill. 199. Central Himalayas, temperate region ;- Nirax, Kisrvar and Kunawar. Stems 1-2 ft. high, erect, moderately stout, hollow, glabrous. Leaves + ft. ; leaflets 1-1} in. long, thin, oblong, obtuse, green and glabrescent above, glaucous, with a few adpressed hairs below; stipules broad, membranous, connate, $-2 in. long. Racemes long-peduncled, close, 2-8 in. long; pedicels 4-4 in., subglabrous; bracts lanceolate, tin. Calyx 4 in., tubular, glabrous except the teeth, the mouth oblique. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx; petals equal. Pod glabrous, oblong, membranous, tur- gid, $-2 in. long, narrowed to both ends. 51. A. graveolens, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5929; shrubby, leaflets 17-19 round-oblong, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, pod ensiform subcompressed stalked bilocular 12-18-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 26; ii. 81; Benth, in Royle Ill. 199. A. rotundifolius, Royle Ill. 199; Bunge loc. cit. A. medullaris, Bovss. Diagn. ix. 66; Fl. Orient. ii. 268; Bunge loc. cit. A. Scottianus, Stocks MSS, A. stipulatus, Jaguem. MSS. non Don. West Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 4-12,500 ft.; Kasumi, Kisrvar, Prrt, Gurwuat, Kunawar, Kumaon.—Distri. Afghanistan, Beloochistan. A tall undershrub, with copious virgate terete glaucous branches. Leaves 4-6 in, long ; leaflets opposite, firm, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous on both sides, subdistant, $1 in. long; stipules free, foliaceous, cordate, ovate or lanceolate, 1-14 in. long. Racemes long-peduneled, 3-1 ft. long ; pedicels, 3} in. ; bracts linear, glabrous. Calyzx tubular, glabrous, 3 in. long; mouth very oblique. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx; standard slightly exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 1-11 in. long, } in. broad, glabrous, mem- branous, nearly straight; stalk as long as the calyx. 52. A. stipulatus, D. Don in Bot. Mag. t. 2380; Prod. Nep. 246; herbaceous, leaflets 31-41 oblong, calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod oblong subsessile bilocular 15-20-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5928; Benth. in Royle Iil. 199; Bunge Mon. i. 28; ii. 33. East Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 6-8000 ft; Nreax and Smxrm, Stems stout, erect, hollow, glabrous, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 3-1 fe. long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, 1-2 in. long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few adpressed hairs below; stipules membranous, concrete, leaf-opposed, amplexicaul, 1-3 in. long. Racemes long-peduncled, 3-1 ft. long, at first dense; pedicels 4 in.; bracts 4 in., lanceolate, membranous. Calyx tubular, 3-1} in., finely grey-downy. Corolla yellow, £in.; petals equal. Pod glabrous, turgid, rather recurved, narrowed into a long beak. Susern. 7. Myobroma, Bunge. Stemless or short-stemmed perennial or low shrubs, with stipules adnate in the lower part to the peusls, leaf-rachis ending in a leaflet, large yellow flowers in close heads, gibbous calyces and naked stigmas, * Stemless. 58. A. rhizanthus, Royle Ill. 200; heads subsessile, feaflets oblong obtuse densely silky, leaf-rachis not indurated, calyx-teeth linear, pod subsessile. Bunge Mon. i. 35; ii, 60. P EK 132 L. Lecuminosz. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, West Himalayas, temperate and alpine regions, alt, 9-16,000 ft.; Zansxar, Lanuvt, Kasumi, Kunawar. Tufts one or several together at the crown of a woody rootstock. Stipules 3-4in,, lanceolate; petiole and leaf-rachis densely silky, the latter 2-4 in. long, not persisting after the leaflets fall; leaflets 31-41, 1-4 in. long, glaucous, persistently silky on both sides, the upper close, the lower distant. Heads dense, many-flowered, usually quite sessile at the crown of the rootstock ; bracts linear, }-3 in. long, densely silky, Calyx tubular, silky, }-$ in. long; teeth half as long asthe tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx; wings shorter than the standard, and keel than the wings. Pod densely silky, }-3 in. long, oblong, turgid, bilocular, splitting open the calyx, 15-20- seeded, narrowed suddenly into the beak. 54. A. acaulis, Baker MSS.; heads subsessile, leaflets lanceolate acute glabrous, leaf-rachis not indurated, calyx-teeth lanceolate, ovary stipitate. Srxxm, alpine region, alt. 16-17,000 ft., Hook. fil. Tufts several from the crown of the woody rootstock, the glabrous stems at most an inch long. Leaves 2-3 in. long, distinctly petioled; leaflets 25-31, green, narrowed gradually to » point, 1-4 in. long; stipules } in., membranous, lanceolate. Heads 2-3-flowered, sessile. Calyx under 3 in. long, clothed with a few adpressed hairs; teeth a third as longas the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx; petals subequal; standard $ in. broad, Ovary glabrous, distinctly stalked; ovules 12-16. Pod not seen. 55. A. Webbianus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5936; heads subsessile, leaflets oblong obtuse glabrous, leaf-rachis indurated, calyx-teeth linear-setaceous, pod subsessile. Benth. in Royle Ill. 199; Bunge Mon. i. 89; ii. 51. Kowawar and Wsst Trser, alt. 12-16,000 ft., alpine region. Tufts densely cespitose at the crown of a thick woody rootstock. Stipules linear or lanceolate, 3-3 in.; petiole 1-4 in. long, stramineous, glabrous, like the leaf-rachis, which is 3-6 in. long and becomes wiry in texture; leaflets 31-51, scattered, dis- tant, rather caducous, $-$ in. long, glaucous with a few fine spreading hairs in the early stage. Heads many-flowered, sessile or short-peduncled ; pedicels 1-4 in.; bracts linear, exceeding the pedicels, Calyx tubular, § in. long; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla under an inch long ; wings distinctly shorter than the standard, and keel than the wings. Pod oblong, turgid, glabrous, 3-3 in. long, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, narrowed suddenly at both ends. 56. A. bakuensis, Bunge Mon. i. 37; ii. 45; heads long-peduncled, leaflets linear finely downy, leaf-rachis not at all indurated, calyx-teeth setaceous, pod subsessile. Botss. Fl. Orient. ii. 283, Punzsaz, subtropical zone; Salt range, Fleming, Stewart.—Distrrs. Orient. Leaves 7-4 ft. long; petioles 2-6 in. long, densely clothed with short spreading hairs; leaflets 31-41, distant, opposite or alternate, glaucous, distinctly stalked, 3-3 in. long; stipules lanceclate, 4-3 in. Racemes many-flowered, laxer than in the other species; peduncle 2-12 in. long, finely downy; bracts linear-setaceous. 3 in long. Calya tubular, downy, $ in. long; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, considerably tinged with purple; petals subequal. Pod oblong, densely silky, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, not seen mature,—Conneets Myobroma with Phaca. ** Stems distinct. 57. A. Candolleanus, Royle Tl]. 199, non Boiss: head : leaflets a ene] ia persisting long after ine ieee a od linear-oblong narrowed from the middle to both ends. A, Bunge Mon. i. 80; ii. 84. Royleanus, Astragalus. ] L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 133 West Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 8-13,000 ft.; Wxst Trszr, | Kunawar, Kasuuir, Gurwuat, Kumaon. Stems woody, not more than a few inches long, beset below the tufts of leaves with the copious ascending woody rachises of the old leaves with the lanceolate membranous stipules still persisting. Leaves 3-4 in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, glaucous, 1-4 in. long, more or less silky ; petioles 1-2 in., finely downy. Heads dense, many- flowered ; pedicels 4-2 in., densely silky; bracts linear. Calyx 3 in., densely silky; teeth linear, a third as long as the tube. Corolla an inch long; wings shorter than the standard, keel than the wings. Pod 3-1 in. long, curved, short-stalked, firm, turgid, bilocular, 12-16-seeded. . A plant from Kumaon and Gurwhal, of which we have: incomplete examples ga- thered by Falconer and Madden (var. pindreensis, Benth.) with the general habit’and copious persistent indurated petioles of this species, but witha shorter pod rounded at both ends like the next, will probably prove distinct from both when fully known. Bunge cites from ‘ Royle Jil. p. 199,’ A. subcaulescens, which he keeps up as a- species, but says he has not seen. Royle has no such plant. 58. &A. pyrrhotrichus, Boiss. Diag. ix. 73; Fl. Orient. ii. 290; heads distinctly peduncled, leaflets 41-51 clothed with long silky hairs, leaf-rachis not indurated nor persistent. Bunge Mon. i. 39; ii. 54. Hazara, 2-6000 ft., Stewart. Punisas, near Atok, Gen. Eyre, Aitchison—Distatn. Afghanistan. Stems short, woody, densely clothed with long soft spreading fine pale brown, hairs. Stipules 4-3 in. long, lanceolate, silky; leaf-rachis including petiole 3-1 ft. long, densely clothed with spreading hairs, much overtopping the heads; leaflets green, roundish or obovate-oblong, 1-3 in. long, obtuse, with a minute mucro. Heads close, 6- 12-flowered ; peduncle 1-4 in.; pedicels short; bracts linear-setaceous, plumose. Calyx densely silky, 3-4 in. long ; teeth setaceous, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod subsessile, dimidiate-oblong, densely silky, bilocular, 10-12-seeded. 59. A. malacophyllus, Benth. MSS. ; heads shortly peduncled, leaflets 81-41 densely silky, leaf-rachises not indurated nor persistent, pod oblong narrowed suddenly at both ends. Bunge Mon. i. 36; ii. 61. West Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 8-11,000 ft.; Kasuurr and Kisrwar. . Stems densely pubescent, usually short, but reaching a foot long. Leaves 2-4 in. long; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, densely silky, 7-4 in. long; stipules lanceolate, $—4 in. Heads close or rarely sublax ; peduncles an inch or less; bracts linear-setaceous, ex- ceeding the distinct pedicels. Calyx 3 in., densely silky; teeth linear, a third the length of the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx; wings rather shorter than the standard; keel shorter still. Pod 34 in. long, sessile, very turgid, firm, bilocular, silky, 8-10-seeded. 60. A. anomalus, Bunge Mon. i. 35; ii. 62; heads distinctly peduncled, leaflets 25-81 nearly glabrescent, leaf-rachises not indurated nor persistent. West Tiser, Falconer. Closely allied to the last, from which it mainly differs by its longer peduncles and fewer leaflets. Leaves 3~4 in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, 3-3 in. long, the upper close, the lower distant, green, with a few short silky hairs; stipules lanceolate, 4 in. long. Calyx} in. ; teeth setaceous, plumose, half aslong asthetube. Corolla 3-7 in. ; proportion of the petals as in A. malacophylius. Ovary linear, silky, nearly sessile ; ovules about 20. Pod not seen. Suneren. 8. Hegacantha, Bunge. Low shrubs, with basifixed hairs, stipules adnate at the base to the petiole, persistent rigid leaf-rachises without - 184 L. LEGuMINOs#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus, any leaflet at the end, large yellow flowers in the axils of the leaves without any peduncles, gibbous calyces and naked stigmas. Included in Fischer’s mono- graph in Tragacantha, from which they are separated. by their pedicelled gibbous calyx. * Leaflets glabrescent or obscurely silky. g Y sriny. 61. A. polyacanthus, Royle Ill. 199, non Wall. Cat. 5934; spines short, stipules deltoid or lanceolate-deltoid, leaflets 9-13, flowers sessile in the axils of the leaves usually geminate, corolla twice as long as the calyx. A. Daltonianus, Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 69. A. psilocentrus, Fisch.; Bunge Mon. 1.44; ii.70, A. scariosus, Benth. MSS.; Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 71. A. Grah- amianus, Royle Ill. 199, t. 36, fig. 2; Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 68. A. Jacque- montii, Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 68. Common in the north-west, ascending from the plains of the Punsaz to 12,000 ft., reaching east to Kumaon and Guarwat.—Disrrim. Afghanistan. A copiously-branched undershrub, with short branchlets armed with the crowded ascending old leaf-rachises, which are not more than 13-2 in. long. Leaflets oblong, glabrescent or persistently slightly silky, pale glaucous green, rather thick in texture, often complicate, 14 in. long. Pedicels silky, {4 in. Calyx tubular, 3 in. long, glabrescent or thinly silky; mouth oblique; teeth short, linear. Corolla 1-1} in. long ; wings shorter than the standard, and keel than the wings. Pod 4 in. long, dimidiate-oblong, turgid, sessile, bilocular, 15-20-seeded. 62. A. cicerifolius, Royle; Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 70; spines elongated, leaflets 31-41, stipules lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, flowers in peduncled heads, corolla not twice as long as the calyx. A. oplites, Benth. MSS. A. tenuispinus, Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 70. A. microphyllus, Jacquem. MSS. West Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 10-17,000 ft.; Nupra, Lapax, Kasumi, Garwuat, Kunawar, &c. An undershrub, densely armed with the erecto-patent rigid stramineous leaf- rachises, which are 3-4 ft. long. Leaflets finely silky at first, mostly glabrescent when mature, pale green, thick in texture, obtuse, sometimes emarginate, ascending, caducous, 3-2 in. long, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong. Flowers usually 3-4 together on short peduncles from the axils of the leaves; pedicels 4+ in.; bracts linear or setaceous, exceeding the pedicels. Calyx 4- in., with a few adpressed black or brownish silky hairs; teeth setaceous, a third as long as the tube, Proportion of the petals as inthe last. Pod 4-3 in. long, oblong, turgid, bilocular, densely silky, narrowed to the point, 15-20-seeded. ** Leaflets persistently densely silky. 63. A. multiceps, Wall. Cat. 5937 ; main stems not produced, branchlets with densely crowded nodes, flowers 1-2 together in leaf-axils usually not peduncled, corolla twice as long as the calyx. Bunge Mon. i. 44, ii. 69. West Himalayas, temperate zone, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; Stuza, Kumaon, GarwHAt. Tufts densely congested, armed with the very crowded ascending old leaf-rachises, which are 13-3 in. long. Stipules } in., lanceolate, adnate only at the very base; leaflets 21-31, mostly crowded, obovate-oblong, 4-4 in. long, thick in texture, dull green, clothed with grey silky hairs. Pedicels 4} in.; bracts linear, exceeding the pedicels. Calyx 3 in., thinly silky; teeth linear-setaceous, half as long as the tube. Corolla 3 in.; standard exceeding wings and keel. Pod sessile, oblong, turgid, pbilocular, 12—14-seeded, clothed with fine grey silky hairs. 64, A. zanskarensis, Benth. MSS.; main stems short, branchlets Astragalus. ] L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Bakeg) 135 with densely crowded nodes, flowers in short-peduncled heads, corolla half as long again as the calyx. Bunge Mon. i. 48, ii. 67. West Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 10-14,000 ft.; Zansxar, Thomson. A dichotomously-branched undershrub, with the old part of the stems densely beset with stiff persistent ascending leaf-rachises 3-4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate, 4 in. long; leaflets 21-25, close, oblong, obtuse, caducous, 1-3 in. long, densely clothed on both sides with rather spreading short pale brown: silky pubescence. Flowers up to a half-a-dozen in heads much overtopped by the leaves; pedicels } in., densely pubescent ; bracts linear-setaceous, plumose. Calyx 1-8 in., tubular, densely silky; teeth setaceous, } as long as the tube. Corolla 3 in.; wings shorter than standard and keel than wings. Ovary oblong, silky, short-stalked ; ovules about 20. Pod not seen. 65. A. leptocentrus, Bunge Mon. i. 44; ii. 69; main stems elongated, branchlets with densely crowded nodes, flowers 1-2 together in leaf-axils not peduneled, corolla twice as long as the calyx. A. leptacanthus, Benth. MSS. non Boiss. §& Buhse. West Himalayas,’ alpine region. Pit, alt. 14,000 ft., Thomson; Hazara, Winterbottom. : A low undershrub, with branches clothed with very dense short pale brown spreading pubescence. Leaf-rachises erecto-patent, 2-8 in. long, persistently pubes- cent; leaflets 21-31, oblong, obtuse, 4-3 in. long, persistently matted on both sides with thick grey-brown silky pubescence. Pedicels } in., densely silky ; bracts plumose, linear-setaceous. Calyx 4 in., densely silky; teeth linear-setaceous, a third as long as the tube. Corolla an inch long; keel much shorter than standard and wings. Pod oblong, 4-# in., sessile, silky, turgid, bilocular, 12-14-seeded. 66. A. bicuspis, Fisch. Mon. Trag. No. 94; main stems elongated, nodes not crowded, flowers 1-8 together in the axils of the leaves not peduncled, corolla half as long again as the calyx. Bunge Mon. i. 43, ii. 69. A. lasiocladus, Benth. MSS. Hazara and West Trset, temperate zone, Winterbottom, Jacquemont, Falconer. General habit of A. polyacanthus. Branches clothed with dense spreading or deflexed pale brown silky hairs. Spines 1-2 in. long, stramineous, erecto-patent. Stipules 1-2 in., lanceolate-cuspidate ; leaflets 13-17, oblong, 3-2 in. long, obtuse, or subacute, shaggy with dense pubescence like the stem. Pedicels very short. Calyx 4 in. long, shaggy with dense silky hairs like the stem. Corolla }-3in.; wings and keel much shorter than the standard, Pod shaggy, subsessile, oblong, bilocular, 3-3 in. long, 8-10-seeded. Sunern. 9. Tragacantha, Bunge. A low shrub with basifixed hairs, indurated spiny leaf-rachis, caducous leaflets and sessile calyx narrowed. equally to the base. ' 67. A. strobiliferus, Royle Jil. 199; Bunge Mon. i. 88, 11.146; Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 39, t. 47, not Lindl. West Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; Pitt, Kasumre, Kuwnawar.—Distris. Afghanistan. ; A copiously-branched undershrub, not more than a few inches high, densely armed with the ascending spine-tipped stramineous petioles, which are 1-2 inches long. Stipules membranous, deltoid, adnate to the petiole, like those of a rose, except at the tip; leaflets 11-13, oblanceolate, glaucous, rigid, acute, 4-g in. long, strigillose. Flowers a few sessile in the axil of each petiole, scarcely protruding ‘ 136 L.@ecuminoss. (J. G. Baker.) [ Astragalus. beyond the stipules. Calyz 4 in. long, cleft down to the base, each lobe like a dense tuft of thick white pubescence. Corolla yellow, little exserted ; petals equal, marces- cent; standard panduriform. Pod sessile, silky, 3-4-seeded. ; . Bunge gives his A. glabrifolius, Mon. i. 98, ii. 167, gathered also by Griffith in Afghanistan, from the West Himalayas, on Falconer’s authority. It has much longer petioles, longer flat glabrous leaflets, flowers of many nodes at the top of a short stem aggregated into a thick very dense oblong head. Suscen. 10. Cercidothrix, Bunge (including Calycocystis). Herba- ceous perennials, densely canescent with adpressed white bristly hairs fixed by the centre like those of Indigofera, moderately large yellow flowers and glabrous stigmas. Outlying representatives of a group of above 300 species, mostly Central Asian. 68. A. peduncularis, Royle Iii. 199; leaflets 21-25 distant narrow- oblong, racemes many-flowered lax in the lower part, calyx permanently tubular, pod linear very turgid unilocular many-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 96, ii, 168. ‘ West Treet; Dras and Zanskar, alt. 9-12,000 ft. Thomson, Henderson; Kounawar, Royle. Stems tall, erect, glabrous, firm, little branched, 1-2 ft. high, with only a few obscure adpressed bristles. Leaves 3-4 in. long; rachis channelled down the face; leaflets obtuse or subacute, 3-4 in. long, pale green, glabrescent above, persistently strigillose below; stipules deltoid, free, membranous. Racemes 2-4 in. long, dense upwards, Phaca-like; peduncles finally } ft. or more; pedicels very short, cernuous ; bracts lanceolate, 3 in., subpersistent. Calyx } in., finely downy; teeth very short, upper deltoid, lower lanceolate. Corolla twice the calyx; keel and wings nearly equal, rather shorter than the standard. Pod sessile, firm, glabrous, very turgid, 4-3 in. long, depressed down the keel, but the suture not intruded ; seeds 15-20. 69. A. subulatus, MW. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Caucas. ii. 193; leaflets 9-13 distant linear, racemes few-flowered lax, calyx permanently tubular, pod long cylindrical half-bilocular many-seeded. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 11.481. A. anfrac- tuosus, Bunge Mon. i. 125, ii. 218. West Trset, alpine region, alt. 12,000 ft., Thomson, Henderson.—Disrxis. Afghan- istan, Bsloochistan, Crimea, West Siberia, Chinese Tartary. ' Stems under a foot high, 2-3 times dichotomously forked, the branches divaricated, thinly clothed with minute white bristles. Leaves 3-1 in. long; leaflets 4-3 in. acute, firm, pale green, persistently strigillose on both sides; stipules linear, very minute. Racemes 3-12-flowered, 1-2 in. long; peduncles rigid, exceeding the leaves, clothed with mixed black and white adpressed hairs; pedicels very short; bracts minute, lanceolate, persistent. Calyx cylindrical, }-$ in. long, densely clothed with adpressed mixed black and white bristles; teeth minute, lanceolate. Corolla nearly twice the calyx; wings shorter than the standard; keel much shorter, the lamina not more than half as long as the claw. Pod cylindrical, 1-14 in. long, canescent with similar bristles to those of the calyx and peduncle, firm, rostrate, 20-30-seeded, straight or slightly recurved, narrowed to a short stalk. 70, A. nivalis, Kar. §& Kir. Enum. Pl. Song. No. 272; leaflets 13-17 close oblong, racemes many-flowered capitate, calyx becoming inflated, pod very small half-bilocular few-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 187, ii. 234. A. Thom- sonianus, Benth. MSS. West Tiset, alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft.; Zanskar, Ladak, and Sassar, Thomson, Stewart.—-Distr1e. Central Siberia. Root thick, woody. Stems 4-} ft., densely cwspitose, slender, finely canescent. Leaf Oxytropis. | L. LEGUMINOSa&. (J. G. Baker.) 137 1-1} in. ; leaflets 4-3 in., obtuse, densely white-canescent on both sides; stipules small, lanceolate, cuspidate, free. Flowers 6-20, in a dense head, all ascending; peduncles 1-2 in., finely canescent ; bracts lanceolate, shaggy, exceeding the very short pedicels, Calyx 4 in. membranous, tubular at first, densely silky, becoming much inflated after the petals fall; teeth short, lanceolate. Corolla nearly twice the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard ; keel shorter still. Pod }-3in., oblique oblong, silky, distinctly stalked, 2-4-seeded, with the introverted suture reaching half through. UNKNOWN SPECIES. Of A. ceruleus, Hort. Paris; Bunge Mon. i. 108, ii. 184, a species near A, Onobrychis, supposed to have been raised in the Paris garden from Ceylon seeds, we know nothing. No doubt the locality is a mistake, 27. OXYTROPIS, DC. Herbaceous perennials with odd-pinnate leaves, the flowers usually in dense heads. Calyx tubular or campanulate, with 5 subequal teeth. Corolla more or less exserted ; standard longest; keel shortest, pointed with a distinct cus Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, many-ovuled ; style abruptly incurved beardless, stigma capitate. Pod oblong or roundish, turgid, continuous longitudinally within, unilocular or rarely bilocular.—Disrris. Species about 100, spread through the North temperate zone. Sect. I. Hypoglottidei. Flowers in dense peduncled heads. Leaflets not more than one from the same point.—Habit of Astragalus, section Hypoglottis. * Flowers purple, rarely yellow. 1. O. lapponica, Giaud. Fl. Helv. iv. 545; stemless or short-stemmed, leaflets lanceolate 13-25, flowers in permanently dense heads, calyx nearly sessile, pod of the lower flowers or all the flowers deflexed. O. microrhyncha, Benth. MSS. Phaca lapponica, DC. Prodr. ii. 274. Western Hrmatayas, frequent in the alpine and temperate regions, alt. 9-17,000 ft. Stxxim, Hook. fil—Disrri. Mts. of Europe and Siberia. Stems often not developed, sometimes 3-3 ft. long. Leaves 1-3 in. long; leaflets #4 in., green in the type, with a few adpressed white silky hairs or sometimes nearly glabrescent; stipules 4-4 in., leaf-opposed, connate towards the base. Peduncles 3-4 ft., with only a few adpressed hairs; flowers 6-20 in a dense rounded head ; bracts minute, linear. Calyx 4-4 in., coated with adpressed nearly black silky hairs; teeth linear, shorter than the tube. Corolla bright purple, 3-4 in. long; keel much shorter than the wings. Pod linear-oblong, 3-4 in. long, unilocular, keeled down the back, 5-6-seeded, clothed with a few obscure black or white hairs ; stalk as long as the calyx-tube. Var. 1. Jacquemontiana, Benth.; stemless, very dwarf, the whole plant not more than 1-3 in. high, leaflets few small thick greenish, heads 1-3-flowered, corolla rather larger than in the type. A high alpine form. Var. 2. humifusa, Kar. & Kir., sp.; stemless, leaflets densely and persistently white-silky on both sides, calyx more densely silky, the black hairs mixed with copious white ones. O. glacialis, Benth. MSS.—Alpine zone of Kashmir and Western Tibet. . Var. 8. canthantha, Baker; general habit and leaves of the type, but calyx longer, with teeth quite as long as the tube and corolla yellow—East Tibet ; Lama Kongra, alt. 15,000 ft., Hook. fil. 2. ©. mollis, Royle Ill. 198; stemless, tall, leaflets densely white- 1388 L. LEGuMINosa#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Oxytropis. silky 18-25 oblong or lanceolate-oblong, heads finally sublax, corolla half as long again as the calyx, pods ascending. O. floribunda, Benth.in Royle Ill. 198. Astragalus vesiculosus, Jacquem. MSS. West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-12,000 ft. ; Laux, ZANSKAR, Kovrawar, &e. Tufts 1-1 ft. high, crowded at the top of a woody rootstock. Leaves long-petioled, 2-8 in. long; leaflets 3-3 in. long, moderately thick, pale green, densely clothed on both sides with persistent adpressed white silky hairs; stipules lanceolate or deltoid- cuspidate, densely silky. Peduncles usually much overtopping the leaves; heads finally 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts minute, linear. Calyx 4-2 in long, densely clothed with mixed black and white silky hairs. Pod 3-% in. long, oblong- cylindrical, unilocular, distinctly stalked, 6-8-seeded. 3. O. Thomsoni, Benth. MSS.; stemless, tall, leaflets lanceolate densely white-silky 13-51, heads finally sublax, corolla twice as long as the calyx, pods ascending. West Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 7-15,000 ft.; Lanux, Lapax, Kasumir. General habit of O. mollis. Leaves long-petioled, 4-6 in. long; leaflets grey-green, narrower in proportion, 3-1 in. long, not so thick nor densely silky as in the last; stipules lanceolate, } in. long. Racemes finally 3-4 in. long; peduncles equalling or over- topping the leaves; pedicels 1-4, in.; bracts linear, small. Ca/yr 3-$ in., densely clothed with mixed black and white silky hairs; teeth plumose, the lower nearly as long as the tube. Pod oblong-cylindrical, unilocular, 4—6-seeded, with a few minute adpressed white hairs; stalk as long as the calyx-tube. ** Flowers mostly yellow, rarely varying to purple. 4. ©. densa, Benth. MSS.; acaulescent, very dwarf, leaflets 15-17 minute densely-silky, heads few-flowered short-peduncled, pod ovate-cylindrical pbilocular. West Tier, alpine region, alt. 16-17,000 ft., Thomson, Strachey. Tufts densely cespitose from a woody root, the whole plant not more than 1-1} in. above the surface. Leaves under 3 in. long; leaflets 3, in. long, close, oblong, thickly matted with persistent grey-silky hairs; stipules deltoid, membranous, 14-2 in., con- nate downwards. Heads 3-6-flowered; peduncles densely silky, }-} in.; pedicels very short. Bracts small, linear. Calyx 2 in., densely silky; tube campanulate ; teeth linear, shorter than the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod sessile, finely silky, narrowed gradually from the middle to the point, turgid, 5-6- seeded. 5. ©. Stracheyana, Benth. MSS.; stemless, very dwarf, leaflets 5-7 densely silly, heads few-flowered short-peduncled, pod round-oblong turgid unilocular. West Treet, alpine region; Darma Yankti, alt. 15,500 ft., Strachey § Winter- bottom. Whole plant not above a couple of inches above the surface. Stipules deltoid, membranous, minute ; leaflets thick, complicate, oblong, 3-4 in. long, densely matted with grey-brown silky hairs. Heads short-peduncled, 2-3-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels very short. Calyx 2 in. long, tubular, densely clothed with ascending grey silky hairs; teeth linear, 3-} tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx: Pod din. long, sessile, 3-4-seeded, densely clothed with long persistent pale brown silky hairs. 6, O. tatarica, Jacquem. MSS. ; stemless, leaflets small 13-21 densely matted with white silky hairs, heads dense long-peduncled, bracts minute, pod sessile inflated unilocular round-oblong. Oxytropis. ] L. LEGuMINOSE. (J. G. Baker.) 189 West Tibet, alpine region, frequent, alt. 18-17,000 ft.; Nupra, Zansxar, Prt, Parana, Lapa, &c. Densely tufted, the whole plant 3-4 in. high. Leaves 4-1 in. long; leaflets close, except the lowest, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 4-2 long, thick, densely persistently. matted with white silky hairs on both sides; stipules minute, deltoid, silky. Flowers 20-40, in very dense heads; pedicels scarcely any; bracts minute, linear, white-plu- mose. Calyx }-} in., densely white-silky ; teeth nearly or quite as long as the tube. Corolla not more than half as long again as the calyx, usually all yellow, rarely pur- ple or the keel tipped with purple; standard oblong-spathulate, exceeding the wings and keel. Pod much inflated, membranous, sessile, }-3 in. long, 5-6-seedéd, shaggy with loose dense white silky hairs. 7. ©. cachemirica, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 38, t. 44; stem short, leaflets 18-21 oblong-lanceolate densely white-silky, heads dense lone- aaa bracts distinct lanceolate, pod sessile inflated round-oblong uni- ocular. r West Tiset and Kasumi, temperate zone, alt. 8-10,000 ft.—Distam, Central iberia. ‘ Whole plant 3-4 ft. high. Stems ascending from a woody rootstock, finely pubes- cent. Leaves 1-2 in. long: leaflets 3-4 in. long, clothed on both sides with loose white silky hairs; stipules lanceolate or deltoid, connate downwards. Flowers 12-30 in adense head; pedicels very short. Calyx in. long, densely white-silky ; teeth linear, nearly or quite as long as the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod just like that of the last but rather larger. 8. O. Meinshausenii, Schrenk; Led. Fl, Ross. i. 786; stem distinct, leaflets 17-31 thin large oblong green pubescent, heads dense long-peduncled, bracts conspicuous, pod short-stalked oblong unilocular. Bunge Rel. Lehm. 76. West Himatayas, temperate region; valley of Kishengunga, alt. 9-11,000 ft., Stewart.—Disrazs. Siberia. Stems a foot or more high, at first thinly pilose. Leaves 3-4 in. long; leaflets 3-3 in. long, obtuse, thinly clothed with rather long whitish hairs on both sides; sti- pules }-3 free, lanceolate or oblong. Flowers 12-20 in a dense head; peduncles erect, 4-Gin. long; pedicels 4—j,in.; bracts linear, 3-4 in. long, ciliated with black hairs. Calyx 3 in., tubular, thinly clothed with adpressed black hairs; teeth linear, half as long as the tube, black-plumose. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Pod oblong, turgid, 3-3 in. long, straight, 6-8-seeded, with a few dark silky hairs. Dr. Hooker procured from Nipalese Tibet flower-heads of a fifth yellow-flowered species which, as far as the material goes, matches the Siberian O. argentata, Led. It. differs from O. Meinshausenii by larger bracts, longer calyx with linear teeth as long as the tube, corolla shorter in proportion, not more than half as long again as the calyx. These two represent in the Himalayas the group of O. campestris. Secr. 2. Verticillares, DC. Herbaceous perennials with flowers in dense heads, with leaflets often in pairs from the same point, so that they are whorled when the nodes are opposite on the two sides of the leaf-rachis. 9. O. microphylla, DC. Prodr. ii. 279; Led. Fl. Ross. i. 578. O. chiliophylla, Royle Ill.198; Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 38, t. 45. West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft.; Zanskar, Pitt, Sassar, Nousra, Kunawar, &c.; Smxrm, Hook. fil. Stemless, erect, 3-3 ft. high, the tufts densely cespitose at the top of a woody rootstock, the deltoid imbricated stipules clothed with dense tufts of long white silky hairs. Leaf short-petioled, 14-3 in. long; leaflets crowded, linear-oblong, }-} in. long, subcoriaceous, grey-green, gland-dotted, with fine deciduous pubescence, the edges much reflexed. Pedwncles equalling or overtopping the leaves ; flowers 4~15, the heads 140 L, LEGuMINosaz. (J. G. Baker.) [ Oxytropis. at first close, becoming 2-8 in. long when they expand. Calyx 3 in. long, tubular, clothed with large sessile glands, nearly glabrous ; teeth short, linear, pubescent. Corolla bright purple, twice the calyx. Pod half-bilocular, sessile, linear, turgid, recurved, densely gland-dotted, glabrous, bilocular; seeds 20-30. Szcr. 8. Phacoidei. Herbaceous caulescent perennials, with flowers in elongated racemes.—Habit of Astragalus, section Phaca. 10. O. diffusa, Led. Alt. iii. 281; Icon. Ross. t. 451. O. glabra, DC. Astrag. No. 81, t. 8; Prodr. ii. 280. West Trset, temperate region, alt. 7-8000 feet.—Disrrie. West Siberia. Caulescent, 1-2 ft. high. Stems copiously branched, firm, slender, zigzag, terete, glabrous. Leaves 2-2 in. long; leaflets 9-13, lanceolate, 4-1 in. long, green, rather thick, acute, glabrous or with only a few minute obscure hairs; stipules minute, free, deltoid, foliaceous. Racemes 2-4 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx }in., campanulate, with « few adpressed black and white hairs, Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, oblong, sessile, turgid, unilocular, straight, glabrous, 6~10-seeded. 28. TAVERNIERA, DC. Much-branched undershrubs. eaves simple or 3-foliolate. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyz-tube turbinate ; teeth 5, distinct, setaceous from a deltoid base. Corolla marcescent, much exserted; standard obovate; wings small, much shorter; keel obtuse, as long as the standard. Stamens monadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, 2-4-ovulate; style long, filiform, inflexed, stigma minute, capitate. Pod of 1-4 flattened indehiscent densely muricated joints. DistRiz. Species 8-4, reaching Egypt and Abyssinia. 1, ©. nummularia, DC. Prodr. ii. 339; Mem. Leg. vi. t. 52; Boiss, Fi. Orient. ii. 508. Hedysarum nummularifolium, DC. in Ann, Se. Nat. iv. 102. H. sparteum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 166, t. 51, fig. 2? T. spartea, DC. loc. cit. ? Onobrychis diffusa, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 49. T. cuneifolia, Arn. in Waght Ic. t. 1055; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 67. T. gonoclada and T. ephedxo- a cal & Spach, Iil. t. 61 and 62, Hedysarum Gibsoni, Grah. Cat. Bomb. Plains of Scinpz and the Punsas.—Distrie. Afghanistan, Orient. A copiously-branched undershrub, 1-2 ft. high, with slender finely canescent terete branches. Leaves shortly petioled, usually 3-foliolate; leaflets very variable in size, 3-1 in. long, obovate-oblong or nearly round, thick, pale green, thinly canescent beneath, the side ones not opposite ; stipules free, minute, lanceolate, scariose. Racemes few- or many-flowered, usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx 4-4 in., thinly silky. Corolla red, glabrous, 3-3 in. Joints of pod 1-4, roundish. * 29. EBENUS, Linn. Villous herbs or undershrubs. eaves odd-pinnate; leaflets entire, exsti- pellate ; petiole often spinose. Flowers red, in dense peduncled axillary spikes. Calya:-teeth 5, subequal, setaceous, plumose, exceeding the tube. Corolla much shorter than the calyx ; standard broad ; keel obtuse, as long as standard ; wings short. Stamens monadelphous, the upper free at the base; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 1-ovulate; style filiform, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod fiat, oblong, inchided in the calyx-tube, membranous, indehiscent.—Disrrip. Species 8, Oriental and Mediterranean. 1, B. stellata, Boss. Diag. ii. 100; Fl. Orient. ii, 557. EF, tragacan- Ebenus.] L. LEGuMINOs#. (J. G. Baker.) 141 thoides, Jaub. § Spach, Ill. iii. 68, t. 254. EE. horrida and ferruginea, Jaub. § Spach. Ill. p. 159-160, ; ' Ponszas-Himaaya, alt. 4-8000 ft., Stewart.—Duisrrin. Persia, Afghanistan, Beloo- chistan. A low undershrub, densely armed with woody erecto-patent spines 1-14 in. long. Leaves shorter than the spines, digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, subcoriaceous, sericeous, }-3 in. long. Flowers sessile in dense stalked heads, on peduncles at most as long as the spines, each head surrounded by a whorl of large lanceolate bracts. Calyx 4 in., densely clothed with long brown silky hairs. 30. GEISSAPSIS, W. & A. Annuals. Leaves with two pairs of leaflets. Flowers in terminal racemes, with large membranous persistent veined ciliated persistent bracts. Calyx deeply 2-lipped ; upper lip entire, lower obscurely toothed. Corolla 2-3 times calyx ; standard roundish; keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary short-stalked, biovulate ; style incurved, stigma minute capitate. Joints of pod 1-2, turgid in the middle, with a distinct flat border, reticulately-veined, 1-seeded, indehiscent.—Duisrris. Sp. 3, the other Trop. African, l. G. cristata, W. § A. Prodr. 218; flowers not more than 3 us long as the long-bristled bracts. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. Zornia disperma, Grah. im Wall. Cat. 5663, Hedysarum bijugum, Klein MSS: Plains of Western Perninsuta, Czyton, Ava, Marrapayn, TEnasserm, and Prev. A densely cespitose trailing annual, with slender naked branches 3-2 ft. long. Leaves petioled, with a very short rachis; leaflets obovate, oblique, glabrous, truncate, +4 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, membranous, distinctly spurred. Heads dense, ter- minal, 4-2 in. long; bracts much imbricated, 4 in. broad, reniform, ciliated with firm ea bristles 3, in. long. Calyx 3, in. long Corolla twice the calyx. Joints 1-2, in, long. 2. G, tenella, Benth. in Hohen. Pl. Ind. Or. No. 659 ; flowers nearly or quite as long as the short-bristled bracts. WesTERN PENINSULA. Habit of the last, but much smaller. Leaflets all four nearly from the same point, 24 in. long, obliquely obovate, truncate, glabrous. Racemes copious, termi- nal, peduncled, 4—12-flowered ; bracts obliquely oblong, less imbricated, 1-4 in. broad, strongly veined, ciliato-denticulate. Calyr 3, in., deeply cleft. Corolla yellow, 4 in., Joints 1-2, with a flat edge, round, with a turgid centre. 31. ONOBRYCHIS, Gaertn. Herbs. Leaves numerous, odd-pinnate, exstipellate. Flowers numerous, red, in long-peduncled axillary racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth 5, dis- tinct. Corolla much exserted; standard broad; wings short; keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 1-2-ovulate; style filiform, incurved, stigma terminal minute, Pod aig bale reniform, inde- hiscent, 1-2-seeded, alveolate or echinate.—DzistRis. Species about 50, Euro- pean and Oriental. 1. O. Stewartii, Baker. Punsaz; Hazara, Dr. Stewart. Rawul Pindee, Dr. Aitchison. = Stems slender, 14-2 ft., glabrescent. Leaf-rachis 3-4 in. long, including distinct 142 L. LEGuMINosa#. (J. G. Baker.) [ Lespedeza. petiole ; leaflets 9-11, oblanceolate, subacute, distant, }-3 in. long, obscurely canes- cent; stipules linear, minute. Racemes long-peduncled, 6-9 in. long, lax; buds crowded; pedicels very short; bracts linear, minute. Calyx campanulate, ¥ in., silky ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 3-4 times calyx; standard glabrous, veined. Pod reniform, turgid, 1-1 in., 1-seeded; faces woody, deeply alveolate; edge muricated with close minute spines. A second species, of which we have a scrap from Hazara, gathered by Winterbottom, with oblong obtuse leaflets and a much larger calyx and corolla agrees, as far as the material goes, with O. heterophylla, C. A. Meyer ; Led, Fl. Ross, i. 711, from Persia and the Caucasus. 32. LESPEDEZA, Mich. Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves exstipellate, trifoliolate. lowers copious, in racemes, or crowded in the leaf-axils. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth lan- ceolate or linear. Corolla exserted; standard broad; keel obtuse or acute. Staments diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, 1-ovulate; style long, filiform, incurved ; stigma minute, terminal. Pod small, oblong, com- pressed, 1-seeded, reticulato-venose, indehiscent.—Disrris. Species 20-25, the others Siberian, Chinese, Japanese, and N. American, one Javan. Monographed lately by Maximowicz. Suneen. Hulespedeza. Keel obtuse, not much incurved. 1. L. sericea, Mig. Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat. iii. 49 ; petiole short, leaflets small linear-cuneate 4-6 times as long as broad grey- or white silky beneath, flowers 2-4 congested in the leaf-axils, pod small sessile. Hedysarum sericeum, Thunb. Jap. 289. Aspalathus cuneata, Don Prodr. 246. LL. cuneata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 307. Anthyllis cuneata, Dum. Bot. Cult. vi. 100. L. juncea, Wall. Cat. 5743; DC. Prodr. ii. 348 im part, non Pers. WL. argyreea, Steb. et Zuce. Abh. vi. 2, 120. Along the Himalayas from Hazara and Kasumir to Assam, alt. 38-8000 ft— Distr. China, Japan, N. Australia. An erect undershruh, 2-3 ft. high, with tough long slender branches. Leaves ascending, crowded ; leaflets-4-} in. long, rigidly coriaceous, truncate or emarginate, narrowed gradually in the lower half, very variable in vestiture, usually glabrous above, clothed with adpressed grey or white silky hairs below, rarely both sides clothed with loose white pubescence ; petiole 3 in. Flowers 2-4, on short pedicels in the axils all down the branch; bracteoles linear, minute. Calyx 34 in., canescent ; teeth linear- subulate, very long. Corolla twice the calyx, white, tinged with purple. Pod } in., thinly silky ; style twice its length, 2. L. juncea, Pers. Ench. ii. 318 ; petiole short, leaflets small oblanceolate 8-4 times as long as broad thinly grey-silky beneath, flowers 2-6 in umbels sessile or shortly peduncled in the leat-axils, corolla small, pod small sessile. DC. Prodr. ii. 348 in part, non Wall, Hedysarum junceum, Linn. fil. Dec. i. t. 4. L. variegata and L. kanaorensis, Camb. an Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 42, t. 50, 51. Kasumir and Konawar, temperate region, alt. 4~8000 ft.—Disrris, Siberia, North China. Stems slender, 1-2 ft. high, finely downy, erect or decumbent. Leaves not nearly so crowded as in the last ; leaflets 1-3 in. long, rigidly subcoriaceous, obtuse, narrowed gradually in the lower half; petioles §-¢ in. Umbels usually sessile, produced far down the branches. Calya 4-4 in., canescent; teeth linear-setaceous, 3—4 times the tube. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod and style as in L. sericea. 3. L. Gerardiana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5744; petiole short, leaflets ob- Lespedeza. | L, LEGUMINOSEZ. (J. G. Baker.) 148 lanceolate grey-silky below, umbels sessile or short-peduncled in the axils of the leaves, corolla large, pod small sessile. Along the Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 5-10,000 ft.; Smma and Kumaon to Srxxim. Stems 1-3 ft., densely pubescent. Leaves moderately close, ascending ; leaflets $2 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glabrescent, on the upper side, densely grey-silky be- low; petioles 3-4 in. Umbels 4—-8-flowered, usually sessile; bracteoles linear, half as long as the calyx. Calyx 3, in., densely pubescent ; teeth linear-subulate, 2~3 times the tube. Corolla 2-4 in.; keel tipped with purple. Pod considerably shorter than the calyx. 4. iL. elegans, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 48, t. 52; upper leaves suppressed, petiole produced, leaflets oblong grey-silky beneath, umbels sessile, pod small sessile. Maxim. Synop. Gen. Lesp. 40. Kasumir, temperate region, alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacguemont, Thomson. Siems 2-8 ft., finely downy. Petiole 4-3 in.; leaflets 4-3 in. long, obtuse, gla- brescent above, densely grey-silky beneath. Flowers 6-8, in sessile umbels, rarely in short racemes, reaching low down the branches and forming at the top a close leafless panicle. Calyx 4-4 in., densely pubescent; teeth linear-subulate, very long. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. Pod 2 in. long, oblong, downy. 5. G. elliptica, Benth. Cat. Griff. Pl. No. 1745; petiole produced, leaflets large obovate-oblong thinly grey-canescent beneath, flowers in peduncled racemes the upper panicled, pod stipitate exserted. Maxim. Synops. Gen. Lesp. 27. Kuasia, temperate region, alt. 5-6000 ft., Grifith, Hook. fil. and Thomson. Stems woody, reaching several feet high, finely pubescent. Leaves not crowded; leaflets subcoriaceous, 1-14 in. long, obtuse, green, glabrous above, grey, finely downy below; petiole 1-14 in. Racemes many-flowered, close or lax, the peduncles some- times as long as the leaves; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles linear, as long as the tube. Calyx $-} in., densely canescent ; teeth lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the tube. Corolla deep red, twice as long as the calyx. Pod oblong, } in. long, finely downy, distinctly stalked—Very near the common East Asian L. bicolor, Turez. Led. Fl. Ross. i. 715 (L. viatorwm, Champion), from which it differs mainly by its long acute calyx-teeth. 6. L. tomentosa, Sieb.; Maxim. Synops. 50 ; petiole short, leaflets large obovate-oblong densely downy beneath, flowers in peduneled racemes, pod sessile included. Hedysarum tomentosum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 286. L. glomerata, Hornem.; DC. Prodr. ii. 850. Western Himataya, temperate region, alt. 6-7000 ft., Edgeworth. —Disrriz. China, Japan, Korea. Stems 2-8 ft., erect, densely pubescent. Leaves distant; leaflets 1-2 in. long, ob- tuse, thick, subcoriaceous, at first thinly silky above, densely silky, and the veins raised beneath ; petioles 1-4 in. ; stipules subulate, persistent. Racemes distinctly peduncled, 2_4in. long, moderately close, rarely congested, sessile (LZ. glomerata, Horn.) ; pedicels very short. Calyx 3-1 in., densely pubescent; teeth linear-subulate, 3-4 times the tube. Corolla whitish, half as long again as the calyx ; standard not longer than the wings and keel. Pod shorter than the calyx, oblong, pubescent.—Very near L. hirta, Elliott, of North America. Suscen. Oxyramphis, Wall. Keel acute and much incurved, like that of a Crotalaria. (Campylotropis, Bunge.) 7. L. macrostyla, Baker ; petiole short, leaves small thinly clothed be- 144 L. LEGUMINOSHZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Lespedeza, neath with whitish silky hairs, calyx and large pod densely clothed with spreading hairs. Oxyramphis sericea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5349, Lespedeza sericea, Royle MSS. non Mequel. Crotalaria macrostyla, Don Prodr. 242. Oxy- ramphis macrostyla, Wall. Cat. 5848, non Lindley. L. Royleana, Miquel Ann, Mus. Lug. Bat., ui. 50.- O. stenocarpa, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 158, t. 1, fig. 2. Himatavas, tropical and temperate zones, alt. 2-7000 ft.; Suma and GurwHar to Kuasra. An undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, with woody densely pubescent branches. Petiole 3-4 in.; leaflets obovate-cuneate, rigidly subcoriaceous, 3-3 in. long, grey, glabres- cent, venose above, usually persistently silky, rarely (O. macrostyla, Wall.) subgla- pbrescent below, broadly rounded, sometimes deeply emarginate at the point, the petio- lule of the end one not more than 3 in. Racemes short, dense, many-flowered, catkin like when unexpanded, the silky ovate bracts hiding the buds; pedicels 3-} in, densely silky. Calyr}in.; teeth lanceolate, twice the tube. Corol/a deep red, three times the calyx. Pod short-stalked, 3-4 in. long, narrowed to both ends; style per- sistent, } in. long, densely plumose in the lower half. 8. L. eriocarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 349; petiole produced, leafiets small thinly grey-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod clothed with adpressed silky hairs. Oxyramphis virgata, Wall. Cat. 5850. O.macrostyla, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxxii. t. 28, non Wall. L. paniculata, Royle MSS. Desmodium angulatum, Wail. Cat. 5729 M. Himarayas, temperate and tropical zones, alt. 3-9000 ft.; Hazara and Kasam to Kuasia and Sixxm. A copiously-branched erect shrub, 3-4 ft. high, with slender silky angular fur- rowed branchlets. Petioles }-1}4 in.; leaflets obovate-cuneate, 3-1 in. long, rigidly subcoriaceous, green, glabrous, reticulato-venose above, broadly rounded at. the apex, the end one on a petiolule }-4 in. long ; uppermost leaves reduced or suppressed. Racemes copious, peduncled, not dense, many-flowered, 2-4 in. long; bracts not exceeding buds; pedicels 2-} in. Calyx 3 in; teeth linear-subulate, twice the tube. Corolla deep purple-red, 3-4 in. Pod4in., long, minutely stalked, more coriaceous than in the last; style as long as the pod, slightly pubescent near the base.—L. paniculata, Royle, is a mere form, with lax racemes and longer pedicels. 9. L. Thomsoni, Benth. MSS.; petiole produced, leaflets large densely argenteo-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod finely grey-silky. Kuasu, temperate region, alt. 5000 ft., Hk. fil. g Thomson, Lobb. Habit of the last, to which it is closely allied. Petiole 1-2 in.; leaflets oblong, 1-2 in. long, subcoriaceous, obtuse, green, glabrescent, less venose above. Upper leaves suppressed or much reduced, so that the racemes form a terminal panicle. Bracts } in., linear, subpersistent, canescent on the back; pedicels $-2 in. Calyx fin; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolia 3 in., deep red. Pod 2-1 in. long, shortly stipitate, finally glabrescent, subcoriaceous ; style } in., not at all plumose. SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME. L. pecora, Kurz in Journ, Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 231. An erect shrub, 3-5 ft. high, with angular stems clothed with adpressed fulvous down. Stipules linear-subulate }in.; petiole 1-1} in.; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse with a mucro, chartaceous, 1-1} in. long, glabrous and dark green above, glaucescent and faintly pubescent below. Racemes short, but slender, fulvo-pubescent; bracts ovate-lanceo- late, cuspidate, 7, in. long, persistent, glanduloso-pilose. Calyx 4 in., fulvo-pubes- cent; teeth ovate-acuminate. Corolla twice length of calyx, blue. Immature pod oblique ovoid, compressed, shortly sericeous. Manrtasan, Kurz. L. parvirtora, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 281. A shrub, with angular silky branches. Stipules linear-subulate, } in.; petiole canescent, $ in; Alhagi.] K, LEG@UMINOSH. (J. G. Baker.) 145; leaflets ovate-elliptic, }-1 in. long; chartaceous, dark. green and glabrous above, glau- cescent and pilose below. Racemes axillary, stiff, fulvo-pubescent, twice as long as the leaves; bracts caducous ; pedicels very short. Calyx densely fulvo-pubescent, 3 in. ; teeth subulate. Corollaiscarcely twice as long as the calyx, probably blue. Immature pod oblique ovoid acuminate, silky. Marranan, Rev. F. Mason, ex Kurz loc. cit. T cannot separate from L. tomentosa by the description L. pinetorwm, Kurz in ‘Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 231, from Martaban. : : 33. ALHAGI, Desv. Low shrub. Leaves simple. Flowers axillary. Calyx campanulate ; teeth 5, distinct, minute. Corolla exserted; standard broad; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile, 6-8-ovulate; style fili- form, incurved; stigma minute, capitate. Pod linear, subcontinuous or moni- liform ; joints oblong, small, turgid, smooth.—Drsrrrs. Species 1, spread from . Songaria to Greece and Nubia. 1, & maurorum, Desv.; DC. Prodr. iii. 352; Wall. Cat. 57603 W. & A. Prodr. 232; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 67; Boiss. Fl. Orient. ii, 558. A. napaulensium, DC. loc. cit. A. mannifera, Desv.; Jaub. § Spach, Ill. t. 401. Hedysarum Alhagi, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 344. Manna hebraica and nepa- lensis, Don Prodr. 247. p Prams of the Norra West Provinces, Upper Ganges and Concan, ascending to 8000 ft. on the Kishengunga. A low shrub, armed with copious subpatent hard pungent spines 4-1 in. long. Leaves simple, drooping from the base of the spines or branches, oblong, obtuse, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers 1-6 from a spine, on short pedicels. Calya glabrous, 34 in. Corolla reddish, 3 times the calyx. Pod 1 in. long or less, falcate or straight. 34. HEDYSARUM, Linn. Herbs. Leaves numerous, odd-pinnate, exstipellate. Flowers usually red, in copious long-peduncled axillary racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate or tubular; teeth 5, distinct, long or short. Corolla much exserted; petals unequal in relative proportion in the different species; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, stalked, few-ovuled ; style very. long, filiform, abruptly inflexed, stigma minute terminal. Pod of 1-3 flattened. indehiscent joints, in our species not muricated, but reticulately veined on the faces, the sutures usually furnished with acute entire or toothed borders.—. Disrris. Species about 50, spread through the North Temperate zone. * Calyx-teeth equalling or exceeding the tube. 1. H, kumaonense, Benth. MSS. ; stemless, leaflets small subcoriaceous- obovate-oblong, bracts lanceolate, joints small firm turgid, sutures not bordered. Kvmaon,.temperate region, alt. 9000 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom. : Leaves and peduncles in a dense rosette from a thick woody rhizome. Leaf-rachises: 4-6 in. long, including distinct petiole; leaflets 17-25, 4-g in. long, obtuse, with a muero, dark green, glabrous above, pale grey with adpressed silky hairs below; veins. distinct... Inflorescence seen only in a late stage; pedicels very short. Calyx }-3 in. ; teeth setaceous, from a lanceolate base, exceeding tube. Corolla 8-2 in. Joints of pod solitary in the specimens seen, rather downy, oblong, under 4 in. long. 9. H. sikkimense, Benth. MSS.; stem dwarf, leaflets small linear- oblong subcoriaceous, standard and wings shorter than the keel, joints large membranous with toothed borders. VOL. It. L 146 L, LEGuMINOsZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Hedysarum. Srxzm, alpine region, alt. 12-16,000 ft., Hook. fl. Stems slender, at first slightly downy, } ft. or less high. Leaf-rachis 2-3 in. long ; leaflets 21-27, 3-4 in. long, obtuse, glabrous above, obscurely pubescent with raised veins below. Heads dense, 1-2 in. long in flower; bracts linear, minute. Calyzr pubescent, 2-! in.; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla bright red, }-# in, Joints of pod 1-3, roundish or oblong, 1-3 in. long ; sutures irregularly faintly eroso- dentate. 3. H. Falconeri, Baker ; caulescent, robust, leaflets large subcoriaceous ovate-oblong, keel and standard equal, joints large membranous with toothed borders. West Tier, temperate region, Dr. Falconer. Stems 14-2 ft. high, slender, firm, sulcate, glabrous, Leaf-rachises 6-9 in. long; leaflets 13-19, distant, 3-1} in. long, obtuse, glabrous, full green above, grey-green, obscurely canescent with prominent veins below. Flower-racemes 3-4 in. long,- moderately close ; bracts setaceous, very small ; pedicel as long as the calyx. Calyx Zin. long; teeth setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla 3-3 in. Joints oblong,’ glabrous, } in. long, thin, with broad irregularly eroso-dentate borders. : 4. H. astragaloides, Benth. MSS.; caulescent, robust, leaflets large membranous linear-oblong, corolla yellowish, keel exceeding the standard, joints large membranous with crisped borders. Kisutwar, alpine zone, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Thomson. Lanut, Jaeschke. Stems robust, erect, 2 ft. high, densely canescent at first. Leaf-rachises 4-8 in. long ; leaflets 21-29, not at all coriaceous, obtuse, with a minute mucro, 3~1 in. long, glabrescent above, persistently grey-canescent below. Flower-racemes very dense, 2-8 in. long, the linear scariose bracts protruding beyond the buds; pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx } in. finely silky; teeth exceeding the tube. Pod distinctly stalked ; joints 1-2, oblong, with a distinct rather crisped wing on the lower side and an obscure one on the upper. 5. H. cachemirianum, Benth. MSS.; caulescent, robust, leaflets large membranous linear-oblong, corolla red, standard exceeding wings and keel, joints large membranous with entire borders. Kasumir, temperate region, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Thomson, Falconer, Winterbottom. Stem 14-2 ft. high, erect, glabrous, many-grooved. Leaf-rachises 1-1 ft. long ; leaflets 21-27, thin, obtuse, 3-14 in. long; both sides green, glabrescent, concolorous. Racemes very dense, 2-3 in. long in flower, the linear setaceous bracts protruding beyond the buds; pedicels very short. Calyr downy, 3 in.; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla }-1 in. long. Joints 1-3, glabrous, oblong, 4-3 in. long ; both sutures with a distinct entire wing. ** Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube, 6. H. laxiflorum, Benth. MSS.; stems slender, leaflets subcoriaceous, bracts minute setaceous, keel exceeding wings and standard, joints small entire not bordered. West Himaraya, temperate or alpine region. West Trset, Falconer, Valley of Kishengunga, Winterbottom. Stems 14-2 ft. high, firm, slender, glabrous. Leaf-rachis 3-5 in. long; leaflets 21-81, close, firm, linear-oblong, }-3 in. long, green, glabrous above, grey, obscurely canescent with raised veins below. acemes lax, 2-3 in. long in flower; pedicels as long as the calyx, finely downy. Calyx 3 in.; upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate. Corolla §-3 in. Joints 3-4, oblong, firm, glabrous, rather turgid, not more than 2 in. long. 7. H. strobiliferum, Baker; stems robust, leaflets membranous, bracts large ovate-acuminate, corolla under twice the calyx, its petals equal. Hedysarwm.] L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) 147 Kasumir, temperate region, Falconer. Stems above a foot high, densely clothed with short adpressed whitish hairs. Leaf- rachises 6-8 in. long; leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-14 in. long, flexible, glabrescent: above, thinly white-silky beneath. Racemes dense, 2-8 in. long; the buds quite hidden by the imbricated scariose ciliated bracts;. pedicels very short. Calyx tubular, }-} in. long ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, not more than 3-4 tube. Corolla yellowish, under in. long. Pod unknown. 8, H. microcalyx, Baker; stems robust, leaflets large membranous, bracts linear minute, corolla several times calyx, keel exceeding standard, joints large membranous entire. West Himatayas, temperate region; Gurwuat, Falconer; Kasumi, Lace; Lanut, Jaeschke. Stems 14-2 ft. high, stout, suleate, glabrous. .Leaf-rachises 6-9 in. long; leaflets 11-13, distant, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 1-1} in. long; both sides green, glabrous. Flower-racemes 2-4 in. long, lax; pedicels 3} in. long, grey- pubescent. Calyx 4 in., campanulate, membranous, glabrous; teeth minute, deltoid- cuspidate. Corolla bright red, 8-2 in. Joints 2-3, oblong, 3-3 in. long, thin, glabrous, the sutures both distinctly margined. 3. STRACHEYA, Benth. A tufted low shrub. eaves odd-pinnate. Flowers axillary. Calyx-tube turbinate; teeth 5, lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad; keel as long as the other petals, incurved and obtuse at the tip. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile, few-ovuled ; style long, filiform, abruptly incurved, stigma minute capitate. Pod flat, not visibly jointed, muricated along the edge and face and marked with conspicuous trans- verse veins.—DistRis. A. single endemic species. 1. S. tibetica, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 306; Walp. Ann. iv. 545. Trseran Himalayas, alpine region, from Pangong eastward to East Nipal, alt. 14-17,000 ft., Thomson, Strachey § Winterbottom, gc. Stems densely tufted, from a slender woody rootstock, the leaves and peduncles in a rosette at the surface. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets 11-15, oblong, obtuse, faintly hairy; leaf-rachis 2-4 in. long, including a distinct petiole, articulated at the nodes. Flowers 1-5, shortly pedicellate, on very short peduncles; bracts lanceolate, silky. Calyx } in., densely pubescent. Corolla §-2 in., reddish, glabrous, Pod glabrous, membranous, 1 in. long. 36. ZORNIA, Gmel. Annuals, with large geminate coriaceous bracts and dotted leaflets in 1-2 opposite pairs. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx minute; upper teeth short, connate ; lowest shorter than the two middle ones. Corolla much exserted ; standard broad; keel incurved, acute. Stamens monadelphous; anthers dimor- phous. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; style filiform, incurved, stigma minute capitate. Pod of several small round flattened finely muricated 1-seeded inde- hiscent joints.—Disrriz. Species 10, all but two American. 1. Z diphylla, Pers.; Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 80, t. 21-2. Hedysarum diphyllum, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 353. Z. angustifolia, Smith ; DC. Prodr. ii. 316; Wall, Cat. 5660; W. & A. Prodr. 217; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. Z. dictyocarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 317. Z. gibbosa and graminea, Spanoghe in Linnea, xv. 192.—Rheede Hort, Mal, ix. t. 82-3. L2 148 L. LEGUMINOSE. (J. : G. Baker.) [Zornia. - Plains from the Hiwatayas to Ceyton and Brrma, ascending to 4000 ft. in Kumaon.—Dtsteis. Everywhere in the Tropics. Stems wiry, densely cespitose. Leaves petioled ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 4-1 in. long, dotted with black glands; stipules lanceolate, with a long spur. Racemes 1-3 in. long, 3-12-flowered ; bracts ovate, acute, nearly or quite hiding the flower and pod. Joints 2-6, under +, in., densely prickly. Var. 1. zeylonensis; leaflets ovate, pod much longer than the bracts, joints twice as large densely bristly. Z. zeylonensis, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 317; Wall. Cat. 5661; W. & A. Prodr. 217; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. Z. conjugata, Smith in Rees, Cyclop.; Thwattes Enum. 85. Hedysarum conjugatum, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1178, Plains of the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Var. 2. Walkeri (Arn. Pugiil. 12, sp.); leaflets oblong 3-1 in. long, bracts downy at the edge, pod scarcely exserted from the bracts, joints small reticulato- venose with only a few small bristles near the edge. Walp. Rep. i. 726; Thwaites Enum. 85.—Ceylon, Walker, Thwaites."} 37, STYLOSANTHES, Swe Undershrubs. Leaves rigid, pinnately 3-foliolate’ “Flowers inconspicuous, in small dense heads. Calyx with an elongated filiform tube, and 5 teeth, of which the upper 4 are subconnate. Flowers polygamous, the fertile ones often apetalous. Petals inserted at the throat of the calyx-tube; standard orbicular; keel subrostrate. Stamens monadelphous; anthers dimorphous.- Ovary subsessile at the base of the calyx-tube; style long, filiform, the lower part per- sistent, stigma minute capitate. Pod with 1-2 flattened rugose joints— Disrris. Species about 15. Cosmopolitan, tropical. 1. S. mucronata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 318; Wall. Cat. 5664; W. & A. Prodr. 218; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 294. Arachis fruticosa, Retz. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 54; Fl. Ind: iii. 282. Hedysarum hamatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 167 ; Fl. Zeyl. t. 106, fig. 2. , Shores of Western Pentnsvva and Ceyton.—Disrrie. Cape, Trop. Africa, Malay isles. A low diffuse undershrub, with terete pubescent branches. Stipules scariose, adnate downwards to the petiole; leaflets }-4 in. long, pale green, rigidly coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate ; under-side a little pubescent at first. Flowers 1 or few, in sessile terminal heads ; bracts persistent, striated, pubescent. Corolla 2 in., exserted. Pod 1-2-jointed, tipped with the falcate indurated lower part of the style. 38. SMITHTIA, Ait. Herbs or undershrubs. ‘Leaflets many, small, sensitive, leaf-rachis ending in a bristle; stipules scariose, with large auricles. Flowers racemose or axil- lary. Calyx deeply 2-lipped, the lips usually entire. Corolla exserted ; stan- dard orbicular ; keel incurved, obtuse. Stamens in two bundles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, many-ovuled; style incurved, filiform, stigma minute capitate. Pod of few or many minute flattened or turgid joints, folded together ae the calyx.—DisrRiB. Species 20-80, spread through the tropics of the old world. * Calyx rigid, its veins close, parallel, simple. 1. S. sensitiva, Avz.; DC. Prodr. ii. 323; stems not bristly, leaflets small 4-20, flowers in short simple racemes, calyx-lips equal, corolla yellow. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 342; Salish. Par. t.92; Wall. Cat. 5668, ex , Smithia. ] L. LEGUMINOs&.” (J. G. Baker.) 149 _ parte; W.& A. Prodr. 220, ex parte ; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. 8, abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 1888. Himaravas to Travancorz and Rangoon, ascending to 3000 ft. in Kwasta.— Distris. Madagascar, Abyssinia, Java, China. Annual, 5-3 ft. high. Stems very slender, much branched. Leaf-rachis bristly, 3-1 in. long; leaflets }-4 in. long, with subparallel edges, bristly mainly on the mi- drib below. Flowers 1-6, in close short-peduncled racemes from the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels short, ascending. Calyx 14 in. long; lips acute, entire, with a few short deciduous scattered bristles. Joints 4-6, densely papillose on the faces. 2.8. geminiflora, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 323; stems not bristly, leaflets small 4-12, flowers in pairs in the axils of the leaves, calyx-lips equal, corolla yellow. S. sensitiva, Wail. e W. & A. loc. cit. ex parte. Howaravas (ascending to 1-3000 ft.) to Ceyzon and Tavoy.—Disrniz. Java, N, Australia, General habit of the last. Leaflets obtuse, with parallel sides, 1-2 in. long, the bristles of the edge and midrib more copious and longer. Calyx 3 in., with a few - deciduous bristles ; both lips entire, acute. Corolla about twice the calyx. Joints 4_6, very turgid and papillose. Var. 1. conferta; upper nodes congested into dense heads, leaves and calyx more bristly. 8S. conferta, Sm.; DC. loc. cit. S. capitata, Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 121, non Dalz. §. hispidissima, Zolling. Geneesk. Arch, iii, 56. 3. S. purpurea, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4283; stems not bristly, leaflets small 12-24, flowers in sublax peduncled axillary racemes, lower calyx-lip shorter, corolla purple. S. laxiflora, Benth. Pl. Jungh. 211. Plains of Concan. Annual. Stems very slender, 3-2 ft. high. Leaf-rachis 1-2 in. long ; leaflets linear, 1-8 in. long, tipped with a long awn and furnished with a few bristles on the rachis and oblique midrib. Flowers 6-12, in copious short-peduncled secund racemes from the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels cernuous; bracteoles acute or obtuse, g-tealyx. Calyx 1-2 in. long; upper lip obtuse, recurved, lower subacute, both with- out bristles. Corolla little exserted. Joints of pod 10-12, reticulato-venose, not -papillose. 4, S. setulosa, Daiz. in Kew Journ. iii. 208 ; stems densely bristly, leaflets large 10-12, flowers in copiously panicled secund racemes, lower calyx-lip shorter, corolla yellow. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 63; Bedd, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 248. Plains of Concan, Stocks, Dalzell. Arobust annual, 2-4 ft. high, the stems densely clothed throughout with deflexed bristles. Leaflets linear, 3-11 in. long, with a few bristles in the edge and subcentrie midrib. Racemes 1-2 in. long, dichotomously forked, forming a long thyrsoid panicle, only the lowest subtended by a leaf; pedicels ascending. Calyx 2 in. long, densely clothed with minute bristles; upper lip broad, obtuse, recurved ; lower much smaller, lanceolate, acute. Corolla twice the calyx. Joints 10-12, reticulato-venose, not pa- pillose. ** Calyx membranous, tts veins not so close and distinctly anastomosing. 5. S. bigemina, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 208; stems minutely bristly, leaflets 4, flowers in short axillary racemes, bracteoles minute, joints 6-8 echinulate. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 64, Plains of Concan, Stocks, Dalzell; Duxxan, near Poonah, Jacquemont. ee Annual, yery diffuse, with very slender stems, 1 ft. or less high. Leaf-rachis § in. long; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-4 in. long, minutely bristly 150 L. LEGuUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) [Smithia. on the back and edge. Flowers 4-6, in copious short-peduncled racemes; bracteoles linear, } the calyx. Calyx 1 in., turbinate, densely bristle-ciliated; lips equal, upper truncate. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. 6. S. gracilis, Benth.in Hohen. Pl. Ind. Or. Exsic. No. 1182; stems naked or minutely bristly, leaflets 4-6, flowers in short axillary racemes, brac- teoles minute, joints 6-8 reticulato-venose. Benth. Pl. Jungh. 212. Nixeurnis, Schmidt, Wight. : A diffuse, very slender, perennial, with the general habit and inflorescence of 8. bigemina, Leaflets obovate-oblong, 1-3 in., minutely bristly. Calyx jin., densely ciliated with minute bristles ; lips equal, narrower than in the last, the lower acute ; bracteoles linear. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Joints distinctly veined, not at all echinulate as in 8. bigemina. 7. S. ciliata, Royle Ill. 201 t. 85, fig. 2; stems not bristly, leaflets 6-16, flowers in dense axillary racemes, bracteoles large, joints 6-8 obscurely papillose, S. pumila, Royle MSS.; W. d: A. Prodr. 220. Sma and Kumaon to Kuasra and Srxxm, alt. 3-6000 ft. Parasnath in Benar. Annual. Stems slender, 4-2 ft. high. Leaf-rachis 4-1 in. ; leaflets linear, }- in. long, obtuse, distinctly bristly on the edge and midrib below. lowers up to a dozen in dense copious short-peduncled secund racemes ; bracteoles leafy, oblong, ciliated, nearly as long as calyx. Calyx 3 in., densely bristly-ciliated; upper lip truncate, finally Zin. broad; lower lanceolate. Corolla yellow, little exserted. 8. S. capitata, Dalz.in Kew Journ. iii. 208; stems not bristly, leaflets 20-80, flowers in globose terminal heads, bracteoles large, joints 5-6 smooth. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 68, non Desv.; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 244. Western Penmnsuna. An annual, 1-2 ft. high, with firm shrubby terete branches. Leaf-rachis densely bristly, 13-2 in. long; leaflets linear, 4-3 in. long, bristly on the back and edge. Flowers in a dense globose head 1 in. thick, at the end of each branch ; pedicels very short; bracteoles oblong, membranous, bristle-tipped, nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx 3 in. long; both lips broad, truncated, ciliated with long bristles. Corolla purplish, much exserted. Joints neither venose, nor papillose. 9. S. pyenantha, Benth. MSS.; stems minutely bristly, leaflets 6-8, flowers in globose terminal heads, bracteoles minute, joints 5-6 venose. Concan, Stocks, Law. An erect annual, 3-2 ft. high, the stem clothed densely with small bristles dilated atthe base. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaf-rachis 3 in. or less long, densely bristly ; leaflets linear, 3-8 in. long, with a few minute yellow bristles in the back and edge. Heads 1 in. or more broad, formed of densely congested racemes; pedicels shorter than the calyx; bracteoles half the calyx, obtuse. Calyx 2in., with copious sessile black glands and small yellow bristles on back and edge; lips equal, truncate. Corolla yellow, half as long again as calyx. _ 10. S. dichotoma, Dalzell MSS. ; stems not bristly, leaflets 4-6, racemes forming a lax corymbose panicle, bracteoles minute, joints 10-12 papillose. 8. blanda, Hohen. Plant. Ind. Or, Exsic. No. 146, non Wall. WerstTERN PENINSULA. Stems annual, very slender, little branched, 1-1} ft. high. Leaf-rachis 2 in. or less long ; leaflets membranous, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, $4 in. long, not aristate, both sides without bristles. Lower racemes of the panicles 5-6-flowered, secund; pedicels ascending, 3-4 in.; bracteoles linear, 3-4 calyx. Calyx membranous, 2 in.; lower acute lip slightly longer than the broad truncate upper one. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Smithia.] L. LEGUMINOSH. (J. G. Baker.) 151 11. S. grandis, Benth. MSS.; stems robust not bristly, leaflets 20-24, racemes forming a lax corymbose panicle, bracteoles } calyx, joints 20-26 venose. Base of the Himalayas in Srxxrm, Herb. Griffith, Hook. jil.. Stems stout, erect, 8-4 ft. high. Leqf-rachis 24-3 in. long; leaflets linear, obtuse, without bristles, }—2 in. long; lower stipules 1 in. long. Racemes subsecund, 6~12- flowered, forming a corymbose panicle 4 ft. broad; pedicels erect, 3-4 in. long, with a few deciduous bristles ; bracteoles } in., obtuse. Calyx 3 in. long; lips equal, trun- oe an with only a few small bristles at first. Joints largest of all, 3 in. broad, - 12. S. blanda, Wail. Cat. 5669; stems densely bristly, leaflets 6-10, racemes copiously panicled, bracteoles half as long as the calyx, joints 5-6 reti- culated. W.& A. Prodr, 221; Wight. Ic. t. 986; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 64. East Himatrayas, tropical zone up to 4000 feet, East Benear, Nuvenrris. Perennial, suffruticose. Stems 13-2 ft. high, the bristles very dense, spreading, fine, fragile. Leaf-rachis under 1 in. long; leaflets firm, obtuse, bristle-tipped, 4-$ in. long, with copious fine deciduous bristles on the rachis, edge and midrib. Racemes forming a dense terminal panicle, with corymbose branches; pedicels 4? in., densely bristly. Calya 3-4 in., densely clothed with fine bristles on back and edge; lips Slory upper broad, truncate. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Joints 3, in. broad. , F Var. 1. paniculata; stems more slender, flowers fewer smaller crowded at the end of the peduncles. S. paniculata, Arn. Pug: 12.—Hilly tracts ef Ceylon, alt. 2-7000 ft. ; Var. 2. racemosa; annual, more slender and fugacious, leaflets more membran- ous, calyx 3-2 in. long, corymbs formed of a few close subsecund racemes 1-1} in. long. S. racemosa, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5670; W. § A. Prodr. 221; Daiz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. S, hirsuta, Dalz. in Kew Journ, iii. 185; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68.— Plains of Western Peninsula and Ceylon. : 39. ESCHYNOMENE, Linn. ‘ : Erect herbs or undershrubs. Leaves with very numerous close sensitive odd- pinnate small linear leaflets. FJowers in sparse racemes. Calyx deeply 2-lipped, the lips faintly toothed. Corolla fugacious ; standard orbicular ; keel not inte Stamens in two bundles of 5 each; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved, stigma terminal. Pod linear, with a stalk longer than the calyx and 4-8 flattened 1-seeded separating joints.—Drsrris. Species about 30, spread everywhere in the tropics. 1. HE. indica, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 320; stems slender much branched, peduncles viscid, calyx and small corolla glabrous. W. & A. Prodr. 219; We. de. t. 405; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 62. Ai. aspera, Wail. Cat. 5666, non Lenn. AK. kashmiriana, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 40, t. 48. Hedysarum Neli-Tali, Roxb. Hort Beng. 57; Fl. Ind. iii. 365. Al. pumila, Lenn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 321. 4, diffusa, Willd.; DC. Prodr. loc. cit.; Wall. Cat, 5665, AK. viscidula, Willd. Enum. 776. ZE. Roxburghii, Spreng. Syst. iti. 322. Smithia aspera, Rovb., Hort. Beng. 56; Fl. Ind. iii. 83483—Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 18. Himarayas to Ceyron and Siam, ascending to 5000 ft. in Kasumrr and 4000 ft. in Koumaon,—Distrie, Japan and everywhere in tropics of old world. A suffruticose annual, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous, pale green, with slender terete branches. Leaf-rachis 2-3 in. long; leaflets close, 41-61, linear, obtuse, 1-nerved ; stipules lanceolate, membranous, deciduous, with a large auricle. Flowers 1-4, in co- pious axillary racemes; peduncle and pedicels usually viscid ; bracts small, lanceolate, 152 L. LEGuMINOsSZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Zischynomene. . rigid, gland-ciliated. Calye under }in.long. Corolla fugacious, twice the calyx. Pod 1-14 in, long, straight or rather curved ; upper suture straight, lower more or less dis- tinctly indented ; joints 6-10, 4-2 in. broad, smooth or finally papillose on the face, 2, HE. aspera, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 820; stems robust simple or little- “branched, peduncles calyx and large corolla hispid. W. & A. Prodr. 219; Wt. Ic, t. 299. AR. indica, Wall. Cat. 5667, non Linn. Uedysarum_lagena- rium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57; Fl. Ind. iii. 865. A. indica, B aspera, Hassh, Pl. Jav, Rar. 340, AN. trachyloba, Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 276. Tropical Zone; Buncat and Smuur to Mazacca and Ceyron.—Disrris. Malay isles, Tropical Africa. A tall erect swamp species, with stout glabrous main stems, full of white pith. Sti- ules linear or lanceolate, auricled, deciduous; leaf-rachis 3-6 in. longs leaflets - 61-101, linear, obtuse, 1-nerved. Racemes corymbose, 2—4-flowered; pedicels and peduncles clothed with spreading bristles. Calyx 3 in., with a pair of round bracteoles. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod 2-2} in. by 4 in.; joints 3-6, smooth or echinate on the faces over the seeds. AK. surarrensis, W. ¢ A, Prodr. 219, is altogether doubtful, the description being probably taken in part from Sesbania aculeata. 40. ORMOCARPUM, Beauv. Shrubs. eaves with odd-pinnate exstipellate leaflets and persistent striated ‘stipules and bracts. Flowers in lax racemes. Calya-tube campanulate ; 2 upper teeth deltoid ; 3 lower lanceolate. Standard broad; keel much incurved, not at all beaked. Stamens in two bundles of 5 each; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, _few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, stigma minute terminal. Pod of a few inde- hiscent turgid linear or oblong joints, the lower seedless, the faces rugose, naked or muricated with weak gland-tipped prickles——Disrrrs. Species 6, spread all round the world in the tropics. 1. 0. sennoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 315; Wall. Cat. 5658 ; W. § A. Prodr. 216; Wet. Ic.t. 297. O. coronilloides, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 279. Hedysarum ‘sennoides, Willd.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 364. Plains of the Wrstarn Penisvxa and Ceyron.—Distrin. Siam, Philippines, Poly- nesia, Trop. Africa. A low shrub, with terete slender branches, the branchlets and leaf-rachis viscid. Leaflets 9-17, alternate, oblong, obtuse, membranous, deciduous. Flowers 2-6, in copious short-peduncled axillary corymbose racemes ; bracts spreading, minute, deltoid ; pedicels viscid, as long as calyx. Calyx iin. Corolla yellow, much exserted. Pod with 2-4 joints, linear or oblong, 4-1 in. long, horizontally plicate, smooth or muricated. 41. LEPTODESMIA, Benth. Diffuse perennial herbs. Leaves simple or pinnately 3-foliolate, stipellate. ‘Bracts large, imbricated. lowers small, crowded in dense terminal racemose heads. Calyx with a very short tube, and 5 subequal setaceous teeth. Corolla minute, included ; standard broad ; keel obtuse. ‘Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 1-ovuled ; style long, filiform, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod small, oblong, membranous, flattened, 1-seeded, opening widely along the ‘ventral suture.—Disrrr1B. Two species, the other a plant of Madagascar. 1. L. congesta, Benth. MSS. Nicolsonia congesta, Wight Ic. t. 1056. Desmodium congestum, Benth. Pl. Jungh. 222, non W. & A, : Eleiotis.] L. LEGUMINOSZ. (J. G. Baker.) 1538 Tropical Zone; Nireurris, Gardner, Schmidt, Wight. A perennial, with slender firm trailing cespitose stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves short- petioled, membranous, 1 or 3-foliolate, the end leaflet the largest, orbicular or oblong, obtuse, 3-3 in. long, a little hairy below. Flowers in copious oblong terminal capitate racemes under 1 in. long; bracts ovate, scariose, finely pubescent; pedicels short. Calyc } in; teeth densely plumose. Pod as long as calyx. 42, ELELOTIS, DC. An annual herb. Leaves usually 1-foliolate. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx with a very short tube and 5 subequal setaceous teeth. Corolla mi- nute; standard broad ; keel obtuse, adhering to the wings. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, 1-ovuled ; style short, uncinate or nearly straight, thickened at the base, stigma capitate. Pod of a single dimi- ‘diate membranous veined joint, with a flattened straight dorsal and rounded ventral sutwre.— A. single endemic species. l. B. sororia, DC. Prodr. ii. 348; Wall. Cat. 5741; W.§ A. Prodr. 231. KE. monophylla, DC. loc. cit. Hedysarum sororium, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 852. Hiallia sororia, Wlld. Sp. iii. 1170. Glycine monophylla, Burm. Fi. Ind. 161, t. 50, fig. 2. Plains of BunpELKUND, WrsTeRN Penrnsura and CryLon. An annual, with slender trailing densely cxespitose glabrous stems, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves subglabrous, membranous, consisting usually of a single short: stalked stipellate terminal leaflet, rounded or broader than long, emarginate, +-i in. long, but occa- sionally with a pair of minute lateral leaflets. lowers in copious simple lax axillary racemes; pedicels spreading, downy, exceeding the calyx; bracts minute, ovate, scariose, deciduous. Pod i in. iong. 43. PYCNOSPORA, R. Br. A low shrub. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Flowers minute, racemed, Calyx deeply cleft, the upper teeth subconnate. Corolla much exserted ; standard roundish; keel obtuse, cohering to the wings. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style inflexed, filiform ; stigma mi- nute capitate. Pod oblong, turgid, 2-valved, 8-10-seeded, continuous within, not jointed, but marked with transverse veins.—A single species, combining the habit of Desmodium, with a pod like Crotalaria. l. P. hedysaroides, R. Br. in Herb. Banks. P. nervosa, W. & A. Prodr. 197; Dalz. & Gtbs. Bomb. Fl.75. Crotalaria? nervosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat, 5428, Indigofera desmodioides, Benth. in Hohen. Pl. Ind. Or. No. 303. Tropical zone; Kuasra (3-5000 ft.), Sicuer, Tznassertm, WESTERN PENINSULA, Czyron.—Distris. China, Philippines, N. Australia. A perennial herb, with slender densely cespitose trailing stems $-2 ft. long. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, 4-1} in. long, stipellate, sub- coriaceous, glabrous above, finely downy and reticulato-venose below. Flowers in lax terminal racemes; bracts deciduous, scariose, ovate-cuspidate; pedicels downy, 2-3 times the calyx. aly 4; in. long or less. Pod 3-4 in. long, finally black. 44, PSEUDARTHRIA, W. & A. Habit of Desmodium, from which it only differs in pod. Calyz-teeth as long as the tube, 2 upper subconnate. Corolla 2-3 times the calyx; standard broad ; ‘keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, many- ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod linear-oblong, compressed, mem- 154 L. Leauarnosa. (J. G. Baker.) [ Pseudarthria. branous, indehiscent, continuous within, the sutures not at all indented.—Drs- TRIB. Species 5, the others African. 1. P. viscida, W. & A. Prodr. 209; Wight Ic. t. 286. Hedysarum visci- dum, Linn.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57; Fi. Ind. iii. 356. Desmodium viscidun, DC. Prodr. ii. 836 ; Wall. Cat. 5698. Rhynchosia viscida, DC. Prodr. ii. 387. Glycine viscida, Willd. in Nova Acta, iv. 208. Desmodium Leschenaultii, DC. Prodr. ii. 336 ? Tropical zone, WxsTERN Peninsura and Cryzon, up to 3000 ft. —Distar, Timor. Perennial, 2-3 ft. high, with slender stems, clothed with fine grey pubescence. Leaves petioled, pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets stipellate, membranous or subcoriaceous, green, obscurely bristly above, grey, densely pubescent, rarely subglabrescent below; end leaflet round-rhomboidal, obtuse or acute, 2-4 in. long. acemes axillary and terminal, sometimes branched; flowers distant, fascicled ; pedicels spreading, 3-4 times the minute calyx. Pod 3-2 in. long, 4-6-seeded, finely downy. 45. LOUREA, Neck. Herbs. Leaves membranous, stipellate, 1-8-foliolate. Flowers in_ terminal simple or panicled racemes. Calya: membranous, accrescent, the lanceolate teeth as Jong as the campanulate tube. Corolla equalling or exceeding the calyx; standard broad; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, stigma capitate. Pod of about 4 small dis- tinct 1-seeded smooth veined joints, included in the calyx.—All the species are East Indian. ‘1. &. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 5673; leaves 1-foliolate, nearly twice as broad as long, racemes copiously panicled. Benth. Pl. Jungh. 215. Ava; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. Stems erect, slender, finely downy. Leaves 24-8 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, gla- brous ; lobes spreading, rounded at the point, 4-5-nerved, base subcordate, apex rounded or slightly emarginate ; petiole nearly as long as the blade. Racemes 1-8, forming — copious terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels pubescent, cernuous, sometimes geminate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx slightly downy, finally 1-4 in. Joints downy. 2. L. Vespertilionis, Desv.; DC. Prod. ii. 323; leaflets 1 rarely 3 glabrous 4-6 times as broad as long, racemes simple or slightly panicled. W. & A. Prodr. 221; Wight Ic. t. 285; Wall. Cat. 5671. Hedysarum Vespertilionis, Linn. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57; Fl. Ind. iii. 352. Common in waste places throughout India.—Disrriz, Tropics of both hemi- spheres, often planted. Stems erect, slender, finely downy upwards. Petiole 3-1 in.; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, green, clouded usually with white, the end one 2-3 in. broad, 1-4 in. long, with two linear or lanceolate spreading or slightly ascending 2~3-nerved halves; apex bristle-tipped, broadly emarginate; side leaflets, if present, much smaller, ob- liquely obversely deltoid. Racemes 3-6 in. long; pedicels pubescent, shorter than a bay e ; lower geminate. Calyx finally 1-4 in. long. Corolla not exserted. oints 4-5. 3. L. obcordata, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets 3 rarely 1 pilose beneath on the veins, terminal roundish or obversely deltoid, racemes usually simple. Hedysarum obcordatum, Poir.- Dict. Suppl. ii. 425. H. reniforme, Lour, Fl. Coch, 447. LL. reniformis, DC. loc. cit. L. microphylla, Wall. Cat. 5672. Desmodium premorsum, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5708, Lourea. | L. LEGUMINOSA. (J. G. Baker.) 155 Biama, Waillich.—Distris. Malay isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. Stems cespitose, very slender, wide-trailing, pubescent. Petiole 3-3 in.; leaflets membranous, pale green, as broad as long, truncate or rounded at the apex, pale green, not clouded, glabrous above, +3 in. long. Racemes very lax, reaching 6~% in. long ; pedicels as long as the calyx, pubescent, cernuous, rarely geminate. Calyx downy, finally 34 in. long., Corolla twice the flowering-calyx. Joints 4-5, glabrous. 4, i. campanulata, Benth. Pl. Jungh. 215 ; leaflets 3 rarely 1 obovate- cuore Soreny beneath, racemes copiously panicled. Uraria campanulata, Wail. Cat. ; Ava; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. Erect, with the habit of a Desmodium. Stems firm, slender, finely downy. Pe- tioles 3-2 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above, pale green, reticulato- venose below; end one 2-3 in. long, obtuse, with u cuneate base; side ones much smaller. Racemes 4-6 in. long, forming copious terminal panicles, with densely pu- bescent rachises ; pedicels 3 in., curved. Calyx 4-2 in., densely pubescent. Corolla twice flower-calyx. Joints 2~3, pubescent. : 46. URARIA, Desv. Suffruticose perennials. Leaves stipellate, with 1 to 9 leaflets. Flowers very numerous, minute, racemose. Calyx-tube very short; two upper teeth short; three lower usually elongated, setaceous. Standard broad ; wings ad- hering to the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary ses- ‘sile or short-stalked, few-ovuled ; style -inflexed filiform, stigma terminal.. Pod of 2-6 small turgid 1-seeded indehiscent joints, often placed face to face.—Dis- rRIB. Species all here included. * Upper leaves 5-9-foliolate. 1. U. picta, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets linear clouded, pedicel clothed with short bristles. Wall. Cat. 5674; W. & A. Prodr. 221; Dalz. & Gubs. Bomb. Fl. 65. Doodia picta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ili. 3868. Hedysarum pictum, Jacq. Ic. t. 567; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57. U. linearis, Hassk, Pl. Jav. Rar. 349. Hratayas to Ceyton, ascending to 6000 ft. in the north-west——Disrriz. Tropical Africa, Malay isles, Philippines. . An erect little-branched suffruticose perennial, 3-6 ft. high. Stems robust, finely downy. Petioles 1-2 in. ; leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous above, reticulato-venulose, minutely pubescent below, 4-8 in. long, 3-1 in. broad; lowest simple, round or oblong. F'/owers in dense cylindrical racemes, 3-1 ft. long, $-3 in. broad; bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly ciliated; upper lanceolate, lower ovate acuminate ; pedicels }~3 in., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. Corolla purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polished, often whitish. 2. WU. erinita, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets oblong not clouded, pe- dicels clothed with long bristles. Wail. Cat. 5675. U. picta, Wight Ic. t. 411, non Desv. U. comosa, DC. Prodr. ii. 824. Hedysarum crinitum, Linn. ; Burm. ne 169, t. 56; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia crinita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. Himatayas to Certon and Siam, ascending to 9000 ft. in the north-west.—Dts- trip. China, Malay isles. General habit of the last. Upper Jeaves 3-7-foliolate ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, smooth above, paler, reticulato-venose beneath, 4-6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, much rounded at the base. Racemes dense, reaching above a foot long, 1-13 in. thick ; 156 L. LEGUMINOS#. (J. G. Baker.) [Uraria, lower pedicels 3- in. long with spreading bristles 3-4 times their thickness ; bracts distinctly ciliated. Calyz-segments densely plumose. Corolla purplish, } in. long. Joints 4—6, opaque. ** Teaves 1- and 8-foliolate intermixed. 8. U. lagopoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 824; stems trailing, leaflets small orbicular or oblong, heads short dense oblong-cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elon- gated. W. & A. Prodr. 222, non Wall. Hedysarum lagopoides, Burm. Fl. Ind. 68, t. 58, fig. 2. U. retusa, Wall. Cat. 5680. Doodia lagopodioides, Roxb. Fi. Ind. iii. 366. Lespedeza lagopoides, Pers. Enck. ii. 308. U. hamosa, Wall. Cat, 5681, A., non W. & A. Tropical zone. Nrpaz and Bencax to Ava.—Distrr. Malay isles, China, Poly- nesia, N. Australia. A Stems densely cxspitose, woody, slender, pubescent. Petiole $1 in.; leaflets many, of both kinds, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, glabrous above, finely downy below. Heads always simple, very dense, 1-2, rarely 3 in. long, under 1 in, thick; bracts subpersistent, distinctly ciliated; pedicels densely crinite, not longer than calyx. Calyx 3-4 in. ; lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. Corolla scarcely exserted. Joints 1-2, brown, polished, finely pubescent. J. cercifolia, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 325, is probably a form of this with a single leaflet. 4. U. lagopus, DC. Prodr. ii. 824; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not cordate, heads long dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Hedysarum arboreum, Don Prodr, 243. Uraria arboreum, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 287. U. _lagopodioides, Wall. Cat. 5676, non DC. U. alopecuroides, Wight Ic. t. 290. Doodia alopecuroides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 368. U. hamosa, Wall. Cat. 5681 C. Hedysarum alopecuroides, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57. Pounsas, along the Himalayas to Assam and Ava, ascending to 6000 ft. in Smna. An erect undershrub, reaching 10-12 ft., with slender woody densely pubescent branches. eaves usually all 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above, reticulato- venose, finely downy below; end leaflet 2-4in. long, 14-2 in. broad. Racemes copi- ous, both terminal and axillary, resembling those of U. crinita, reaching 6-9 in. by 1-11 in.; bracts deciduous; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, densely crinite. Calyx 4 in... Corolla purple, little exserted. Joints 2-6, dark or pale, dull or polished. 5. U. repanda, Jail. Cat. 5677 ; stems erect, leaflets large cordate-ovate, heads dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Benth. Pl. Jungh, 218. Brirua, Wallich. General habit of the last, to which it is closely allied. Pubescence of branches shorter. eaves simple and trifoliolate intermixed, the side leaflets of the latter much smaller than the end one, which is subobtuse or subacute, deeply produced at the base. Racemes 2-4 in. by $3 in.; bracts ovate, acuminate, distinctly ciliated, not deciduous ; pedicels densely crinite, shorter than the calyx. Calyx } in.; lower teeth long, setaceous, plumose. Joints 2, polished, glabrous, brownish-drab. 6. U. hamosa, Wail. Cat. 5681 B; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not cordate, racemes long lax cylindrical, lower calyx teeth not elongated. W. & A. Prodr, 222; Wiyht Ic. t. 284. Hedysarum hamosum, Rovb. Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia hamosa, Rovb. Fil. Ind. iii. 367. U. lanceolata and desmodioides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5682, 5683. U.leptostachya, Wall. Cat. 5684. Desmodium Horsfieldii and dasyphyllum, Mag. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 251-3. Himatayas to Ceyton, Brrmau and Pxev, ascending in Srxxra to 4000 ft.—D1s- tris. Malay isles. Branches woody, slender, shortly pubescent. Leaves similar in texture to those of all the preceding, sometimes all simple, the end one obtuse, broadly rounded at the Uraria. | L. LEGUMINOSHZ. (J. G. Baker.) 157 pase, 8-5in. by 2-3 in. Racemes much laxer than in the other species, resembling those of a Desmodium, copiously panicled, reaching 4-1 ft. long; bracts ovate, cuspi- date, pubescent, deciduous; pedicels in., often fascicled. Calyx 4 in., all the - teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla 2-3 times the calyx. Joints 4-6, opaque, drab or brown. *** Leaves usually all 1-foliolate. 7, U. prunelleefolia, Grah.in Wail. Cat. 5686 ; stems erect, leaflets ob- long-lanceolate, racemes short close oblong. Hedysarum hamatum, Heyne MSS. Kvmaon, alt. 3000 ft., Thomson. East Himauayas, Griffith. Branches slender, shortly pubescent. Leaflet oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, rounded at the base, 3-4 in. by 1-14 in.; petiole }-} in. Racemes terminal, simple, 1-2 in. by §-2 in; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, shortly bristly. Calyx 4-2 in., lower teeth twice as long as the upper. Corolla under twice the calyx. Joints 3-4, placed end to end, opaque or polished. 8. U. cordifolia, Wail. Pl. As. Rar. i. 33, t. 37; stems erect, leaflet cor- date-ovate, racemes elongated lax cylindrical. U. cordata, Wall. Cat. 5679. Proms and banks of the Irrawaddi, Wallich. Branches stout, woody, densely clothed with short spreading hairs. Leaves casu- ally trifoliolate, reaching 6-9 in. long, nearly as broad, acute, conspicuously hairy on the raised veins below; petiole $-2 in. Racemes lateral and terminal, }-1ft. long, resembling those of U. hamosa; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous; pedicels }-3 in., densely crinite. Calyx 4-2 in.; teeth setaceous, nearly equal. Corolla scarcely ex- serted. Joints 2-3, opaque, pubescent. 47. ALYSICARPUWS, Neck. Diffuse annuals or biennials. Leaves simple, rarely 3-foliolate, stipellate, sub- coriaceous. Flowers in copious axillary racemes. - Calyx glumaceous; teeth deep, often imbricated, the two upper often connate. Corolla not’ exserted ; standard broad ; keel obtuse, adhering to the wings. Stamens diadelphous; an- thers uniform. Ovary nearly or quite sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved, stigma capitate. Pod terete or turgid, composed of several indehiscent 1-seeded joints. —Drsrris. Species about 15; weeds everywhere in the tropics of the old world. * Microcalycine. Calyx not longer than the first joint of the pod. 1. A. monilifer, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 ; stems clothed with fine spreading hairs, pod distinctly moniliform turgid veinless. Wall. Cat. 5769; W.& A. Prodr. 232, Hedysarum moniliferum, Linn. ; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 52, fig. 3; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56; Fl. Ind. iii. 845. A. Rubibarna, Wail. Cat. 5771, ex parte. Tropical zone ; Himazayas through India proper. Brrma and Tenasserm, Wal- lich—Distr1e. Nubia, Abyssinia. Stems densely tufted, 3-1 ft. long. Leaves all simple, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, often cordate; petiole 4-4 in. long, finely downy. Racemes close, 4~-8- flowered; pedicels very short. Calyx 3} in., obscurely hairy; teeth linear, erecto- patent. Pod 3, in. thick, 4-8-jointed, 4-2 in. long, densely clothed with minute hooked pubescence, not at all reticulato-venose. 2. A. hamosus, Edgew. Cat. Banda. Pl. 47; stems densely clothed with short spreading hairs, calyx much shorter than the first joint, pod compressed reticulato-venose not moniliform. A, rotundifolius, Wight MSS. 158 L. LeguMInos#. (J. G. Baker.) [Alysicarpus. Plain of Bunpetxunp and Western Prnrsvuza. Stems 1 ft. or less long, with many erecto-patent hairy branches. Leaves all simple; leaflet. orbicular, obtuse, cordate, hairy on the veins below, 3-14 in. long and broad; petiole }-} in., hairy like the branches. Racemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 4_6-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 3, in. long, the linear teeth erecto-patent. Pod 3~$ in. long, by 4 in., distinctly pubescent, 3-5-jointed. 3. A. vaginalis, DC. Prodr. ii. 353; stems glabrescent or with a little adpressed down, calyx as long as the first joint, pod terete reticulato-venose not moniliform. W. & A. Prodr. 233; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. Hedysarum vaginale, Linn.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56; Fl. Ind. iii. 345. A. Rubibarna, Wall, Cat. 5771, ex parte. A. diversifolius, Wall. Cat. 5772. A. Harnieri, Schweinf. Rel, Kotsch, 24, t. 19. Hnarayas to Maracca and Certon, ascending to [4000 feet in the North-west provinces. —Disrris. Through tropics of old world, Afghanistan, introduced in America. Stems robust, ascending, 1-3 ft. long in the type. Leaflets glabrous, }—2 in. long, cordate at the base, usually oblong, obtuse, about twice as long as broad, rarely lan- ceolate, 3-6 times as long as broad; petiole 2+ in. Racemes. elongated, 6-12- flowered, 2-3 in. long; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx }in., nearly glabrous; teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube. Pod 3-2 in. by =, in., the joints half as long again as broad, faintly pubescent, rugose, usually a little thickened at the end, sometimes indistinctly moniliform. Var. 1. nummularifolius ; dwarfer, leaflets smaller oblong or roundish obtuse, ra- cemes more crowded. A. nummularifolius, DC. Prodr. ii. 353; Wall. Cat. 5767; W. _& A, Prodr. 232; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. A. varius, Wall. Cat. 5768. Hedysa- rum varium, Rotk Nov, Sp. 354. H. cylindricum, Poir. Dict. Suppl. v. 400. H. nummularifolium, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1051. Hegetschweilera pulchella, Regel in Bot. Zeit. i. 47.—As common and widely spread as the type. Var. 2. heterophyllus; leaflets lanceolate. simple and trifoliolate intermixed, ra- cemes elongated. A. heterophyllus, Benth. MSS. A. trifoliatus, Stocks MSS.—Plains of Scinde, Dr. Stocks. Var. 3. Stocksti; stems clothed with fine spreading hairs, leaflets thinner than in the type obovate oblong hairy beneath, racemes elongated.—Plains of Concan, Stocks gS Law. Intermediate between the type and A. rotundifolius. *“ Macrocalycine. Calyx much longer than the first joint of the pod, its teeth imbricated in the fruiting stage. : 4, A. bupleurifolius, DC. Prodr. ii. 352; pedicels short, calyx ciliated only, joints of pod neither veined nor rugose. Wall. Cat. 5761, excl. B & F; W. § A. Prodr. 233; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64, Wedysarum bupleurifo- lium, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1051; Roxb. Cor. Pl. t. 194; Hort. Beng. 56; Fil. Ind. iii. 346, H. gramineum, Retz. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 646. A. Tud F . 5762, excl. B & F. ; BRET RS ie Himatayas to Ceyron and Brrma, ascending to 4000 ft. in Kumaon Malay isles, China, Philippines, Mauritius, Polynesia. : Stems 1-2 ft., slender, ascending, glabrous. Leaflets glabrous, linear or lanceolate 1-3 in. long, acute, rather rounded at the base, rarely oblong, subobtuse ‘Ravemen 3-6 in. long, the flowers in 10-20 distant pairs ; pedicels very short. Calyse 3 in., ad- pressed to the pod, hairy at the edge only ; teeth twice as long as the furrowed funnel- shaped tube. Pod stalked, $-} in. long, #5 in. thick ; joints 4-6, glabrous, as long as smooth, slightly moniliform. : < Var. 1. gracilis; leaves oblong-lanceolate obtuse 1-2 in, lon than % in. long, pod 1_2-jointed ;included or little exserted.