Records of the Botanical Survey of India Vol IV No 1 5 7 8 1904-6

For this there are two principal rea ons —firstly the number of new species discovered since the publication (in 1874) of that work t and the communication of better materials of others has demanded a re-examination of the old sections resulting in the revision of somet the abandonment of others and the construction of additional oneS. [...] is wanted are the dUra t on and habit of the species annual biennial or i perennial the umber and osition of the stipular glands the presence or absence ides in the leaves and floral organs. [...] The colours of the flowers with drawings if procurable the nature and function of a dilatation on the opposing margins of the wings which occurs nearly opposite the sinus between the lobes of the wings ; this which is often absent may be produced into an eashaped lobule or into a thread descending into the spur ; I have called it the dorsal auricle of the wings. [...] Viewing the flower in front the standard is at the back of the flower the lip in front the Slings appear to come out of the lip and the two or four lateral sepals are more or less out of sight. [...] This it does in habit in the broad shallow crenation of the leaf in the inflorescence and in the disposition of the bracts.