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Rhynchosia capitata (Heyne ex Roth) DC., Prodr. 2:386. 1825.
Glycine capitata Heyne ex RothNomisia capitata (Heyne ex Roth) Wight & Arn.
Prostrate or climbing; stem pilose, branched; stipules 1.5-2.0 mm long, cordate, pilose. Leaf trifoliolate compound, petiole 2.5-12.5 cm long, pilose, petiolule up to 1.5 cm long, pilose; lamina 18-40 mum long, 15-41 mm broad, rhomboid, sometimes oblique, entire, obtuse, scantily pubescent. Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, axillary umbellate. Peduncle 0.5-3.5 cm, pilose. Bracts c. 2.5 mm long, cordate, pilose; pedicel c. 3-4 mm long, pilose. Calyx 10-13 mm long, pilose, lower tooth longest 7-9 mm long. Vexillum 10-12 mm long, glabrous externally. Fruit 10.13 mm long, 9-12 mm broad, mucronate transversely striated, pilose.
Fl.Per.: September-October.
Holotype: India orientali, Heyae (B-not seen).
Distribution: Pakistan; India; Ceylon.
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