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Migofera.] l. LEGUsinxos^. (J. G. Baker.) 101 



A lo^ shrub, witli copious slender trailing branches ii^th a few adprcssed hairs 

 at first Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-4 in., long,; leaflets opposite, membranous, 

 H m. long, obtuse, pale green above, glaucous beneath, nearly glabrous; stipellge 

 setaceous, i in. long. Peduncles reaching 2-3 in., bearing a close short raceme , 

 bracts herbaceous, boat-shaped, with a cusp, enfolding the buds. Calyx ^- in., 

 oampanulate, obscurely hairy; teeth deltoid. Corolla ^ in. long, pale red. Pod 

 liDear/glabrous, not seen mature. 



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Hamilt 



giabrescent, leaflets large oblong 11-17, stipellaj minute, bracts lanceolate 

 acuminafA <..-„.„^;„™ ^i„ v.. J. 2)on Prodr. 244; Jio.vb. Fl. Incl. iii. 381 j 



^f'Gat. 5463; Wight Ic. t 3fi9; Brand. For. Fl. 136;' £ot. Man. t.'3065- 

 ■^of. Meg. t. 1744. I. Ilamiltonii, GraJi. in Wall. Cat. 6465. 



Tropical and temperate zones, tlirough the Uxmalayas, from Hazara and tho 

 mjAB to Khasia, reaching 9000 ft. 



at fit ^^^^b, with twiggy woody branches, only thinly coated with adpressed hairs 

 1 14 * -^^^^^^ reaching 6-9 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, obtuse, usually 

 ^r y^- -^^^g' green above, pale green below, giabrescent ; petiole 1-2 in. Racemes 

 s' r f *^^^^' long and narrow, 4-8 in. long, dense upwards; bracts ^ in,, subper- 

 ^y\ °^J*ro^ved gradually into a long point ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in., 



T«l ?i! "^ •^^^^''^^^^^^^*^ ' teeth short, deltoid. Corolla ^^ in., a much darker deeper 

 TO than m any of tho others. Pod linear, turgid, 1-U in. long, glabrous, 6-10- 

 eeaed, not at all reflexed or narrowed into a beak. 



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1. hebepetala, JBenth. MSS. 



^^ 13—17 



cuspidate exceeliug^the buds! 



A^Ltl^if^^' froni Kashmir to Sikkim, 6-15,000 ft. 

 in th ^^^^b' "^^'ith twiggy woody branches, only thinly coated with adpressed hairs 

 1~U^'^T"^ ®^^^®' -^^^'^^ 4-6 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, obtuse, usually 

 kkuo^^' u ^' much smaller In a snbalpine form, dull green above, pale but sciircely 

 Pedun^? *^^'^'^^'^ a few short adpressed bristly hairs on both sides. Racemes 

 inore 1 S^"^ i^- long, laxly 12-20-flowered; pedicels and calj'X as in the last; bracts 

 (loToll f'^^^' enclosing the buds, witli a setaceous tip protruding beyond them. 



seeded. 



strai; 



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BtSr ."^^^'^ liispid, leaflets large obovate-oblong 13-17 

 20.H . S;-- ,°^^^^^ or very minute, bracts exceeding the buds. W. S{ A. Prodr. 

 GJ T't^ ^"^ *• 367 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 60 ; Bedd. Fl Syh. 85 ;' Anal 

 • ^2, fig. 1. I. piu-purascens, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 383. I. cassioides, 



Grah 



^ottle,^- fin^n ; .. P™P^ascens 



Co/ Sfto ^; ^'■^^'■- "• 225 ; Wall. ^».. ^,v.^. ^. .^ , - 



:J i-^- -^^ daucescens, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5484. I. elliptica, lioxb. Fl. 

 t aaS" T^' ^ >'iolacea, Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 380 ; Wall. Cat. 5479 ; Bot. Mag. 

 w *»• I. arborea, Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 381 ; Wall. Cat. 5478 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 J? ^ • Ji^abidia, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5464. I. Gibsonii, Grah. Cat. Bomh. 



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KW!y°^^^.°°^ the H1MAIJ.YAS and hills of India peopeb, 



'^)> 4-6 feet high, the trunk 



J of a man's leg. Branches 

 soon elabrescent. Leaves 



i' 3-6 in. long; leaflets ^posite, firmer in texture than its allies, 

 emarglnate, usually |-1 in. long, pale green above, glaucous below, thinly 



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