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neatli with -wliitish silky hairs, calyx and large pod densely clothed -with 

 spreading hairs. Oxyramphis sericea, Grah. in Wall, Cat, 5349. Lespedeza 

 sericea, lioyle MSS, nonMiquel, Crotalaria macrostyla, Don Prodr. 242. Oxy- 

 ramphis macrostyla, Wall, Cat, 6348, non Lindley, L. Royleana, Miquel Am, 

 Mvs, Lug, Bat, J iii. 50. O. stenocarpa, Klotzsch Reise Pr, Wald, Bot 168; 

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HiMAtAYAs, tropical and temperate zones, alt. 2-7000 ft. ; Simla and Gue-whal 



to Khasta. 



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An undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, Tvith woody densely pubescent branches. 

 ^\ in. ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, rigidly subcoriaceous, |-| in, long, grey, glabres- 



cent, venose above, usually persistently silky, rarely (0. macrostyla^ Wall.) subgla- 

 brescent below, broadly rounded, sometimes deeply emarginate at the point, the petio- 



Racemes short, dense, many-flowered, catkifl 



lule of the end one not more than | in. 



like when unexpanded, the silky ovate bracts hiding the buds ; pedicels \~\ ii^*» 

 densely silky. Calyx \ in. ; teeth lanceolate, twice the tube. Corolla deep red, three 

 times the calyx. Fad short- stalked, |-^ in. long, narrowed to both ends ; style per- 

 sistent, ^ in. long, densely plumose in the lower half. 





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8. Xi. eriocarpa, DC, Prodr, ii. 349; petiole produced, leaflets small 

 thinly grey-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod clothed with ad pressed silky 

 hairs. Oxyramphis virgata, Wall. Cat, 5350. 0. macrostyla, Lindl, Bot, B^ff' 



t, 28, nan Wall L. paniculata, lioyle MSS. Desmodium angulatuni; 



Wall, Cat, 5729 M. 



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Himalayas, temperate and tropical zones, alt, 3-9000 ft. ; Hazara and KashmiB 

 to Khasu and Sikjcim. 



A copiously -branched erect shrub, 3-4 fl. high, with slender silky angular fur- 

 rowed branchlets. Petioles ^\^ in.; leaflets obovate-cuneate, ^-1 in. long, rigiJlj 

 subcoriaceoxis, green, glabrous, reticulato-venose above, broadly rounded at the apex, the 

 end one on a petiolule ^-^ in. long ; uppermost leaves reduced or suppressed. Racen^ 

 copious, peduncled, not dense, many-flowered, 2-4 in. long; bracts not exceeding 

 buds; pedicels ^- J in. Calyx \ in; teeth linear-subulate, twice the tube. CotoII(^^ 

 deep purple-red, |-^ in. Pod, \ in., long, minutely stalked, more coriaceous than in the 



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last; style as long as the pod, slightly pubescent near the base. — L, paniculata, EoyW 

 is a mere form, with lax racemes and longer pedicels. ' ]^ 



9. Zi. Tboxnsonl, Benth, MSS, ; petiole produced, leaflets large densely 

 argenteo-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod finely grey-silky. 



KuAsiA, temperate region, alt. 5000 ft., Hk. jiL ^ Thomson^ Lobh, 

 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. Upp^^ 

 leaves suppressed or much reduced, so that the racemes form a terminal panicle- 

 Bracts ^ in., linear, subpersistent, canescent on the back ; pedicels ^-^ in. Calys: i 1°"' 

 teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla f in., deep red. Pod f~\ in. long, shortly 

 btipitate, finally glabrescent, subcoriaceous ; style \ in., not at all plumose. 



SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME. 



' L. DECORA, Knrz in Joum, Asiat, Soc. Bmg. 42, 2, 231. An erect shrul)» 

 3-5 ft. high, with angular stems clothed with adpressed fulvous down. Stip'^^^^^ 

 linear-subulate Jin.; petiole 1-1^ in. ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse with a muci^» 

 chartaceons, 1-1^ in. long, glabrous and dark green above, glaucescent and faintly 



fmbescent below. Racemes short, but slender, fulvo-pubescent ; bracts ovate-lanceo- 

 ate, cuspidate, ^ in. long, persistent, glanduloso-pilose. Cali/x \ in., fulvo-pubes* 

 cent; teeth ovate-acuminate. Corolla twice length of calyx, blue. Immature pf'^ 

 oblique ovoid, compressed, shortly sericeous. Martaban, Kurz, '■ , -.^ ' ■' ' **/ 



L. PARViFLORA, KuTz iu Journ. Asiat, Soc, Beng. 42, 2, 231. A shrub, "v^*^^ 

 angular silky branches. Stipules linear-subulate, | in.; petiole canescent, ^ i^" 



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