154 L. LEGUMJNOS^, (J. G. Bakcr.) [PseudartJina. 



"branous, indehiscent, continuous within, the sutures not at all indented.— Dis- 

 TBIB* Species 5, the others African. 



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duni, Lirm, ; Soxb, Ilort. Beng. 57 ; FL Ind. iii. 356, Desmodiun] 

 DC. Frodr. ii. 33G ; Wall Cat, 5G98. Khynchosia viscida, DC. Prodr. il 387. 

 Glycine viscida, Wilkl in Nova Acta, iv. 208. Desmodiiim Leschenaultii, DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 33G ? 



Tropical zone, AYestern 

 Timor. 



DiSTEIB. 



Perennial, 2-3 ft. high, with slender stems, clothed with ^ue grey pubescence. | ; 

 Leaves petioled; pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets stipeilate, membranous or subcoriaceous, '' 

 green, obscurely bristly above, grey, densely pubescent, rarely subglabrescent below; | 

 end leaflet round-rhomboidal, obtuse or acute, 2-4 in. long. Baccmes axilh^ry and , 

 terminal, sometimes branched; flowers distant, fascicled; pedicels spreading, 3-4 _ 

 times the minute calyx. Pod ^-| in. long, 4:-6-seeded, finely downy. 



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Herbs. Leaves memhranoiis, stipeilate, 1 -3-foliolate. Floicers in terminal 

 simple or panicled racemes. Calyx membranous, accrescent, the lanceolate teetn 

 as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla equalling or exceeding the calyx; 

 standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ov^^y 

 few-ovnled ; 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. 



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1. Zi. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 5673 ; leaves 1-foliolate, nearly twice as t 

 "broad as long, racemes copiously panicled. Be^ith. PL Juvgh. 215. 



AvA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich, 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy. Leaves 2J-3 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, gl^' 

 brous ; lobes spreading, rounded at the point, 4-5-nerved. base subcordate, apex rounded 

 or slightly cmarginate ; petiole nearly as long as the blade. Racemes 1-3, forming 

 copious terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels pubescent, cernuons, sometimes 

 geminate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx slightly downy, finally \-\ in. Joints 

 downy. 



2. Zi. Vespertilionis, Desv.-, DC. Prod. ii. 323; leaflets 1 rarely 3 

 glabrous 4-6 times as broad as long, racemes simple or slightly panicled. W^ <5" 

 A. Pi^odr. 221 ; WujJit Ic. t. 285; Wall Cat. 5671. Iledysarmu Vespertilionis, 

 Linn. ; Poxb. Ilort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Iml. iii. 352. 



Common in waste places throughout India. — Disteib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, often planted. 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy upwards. Pdiolc ^-1 in.; leaflets rigidly 

 subcoriaceous, green, clouded usually with white, the end one 2-3 in. broad, ^^ i^* 

 long, with two linear or lanceolate spreading or sliglitly ascending 2-3-nervod halves ; 

 apex bristle-tipped, broadly cmarginate; side leaflets, if present, much smaller, ob- 

 liquely obversely deltoid, Raccives 3-6 in. long ; pedicels pubescent, shorter than 

 the calyx; lower geminate. Calyx finally \^ in. long. Corolla not exserted. 

 Joints 4-5. 



3. I., obcordata, Desv. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 324 ; leaflets 3 rarely 1 pilose 

 beneath on the veins, terminal roundish or obversely deltoid, racemes usually 

 simple. Hedysanim ohcordatum, Poir. Diet. Suppl. ii. 425. H. renifovme, 

 Lour. Fl. Coch. 447. L. reniformis, DC. loc. cit. L. microphylla, WcdL Cat. 

 5672. Desmodiiun prsemorsum, Grah. in Wall Cat. o703.\ /. ' 



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