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lower pedicels ^| in. long T?Fith spreading bristles 3-4 times their thickness ; bracts 

 distinctly ciliated. Crt/yjr-segments densely plumose. Corolla purplish, ^ in. long. 

 Joints 4-6, opac[ue. 



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3. IT. la^opoides, DC. Pt-odr. ii. 324; stems trailing, leaflets small 

 orbicular or oblong, heads short dense oblong-cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elon- 

 gated. W. ^' A. Prodr. 222, nan Wall. Hedysarum lagopoides, Burrh. Fl Iml 

 .68, t. 53, fig. 2. U. retusa, Wall. Cat. 6G80. Doodia lagopodioides, Poxh. FL 

 Iruh iii. 366. Lespedeza lagopoides, Pers. Ench. ii. 308. U. hamosa, Wall. Cat. 

 6681, A,, nan W. 4' A. 



•' Tropical zone. Nipal and Bexgal to Ava. — Distrib. Malay isles, China, Poly- 

 Desia, N. Australia. 



SteTus densely caespitose, -woody, slender, pubescent. Petiole J-1 in. ; leaflets many, 

 of both kinds, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, glabrous above, finely 

 downy below. Heads always simple, very dense, 1-2, rarely. 3 in. long, under 1 m. 

 thick; bracts subpersi stent, distinctly ciliated; pedicels densely crinite, not longer 

 than calyx. Cal?/x ^-i in. ; lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. Corolla scarcely 

 exserted. Joints 1-2, brown, polished, ^nely pubescent, U. cercifolia, DesY. ; D^* 

 Prodr. ii. 325, is probably a form of this -with a single leaflet. 



4. IT, lag'opus, DC. P-odr, ii. 324; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not 

 cordate, heads long dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Hedysannn 

 arboreum, Don Prodr. 243. Uraria arboreum, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 287. ^• 

 lagopodioides, Wall. Cat. 6676, non DC. U. alopecuroides, Wight Ic. t, 290. 

 Doodia alopecuroides, Roxb. Fl. Ltd. iii. 368. U. hamosa, Wall. Cat. 5681 C. 

 Hedysarmn alopecuroides, Roxh. Jlort. Beng. 57. 



Punjab, along the Himalayas to Assam and Ava, ascending to 6000 ft. ^Q 



Simla. 



An erect underslirub, reaching 10-12 ft., -with slender -wood}' densely pubescent 

 branches. Leaves usually all 3-foliolatc, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above, reticulato- 

 venose, finely downy below; end leaflet 2-4 in, long, 1^2 in. broad. Eacemes Qsy^^' 

 ous, both terminal and axillary, resem])ling those of U, crinita, reaching 6-9 in- ^1 

 1-li in.; bracts deciduous; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, densely crinite. Caly^ 

 ^-^ in. Corolla purple, little exserted; Joints 2-6, dark or pale, dull or polished. 



5. U. repanda, Wall. Cat. 5677 ; stems erect, leaflets large cordate-ovate, 



heads dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated, Benth, PL Jttngh. 213. 



Bir:ma, Wallich, 



General habit of the last, to "v\'liich it is closely allied. Pubescence of branches 

 shorter. Leaves simple and trifoliolate intermixed, the side leaflets of the latter mucn 

 smaller than the end one, which is subobtuse or subacute, deeply produced at the base. 



-l in. by |-| in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate, distinctly ciliated, not deciduous , 

 pedicels densely crinite, shorter than tlio calyx. Calyx ^ in. ; lower teeth loDg» 

 setaceous, plumose. Joints 2, polished, glabrous, brownish-drab. 



6. U. hamosa, Wall Cat. 6681 B ; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not 



cordate, racemes long lax cylindrical, lower calyx teeth not elongated. W- ^ 

 A. Prodr. 222 ; Wight Ic.\. 284. Iledysanuu hamosum, Poxb. IIoH. Beng- 

 al. Doodia hamosa, Poxb. Fl Ind. iii. 367. U. lanceolata and desmodioide 



Cat. 5682, 5683. U. lentostachva. Wall Cat. 6684. Desmodium 



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Himalayas to Ceylon, Birmah and Pegu, ascending in Sikkim: to 4000 ft. — ^^^' 

 TRiB. Malay isles.' ' ' * 



Brands woody, slender, shortly pubescent. Leaves similar in texture to thosf^ 

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