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L. LEGUMIN0S-3E. (J. G. Baker.) 



[^Alysicar^ns. 



Plain of BuNDELKXJND and Western P,faaNSTTLA. 



Stems 1 ft. or less long, with many erecto-patent hairy branches. Leaves all simple ; 

 leaflet orbicular, obtuse, cordate, hairy on the veins below, |-1J in. long and broad; 

 petiole ^J in., hairy like the branches. Racemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 

 4-6-flowered; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx ^^ in. long, the linear teeth 

 erecto-patent. Pod ^| in. long, by ^ in., distinctly pubescent, 3-5-jointed. 



„ ' 3. A. va^inaliSy DC. Prodr, ii. 353; stems glabrescent or with a little 

 adpressed down, calyx as long as the first joint, pod terete reticulato-venose not 

 moniliform. W. Sf A. Prodr. 233 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. Hedysarimi 

 vaginale, Linn, ; Roxh. Hort, JBeng. 66 ; FL Ind. iii. 345. A. Rubibarna, Wall. 

 Cat. 5771, expm-te. A. diversifolius, Wall Cat. 5772. A. Ilarnieri; Schiceinf. 

 Hel. Kotsch. 24, t. 19. 



' HiiiALATAs to Malacca and Ceylon", ascending to [4000 feet in the North-west 

 provinces. — Distrib. Through tropics of old world, Afghanistan, introduced in 



America. 



Stems robust, ascending, 1-3 ft. long in the type. Leaflets glabrous, \-2 in. long, 

 cordate at the base, usually oblong, obtuse, about twice as long as broad, rarely lan-^ 

 ceolate, 3-6 times as long as broad; petiole ^-\ in. 7?ac<?w€5 elongated, 6-12- 

 flowered, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^ in., nearly glabrous ; 

 teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube. Pod ^-J in. by ^ in., the joints half as 

 long again as broad, faintly pubescent, rugose, usually a little thickened at the end, 

 sometimes indistinctly moniliform. 



Vah. 1. nummular if allies ; dwarf er, leaflets smaller oblong or roundish obtuse, ra- 

 cemes moro crowded. A- nummularifolius, DC, Prodr, ii. 353 ; Wall. Cat. 5767; W^- 

 ^ A. Prodr. 232; Dalz, ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. A. varius, WalL Cat, 5768. Hedysa- 

 rum varium, Both Nov. Sp. 354. H. cylindricum, Poir, Diet, Siippl. v. 400. H. 

 nummularifolium, Liim. Sp, Plant. 1051. Hegetschweilera pulchella/ Eegel in Bot. 

 Zeit, i. 47. — As common and widely spread as the type. 



Vak. 2. heterophyllus ; leaflets lanceolate, simple and'trifoliolate intermixed, ra- 

 cemes elongated. A. heterophyllus, Benth, MSS. A. trifoliatus, Stocks MSS.—P\B>ins 

 of Scinde, Dr. Stocks. 



Var. 3. StocJcsii; stems clothed with fine spreading hairs, leaflets thinner than in 

 the type obovate oblong hairy beneath, racemes elongated. — Plains of Concan, Stocks i' 

 Law, Intermediate between the type and A, rotundifolius. 



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acrocalycinee 



imbricated in the f 



Calyx much longer than the first joint of the pod 



4. A. bupleurifolius, DC. Prodr. ii. 352; pedicels short, calyx ciliat^ 

 only, joints of pod neither veined nor rugose. WalL Cat. 6761, excl. B Sf F\ 

 W. 4- A. Prodr. 233 ; Dalz, 8f Gibs. Bomb. FL 64. Iledysarum bupleurifo- 

 lium, Linn. Sp. PL 1051 ; Boxb. Cor. PL t. 194 ; Ilort. Beng. 56 ; FL hid. iii- 

 346. II. gramineum, Retz. ; Roxh FL Lnd. iii. 646. A. ludens, WalL Cat. 

 5762, excL B 4' F. 



Himalayas to Ckylon and Birma, ascending to 4000 ft, in Kumaox. — DisTBIB. 

 Malay isles, China, Philippines, Mauritius, Polynesia. 



Stems 1-2 ft., slender, ascending, glabrous. Leaflets glabrous, linear or lanceoW«> 

 1-3 in. long, acute, rather rounded at the base, rarely oblong, subobtuse. Racanes 

 3-6 in. long, the flowers in 10-20 distant pairs ; pedicels verj^ short. Calyx i in., ^^' 

 pressed to the pod, hairy at the edge only ; teeth twice as long as the fun-owed funnd- 

 fihapcd tube. Pod stalked, |-^ in. long, ^ in. thick ; joints 4-6, glabrous, as long as 

 smooth, slightly moniliform. 



Var. 1. gracilis; leaves oblong-lanceolate obtuse 1-2 in. long, calyx not moro 

 than ^ in. long, pod 1-2-jointed , included or little exserted. A. gracilis, £'(/-9^^«'' ?^ 

 Joiirn, Linn, Soc. ix. 312; Cat. PI, Band, 46.— Bundelkund, Edqeworth. Wesierft 

 Peninsula, Wightr ' ^ 1: :; 



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