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L. LEGUMINOS^- (J. G. Baker.) 



l_Desntodtum, 



Prodr. 224 ; Wight Ic. t. 373 ; JBedd. FL Sylv. 87 ; Ancd. Gm. 1. 12, fig. 4. Den- 

 drolobiuin ceplialotes, Benth, PL Jang. 218. HedvsarLira ceplialotes and uiii"bel- 

 latiun, Roxh. FL Ind. iii. 360. D. congestum, fValL Cat. 5723 ; W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 224 ; Wight Ic. t. 209 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL G6. D. australe, 

 Hassh. PL J(ti\ Bar. 350, non DC. D. sericatum, Presly Bot. Bern. 39. D. 

 lineatum, Span, in Linn. xv. 193. 



East HntALAYAs, tropical zone. Nipal to Chittagong, ascending to 4000 ft.; 

 thirough India proper to Ceixox and Siam. — Distrib. China, Malay isles. 



A shrub, several ft, high, with densely grey-silky acutely-angled zigzag Lranches. 

 Petiole 1-2 in., thickened, deeply furrowed down the face ; leaflets oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above, grey-silky with conspicuous parallel 

 raised main veins below, the end one 3-6 in. long. Flowers 20 or more, in dense um- 



^ in. ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, as long as the tube. Corolla deep red, twice the calyx. Pod under an inch 

 long, glabrescent or silky; joints 4-5, sq^uare, slightly indented, mainly at the lower 

 suture. 



bels ; pedicels unequal, silvery, jointed at the apex. Calyx 



8 6 



SuBGEX. 2. Pbyllodium, Besv. Shiuibs with •woody branches, 3-foliolate 

 leaves, flowers umbellate, the umbels in long continuous rows and each hidden 

 by a pair of persistent bracts. 



3. D. pulclielluin, Benth. MSS. ; leaves finely downy beneath, bracts 

 small close coriaceous plicate glabrous above, joints usually 2. Hedysa- 

 runi pulchellum, Linn.; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 301. Dicerma pidcbellura, DC* 

 Prodr. ii. 339 j WalL Cat. 5737 ; W. *§• A. Prodr. 230 ; Wight Ic. t. 418. 

 Zornia pulchella, Pers, Syn. ii. 318. Pbyllodium pulclielliun, Desv. Joum. BoL 

 iii. 123, t. 5, fig. 24 ; Benth. PL Jungli. 217. 



East Himalayas and through India proper to Ceylox, Birma, and Pegu. — Distbib. 

 China, Philippines, Malay isles. 



A shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with slender terete finely grey-downy branches. Petiole 

 i"^ in. ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, green, glabrous above ; end one much the largest, 

 oblong, 3-6 in. long, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, sometimes slightly repand. 

 Racemes ^-1 ft. long, composed of 12-50 umbels; bracts the same texture as the 

 leaves, orbicular, rather oblique, |-J in., long, with a short petiole ending in a long 

 bristle ; umbels 2-6-flowered ; pedicels ^^ in., downy. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla 3 times the calyx. Joints of pod rarely 1 or 3, glabrous 

 or downy, ^ in. long, constricted at both sutures. 



4. D. grande, Kurz in Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xliii. 2, 184 ; leaves finely 

 downv beneath, bracts larire coriaceous nlicate frlabrnns nT^nv^ -nr^t ^Insf^. ioints 



3-4. 



Grimth 



Branches 



gradually to fin acute point, the end one 4-5 in. long. 

 with a downy zigzag rachij 

 cordiite at the biuse ; pedic< 

 deltoid; lowest lanceolate. 



parts. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but considerably larger in most of its ^ 

 :nr4^5 slender, terete, finely grey-downy. Petiole l-lj in ; leaflets ovate, narrowed 



Racemes reaching a foot long 



bracts like those of the last in texture, f- 

 ' jrji i^- iong. Calyx ^ in., finely down^ , u.^i 

 Joints of poil ^ in. long and broad,"^ finely downy, 



5. D. vestitum, Benth. MSS. ; leaves densely down 



bract* 



261. 



:ate pubescent on both sides. Dicerma 

 estitum, Benth. PL Jungh. 217; Mia. 





JIaetabax, Wallich. Tenasserim, near Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches slender, clothed with dense short pubescence. Zeajiets oblong, 3-4 lo 



g, at first densely pubescent on both sides, gkbrescent above, obtuse or subacute 



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