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164 I.. LEGUMiNOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) \_Desmoditm. 



large 1-3-foliolate leaves, flowers often 2 or several from a node in long racemes 

 simple or panicled, deciduous bracts and distinctly jointed pods. 



Joints of pod indehiscenty 3-5 times as Img as hvad (ScoKPiiTRirs, Bentk) 



9. D. ormocarpoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 327 ; petiole produced, leaves 

 1-foliolate, joints 6-8 flattened distinctly constricted. D. zonatum, ilfty. i'Vw'. 

 Jnd, Bat. i, 250. Hedysarum ormocarpoides, Desv, MSS. H. adherens, Pair. 



. Diet. Suppl. V. 15, non VahL 



Hills of West Fexinsttla ; Wight, Beddome ; and Ceylon, Gardner, TJiwaites. 



Stems woody, slender, obtusely angular, finely downy when young. Leaflet ovate, 

 acute, rigidly subcoriaceous, 4-6 in. long, inconspicuously downy below ; petiole ^-1 in. 

 Racemes terminal only, 6-9 in. long ; fascicles of flower few and distant ; bracts lui- 

 nute, setaceous; pedicels ^-f in., finally subpatent. Calyx '^^ in., pubescent; teeth 

 short, deltoid. Pod pendulous, 3-4 in. long, under J in. broad ; joints ribbed horizon- 

 tally, clothed with minute hooked hairs, distinctly constricted at both sutures. 



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10. D. teres, Wall Cat. 5694; petiole very short, leaves 1-foliolate, joints 

 10-12 very narrow turgid 4r-5 times as long as broad, Benth. PL Jimgh. 225. 



AvA. ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Branches woody, terete, A'cry slender, finely downy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 4-6 in, long, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, reticulat(^ 

 venose, minutely hairy on the ribs below ; petiole ^~\ in. Racemes terminal and 

 axillary, lax, 6-9 in. long, sparsely panicled ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels- 

 downy, i-;| in., finally spreading. Calyx ^ in., densely hairy ; teeth as long as tha 

 tube, rod 1^2 in. by ^ in. br., clothed with minute hooked hairs, subsessile, 

 scarcely constricted between the joints. 



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11. D. lazlflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ; leaves 3-foliolate, joints G-1J> 

 narrow flattened 3-4 times as long as l)road. J), bicolor, Wall. Cat. 5719. D- 

 elongatum, Wall. Cat. 6715. D. leptostachyum, Wall. Cat. 6G07 B. D. sul- 

 catum, Wall Cat. 6736. D. recurvatum, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5717 ; IF. Sf A. 

 Prodr. 226 ; Wight Ic. t. 374. D. diffusum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335, non 336. 

 D, Rottleri, G. Don Gen. Sgst. ii. 296 ? non Bake)\ Hedysarum recur\'atiuii, 

 Roxh. Hort. Ben^. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 358 ; Wight Ic. t. 409. H. diffusum^ 

 Bovh. FL Ind. iii. 357, ncrn Willd. H. Koxbui^lui, Spreng. Sgst. App. 292. 

 H. Rottleri, Spreng. Sgst. iii. 320. 



Himalayas, temperate and tropical regions from Ghtjrtvhal and Kvmaon to AssaJTi 

 ascending to 6000 ft. in Sikkim and Kumaon. Westeux Peninsula, Ava, Pegti, 

 Tkxasserim. — DisTRiB. Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



An erect undershrub, 3-5 ft. high, -n^ith obtusely angled branches, clothed witli 

 dense short hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets membranous or sul)Coriaceous, glabroi^ 

 above, clothed -with adpressed minute hairs beneath; end one usually ovate or broad 

 oblong, acute, sometimes obovate, subobtuse, 4-6 in. long. Racemes copious, axiH^^)' 

 and terminal, the latter often compound, often a foot long ; flowers several to a node 

 and the nodes close; pedicels ^-:J in., finally spreading; bracts minute, linear-subn- 

 lato. Calgx under ^^ in., densely hairy ; teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube.^ P^ 

 1-1^ in., rarely 2 in., by ^V in., clothed with minute hooked hairs, not at all or sljgWv 

 constricted at the ioints. 



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** Joints of 2^od indehiscenty as Iroad as long, sptirallg ttdsted) both siitu(^^ 







deeplg indented (Ohalarium^ DC.) 



li- S. spirale, DC. Prodr. ii. 332 ; BentJi. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. I^^r 

 with many synonipm. D. Aparines, Hassh. PI. Jav. 366, «on DC. Iletlysan'W 



spirale, SwartzFl, Ind. Occ. 1273, .^..,,^.^^ vimti-m 





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