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L. LEGUMiNOSJ], (J. G. Baker.) 



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DisTKiB. Trop. 



' • NoRTH-^EST PBoviNCEs, BoyU] BuxpELCum), MaewoTtK — 

 amenca, Africa, Polynesia. 



icf*!^ ^.T^^^??^i ®y^^^ f "?^^^' i"^ ^^^^ ^"S^, with very slender glabrous stems. Leaves 



one ovate or lan- 



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distinctly petioled, 3-foliolatc, green, membranous, subglabrous ; end 

 ceolate, ^~1^ in. long. Racemes copious, axillary and terminal, the latter much pa- 

 TiiHAd; bracts minute, setaceous; pedicels filiform, patent, glabrous, f-i in. Calyx 

 .; teeth as long as the tube. Pod f~J in. long, ^\-^ broad, 4-6-jointed, glabrous. 



Joints of pod indehiscentj longer than hroad^ the lowest one distinctly 

 ^m/ce((, the constrictions reaching from the lower nearly to the upper suture. 

 (PODOCARPITJM, Benth.) J rf 



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. 13, D. podocarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336; corolla small, bracts linear 

 ^ute, stalk of pod 3-4 times as long as the calyx, pedicels short, joints 

 ^ncate at the apex. Wall Cat. 6711, non Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech, t. 98. 



D. 



Mus 



-"uipci-iiLe ana tropical ilniArAYAs, alt. 2-7000 It- ; from fciraLA ana Uttkwhal to 

 ■fi^AsiA and SiKiiiM,— DisTRiB. China, Japan. 



sterns 2-3 ft., herbaceous, angular, erect, finely pubescent. Stipules small, seta- 

 ceous ; petiole 1^3 in. ; leaflets 3, membranous, both surfaces subglabrescent, the lower 

 ^ne pale ; end one roundish, subacute, 2-3 in. long, with a deltoid base. Racemes few, 

 er}'lax, axillary and terminal, the latter reaching a foot long, copiously panicled ; 

 oracts minute, linear ; pedicels under ^ in. Calyx turbinate, ^ in., slightly bristly ; 

 jeetii deltoid, very short. Corolla ^ in. Joints 1-2, \ in. long by half ns broad, 

 nau-riiomboidal, pubescent, the upper suture flattened. 



0^1 ?i <aA^w/7i; leaflets larger, the end one 2-3 times as long as broad narrowed 

 gradually to a point. D. laxum, DC. loc. cit. ^ " '" " * 



■l>. trincrve, Grah. in WalL Cat. 5720.- 



292. 



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Hedysarum laxum, Spreng. Syst. App. 

 Kumaon, Nipal and Sikkim, 



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y -«-v., atcliii OI pod 



Mue or truncate at the apex. 

 J:!- podocarpum, Mia, Ann. A 



srl, Benth. PI Jungh. 220; corolla small, bracts setaceous 

 8-12 times the calyx, pedicels moderately long, joints ob- 



D. bambusetormn, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 256 ? 



Japj 



West Peninsula, Shevagerry hills, Br. Wight. Ceylon, Gardner,— Di^iuib. 



line f ^1^ ^^^"^^ ^^ ^^® ^^^' ^^ which it is perhaps a mere southern variety. Stipides 

 ^ ^^' 4-i in. ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets 3, membranous, subglabrescent, the end one 

 ^v^^^'*^I^^^' 4-6 in. long, narrowed graduaUy to a point. Pedicels ^— I in. : bracts, 

 in ^ ^T r ^^''''^'*^ ^^ ^' podocarpum. Joints 2-3, f-f " " 



Oblique line from opposite the point to the base ; stalk of pod \-\ in. long. 



_ 15. D. dolabriforme, Bmth. PI. Jungh. 226; corolla small, bracts mi- 

 otli'n ®^^^f ^^^^ Stalk of pod 2-3 times as long as the calyx, pedicels short, joints 

 ^4^e at the apex. 



t^rsistent 



ht ; Tinnevelley, Beddonie 

 Stipules small, lanceolat 



Bcurelv -r ^^^'"^^ ^'-^1 iu. ; leanets o, membranous,~both surfaces green, lower ob- 

 broad ii!:o^-®* end one ovate, narrowed gradually to an obtuse point, twice as long as 

 in lon^' ^J}- ^Q^& I'ase deltoid. Racemes simple, lax, long-peduncled, terminal, 2-3 

 late J T P^^icels ^-J in., finally patent. Calyx ^ in., turbinate ; lower tooth lancco- 

 tbee t\ ^^ ^^ ^^® ^^^®' ^PP^^ deltoid. Joint solitary, half-rhomboidal, | in. long. 





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ifceis" ■ f *^**P®» -OC. Prodr. ii. 334 ; corolla large, bracts large ovate, pe- 

 » J J-?^ long, stalk of pod twice as long as the calyx. D. strangulatum, W. 

 "* '•o^r. 228 ; Wioht Ic, t. 985. D. trichocaulon, HassJc. Fl. Jav. Ear. 367, 





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