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



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nan DC. D. cafiriim, EcJcl ^- Zeij. Heih, Cap. No. 1662. D. Schimperi, Hochst : 

 A. Rich, FL Abyss, i. 205. D. abjssiniciim and repandiim, DC. Prodr, ii. 338 

 and 334 ? 



Hills of the Westebk Peninsula, and Ceylon.— Distrtb. Malay and Mascaren 

 isles, Abyssinia, Natal. 



* Stents 3-4 feet high, erect, Tvoody in the lower part, densely downy. Stijpules 

 }-J in., lanceolate, persistent; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets 3, membranons, finely do wnj 

 on both surfaces, often slightly repand ; end one 2-4 in. long, roundish- or obovate-rhom- 

 boidal, base and apex subdeltoid. Bacemcs very lax, mostly terminal, often afoot 

 long, simple or forked at the base ; bracts boat-shaped, enclosing the buds, soon falhng ; 

 pedicels capillary, permanently ascending, lower l-lj- in. long. Calyx \ in., downy ; 

 lower tooth lanceolate, as long as the tube ; upper deltoid. Corolla f-^ in., bright red. 

 Joints l-'^, half-rhomboidal, J-^ in. long by half as broad; apex "oblique; upper 

 suture rather recurved. 



17. D. obcordatum, Kurz in Joum. Astat. Soe. Bmg. xlii. 2, 229; co- 

 rolla small, bracts large linear-subulate caducous, stalk of pod not longer than 

 the calyx. Uraria obcordata, Miq. Flor, Ind. Bat. Siippl. 114^ 305. 



Texasseeim, Ktcrz. 



A twining perennial, 3-4 ft. high, with puberalous stems. Stiptdes lanceolate, 

 i in.; petiole ^1 in.; leaflets chartaceous, pale, thinly downy and prominently 

 veined beneath, end one obcordate-lunute, ^2 in. broad, emarginate with a mucro, 

 lateral ones smaller, deltoid. Racemes slender, pubescent, axillary and forming » 

 terminal panicle; bracts very caducous. Calyx ^^ in., pubescent; teeth lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Corolla purple, under J in. Joints of pod 1-3, round-hastate, | iii* 

 long and broad, flat, pubendous. 



*•** Joints of ])od indehiscentj once or ttvice as long as broad; upj>er suture 

 straight or slightly indented ; calyx-teeth deltoid^ never exceeding the tube (Pol^ 

 LiNEBA, Endl^) All shrubby. 



t Leaves \-foliolate. • 



18. D. oblon^uxn, Wall Cat. 6714; leaflets 3-4 times as long as broad 

 thinly silliy beneath. Benth, PL Jungh. 224. 



AvA. ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Stems slender, woody, finely downy. Leaflet oblong, 3-5 in. long, obtuse, roundeti at 



the base, subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above ; petiole i 



m. 



Racemes very 1^^' 



axillary and terminal, copiously panicled, 4-6 in. long, most of the flowers in distan 

 pairs ; pedicels |-J in. ; bracts | in., ovate-cuspidate. Calyx ^ in., lowest tootli 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla | in. Pod f-1 in. long, ^ in. broad, 6-7- 

 jointed, thinly closely silky, the upper suture slightly indented, 



19. D. oblatum, Baker; Ktirz in Jouim. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 230; 

 leaflet broader than long glabrous beneath. 



EiRMA ; forests of Pegu, Ava and Martaban, Ktcr::. ^ 1 



Stems slender, woody, glabrous. Leaflet membranous, 3_i in. long, IJ in. b^^ ^ 

 green above, grey-green beneath; petiole .J-4 in. Racemes very lax, axillary and ter- 

 ' ' ■' ' ^ itent, i-l in. Calyx 3. in., tin "^ 



Corolla 3-4 



nunal, the end one panicled ; pedicels erccto-pat 



iilky ; teeth as long as the tuba, lowest lanceolate, the others deltoid. ---^ , , 

 times the calyx. Pod ^-f in. long, ^ in. broad, 3-4-jointed, subglabrous, distinctly 

 stalked; upper suture slightly indented. — Very near A reniforme, DC, from whica i 

 differs by its longer pedicels and more deeply indented pod. ■ ;,, 



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20. D.'slnuatum, JS/ifme ilf>S'5'. ; leaflets repa 

 small, bracts setaceous, joints many small clothed with 

 strangulatum var.'sinuatum, Mia. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 2 



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