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 DiSTfiiB, Malay isles. 

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MiSHMi, Griffith. 



terete, woody, minutely downy. Petiole 1-1^ in. ; leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous, pale, minutely downy or nearly glabrescent beneath ; end one roundish-rhom- 

 boidal, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, conspicuously repand in the upper half. Baecmes copious, 

 terminal and auxiliary, moderately close, not more than 3-4 in. long; pedicels |-^ in. 



finely downj^ Calyx ^\ in. ; teeth as long as the tube, 

 long, under i- in. broad ; joints 8-12, as broad as long. 



Corolla I in. Pod l^-li in. 



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>. floribunduxn, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 297 ; leaflets entire, pedicels 

 ^lla large, bracts lanceolate large, joints many small clothed with ad- 

 Iky hairs. D. multiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336; Wall. Cat. 5705. D. 

 )a Prodr. ii. 335, non Wall D. dubium, ZindL Bot. Reg. t. QQ7 -, 



Hedysanmi floribun- 

 ^ Am. 292. II. 



angulatum 



Bot. Mag, t. 2960. D. sambuense, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ? 

 aiuu, Don Prodr. 244. H, Wallichianum, Sweng. Syi 

 buense, Don Prodr. 243 ? "^ . " 



Himalayas, tropical and temperate zones, from the Upper Punjab to Kiiasia, 

 ascending to 7000 ft, 



^w;zc7i^5 woody, angular, densely pubescent. Stipides lanceolate, ^ in.; leaflets 

 subconaceous,^ green, with a few adpressed hairs above, densely clothed with ad- 

 ^^^l®^*^8T^y silky hairs and finely reticulato-yenose beneath ; endone.obovatc-oblong, 

 ^ 4 in. long, obtuse or subacute. J?ace7Ke5 very copious, axillary and terminal, mo- 



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, ». confertum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ; leaflets entire, pedicels shorty 



i'acts and corolla large, joints few large 'densely clothed with sprcading silky 

 ^airs. D. barbatum, Wall. Cat., 5724^ nm Bmth. (Hedysarum, Linn.) 



Central and East Himalayas, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; Nipal, Sikkim and Khasta. 

 ceo 1*^^^^ terete, finely downy when young. Petiole 1-1^ in.; leaflets subcoria- 

 obo^^' ^^^^^°s ^'^^o^e, distinctly reticulato-venose, pale, minutely hairy below; end one 

 axill^^^ ^^ oblong, obtuse or acute, 3-6 in. long. Eacemes copious, short, dense, 

 lof^^*^"*^*^^^^^^^l* the latter panicled, often subsecund; bracts :^ in. long, lanceo- 



scariose 



in., ascending. 



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P<?J^ ?i^^^"^^^^^^®' ^^ ^^^S ^^ ^^® ^^^® » ^PP^^ deltoid. C(yrolla 3-4 times the calyx, 

 tion i l^' ^*^°^' under \ in. broad ; joints 3-4, twice as long as broad, the constric- 

 ^^^ ^^^0^ reaching more than half way through. 



nfj?' *?• °*ypJ»yllum, I>C. Prodr. ii. 336 ; leaflets acute tliinly silky ^oe- 

 <im, pedicels long, bracts lanceolate acuttiinate, corolla large, joints many large 



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serriferum. Wall 



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to /c ^^^*^^ ^^^ EastIIimalayas, tropical and temperate zones. Ktj31Aox and Simla 



^SAM and Khasia, ascending to 7000 ft. 

 orsX" • blender, terete, soon glabrescent. Petioic l-l^in. ; leaflets membranous 

 tate ^j^^^^^^^s, ^^*^^"» glabrous above, pale, thinly grey-silky beneath; end one obo- 



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Coiolt tx^^^"^^^^ subglabrous"|-4- in. C'aZy^ ^ in.,'subglabrous; teeth, very short. 

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