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L. LEGUMiNOS-s:. (J, G. Baker.) 



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^ in. Pod glabresccnt, 5-6-jointea, only 





24. B. tilise folium, G. Don. Gen. Syst. ii. 297 ; leaflets obtuse or sul> 

 acuto densely hoary beneath, pedicels moderately long, bracts lanceolate, corolla 

 large, joints many thinly clotted "with adpressed silky hairs. Wall. Cat. 5707. 

 D. nutans, Wall Cat, 6706 j Bot. Mag. t. 2867. t). argenteiim, Wall Cat. 

 5713. Hedysaruni tilisefolium, Don Prodr. 244. 



All along tho Himaxayas from the Upper Pxjnjajb to Tavoy, temperate and tro- 

 pical zones, ascending to 9000 ft. 



Branches slender, terete, finely downy. Petiole 2-3 in ; leaflets thick, flexible, 

 subcoriaceous, green, glabrescent above, more or less densely persistently matted with 

 whitish silky hairs beneath; end one broad obovate, 2-4 in. long, entire or obscurely 

 repand, base deltoid or rather rounded. Racemes copious, lax, often a foot long, ax- 

 illary and terminal, the latter often copiously panicled, with lower branches again 

 compound ; pedicels J-| in., ascending, finely downy. Calyx ^ in., downy ; teeth del- 

 toid, shorter than the tube. Corolla f-J in. Pod 2-3 in. long, J in. broad ; joints 

 6-9, longer than broad. 



***** Joints of pod as in the last groupy hut the calyx-teeth narroiver and 

 longer. (IIeteroloma, Benth?) 



t Leaves \-foliolate, 



25. XI . fieicuoBUxn, Wall. Cat. 5691 ; leaflet membranous orbicular gla- 

 brous on the upper surface. Benth, PL Jungh. 224, 



EiKMA ; Prome hills, Wallich. 



Stems slender, woody, flexuose, trailing, clothed throughout with spreading or de- 

 flexed bristly hairs. Leaflet 2-3 in. long and broad, obtuse, or obscurely cuspidate, 

 rounded or slightly cordate at the base, thinly coated with adpressed grey hairs be- 

 low ; petiole 1-1|- in. Racemes terminal and lateral, distinctly peduncled, 2-3 in. long, 

 moderately close ; pedicels ^ in., slender, ascending; bracts setaceous, minute. C^^.V*" 

 ^ in., bristly, teeth lanceolate. Corolla ' ' « ^ - - 

 seen immature. 



26. D. ^an^eticam, DC Prodr. ii, 327 ; leaflet membranous or pub- 

 coriaceous oblong entire acute glabrescent on the upper surface. Wall Cat. 

 6689 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 225 ; Wight Ic. 271 ; Dalz, <^' Gibs. Bomh. Fl ^6. 

 D. latifolium, Wight le, t. 272, non t. 270. Iledysarum gangeticuni; Lim-i 

 Fl Ind. iii. 349. H. collinum, Itoxh. loc. cit. 



HniALAYAs (ascending to 5000 ft. on the Chenab) to Pkgu and Ceylox.— DisTEH'- 

 Trop. Africa, Malay isles, Philippines, China; introduced in West Indies. 



Stems suberect, reaching 3-4 ft. high, woody, slightly angular, clothed with sh^i't 

 grey down upwards. Leaflet oblong, usually 3-6 in. long, not more than h-k ^^ 

 broad, rounded at the base, narrowed gradually to an acute point, thinly clothed be- 

 neath with adpressed grey hairs, not reticulato-venose ; petiole -i-l in. Raceme.^ 

 copions, ascending, lateral and terminal, the latter sublax, 6-12 in. long, simple or 

 with a few short ascending branches in the lower part; pedicels j\r-:[ in., ascending; 

 bracts minute, setaceous. Ca/y.r under ^'tj in., finely downy; teeth lanceolate. CoroU<^ 

 ^~}, in.^ Pod falcate, ^ in. long, ^^ in. broad, 6-8-jointcd, glabrescent or clotliea 

 with minute hooked hairs, 



Vak. mamdatum ; dwarf, a foot or less high, leaflet roundish-cordate 1 i"; ^^ 

 less lone. Dill Hort. Elth. t. 141, fig. 168. D. maculatum, DC Prodr.il 327j '^^'• 

 Cat, 5690. Hed3'sarum macu 

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27. D . latifolium, DC. Prodr. ii. 327; leaflet ovate thick subcoriaceous 

 obscurely repand usually subottuse persistently scabrous with adpressed bristiy 

 bairs on the upper surface. Wall. Cat. 6692 ; FT. <S|- A. Prodr. 225 ; JViflM ^• 

 t. 270; Dak. 4' Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 66. D. coUimun, Wall. Cat. 5693. A'- 



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