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lasiocarpum, DC. loc, cit. D. virgatum, Zolling in Flora, 1847, 697. Iledysaruiu 

 latifolium, Roxh, Hort, Bemj, 57 ; FL Ind. iii. 350 ; AV. Bot. Reg. t. 355. 

 Anarthrosyne cordata^ Elotzsch in Peters Mossamb. JBot 39^ t. 7. 



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Himalayas (ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim) to Birma, Siaji and Cktxon.— Dis- 

 TRiB. Trop. Africa, Madagascar, Malay isles, Pliilippines ; introduced in W, Indies. 



An erect undershrub, 3-6 ft. higli, ^vith terete branches densely clothed with short 

 mv^n pubescence. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, 1^-2 as long, as broad, usually cordate or 

 toncate, rarely deltoid at the base, reticulato-venose, densely clothed with short soft 

 brown hairs beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Racemes copious, ascending, 2-6 in, long, ses- 

 sile or short-peduncled, spike-like, usually dense, axillary and terminal, the latter 

 ^pound; pedicels -^^ in. or less, densely downy ; bi^acts minute, setaceous. Calyx 

 ^in. ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 3-4 times calyx. Pod 

 ^ in. long, i in. broad, 4-6-jointed, densely clothed with minute hooked hairs, the 

 upper suture slightly indented. 



'. tt Leaves S-foliolate. 



-8, D. Thwaitesii, Raker ; herbaceous, stems slender terete, leaflets oT30- 



i ianceolate-aciunmate 



"ulatum. var. niinnr. T) 



>wace as long 



Ceylon, Thwaites C.P. 3327. 



Sterns a foot or more long, clothed upwards with dense spreading grey liairs. Petiole 

 ' leaflets membranous, green, glabrous above, clothed below with short ad- 



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29. 



suia- 1 fl "^^S"^*"* ^'•«^'- in Wall. Cat. 5718 ; herbaceous, stems slender an- 

 fc ' '■» leaflets ovate-oblong acute subrepand, bracts minute setaceous, joints small 

 TKiT^.^^ ^^oad. W. 8r A. Proclr. 226 ; TMoaites Enum. 87. D. Walkeri, Am. 

 ., '"J- ^'i. D. Prj-oni, DC. Prodr. ii. 334? 



I^GHmi Hills and Ceylox. 

 larffe ?'* ^"^T*^' ^^°^^*^^ ^^^'cn young -with fine sliort spreading grey hairs. Stipules 

 or suiiP ° ®' ''''^'iminiite, not amplexicaul ; petiole l-U in. ; leaflets membranoiis 



l>«neath "'^^^°'^^' ^^^^^ ^^^ smootii above, grey clothed with short adpressed hairs 

 lateral ' \ *^°® ^~^ ^"- ^°°S- "'Arrowed gradually to a point. Bacemes copious, lax, 

 ascendi ^'^'™^2al. the latter reaching a foot long, usually simple ; pedicels ^-f m., 

 3 tim«c^ 1°'" spreading. Calyx i in. ; teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube. Corolla 

 s^f,.. ^?*^V^- Pod i-3 jn. Inn,^. iin-lpri in hrnad. ffkbresccnt. 4-6-iointed : upper 



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acn-lar?" ^'ff^^sum, DC. Prodr. ii. 33G, non 335; herbaceous, stems stout 

 small no 1 ^^^ sulcate, leaflets obovate entire, bracts minute lanceolate, joints 

 nimn -n"^^-^ ^^'^^^i- ^- ^- ^- P'-odr. 22G ; Wiyht Ic. t. 298. D. dichoto- 

 <?. ^onn '''^''- ^^^' "*■ D. Roxburghii, Wall. Cat. 6716. D. WiUdeuovii, 

 diffos,", '"• '?^*^- "• 206. D. quinquangulare, Wiyht Ic. t. 293. Iledysarmu 



^iianOT,i„r "icnotomum 



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pOft-intheVin 

 gteH'"? 1-2 ft. long 



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