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ii. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 



\_Des7nodiu7n. 



STibcoriaceoiis, rather scabrous above, with obscure adpressed hairs, reticulato-venosc, 

 finely grey-do-w*ny below ; end one obtuse, obovate, rarely roundish or oblong, 2-3 in. 

 long. Eaceiiics copious, lateral and terminal, lax or moderately close, reaching a foot 

 long, the end one panicled ; pedicels ^\ in., pubescent, erecto-patent. Calyx ~ in. ; 

 teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla t-vviee the calyx, the smallest of all the species. Pod ^-^ 

 in. long, iVs ^^- hroad ; joints 4-6, densely clothed with minute spreading hooked grey 

 hairs ; upper suture distinctly indented. 



31. D. sequax, JFall. PL As. Ear. t 157 ; shrubby, branches terete, 

 leaflets ovate-oblong acute repand, bracts very minute, upper suture sUghtly in- 

 dented. Wall. Cat. 5712. 



Along the Himalayas from Simia and Kumaox to Sikkim, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



A shrub, reaching 2-30 ft. high, the branches clothed with dense short grey or 

 7>rown pubescence. Fetioles 1-2 in.; leaflets subcoriaceous, subscabrous, with short 

 obscure adpressed hairs above, grey and more densely hairy beneath ; end one 3-5 in- 

 long, narrowed gradually to a point. Racemes copious, moderately lax, lateral and 

 terminal, 2-4 in. long, the end one panicled ; pedicels ^-^ in., doAvny, spreading or 

 ascending. Calyx -^-^ in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 3 times calyx. Vod J-f in. long, 

 j\ in. broad, 6-8-jointed, short-stalked, densely clothed with minute spreading 

 hooked hairs. 



82. D. concinnum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 



leaflets oblong entire obtuse, bracts large ovate, upp( 

 pendulum, Wall. PL As. Par. t. 94. D. penduliflorum 

 nauciner\'iuru. DC. Prodr. ii. 336. 



shrubby, branches terete, 



D. 



AH along the Himalayas from the Upper Punjab to Silhet and Khasia, ascend- 

 ing to 7000 ft. in Simla. Pegu, McClelland. 



A tall shrub, with slender drooping branches, densely clothed at first with snort 

 grey pubescence. Petioles ^1 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, smooth above, "W'ltn 

 raised parallel main veins and clothed with adpressed grey or brownish silky hairs 

 beneath; end one 2-3 in. long; side ones smaller. Racemes copious, lax, lateral ana 

 terminal, the latter oi^en ^-\ ft. long, usually simple ; pedicels |-f in., ascending; 

 bracts ^| in., closely imbrfcated, densely silky. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate-del- 

 toid. Corolla \-^ in. Pod J-1 in. long, ^ in. broad, short-stalked, 4-6-jointed, 

 minutely downy. 



Var. amcenum; leaflets narrowed to an acute point, racemes most or all terminal- 

 D. amcenum, Wall. Cat. 5726. — Khasia and Silhet. 



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9iiture ; upper suture straight 



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yf pod small y as lony as hroad, sometimes splitting along the lo^ 



loicer sliahtht constricted. Cnhix-teeth lonn. (^ 



DC. Prodr. ii. 336; pedicels sharp! v reflexed; 



D. orbiculatum, Wall Of- 



33. D. retroflexum, 



leaves usually 1-foliolate, leaflet rotundato-cordate. 



5695. D. rotundiibliimi, Wall Cat. 5696. Uraria ? styracifolia, W. *^' A. ir^"' 

 222, Iledysanim retroflexiuu, Linn. Mant. 103. II. styracifolium, Linn, i^m^ 

 103. won aliorum. 



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Assam, Silhet and Tenassebim, tropical zone. — Distrib. China. 



Branches terete, woody, clothed with short spreading hairs at first. Leaves s 

 coriaceous, thick, green, glabrous above, densely coated with adpressed white sn J 

 hairs beneath, 1-2 in. long and broad; side leaflets when present much smaller tiia^ 

 the end one ; petiole ^-1 in., deflexed at tip. Racemes copious, simple, axillary ^^^ 

 terminal, very dense, subsessile, an inch or less long ; bracts ovate, ciliated ; pedice 

 jJ-J in. Calyx ^ in., densely bristly. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod |-i in- ^*^°^* 

 obscurely hairy, under A in. broad ; joints 3-5. ^ ; 



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