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W. ^ A. Prodr. 227, ex parte, Hedysarum capitatiun, Burm, Fl Lid. 167, t. 

 64, fig. 1, II. coniciim, Foir. Encyc. vi. 419. Pseudarthria capitata, Hassk^ 

 PL Jav. Far. 390. 



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;,^;,. Ceylon, Burmann. Prome hills, WallicL — Distrib. Malay isles, Philippines. 

 ''^^,; Branches woody, terete, argenteo-canescent when young. Petiole |-1 in. ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, green, glabrescent above, densely persistently coated with adpressed 

 "Wnite silky hairs below; end one 1-1| in. long, retuse. Iiacc7nes coitions, axillary and 

 terminal, simple, dense, nearly sessile, 1-2 in. long; pedicels ^-^ in.; bracts small, 

 ovate-cuspidate, ciliated. Cal^/x ^^ in. glabrescent ; teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla 

 twice the calyx. Pod ^-^ in. long, glabrescent, 4-6-jointed, ^ in. broad. 



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35. D. Griffitliianuiii, Benth. FL Jungh. 222 ; herbaceous^ trailing, 

 leaflets 3, pedicels deflexed at the tip, corolla small. 



Khasu, alt. ^-6000 ft., Griffiik, HooTc.JiL ^' Thomson, ^ - 



^^M &tem^ 1-2 ft. long, moderately robust, densely clothed upwards with fine spread- 

 5^g hairs. Petiole \-^\ in. ; leaflets always 3, subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above, 

 clothed with short inconspicuous adpressed hairs beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, \~\ in. long. Racevies terminal, peduncled, 2-6 in. long, dense in the upper 

 part; bracts ^-| in, ovate-cuspidate, densely silky; pedicels ^-^ in., silky, erecto-pa- 

 ^nt> Calyx ^ in., densely silky ; teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod 

 t-a in. by J- in., 4-5-jointed, obscurely downy. 



V- 30. D, brachystacbjum, Orah. MSS.] herbaceous, trailing, leaves 

 .1-loholate, pedicels reflexed at the tip. Benth. FL Jungh. 223. 



Y^PEii Gangetic Plaix, Hamilton, Edgeworth, ic. 



litems csespitose, slender, a foot long, glabrous except at the top. ^ Leaflets roimd- 



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^ Motnedall over with dense white hairs; teeth long, lanceolato-cuspidate. Corolla 

 J^ce the calyx. Pod sessile, 2-jointed, glabrous, not longer than the calyx. 



j.- S7. D. rufescens, DC. Prodr. ii. 335? erect, shrubb)', leaflets 3, pedicels 

 I unauy spreading or cernuous, corolla large. W. <^- A. I'rodr. 228 ; Wi'jht Ic. t. 

 r ' -'""*^- 1. 79. D. ferrugineum, TFa//. Cat. 5732 ; Tlmaites Emun. 87. 



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*UkvV-^^^*^ ^^ndershrub, with young branches densely clothed with short ferruginous 

 denfnl ^* Pe^2o/el-l^ in.; leaflets subcoriaceous, glabrous above, 

 ^^^J argenteo-canescent beneath; end one oT)Ovate-oblong, 1-2 m. long, obtuse, 

 IraL^ ^^^^0. Racemes usually terminal, 3-6 in. long, dense in the upper part ; 

 ^cts ovate^acuminate, i-f in., densely silky ; pedicels \^% in., densely silky. Calyx 

 shnnK"\ f,^* lanceolate, exceeding the ^"'- ' ^-—^ ^^"""'^ rnmlla 4-A in. Fod 

 nort-stalked, Uix i^. by ^ j^.^ g^g-joi 



tube ; lowest linear. Corolla ^-^ in. 

 nted, minutely downy 



S.^- Polycarp 



DC iL'^y-^ P">-te, non DC. D. ovalifoliuiu, Wall. Cat. 5730. D. sihquosum, 

 Don r ■}'• ^^^' ^' heterocarpum, I)C. Prodr. ii. 337. D. retusum, G. 

 BuL."^- &.*^- "• 297. D. gyroiles, 7/r/s«Z;. P/. Jav. Ear. 362, «on DC D. 

 28 n ^^" ■^""- ■^"»- ^"i7^- ■^«'^- "i- 45. D- nervosum, ro^reZ. PZ. 3/n/«n, 

 II ' si£" ^-^°^' ^%^ ^<'' t- 407. Iledysanun polycarpum, Lam. III. t. G28. 

 1054. w^^™' ■^^""- -^'^- -^«^- IGO, t. 55, fig. 2. II. heterocnrpura, Ltnn. Sp. 

 -Don A.:S" ^l^Tureum, iilaTj. Hort. Beng. 57 ; i^/. Ind. iii. 358. II. retusum, 

 ^^orf.243. H. patens, J?o,r6.J7.JVj(7. ui. 362. - -: 



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