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L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 



[^Desmodium. 



HiMAiAYAS, (ascending to 5000 ft.) and everywhere in the plain to Birma, 

 Malacca and Ceylon. — Disteib, Zanzibar, Malay isles, Philippines, China, Japan, 



Polynesia. 



An erect or snbercct undershrub, with woody slightly angular slender Lranches, 



clothed upwards with short adpressed grey hairs. Petiole |— 1 in. ; leaflets suhcoria- 



ceous, green, glabrous above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs beneath ; end one 



obovate-oblong, obtuse, 1-3 in. long; side ones smaller. EaceTUCs terminal and lateral, 



close, short-pednncled, 1-3 in. long, the end one sometimes branched; bracts ^-J in.; 



pedicels ^-~ in., glabrous. Calyx -^-^ in, ; teeth acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla 



under ^ in. Pod ^^ in. long, |- in. br., glabrescent or minutely downy, 5-8-jointed. 



Y KR. trkhocaulon ] stems densely clothed upwards or throughout with spreading 



grey hairs, bracts larger, D. trichocaulon, DC, Prodr, ii. 335. D. tenue, Grah. m 



Wall Cat, 5731. D. serpens, Wall Cat, 5733. D. angulatum, Wall, Cat. 5729, 



B, D, F, ex parte, non DC. D. distans, Boyle MSS, — Kange of the type, ascending to 



7000 ft. in Kumaon, 



39. Z>. jucundum, Thwaites Enum. 411 ; shrubby, erect, leaflets 3j pedi- 

 cels ascendingj corolla bracts and joints of pod large. 



Ceylox ; Matelle district, Thtvaites. 



An erect much-branched undershrub, the young stems densely clothed with short 

 ferruginous silky hairs. Leaves coriaceous, the under side densely coated with ad- 

 pressed grey or pale brown silky hairs, the main veins much raised ; end one oboyatft- 

 oblong, obtuse, 1^3 in. long; base subcuneate ; petiole ^1 in, Eacemes terminal, 

 peduncled, 4-6 in. long, close upwards; bracts ^ in., ovate, silky; pedicels i in. 

 Calyx ^ in ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla ^ in. Pod I-I4 ^^' 

 by J in. ; joints 4-6, rather longer than broad, minutely downy. 



40. D. rotundifolium, liaherj mm Wall. ; annual; stems very slender, 

 leaves 1-foliolate, leaflet orbicular, racemes veiy lax few-flowered, pedicels 

 ascending, corolla exserted. Alysicarpus rotundifolius, Dalzell MSS. 



Plains of Concan, Dr, Eltchie. 



Steins erect, under a foot high, with many ascending branches, thinly clothed with 

 fine short spreading hairs. Leaflet round, i-| in. long, obtuse or obscurely cuspitJate, 

 ■ slightly cordate, membranous, grey -green below with only a few obscure adpressed 



hairs ; petiole 



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terminal 



3-4 in. long, the lower flowers in distant pairs, upper solitary ; pedicels i-| in- ^^^^' 

 arcuate, finely pubescent. Calyx \ in., thinly hairy; teeth linear-setaceous, very 

 deep. Pod ^-| in. lung, under {t; in. broad, falcate ; joints 3-5, glabrescent, reticu- 

 lato-venose. 



41. D. parviflorum, ^<7Z:^r ; annual, stems very slender, leaves oblong 

 1- and o-foliolate intermixed, racemes very lax many-flowered, pedicels ascend- 

 ing, corolla included. Alvsicarpus par\-iflorus, Dah, in Hook. Keic Journ- Hi- 

 iJll ; Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. 'Flora, G5. 



Plains of CoxcAN, Pahell, EitcJue. Anamallay forest, Wight. 



Stems difl'ase, 1-2 ft. long, much branclied, clothed with short spreading ff^^ 

 hairs. Leaflets membranous, mostly simple, oblong, 1-1^ in. long, obtuse or subacute, 

 subcordate, with only a few adpressed grey hairs beneath ; side ones, if present, ranc 

 smaller ; petiole |— ^ in. Eacemes usually terminal, simple, 4-8 in. long, the lo^^^ 

 flowers in distant pairs; pedicels capillary, ^-J in., finely downy; bracts ^ in-i ^^^ 

 ceolate-cuspidate. Calyx ^ in., clothed with short bristly hairs'; teeth setaceous, very 

 long. Pod sessile, falcate, f-J in. by ^in., ^6-jointed, glabrescent. 





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aurlcomum, Grah. in Wall Cat, 5704 ; annual, stems very sleiwl^^ 

 Vfoliolate, racemes verv lax few-flowered, nedicela ascending, corop 



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