174 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [_Desmodium. 



otloug or oLovate-oblong, ^-1 in. long, hairy beneath. Flowers solitary or geminate 

 in leaf-axils and up to 6 in copious lax racemes ; bracts rather large, lanceolate, de- 

 ciduous ; pedicels ^| in. Cal^x ^ in., densely hairy; teeth very long, setaceous. 

 Pod l^ in., long. |-^ in. broad, glabrescent; joints 4-5, as broad as long; upper 

 suture straight, lower considerably indented. 



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46. D. Rottleri, Baher,non G. Don\ stipules much shorter tlian tu© 

 petiole, calyx-teeth short, joints 1-2, constriction between them very deep, 

 D. pra^morsum, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5703 ? Eleiotis Rottleri, TF. <§' A. Prodr. 

 231. Iledysarum orbiculatum, Bottler MSS, Oxydium species, Beimett PL 

 Jai\ Bar, 156. Stylosanthes facie oxalidea, Wall. Cat. 5974. 



^ Plains of Mysore, Bottler ; Prome, Wallich. 

 Stems 1 ft. or more long, copiously branched, finely downy at first. Stipides linear- 

 setaceous, minute ; petiole ^-| in. ; leaflets 3, obovate, f-| in. long and broad, trun- 

 cate or emarginate, with a ?ew adpressed hairs beneath. Bacemes copious, axillarj 

 and terminal, long-peduncled, laxly 6-8-flowered ; bracts boat-shaped, hiding the buds ; 

 pedicels ^-^ in. Calyx ^^ in,, campanulate ; teeth subdeltoid. Joints ^ in. long, 

 twice as long as broad, the constriction from below reaching nearly to the straignt 

 upper suture. 



47. D. parvifolium, DC. Frodr. ii. 334 ; stipules as long as the petiole, 

 calyx-teeth long setaceous, joints 3-4 with shallow constrictions between them. 



Wall. Cat. 5700 ; W. ^' A. Frodr. 229. D. scoparium, Wall. Cat. 6699. D. 

 microphyllum, Miq. FL lad. Bat. i, 239, an DC? D. stipulacemu, JlassL PI- 

 Jav. -Ear, 301. Iledysarum tenellum, Don Frodr. 243, ?ion Kunth, 



Everywhere in the plains, from the Hiaiai-ayas to Ckylon and Ava, ascending^ to 

 the temperate region, reaching 7000 ft. in Kumaon. — Distrib. Malay isles, China, 

 Japan. 



Stems densely cuespitose and branched, wide-trailing, at first pubescent. Slip^d^cs 

 ^ in., linear-setaceous, persistent ; leaflets oblong or obovate, pubescent below, often - 

 Dot more than |-} in. long, sometimes f-i in. Bacernes copious, but usually terminal 

 on the short branches, laxly 6-10-flowered; bracts boat-shaped, deciduous; pedicels 

 \-^ in., permanently ascending. Calyx ^-i in., densely pubescent. Pod |-^ in- ^1 

 ^ in., finely downy; joints as broad as long; both sutures distinctly indented. • 



Var. macrocarpurn ; pod larger quite ^ in. broad, the sutures less indented, the 

 upper one nearly or quite straight.-^ Assam and Khasia, Griffith, Hook, fil a 

 Thomso7i. 



Sin^GEX. 8. Pleurolobiuzn, DC. Erect undershrubs, with large leaves, 

 racemose flowers and indistinctly jointed pods dehiscing in a continuous hne 

 iilong the ventral sutnre. — An abeiTant group, which perhaps should be consi- 

 dered a distinct genus. 



48. B. gryrans, DC Frodr. ii. 32G ; branches scarcely woody, end leaflet 



j^tnn. ; oacq. ic. t. ooz ; ix.oxo. re. ina. in. iioi. I'seuaarthria fsfyrans, 

 Fl. Jav. Bar. 391. Codariocalyx gyrans, JSassJc. in Waljp. Bep. ii. 891. 



All along the Himalayas from Hazara to Assam, ascending to 7000 ft. ; Westk«^ 

 PE^fiKsuuL, Ceylox, Ava, Pegoj, Tknasseuim. — DisTRin. Malay isles, Philippines^ 



An undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, with subterete glabrous branches. Petiole f-^ i"'f 

 leaflets 1-3, subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, obtuse, with a little ineo^' 

 epicuous pubescence beneath ; side ones, if present, very small, moving by jerK< 

 Bacemes axillary and terminal, the latter copiously ipanicled, at first short, the flo^5^ 



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