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Flemingia,] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 227 



small cymes, eacli hidde 

 arranged in copious siiii 

 leaves and above tliem. 



1. r. Strobilifera, It Bt\ in Ait. Ilort. Ke\o ed. '2, iv. 350; leaves ob- 

 lon^j subacute broadly rounded at the base, axis of racemes zigzag, bracts 



pointed or faintly emarginate. DC. Prodr, ii. 351 ; Wall. Cat. 5753 ; W. ^ A. 

 Pivdi\ 243 ; Wight Ic. t. 2G7 ; Bidz. ^' Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 75. Hedvsarum stro- 

 bUiferam,im«. :Sp. 1053 : Itoxb. FL Ltd. iii. 350. Zornia strobilifera, Pers. Ench. 

 u- 319. F. abrupta, W(dl. Cat. 5755. 



Himalayas from SntLA and KcaiaoxV, ascending to 8000 ft. to Assam, Khasia, 

 tHiTTAGoxG, SiAM, Malacca, and Ceylon. — Distkib. Malayan Islands, Philippines, 

 Timor. Introduced in Mauritius and West Indies. 



An erect shrub, 5-10 ft. high. Branches slender, terete, velvety. Leaves subco- 

 naceous, 3-8 in. long, green, glabrescent above, thinly silky, especially on the raised 

 parallel ereclo-patent ribs below ; stipules scariose, linear, ^-^ in. ; petiole stiffly 

 erecto-patent, ^1 in. Racemes 3-6 in. long, usually simple, the slender zigzag raehis 

 densely grey-downy ; bracts erecto-patent, short-petioled, deeply cordate, ^1 in. long, 

 niembranous, finely downy, rather broader than long, obscurely cuspidate in the typical 

 iorm. Calyx \ in., finely pilose ; teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Corolla 

 purple, little exserted. Fod oblong, turgid, :|-| in. long, finely downy, 2-seeded. 



*AR. I. hraHeata\ racemes copious dense panicled, bracts slightly emarginate. F. 

 tocteata, Wiyht Ic. t. 268; BcntL FL Jungh. 245. Hedysarum bracteatum, Boxb. 

 ^f- Ind. m. 351. ^ chlorostachys, Wall. Cat. 5756.— Forests of Eaat Himalayas and 



*AR. 2. fruticulosa \ habit low and branches trailing, leaves smaller plicate, ra- 

 cemes fewer-fiowered, bracts ^-| in. slightly emarginate. F. fruticulosa. Wall Cat. 

 ^^^*; Benth, PI, Jungh. 245.— Temperate region of Central Himalayas. 



n l7 ^' Cliappar, Ila^n. in Wall. Cat. 5757; leaves rotundato-cordate cus- 

 211 ^^ctis of racemes straight, bracts deeply emarginate. BeiUh. PI. Jungh. 



Eastrhn Himalayas, Hamilton. Behar, Dr. Hooker. Ava, Wallich. 



T^*^*"^^^ habit and inflorescence just that of the last. Branches terete, with a thin 

 each"? ^^ adpressed hairs. Leaves nearly as broad as long, subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. 

 f . ^'f-7\ g^'cen, glabrous above, minutely grey-downy below ; petiole longer than in 

 pub •^^'^^- Baccmes often panicled ; raehis more woody than in the last, and the 

 ^^^^^*^^°^^. shorter ; bracts firmer, less distinctly veined, much broader than long, 

 in th |.~^ ^^' ' ^^^^^ lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla twice the calyx. Pud as 



late^^^p^"^' ^' ^'^^laria, W. Sf A. Erect shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-folio- 

 • Bracts minute, caducous. Flowers in lax panicled racemes. 



cusTiil + ^?^*^^lata, Wall Cat. 5759; leaflets simple large cordate-ovate 

 as Ion V ^^^ Plicate, flowers mostly in a terminal panicle, bracts naA-icular 



6758 ^^ ^^-^y^* Benth. PL Jungh. 245. F. Phursia; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 



I ^EiK^^wl ^^^ i^iistern Himalayas, tropical zone ; from Kumaon to Sikkim. Moul- 



^bcorir^^^ **^^^' "^^^^ ^^' ^^&^' ^^^^^ ^"^'^y downy slender terete branches. Leaves 

 ^imM^f^^^' ^^^"' ^^^^ ^^^^" above, paler beneath, glabrous except on the ribs of tlie 

 *l^cous ^A^Mi^"^ ^°' ^*^"^' petiole 1 in. or less long; stipules minute, lanceolate, ca- 



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^^olla\},W ^^^s% grey-downy; teeth lanceolate, acuminate; tube very short. 

 2-seedea - ' ^^^^^ exserted; keel rostrate. Pod ^ in., oblong, finely downy, 



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