228 L, LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. BakerJ [Flemingia. 



4. P. lineata, Eoxb. Hort. Bmg. 56; FL Lid. iii. 341; leaves 3-folio- 

 late oblanceolate-oblong deeply plicate, flowers in copious axillary and terminal 



lanicled racemes, bracts very minute linear. Wall, Cat, 5752 ; DC. Prodr. n. 

 51 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 242 { Wiyht Ic. t. 327. Iledysariun lineatum; Linn. Sp. 

 PL 1054. Lespedeza lineata^ Pers, Syn. ii. 318. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Ceylon, Bikma and Siam. — Disteib. Malayan 

 Islands, N. Australia. 



An erect shrub, with the ultimate branchlets angular andgrey-canescent. Stipules 

 lanceolate, scariose, subpersistent, \-'^ in. ; petiole ^-2 in., erecto-patent, deeply 

 sulcate; leaflets rigidly subcoriaeeous, 1-3 in. long, obtuse, or with a slight cusp, del- 

 toid at the base, exstipellate, both surfaces especially the lower finely grey-canescent, 

 su])lucent. Panicles from the axils of most of the leaves, erecto-patent, 2-4 in. long, 

 the flowers crowded towards the end of the branches and absent from the lower part ; 

 petlicels very short. Calyx |— ^ in., densely grey-downy ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 little exserted ; keel beaked. Pod |-^ in., finely downy, rounded at both ends, 

 2-seeded. 



Sttbgen". 3. Fleming^iastrum, DO. Erect shrubs. Leaves digitately 

 3-foliolate. Floivers in dense subspicate axillary racemes ; bracts linear or lan- 

 ceolate, caducous. 



5. r. stricta, Poxb. Cor. PL iii. t. 248; Jfort, Bong, 56; FL Lid. iii- 

 342 ; branches triquetrous, leaflets thin large acuminate obscurely silky on the 

 ribs below, bracts linear firm much exceeding the buds, calyx silky. -DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 351 ; WalL Cat 5745, excL F: W. 4* A. Prodr. 241 ; Wight Ic t. 

 329. 



Tropical regions of Sikkim, Silhet, Assam ; Birma, Tenasserim, and the Western 

 Peninsula.— DiSTRiB. China. 



A tall shrub, with woody triquetrous branches, clothed with only a few sliort 

 adpressed hairs. Stipules hirge, lanceolate, rigidly scariose, soon falling; petiole 

 3-6 in., triquetrous, deeply sulcate, not winged ; leaflets su])coriaceous, ^1 ft- ^^"S* 

 oblong, narrowed to both ends, smooth and glabrous above, with only a few short 

 obscure hairs on the ribs below. Bacemcs dense, oblong-cylindrical, often fascicled, 

 ?~3 in. long, the lower bracts larger than the others and subpersistent, the upper ones 

 rigidly scariose, linear, ^-f in. long, shortly silky, densely imbricated before the 

 flowers expand ; pedicels ver}* short. Calyx \~l in. ; teeth linear, the lowest twice as 

 long as the others. Corolla as long as the lower tooth, much exceeding the others ; k^^^ 

 obtuse. Podr ^— | in. long, glabrescent. 



Vak. pteropus, Baker-, petiole distinctly winged, leaflets lanceolate acmninf^te 

 plicate, spikes more slender densely fascicled, bracts and flowers smaller.-— P^g^» 

 McClelland. 



6. P. Grabamlana, W. fy A. Prodr. 242 ; branches subterete, leaflets 

 obovate obtuse or subacute thinly silky below, bracts linear firm small? calj^ 

 ehagg}'. F. pycnantha, Benth, in "llohen. PL Exsic. No. 1211 ; PL Jmgh. 245. 



Nti^ghirts, Wight, Gardner, &c. 



A low erect shrub, with tomontose young shoots. Stipules lanceolate, ^ ^^^ 

 caducous; petiole ^-1 in., erecto-patent, not winged; leaflets subcoriaeeous, ^-f V^ 

 long, plicate, glabrous above, grey-silky especially on the ribs beneath many of t 

 veinlets raised. Spikes dense, oblong, 1-2 in. long, often fascicled; bracts una ^^ 

 \ in, long, erecto-patent, subrigid, subpersistent. Calyx | in. ; teeth plumose, ^'^^^\ 

 (etaceous, subequal.^ Corolla not exserted. Pod oblong, f in. long, finely pubescen t 

 and often covered with red viscous glands. 



7. P. cong-esta, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 6G ; FL Lid. iii. 340 ; branches p^ 

 terete, leaflets oblong acuminata silkv on the ribs below, bracts neither tw 

 r.or protruded, calyx silkv. 7)G Prodr. ii. 351; WalL Cat. 5747, ifn grec^l^ 

 7:art', W. Sf A. Pt^odr. 241 ; Wight Ic. t. 390; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl '^.' 



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