234 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Balbergia. 



veined, rather glaucous beneath, 1^2 in. long ; stipules large, lanceolate, yelvety, more 

 persistent than in the other species. Panicle distinctly peduncled, ^-^ as long as the 

 leaves, the branches densely brown-pubescent, spreading or ascending; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx, furnished with small subpersisrent bracts and bracteoles. 

 Cdyx ^ in. ; upper teeth very short ; lowest lanceolate, rather longer. Corolla twice 

 the calyx. Pod thin, obtuse, brownish, short-stalked, 2-3^ in. by ^-\ in. 



13. D, Stocksii, 5en!^A. m Jbw7-w. Linn. Soc. iv., SuppL 42; scandent, 

 leaflets 11-15 oblong obtuse with a few obscure adpressed hairS; flowers in 

 copious axillary panicles with corymbose branches^ pedicels and petal-claws 

 short, pod thin oblong veined opposite the large usually solitary seed. 



CONCAN, Stocks, 



Branches finely grey-do-wny. Leaves 4-5 in. long ; leaflets thin for the genus, 

 |-1 in. long, emarginate, with only a few obscure short adpressed hairs below when 

 mature. Panicles copious, distinctly peduncled, nearly or quite as long -s the leaves; 

 branches slender, densely finely grey-downy, densely coryml»ose at the tip, the lower 

 ones distant. Cal^x oblique, ^ in., densely grey-downy ; teeth half as long as the 

 tube. Corolla twice the length of the calyx. Pod quite characteristic, thin, glabrous, 

 J-1^ in. by ^ in., the usually solitary seed filling up the greater part, subacute, 

 cuneate at the base with a very long stalk. 



14. D. sympathetica, Miumo in GraL Cat. Bomh. PL 55; scandent, 

 leaflets 11-1 5 oblong obtuse thinly grey-silky, flowers in dense short ^^^^^ 

 panicles with dense corj-mbose branches, pedicels and petal-claws short, pw 

 thin greenish oblong 1-2-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Befnth. PI. Jungh- 

 265', Journ. Linn. Sac. iy., SuppL 42] Dalz. 8^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 78. D. fron- 

 dosa, WalL Cat. 5855 B; W. ^ A. Prodr. 206, ex parte {Wt. Herb. 918). 

 D. feiTuginea, Llohen. PL Can. Exsic. No. 343^ non Roxb, 



Hills of the Wfstern Peninsula. 



TrunTc armed with strong large curved thorns, the branches often twisted, the 

 young ones finely grey-downy. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets moderately firm, obtuse 

 or emarginate, ^-1 in. long, thinly silky at first, especially beneath. Panichs dis- 

 tinctly peduncled, witli finely downy ascending curved branches, the ultimate brancn- 

 lets secund. Calyx ^^^ in., silky, with a pair of small obtuse adpressed bracteoles; 

 teeth short, obtuse. Corolla twice the length of the calyx. Pod membranous, obtuse, 

 2-3 in. by J-1 in., with an unusually short sUilk.— Closely resembles D, voluhUis m 

 leaves and general habit. 



15. D. tamarindifolia, Itoxb. Hort. Beng. 53; FL Lnd. iii. '^^.' 

 scandent, leaflets 25-41 thinly pubescent crowded trapezoid-oblong, flowers in 

 congested sessile axillary panicles with corj-mbose branches, pedicels short, 

 petal-claws as long as the calyx, pod thin 1-3-seeded strap-shaped not veine 

 opposite the seeds.^ Wight. Lc. t. 242 ; WalL Cat. 5870 ; Benth. in Jovrn. Linn- 

 Sac. iv., SiippL 44. D. livida, WalL Cat. 68GG A, ex parte, B. D. rufa;antt 

 D. multijuga, Grah. in WalL Cat. 5864, 58G5. D. Blimiei, ILassh PI- J^^' 

 Bar. 400. Derris pinnata, Lour. FL Cochin. 432. 



Eastern Himalayas; Nipal, Stkkim, Silhkt, Khasia. ascending to 4000 ^ r; J*, 

 frequent down the gulf to Malacca. Ilills of Western Pexinsuia.— Distbib- M*'^ - 



Branchrs densely clothed with fine })rown pubescence. Leaves \~-^ foot ; 1^^ ^ 

 quit^ different in shape to that of all the other species, nearly sessile. ^'^^'^^^ 

 moderately firm, ^-1 in. long, glaucous, thinly clothed with brown P^^^^® w 

 beneath, especially on the midrib. Panicles sessile, 1-2 in. long, the branches ^^"'^ 

 brown-pubescent; pedicels shorter than the calyx; bracts and bracteoles .^^^^^S 

 downy, persistent. Calyx | in., downy; teeth short, obtuse. Corolla white, ' 

 times the length of the calyx; blade of the standard orbicular. Stamens '^^^ ^ 

 thin, bright brown, elabrous, loner-stalked, U-3 in. bv i-? in. '■- 



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