Tab. 7377. 

 URARIA crinita. 



Native of the East Indies. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminos^:. — Tribe Hedysare^:. 

 Genus Uraria, Desv. ; {Benth. & HooJc.f. Gen. Plant, v. i. p. 521.) 



Uraria, crinita ; suffrnticosa, pilis uncinatis hirsuta, canle e basi decnmbente 

 erecto elato, foliolis 2-4-jugis (rarissime solitariis) oblongis acutis supra 

 glabris v. scaberulis subtus puberulis et reticulatis, stipulis e basi late 

 cordata repente cuspidatis, racemis 1-2-pedalibus breviter pedunculatis 

 strictis cylindraceis multi-deusifloris, pedunculo bracteis ovato-lanceolatis 

 imbricatis velato, bracteis floralibus bifloris caducis, pedicellis filiformibus 

 decurvis floribus suba?quilongis hirsutis, calycis segmentis lanceolato- 

 subulatis pilis basi tuberculatis ciliatis, 2 supremis brevioribus vexillo 

 ovato, carina alisque apicibus rotnndatis, legumine minuto cycloideo 3-4- 

 articulato. 



U crinita, Desv. Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 122, t. 5, f. 19. DC. Prodr. vol. ii. 

 p 324 Wall. PI As. Bar. vol. ii. p. 8 ; Gat. n. 5675. Thw. Enum. PL 

 Zevl p. 85, 411. Trim. Gat. Geyl. PI. p. 24. Benth. Fl. EongJc. 81 ; PI. 

 Jungh. p. 214. Mia. Fl Ind. Bat. vol. i. p. 268. Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 

 p. 351. Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. i. p. 155. 



IT. macrostachya, Wall. I. c. 1. 110. 



U. picta, Wight Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 411 (non Desv.). 



U. comosa, DC. I.e. 



Doodia crinita, Boxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 369. 



Hedysarum crinitnm, Linn. Mant. p. 102. Burnt. Fl. Ind. p. 169, t. 56. 

 Boxb. Sort. Beng. p. 57. 



H. comosnm, Vahl, Symb. vol. ii. p. 84. 



H. lanseum, NoronA. Vert. Bat. Gen. vol. v. p. 77. 



The genus Uraria consists of eight or ten species, all 

 natives of the Old World, the handsomest of which is 

 that here figured. It is a native of British India, from 

 Bengal and Assam, eastward through Burma to China, 

 and southward to Malacca and the Malay Islands, extending 

 to Timor Laut, but not into Australia, nor is it indigenous 

 in Ceylon. In the Flora of British India it is erroneously 

 stated to be a native of the Himalaya (ascending to 9000 

 ft.). It was no doubt there confounded with U. joicta. 

 Seeds of it were sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 



October 1st, 1894. 



