234 LEGUMINOSE. - ALYSICARPUS — 
rete, glabrous: leaves short-petioled, linear-lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, - 
slightly cordate at the base, glabrous above, a little pubescent beneath zep 
pules large, longer than the petioles : racemes spike-like, very long, pedicels 
short, approximated: calyx 4-cleft to near the base ; segments erect, over- 
lapping at the edges, oblong, striated, hairy, ciliated, upper one shortly bifid: 
legume slightly contracted between the seeds, reticulated, pubescent, 5-6- 
seeded, about twice the length of the calyx.—Wight! cat. n. 809.—A. vagina- 
lis, Wall.! L. n. 5763. c (partly).—Hedysarum longifolium, Rottl.; Spr. syst. 
3. p. 319.———Corn-fields near Ongole, in the Northern Circars ; December 
1831. 
About 4 or 5 feet high, and is, as far as we know, the largest of the genus: 
the leaves are from 6 to 7 inches long, but are less than 1 inch broad. We 
have no doubt of this being Sprengel's and Rottler's plant, although the leaves 
be described ovate-lanceolate and elongated. 
c. Joints of the legumes transversely wrinkled. 
720. (6) A. styracifolius (DC.:) biennial: branches diffuse, hairy: leaves 
short-petioled, from cordate-oval to linear-lanceolate, a little hirsute beneath, 
glabrous above : stipules as long as the petioles, and with the bracteas ciliat- 
ed with long hairs on the margins: racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, short, 
dense, hairy: calyx 4-partite ; segments erect, glabrous on the back, plu- 
mose-ciliated, oblong-lanceolate, striated, upper one very shortly bifid at the 
apex: legume glabrous, 2-4-jointed, much contracted between the joints, 
scarcely longer than the calyx: joints transversely rugulose.—z ; leaves cor- 
date-oval.— Wight ! cat. n. 809. —A. styracifolius, DC. prod. 2. p. 353. (excl. 
syn.)—A. pilifer, Wall.! L. n. 5765.—A. cylindraceus, Desv. (according to 
. in ann. sc. nat. 9. p. 417.) —Hedysarum styracifolium, Spr. ? syst. 3. 
p. 319. (not Linn.)— ; leaves from oblong to linear-lanceolate.— Wight! eat. 
n. 987.—A. scariosus, Graham! in Wall.! L. n. 5766.—Hedysarum scario- 
sum, herb, Madr.! ; Spr. 1. c.—H. glumaceum, Koen.!; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. 
p. 647; Roth, nov. sp. p. 355 (not Willd., nor Vahl). (5 
.. We have retained the name given by De Candolle, being the oldest: but 
it originated in a mistake; the ded Hed. styracifolium is so totally un- 
Ce that we are at a loss to conjecture how such. an error could have taken 
place. 
721. (7) A. Wallichii (W. & A.:) erect or somewhat procumbent, branch- 
ed: stems and branches glabrous: leaves cordate-oval to linear-ac i 
stipules erect, sheathing the branches, longer than the petioles: racemes ter- 
minal, dense when in flower, elongating more or less in fruit: flowers 0n 
rather slender pedicels: calyx 4-partite ; segments erect, oblong-lanceolate, 
glabrous, slightly ciliated, overlapping at the edges, striated, upper one emar- 
ginate: legume glabrous, somewhat compressed, 3-4-jointed, shorter than 
the calyx, much contracted between the joints; joints transversely Ose. 
—A- glumaceus, Wall.! L. n. 5764 (not DC.).—A. bupleurifolius, Wall.! L- 
n. 5761. f.—A. ludens, Wall. ! L. n. 5762. f.—A. vaginalis, Wall.! L. n: 5169 
€ (partly ).—Hedysarum bupleurifolium, Spr. ? syst. 3. p. 319 (not Linn.)- 
. When we compared Wallich’s specimens (in the Linnzean Society's het 
rium) of this genus with our own, we unfortunately omitted to commit to 
writing our notes on Wall. L. n. 5763. a, b ; these letters, however, pro 
belong to this species. 
` 722. (8) A. Heyneanus (W. & A.:) erect aringly branched, all over pu- 
bescent except the glabrous upper ras v the er and calyx: leaves 
very short-petioled, broadly ovate, retuse, mucronate : stipules jlonger than x 
the petioles : racemes axillary and terminal, short, dense, elongating in 
glabrous, 4-partite, all the Segments acute: legume 3-5-jointed, c0 Uer 
tracted between the joints, mucronate ; joints transversely rugulose; slightly = 
