yg BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xvi. 



hh. Petioles not winged. 



1. Leaflets ovate, cordate, obtuse. Low 

 slender plant.s. Formosa. 



D. (jraciUhnum, Hemsl. 



2. Leaflets elliptical, acute. Pod 6-8- 

 jointed, clothed with minute hooked 

 hairs ; lower suture indented ; the joints 

 as broad as long. Formosa. 



D. gangeticum, D C. 

 C. Leaflets 3. 



A. The constrictions of puds reaching from the lower 

 nearly to the upper suture. 

 a. Puiceines arising from the to]) of stems. 

 aa. Leaves few, more or less clustered. 



1. Leaflets firm, 3-nerved at the base, 



the nerves incumbent-arcuate. Bracts 



cusjjidate, persistent; stipels bristle-like. 



Pod 2- 3 -articulated. Leaves many, 



often distant; terminal leaflets oblong 



or ovate-oblong, acute. Liukiu and 



Formosa. 



I), laxmn, D C. 



Leaves 2-3 ; terminal leaflets broadly 

 ovate or oval acute or acuminate. 

 Satsuma ; Hizen. 



D. laxmn, var. kiusianitm, Matsum. 



2. Leaflets thin, not 3-nerved; the nerves 

 patent arcuate. Bracts minute, ciliate. 

 Stipels linear- acuminate. Pod 2-articu- 

 lated. Terminal leaflets broadly ovate, 

 rhomboidal acute, puberuluus on both 

 sides. Pod long stalked, as long as 

 pedicels. Aizu ; Musashi. 



(•V -/ '^ *■) 1). podocavpum, DC 

 Leaflets smaller, membranous, ovate rhom- 

 bic, acute. Much lower and slender than 

 the preceding. Hitachi; Shinano; Hiuga. 

 1). jwdocarpuvt, var. maahranaccmn, 



Matsum. 



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