74 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. rvoi. xvi. 



39. LOUREA, NECK. 



Flowors in torminal raconios. Calyx accrescent, reticulate, downy. 

 Keel ol)tnse, Stigma capitate. Pod 4-5, jointed, glal)rons. Leaflets 

 3, rarely 1, tcn-minal one larger, roiuidish or ol)V(;rsely deltoid. 

 Stipules lanceolate. Stems trailing. Low lu^rbs. Liuldu. 



(;h » y 3t->^ jf.--) ]^ ohcordata, Desv. 



40. URARIA, DESV. 



Flowers purple, in dense cylindrical racemcf. Pedicels covered with 

 bristles, recurved at the tip, alter flowering. Suffrnticose perennials. 

 L Leaflets 3-7. 



A. Leaflets ohlong, elliptical or rounded. Joints of pod re- 

 ticulated. Liuiku and Formosa. 



(7 3-'7i^^^^) rr. crinita, Desv. 



B. Leaflets linear, often variegated with white. Racemes 

 narrower and i-horter. Liukiu. 



U. picta, Desv. 



IL Leaflets 1-3, elliptical or rounded, obtuse or retuse, pubescent 

 lieneath. Joints of [lod 4-0. Formosa. 



U. hamona, "Wall. 



41. DESmODIUiYl, DESV. 



I. Slirul)S. Leaves 3-foUolate. Leaflets large. 

 A. Flowers umbellate. 



a. Umbels peduncled. 



an. Pod usually 4-5-jointed, indented at both 

 sutures, reticulated, glabrescent or thinly silky. 

 Large shrub. Liukiu ; Formosa. 



T). umhellatum, DC. 



bb. Pod usually 3-4-jointed, somewhat recurved, 



subtorulose, canescent, slightly indented at the 



lower sutur(\ Pjranches acutely triquetrous. 



Formosa. 



n. Ceplmlotes, Wall. 



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