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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bearing Plants. 



Petals Dissimilar, Upper one Largest. 



Leaflets Three. 



longer than the buds, calyx ^ in., silky, broad, teeth 

 linear awl-like, corolla ^-^ in. long, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one ; pod ovate, \ in. long, hairy, 

 point as long as the pod, velvety at the base, one- 

 seeded. 



Sesmo&ium lazflio- 

 rum, 



Legumisos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 164. 

 Himalaya, up to 6,000 ft. 

 Kangra (Duthie). 



Desmodium podooar- 



pum, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 165. 



Himalaya, 2,000 



to 7,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Desmodium floribun- 

 dum, 



LEGUMIN0SiE3. 

 F. B. I. ii. 167. 

 Himalaya, up to 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, branches somewhat angled covered 

 with short hairs, leaf stalk 1-2 ins., stipules lanceolate 

 long-pointed, leaflets 3, ovate, pointed, 4-6 ins. long 

 sometimes broad at the tip and blunt, thin or almost 

 leathery, smooth above, flattened hairs beneath, stipels 

 awl-like ; flowers small, white, tinged with blue, many 

 in axillary and terminal racemes, the terminal often 

 12 ins. long, bracts minute linear awl-like, calyx j-l in. 

 long, hairy, teeth lanceolate longer than the tube, 

 stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 

 1-1^ ins. long, covered with minute hooked hairs, 

 slightly contracted at the joints, 6-10 joints, flattened 

 joints easily breaking and catching on to clothes by 

 the hooked hairs. 



small, branches velvety, angular ; leaves 3-6 ins. 

 long, stalk 1-3 ins. long, stipules small, bristle-like 

 leaflets 3, thin, 2-3 ins. long, both surfaces nearly 

 smooth, lower :pale ovate with a broad tip, pointed, 

 end leaflet roundish, somewhat pointed, with a trian- 

 gular base ; flowers pink, ^ in. long, in drooping race- 

 mes few flowered, terminal racemes 12 ins. long, much 

 branched, bracts minute linear, calyx J^ in. long, 

 teeth triangular, very short, corolla ^ in., stamens 10, 

 all united but the upper one ; pod ^ in. long with 1-2 

 joints, joint \ in. long, upper margin of pod straight, 

 lower deeply indented. 



large, stem hairy, branches angular, densely vel- 

 vety; leaves 4-6 ins, long, stipules lanceolate, ^ in. long 

 leaflets 3, somewhat leathery, 2-4 ins, long, end one 

 largest, ovate, blunt or pointed, both surfaces hairy, 

 lower pale ; flowers many, pink purple, h in. long, in 

 axillary and terminal racemes 3-6 ins. long, often with 



