708 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Desmo&ium 

 num, 



Leguminos^. 

 F.B. I. ii.l70. 

 Himalaya, 1-7,000 ft 

 Simla (Collett), 



concm- 



S*HRUBS WITH Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bearing Plants. 



Petals Dissimilar, Upper one Largest. 



Leaflets Three. 



large, branches drooping, velvety ; leaves 2:^-4 

 ins. long, leaflets ?>, green smooth above, grey hairy 

 beneath, end leaflet 2-3 ins. long, longest ; flowers dark 

 blue i in. long, in lateral and terminal racemes, calyx 

 3% in., corolla i-^ in., stamens 10, all united but the 

 upper one; pod £-1 in. long, ^ in. broad, shortly 

 stalked, curved, 4-6 jointed, downy, upper margin 

 wavy, lower deeply notched, upper margin of each 

 joint hollowed out. 



small, branches angular, slender, hairy : leaves I5-4 

 ins. long, leaflets 3, broadly ovate, nearly smooth above, 

 hairy paler beneath, end leaflet 1-2 by i-1 in., blunt ; 

 flowers purple, or white, 1 in, long, racemes terminal 

 or lateral, short stalked 1-3 ins. long, calyx /^ in., teeth 

 long pointed, corolla less than \ in,, stamens 10, all 

 united, but the upper one ; pod J-^ in. long, 5 in. 

 broad, 5-8 jointed, straight, hairy, upper margin 

 straight, lower slightly notched. 



DesmocLium p 1 7 - 



carpum; 



Leguminos^, 



F. B. I. ii. 171. 



The Plains to 5,500 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Sesmodium gyrans, 

 The Telegraph, or 

 Semaphore riant, 



LEGUMINoSiE. 

 F.B. I.ii. 174. 

 Himalaya, to 7,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Cajanus indicus, 

 Pigeon pea, 



Arhar dal. 



Leguminos^ 



F. B. I. ii. 217. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



small, branches nearly cylindric, smooth ; leaves 

 33-4^ ins. long, leaflets 3, oblong lanceolate, blunt, 

 end one 2-4 by f-1 in., lateral leaflets often one or 

 both wanting, h in. long, moving by jerks, especially 

 in sunlight ; flowers h in. long, pale yellow, in axillary 

 or terminal racemes, 3-6 ins. long, buds in pairs, 

 enclosed in the bracts, calyx J^- in., teeth triangular, 

 corolla:^ in., side petals tinged with pink or blue, 

 stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod sessile, 

 1-1 2 by t-i in., curved like a sickle, 6-10 jointed, upper 

 margin even, lower slightly notched. 



medium size, much cultivated as a food grain ; 

 branches many, grooved, silky ; stipules minute, lanceo- 

 late, leaflets 3, oblong lanceolate, pointed, densely 

 silky beneath ; flowers yellow, streaked with red veins 

 '^ in. long, in branching axillary or terminal racemes, 

 calyx A in., corolla ^ in., stamens 10, all united but 

 the upper one ; pod 2-3 ins. long, finely downy, often 

 marked with reddish purple streaks, seeds 3-5, the size 

 of a small pea, yellow and red to brown or black. 



