Hedysarum. diadelphia decandria. 345 



many parts of Southern Asia. In the neighbourhood of Can- 

 dahar and M?r?/t and the bank of the Chilchuk, manna is said 

 to be procured from it. This substance exudes from the 

 plant after spring- rains and is gathered by merely shaking it 

 oft". See Foilier<)\ll, p. 257. In the Dooab, where it is com- 

 mon, it is for the most parts herbaceous and eaten down to 

 the ground by cattle. 



2. n. moniliferiim. Willd, 1173. 



Perennial, cespitose. Leaves round, cordate. Heads ter- 

 minal. Kracfes three-flowered. Le/jfume necklace-shaped with 

 round joints. 



Hedysarum monilijerum. Biinn. Ind. i. 52. f. 3. pretly 

 good. 



Tethiff. Amera. 



Common on pasture land over most parts of India. Flow- 

 ers in the rains and cold season. 



3. H. vaginale. Willd. iii. 1176. 



Perennial, cespitose. Leaves from oval to linear, oblong 

 with cordate base, rather obtuse, smooth. Racemes leaf-op- 

 posed, ^racfes three-fold, two-flowered. Legume s\ih-cy- 

 lindric, from four to six jointed. 



Genista articulata, &c. Burm. Zeyl. t. 49. y. 1. pretty 

 good. 



Common on pasture land in most parts of India. Flowers 

 in the rainy and cold seasons. 



4. II. procumbens. Roxb. 



Perennial, diflfuse, hairy in every part. Leaves simple, 

 roundish. Racemes leaf-opposed, flowers in pairs, remote. 

 Legumes from two to four-jointed, both margins notched. 



A small perennial; a native of dry, sandy pasture lands, 

 though by no means common. 



Stem there is n^hing that can be so called. Bractes 

 many, diflfuse, long, round, slender, dichotomous.very hairy. 



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