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the pod. This species connects Uraria and Loiirca, two genera ratlier too artificially 

 separated (Kurz). 



U. HAMOSA, Wall. Chittagong, Ava, Pegu. 



Desiiiodiiim Huriijieldii, Miq. 



Pods opaque. Calyx lA— 2 lines long, very much shorter than the pod. 

 Doodia siinplirifulia, Roxb., seems to be only the simple-leaved form of this 

 species, which WalUch distributed under the name of U. leptostachya. 



**" Flowers in dense thicTc simple or almost simple racemes. 



X Bracts all very deciduous and falling lomj he/ore fipening of tlte fowers. 



° Upper leares pinnateli/ b-'i-foliolate. 



f Leaflets narrow. 



U. piCTA, Desv. Grass land of Arakan and Ava. 



Leaflets white-variegated, blunt or bluntish, the net-venation beneath strong and 

 close. Pod-joints leaden-coloured, polished. Seeds pale-coloured. 



U. ACUsiiNATA, Kz. Pegu and Martaban. 



Leaflets glaucous-green, one-coloured, long and very shai^ply acuminate, the net- 

 venation very thin and lax. Pod-joints glossy. Seeds brown. 



f f Leaflets broad. 

 TJ. CEiNiTA, L. Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



Leaflets with prominent and close net- venation. Pod-joints opaque. 



var. 13 macrostachija, "Wall. More robust, the leaves larger. Racemes l-H 

 feet long. 



°° Leaves 1- and Sfoliolate {often on the same plant). 



U. LAGOPUs, DC. Chittagong. 



V. lagopoides, Eoyle. 



Eather stout plant, usually tawny pilose. Pods opaque, net-veined. 

 X X Bracts all persistent at flowering time and conspicuous. 

 TJ. ALOPEcuEoiDEs, E,oxb. Bank of the Irrawaddy between Prome and Ava. 



Robust, the racemes elongate and brown-pilose. Pods glossy black. 

 U. LAGOPOIDES, L. Chittagong. 



Slender, the racemes short and greyish-pilose. Pods pale-coloured, opaque. 



** Stamens 10, all united into a single tube, or into 2 separate sheaths of 5 each. 

 + Stamens all united into a single complete tube. Anthers dimorplious. 

 Aeachis, Linnaus. 



Cah/.r-tube filiform, the 4 upper lobes united, the lowermost thin and free. 

 Petals and stamens inserted at the mouth of the ealyx-tube. I'od ripeuiug under 

 the soil. Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



A. nTPOG.i:A, L. 



Mye-leh. 



Indigenous to South America, but cultivated all over the East for its edible 

 kernels and the oil extracted from them, wliicli is excellent. The wrinkled 

 pod, which is buried in the earth, contains 2 or 3 'nuts,' or seeds, which, when 

 roasted, are favourite and wholesome articles for dessert, resembling somewhat an 

 almond in flavour. 



ZoRxiA, Gmelin. 



Cahi.T-tube short. Pod 2-G-joiuted, muricate. Heibs, the leaves digitately 

 2-1-foliolate. 



Z. DiPHYLLUM, L. Arakan and Pegu. 



