6o2 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [AeschynoMenc. 



Stems slender much branched ; flowers small ; pod 



narrow, smooth . . . . . • (i) ^. indica 



Stem little branched ; flowers large ; pod broad, warted . (2) 2E. aspera 



(i) 2E. indica Linn. Sp. PI. 713; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 151 ; Prain, I.e. 128. 



Slender annual herb i to 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 2 to 3 in. 

 long ; leaflets 20 to 30 pairs linear obtuse, '2 in. long, -05 in. wide. 

 Stipules lanceolate, auricled, '3 in. long. Racemes axillary i- to 

 4-flowered ; peduncles i in. long. Calyx '2 in. long, glabrous ; 

 teeth unequal, 2 upper ones sub-connate. Corolla '45 in. long, 

 thin yellow, tinged pink or orange. Pod i to 1*5 in. long, straight, 

 •12 to "15 in. broad, upper edge straight, lower dented, joints 8 to 10. 

 Hah. Ponds and wet spots in open country. Singapore, Galang, 

 Johor, Batu Pahat. Province Wellesley, Bukit Seraya. Perak, 

 Temengoh. Perils, Kanga. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne- Vaughan) . 

 Distrih. Tropics. 



(2) 2E. aspera Linn. Sp. PI. 713; Baker, I.e. ii. 152; Prain, 

 I.e. 128. 



Shrubby, pithy, 3 to 12 ft. tall, 3 in. through, unbranched. 

 Leaves 3 to 6 in. long ; leaflets 30 to 50 pairs, linear obtuse '2 to '5 in. 

 long, -05 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate, auricled. Racemes axillary, 

 sometimes branched, 2- to 4-flowered, 2*5 in. long. Calyx hairy, 

 unequally toothed. Corolla 75 in. long, yellow. Pod 2 to 2"5 in. 

 long, '3 in. wide, indented both sides, edges and faces echinulate, 

 joints 4 to 8. Hab. Very rare in wet spots, only once collected and 

 possibly a temporary alien. Malacca (Griffith). Distrih. S.E. Asia 

 and Africa. " Sola " used in making pith hats. 



36. URARIA, Desv. 



Shrublets. Leaves of i to 9 leaflets. Flowers small very 

 numerous in a dense hairy raceme. Calyx-tube short, two upper 

 teeth short, lower ones setaceous white hairy. Standard broad, 

 wings adhering to keel. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform 

 Ovary sessile or short-stalked; ovules few. Pod of 2 to 6 small 

 turgid i-seeded joints. Species 15, tropical Asia. 



Erect plants; leaves 5- to g-foliate; heads cylindric. 



Leaflets oblong; heads thick, 8 to 18 in. long . (i) U. crinita 



Leaflets narrow, lanceolate under an inch wide ; head 



slender . . . . . . . . (2) U. picta 



Creeping plant ; leaflets i to 3 ; heads dense, short, 



oblong I to 2-5 in. long (3) U. lagopoides 



(i) U. crinita Desv. Journ. Botanique i. 123 ; Baker, Hook. flL 

 F.B.I, ii. 155 ; Prain, I.e. 130. 



Shrubby plant about i'5 to 3 ft. tall. Stems downy, hardly 

 branched. Leaves, petioles 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 2 to 5 pairs 

 oblong to ovate acute, base round, sub-coriaceous, glabrous above 

 rachis, midrib and nerves elevated, beneath hairy, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 I "5 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, '6 in. long puberulous. 



