34. Ubabia.] 43. PAP ILIONACE&. [35. Lespedeza. 



3. U. hamosa, Wall. 



A shrub 3-5 ft. with brown-pubescent branches, ell. 

 ovate or oblong lflts. 2-5|" by 1-2J" and purple fls. in rather 

 lax racemes 4-8" long. 



Valley forests, esp. Kundrugutu block, eiev. 2,000 ft. Fls. Sept.-Oct. 

 Fr. Dec. 



Lflts. acute or obtuse apiculate, base acute or rounded. Sec. n. about 

 13 pairs strong beneath, parallel up to margin with parallel cross nervules, 

 shortly pubescent. Sti<p. f setaceous. Petiole J-f* Racemes sometimes 

 glandular, hairy. Fls. ^-f. Calyx-teeth longer than tube -^". Bracts 

 orbicular-obovate cuspidate &-i v . Pod §*, 6-7-jointed (4-6 FJ3.I.) joints 

 T V brown. 



4. U. picta, Desv. 



An undershrub 2-4 ft. with the upper leaves 5-9- 

 foliolate and with linear leaflets usually clouded along the 

 centre. Fls. in dense cylindrical racemes. 



Waste ground in Singbhum, common. Probably in all the districts 

 (but it is not mentioned in Wood's list). Fls. Bept.-Nov. 



Stems pubescent. L. very variable on the same plant, the first are 

 usually small and orbicular ; these are succeeded by 3-5-foliolate leaves 

 often intermixed with large simple oblong-lanceolate leaves up to 6'' by 1|"; 

 the leaflets of the upper leaves are usually 5 in number, 4-8" by £-1". 

 The inflorescence is sometimes clothed with golden-yellow hairs (in the 

 Duars). Calyx-segments plumose. 



35. Lespedeza, Mich. 

 1. L. sericea, Miq. 



An undershrub 2-3 ft. high with long erect slender 

 branches and close-set very shortly-petioled 3-foliolate leaves 

 with linear cnneate leaflets in the axils of nearly all of 

 which are abbreviated bracteolate racemes of 2-4 small 

 w^hite-purplish flowers. Pod of one small oblong 1-seeded 

 indehi scent joint. 



Higher hills of Chota Nagpur, Prain Fls. r. s. Fr. Dec.-Jany. 

 Sulcate stems and strongly-nerved leaflets silky. Fls, fr%'. 



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