43. PAPIijIONACM^. [36. Dismodium. 



6. D. polycarpum, B.C. Bgephol. 8. 



A shrub 2-4 ft. usually with very numerous stems. 

 Branches with appressed pubescence. Lflts. densely appressed 

 silky beneath or glabrescent except on the nerves. Fls. 

 purple J'' in dense terminal often panicled racemes, conspicu- 

 ous in bud by the densely imbricating J"-long bracts. Pod 

 brown hairy 5-7-jointed. 



Common, especially on the edges of Sal forests in Porahat; Manbhum ; 

 Hazaribagh (Chorparan jungles). Fls. 8ept.-0ct. ' Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



Lilts. 1-3'' long, end one about l£-twice as long as the side ones usually 

 2" by V broadly ell.-oblong or obovate, tip rounded. Bracts with a 

 setaceous tip. Pedicels g". Pods £-l\ suture indented about £th way 

 down. J ointa £-£'' long and broad, indehiscent. 



7. D. laxiflorum, D.C. 



An undershrub with thin twiggy angled branches clothed 

 with short hairs. Long lax often branched racemes of small 

 flowers with yellowish-white standard and keel, and wings 

 edged with purple, Pod linear 3-7-jointed, joints about 

 3-times as long as broad. 



Shady banks in the forests e.g., Latua Elock, rare; Hazaribagh 

 (oomtnon on Parasnath) ; S. P. (Ghormanra). Fls. 8ept.-0ct. Fr. Dec. 



Rootslock woody but stems often sub-herbaoeous 2-3 ft. End Iflt. 3f-6" 

 by 1J-3'' rhomboid or ell. acute, silky beneath, side ones about half as 

 long. Roceines reaching 8-10''. Pedicels ?-%'', distant. Joints of <god with 

 minute tubercle-based hairs. 



The elastic stamens are enclosed in the keel petals and wings, and 

 shoot the pollen bo a distance when the latter are depressed. 



8. D. brachystachyum, Benth. 



Undershrub 1-2 ft. stems adpressed hairy, often erect. 

 L. usually strongly reflexed on their petioles 1-1 J" by f-f" 

 broadly -oblong to sub-orbieular with ronnded or sub-cordate 

 base. Fls. small deep-purple in axillary and terminal dense 

 racemes J — 1" long. 



TJndor light cover in open jungles, Porahat, esp. near Hesedi in 

 Siagbhum. Fla. Sept.-Oct. Fr. Dec. 



Lflt. with long adpressed hairs beneath, slightly hairy above, tip 

 roa&ddd or retuee, Bracts ovate acuminate T V persistent. Pedicels not 



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