36. DesmodiUm.] 43. PAPILIONACEJBi. 



quite as Ions, the end sharply deflexed after flowerin?. Standard }" diam. 

 Pod 1-3-jointed. Joints ^'by^y widely dehiscent when ripe, slightly 

 hairy. Seed shining yellow peppered red. 



9. Ds gangetieum, D.O. Tandi Bhidi Janetet', 8. 



An undershrub or sub-herbaceous with sub-erect or erect 

 or trailing stems 3-4 ft. long. Lflts. oblong or ovate-oblong 

 3-6'' long. Fls. |-|" white or red in ascending lateral and 

 terminal lax often somewhat branched racemes 6-12'' long. 

 Pod falcate, f-{" long, 6-8-jointed. 

 Common in forest and waste-land. 



Fls. March-Oct. Pr. Jwne-Jany. Probably flowers most of the year. 

 Lflt. with rounded base and gradually tapering at the acute tip, with 

 thin adpressed hairs beneath. A very variable plant. 



10. D. latifolium, B.C. 



An erect shrub 3-6 ft. high with densely brown-pubescent 

 branches. Lflts. sub-coriaceous broad-ovate 3-6" by 1|-3|". 

 Fls. •£-£" purple in numerous axillary and terminal often 

 panicled dense spiciform racemes 2-7" long. 



Frequent in shade, Singbhum ; Eanohi ; Hazaribagh (Parasnath, 

 Damuda valley) ; Palamau, common, Haslett I ; S. P., frequent. Fls. 

 Aug.-Bept. Fr. Oct.-Jany. 



Lflts. often sub-repand with rounded or acute tip and truncate or 

 cordate base densely brown pubesoent beneath and appressed hairy above. 

 Pod \-\", 4-6-jointed, clothed with minute hooked hairs. 



11- D« gyrans, D.G. Gora Chand, Beng. The Tele- 

 graph Plant. 



Perennial 3-4 ft., branches often sub-herbaceous glabrous. 

 Terminal leaBet oblong lanceolate 3-4" by 1-1 J", side lflts. 0, 

 1, or 2 about |-l" very narrow. Fls. f-|" in axillary terminal 

 racemes 2-6" long, with large bracts concealing the flower- 

 buds and forming a terminal club. 



Common on damp shady banks in Singbhum. Tamar. Tori and 

 Sirguja, Wcod. Fls. Aug.-Nov. Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



Lflts. nearly glabrous, sometimes flushed with white, obtuse, and base 

 rounded. Sec. n. distinct but fine, tertiaries very inconspicuous. Stipules 

 \" setaceous from a' broad base. Terminal raceme often branched. Pod 

 1-1£" shortly pubescent, slightly indented. 



The small side-leaflets move by jerks in warm damp weather. 



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