36. Desmodium.] 43. TAPILIONACEJS. [38. Sophoba. 



1*. D- gyroides, D.U. Jatangsing, M. 



A shrub 6-20 ft. high with softly hairy branches, Lflts. 1-3 

 drooping, end one obovate obtuse attaining 3j" by If", side 

 leaflets rarely If". Fls. f deep purple in short axillary 

 and terminal racemes 1-2" long, with large deciduous bracts 

 as in the last. 



Valleys on the Porahat plateau. Fls. Aug.-Nov. Fr. Oct.-Jany. 



Lflts. appressed-hairy both sides, sec. n. 6-8 prs, and tertiaries distinct. 

 Terminal raceme often branched rarely elongating- to 4". Bracts large 

 oyate •&" hy i". Pod 14-2", hairy, 6-10-seeded, lower suture indented. 



37. Ougeinia, Benth, 



.1. 0. dalbergioides, Benth. Ruta, K. ; Rot, 8. ; 

 Sandan., JET. ; Pandan, Kharw. ; Panan, H. 



Usually a small and crooked tree with slender grey 

 branchlets, pinnately 3-foliolate leaves and copious smallish 

 white or pink flowers in fascicled racemes appearing before 

 the new leaves. * 



Common in the bills but seldom above 3£ ft. girth in Chota Nagpur 

 Fls. Feby.-April. Fr. May-June. Dec. Feby. -April. 



L. often sub-tomentose beneath. Terminal Iflt. ovate, orbicular or 

 * obovate 3-6'' long, obtuse, entire or crenate with 5-10 pairs strong sec. 

 nerves. Fls. 2-3 together on slender pedicels. Calyx $-£'' campanulate, 

 teeth distinct. Corolla far exsert, standard Bub-orbictdar, keel obtuse.' 

 Ovary linear, manyovuled. Pod linear or linear-oblong 2-5-jointed, or 

 joints obscure. 



Large pieces are prized for the " patura " or hubs of the sagar wheels 

 and it is in request for agricnltural implements. On being blaaed a red 

 gum exudes resembling that of Butea, and a decoction of the bark is 

 used when the ucine is too dark coloured. The leaves form a good fodder. 



38. Sophora, L. 



1. S. Bakeri, Clarice, 



An erect shrub 4-5 ft. with tomentose impari-pinnate 

 leaves 5-8" long, sub-opposite leaflets 1-1 J" or up to 2* by V 



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