XLVIII, LEGU.NtTNOSiE, .'Uf) 



plumoso, subulato, mucli lonnjiM' llian tlio tube. Corolla \ in. lonj^, 

 purple. Pods glabrous, pale lead-colon^d ; joints .'{-6, siuootli, polisb<'d, 

 so('(l-like, i by yV, in., folded on one another. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. l.'j.j ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. (]5 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 42 ; Woodr. in .rourn. Bomb! 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 423; Watt, Diet. Eeoii. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 212. 



Hedjisdrum liicivm^ .lacquin. Colkict. v. 2, j). 2()2 ; Icon. t. HfiT. 



Flowers: Aug. -Sept. A>.l{>r. Prhhitaparni; P'dhvan. 



Rare. Koxkan : Island of Bombay, U'oodrotv ! ; Parel, lianade ! ; near Pen, IMzell 

 tf Gih&on: Salsette, Naii-)ii.— \)\9.'v\\\\i. Tlirougliout India; Ceylon, Tropical Afriea, 

 Malay Islands, Philippines. 



2n. ALYSICARPUS, X( ck. 



Diffuse or erect herbs. Leaves 1- (rarely ;l-) f'oliolate ; sti|)ules 

 scarious, acuminate, free or connate. Leaflets 2-stipellate. Floucu's 

 in leaf-opposed, terminal, or axillai'v racemes; pedicels often twin; 

 bracts scai-ious, o-enerally deciduous. Calyx glumaceous ; teeth deep, 

 the 2 upper often connate. Corolla not or hardly exserted ; standard 

 obovate or orbicular, narrowed into the claw ; wings obliquelv oblono-, 

 adhering to the keel, slightly curved, obtuse, usually appeiidiculate. 

 Stamens diadelpbous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked ; 

 ovules numerous ; style incurved ; stigma capitate. Pod terete or turo-id, 

 composed of several indehiscent 1-seeded joints, — Distrir. Tropics of 

 the Old World and Australia ; species 15. 



Calyx shorter or very slightly longer than the first joint of 

 the pod. 



Pod moniliform, reinless 1. A. moniUfcr. 



Pod not moniliform, veined. 



Calyx shorter than the first j oint of the pod 2. A, hamosui^. 



Calyx equalling or slightly longer than the first joint of 



the pod 3. A. vaginalis. 



Calyx much longer than the first joint of the pod. 

 Teeth of calyx imbricate in the fruiting stage. 



Pod slightly moniliform, neither veined nor rugose ... 4. A. hwplcurifolius. 



Pod moniliform, reticulately veined .5. A. lonqifolins. 



Pod transversely ribbed. 



Pod 2-edged, not exserted 6. A. rugosiis. 



Pod 4-angled, exserted 7. A. tetragotwlobm. 



Teeth of calyx not imbricate in the fruiting stage. 



Flowers sessile 8. A. picbescens. 



Flowers pedicelled 9. A. belgairmensis. 



1. Alysicarpus monilifer, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 35,3, Stems 

 |-2 ft. long, slender, tufted, prostrate, miich-branclied ; young branches 

 clothed with deciduous bristly hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate ; petioles A- 

 y\ in. long, more or less hairy ; stipules scarious, about as long as the 

 petioles, lanceolate, very acute, striate. Leaflets .^-1 by ^^-i, oblono-- 

 elliptic, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, glabrous above, slightly 

 hairy on the nerves and prominently reticulately veined beneatb, base 

 rounded, often cordate ; petioliiles vei'v short ; stipels minute, filiform. 

 Flowers erect, close, in 4-10-flovvered a.\illary racemes ; pedicels verv 

 short. Calyx obscurely hairy, yV~8 ^^- ^^'^f?' about equalling or rather 

 less than the first joint of the pod : tube very short ; teeth narrow- 

 lanceolate, very acute, striate. Pods g-l in, long by ^Tr-h in. thick 

 erect, moniliform: joints 4—8, turgid, subglobose, finely" downy with 

 minute booked hairs, not reticulately veined. Fl, B. 1. v. 2, p. 157 ; 



