3-16 Xl-Vlll. LECilMlNOS.K. 



Wight & Aru. Prodi-, p. 232 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 43 ; Wootlr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



S. M. Ckixtuv : Badaini, Cooke \, Wood row '. ; Dharwar, Wood rozv. —BisraXB. 

 Tlirouglioiit Iiulia : Xnbia. Abyssinia. 



2. Alysicarpus hamosus, Edijew. in Juiim. Asiat. Soc. Bemf. v. 21 

 (1853) p. 171. Ditluse ; stems 0-30 in. long; branches numerous, 

 ascending, slender, clothed with long spreading hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate ; 

 petioles J-| in. long, hairy ; stipules scarious, reaching -j^ in. long, 

 linear, very acute, striate. Leaflets h-\.\ by g-1 in., broadly ovate or 

 suborbicular, rounded oi- mueronate at the apex, more or less hairy on 

 both surfaces and on the nerves beneath, base rounded or slightly 

 cordate; petiolules shori, hairy; stipels minute, subulate. Flowers 

 usuallv in pairs along the rhachis, in axillary 4-8-tlowered racemes ; 

 rhachis tiliform, hirsute ; pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts scarious, 

 ovate, acute, ciliate. Calyx | in. long, shorter than the first joint of the 

 pod, the 3 lower teeth linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Pods |— | by l in., 

 compressed, clothed with both straight and hooked hairs, linear, muero- 

 nate ; joints 3-7. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 157 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 423. Hethisaruin procumhens, Koxb. Hort. Beng. p. 56 ; 

 Fl. Ind. V. 3, p. 345. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Rare. Koxkan : Parel (island of Bombay), Woodrow I ; Bombay, Capt. Geburne ! 

 S. M. Country : Badami, Cooke I, IVoodrow I — Distrib. India (Plains of Banda, 

 W. PeninBuia). 



3. Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 353. 

 Suffrutico:>e, diffuse ; stems numerous, robust, ascending, 1-3 ft. long, 

 glabrescent or \\ith a few scattered hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate ; petioles 

 |-^ in. long; stipules scarious, often exceeding ^ in. long, ovate, acu- 

 minate, striate, closely appressed to the stem, straw-colored, persistent. 

 Leaflets very variable in form on one and the same plant, ^--^ by 

 -I— 1 in., lanceolate, oblong, or ovate-oblong, rounded or acute, or some- 

 times truncate at the apex, apiculate, glabrous, closely reticulately 

 veined, base usually cordate ; petiolules very shoit ; stipels minute, 

 caducous. Flowers in elongated 6-12-flowered racemes 1-3 in. long ; 

 pedicels about y^j in. long. Calyx ^ in. long, glabrescent, equalling or 

 slightly longer than the first joint of the pod ; teeth longer than the 

 tube, linear, very acute, striate. Corolla pinkish, small, included. Pods 

 2~i ^y r^ "^'1 subterete, not or very rarel)'^ obscurely moniliform, apicu- 

 late, glabrous or nearlv so, reticulatelv veined ; joints 4—8, longer than 

 broad. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 158; Dalz. '& Gibs. p. (U ; Wight & Arn. 

 Prodr. p. 233 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 44 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423.— Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAx : Stocks I, Law \ ; Ncral, Cooke '. Deccan : Woodroiv. Gujarat : Woodrow ; 

 Surat, Kaniikarl, Dalsell 4" Gibson. — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Afghan- 

 istan, and generally throughout the Tropics of the Old World. 



Vae. 1. nummuhtrifolms, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 15S. 

 Procumbent, diffusely branched; stems 8-12 in. long, slender. Leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong or roundish, obtuse. Racemes dense, congested, often 

 under 1 in. long. Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 204. A. niimmu- 

 larifolius (sp.), DC. Prodr. v. 2, p. 353 ; Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 232 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. o<> ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 04. 



