XLVIII, LKGL'Ml.NOS.i;. 347 



KoNKAN : Dalzell\ Decoan : Jlortf/co?/'! — Disthib. Ah coniinoii and widoly dis- 

 tributed a8 the type. 



Var. 2. Stodsii, Bilker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p, 15S. Stems 

 clothed witli fine spreading hairs. Leaflets much thinner than in the 

 type, elHptic or obloiig-elliijtic, more or less hairy beneath. Racemes 

 elongated. 



I liavo aeen but one speciiiKMi in Ilerb. Kew. marked " Konkan, *Sy«7.-.s."— Distiub. 

 Apparently enden\ic. 



Vxn. 3. heterophi/Uus, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 1,58. 

 Stems many, slender, 4-10 in. long. Upper leaves 3-foliolat,e ; the lower 

 1- and 3-toliolate intermixed. Leaflets thin, lanceolate or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acute or subobtiise, the upper sometimes very narrow. Racemes 

 6-20-tlo\vered, reaching 5 in. long ; flowers in distant pairs along a 

 filiform rhachis. Ali/sicxr^ms Jieterophi/lhis, Benth. MS. in Herb. Ivew. 



Rare. Sind: Stocks I; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks, 1181! — Di.strib. 

 Apparently endemic. 



4. Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 352. 

 Stems 1-2 ft. long, slender, terete, ascending, glabrous. Leaves 1- 

 foliolate ; petioles yV~TTr ^'^- lo"o> glabrous ; stipules |-| in. long, 

 linear, very acute, glabrous. Leaflets rigid, variable, usually linear, 

 linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute, |-2| by g-| in. (the lower leaflets 

 sometimes broadly elliptic), all glabrous, reticulately veined ; petiolules 

 very short ; stipels minute, caducous. Flowers in 10-20 distant pairs, 

 in rigid erect spicate lax racemes ; pedicels very short. Calyx | in. 

 long, much longer than the first joint of the pod ; tube funnel-shaped, 

 glabrous ; teeth acute, ciliate, imbricate. Corolla red. Pods |-g in. 

 long, stalked, strongly apiculate, cylindric, glabrous, smooth, scarcely 

 moniliform ; joints 4-8, as broad as long, not veined nor rugose. FI. 

 B. I. V. 2, p. 158 ; G-rah. Cat. p. 50 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 64 : Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 44; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423. 

 Iledysarum hupleurifolhim, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 194. — Flowers : June- 

 Sept. 



Konkan: Stocks'.; Island of Bombay, Cooke \ : Neral, 5/;z'ya ! Gujarat: Nausari, 

 Kanitkar ! S. M. Country : Karlimatti near Badami, Woodrow ! ; Belgaum, Ritchie, 

 1G4!— DisTRiB. Throughont India; Ceylon, Malay Isles, China, Philippines, Mauri- 

 tius, Polynesia. 



5. Alysicarpus longifolius, Wight cj- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 233. 

 Stem stout, 4-5 ft. high, ascending, terete, slightly striate, glabrous. 

 Leaves 1-foliolate ; petioles ^-| in. long ; stipules scarious, |-| in. long, 

 lanceolate, very acute. Leaflets 2-6 by |-| in., oblong or lanceolate, 

 obtuse or subacute, glabrous above, appressedly hairy on the nerves 

 beneath, closely reticulately veined, the reticulations conspicuous on 

 both surfaces, base snbcordate ; ])etioluIes \ery short ; stipels linear, 

 acute. Flowers erect, appressed to a more or less hairy rhachis, in 

 dense spicate racemes |-1 ft. long ; pedicels -^ in. long, hairy ; bracts 

 conspicuous, often exceeding | in. long, ovate, acuminate, more or less 

 silky outside, ciliate, concealing the buds and falling before the flowers 

 open. Calyx :^-| in. long, pubescent, ciliate, striate, as long as or 

 longer than the two lower joints of the pod; tube funnel-shaped, plicate ; 

 teeth much longer than the tube, imbricate in the fruiting stage. Pods 



