348 XLTiii. LKGOrixos.f;. 



usually exserted, §-| by ^L. in.^ very shortly stalked, glabrous, terete- 

 compressed, apiculate, slightly raoniliform ; joints 4-6, glabrous, reticu- 

 latolv veined, the veins not very conspicuous. Fl. B. I, v. 2, p. 159 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 65 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl v. 2, p. 45 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423.— Flowers : Sept. Verx. Sevard. 



KoxKAN : Stocks ! ; Matunga, Woodrow ! Deccan : Poona, Woodrow ! Gujarat : 

 Surat. Cooke I, Kanifkar\, Capt. Gehnrnel, Dahclll ; Dakor, Konitkai' ! 



Tbe root is like liquorice. TlahrlJ 4'- Gih<so)i. — DisTinn. Throughout the plains of 

 India. 



n. Alysicarpus rugosus, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 353. Stems 

 1-2 ft. long, ascending, glabrous except for a decurrent line of hairs. 

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

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, striate. Leaflets 1-3 by |-1 in., usually 

 oblong, rai*ely orbicular or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous 

 above, slightly appressedly hairy and reticulately veined heneath, base 

 often cordate ; petiolules extremely short ; stipels minute, caducous. 

 Flowers appressed to the subglabrous rhachis, crowded in dense spicate 

 racemes 1-4 in. long ; pedicels i—V in. long, slender, glabrous ; bracts 

 large, chaify, ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Calyx glabrous on the back, 

 |-| in. long, deeply divided ; teeth lanceolate, much imbricate, minutely 

 ciliate. Pods jL in. broad, turgid, very shortly stalked, apiculate, moni- 

 liform, included in the calyx ; joints 3-6, broader than long, closely 

 transversely ribbed, glabrous. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 159. A. WaJlichii, 

 Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 234. 



Not nearly as common as the varieties. S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 180 ! 

 — DiSTRiB. Throughout India ; Tropics of the Old World, Oeylou, Cape, W. Indies. 



Var. 1. Heyneanus, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 159. A 

 larger plant 3-4 ft. high. Stems more robust, pubescent or villous. 

 Leaflets large, obovate-oblong, obtuse, permanently ])ubescent beneath. 

 Racemes longer, 4-6 in. long ; flowers more distant. Calyx shorter. 

 Pods i in. broad, often exserted. A. Heyneanus (sp.), Wight & Am. 

 Prodr. p. 234. A. obovatus, Edgew. Cat. Banda PI. p. 45. A. rur/osus, 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423. 



Common in the Bombay Presidency. Konkan : Sfocksl; Matunga, Woodrow I 

 Deccan: Poona, Woodroml, Kanitkarl Gujarat: Dabhoi, Knnitkar; Dakor, 

 Kanifkar l—jyufRi-R. India (Bandelkhand, W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



Yab. 2. styracifoUv.% Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 159. A 

 smaller plant ; stems diffuse, rarely reaching 18 in. long, finely pubes- 

 cent. Leaflets small, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, hairy beneath. Eacemes 

 short, dense ; flowers subsessile along a very hairy rhachis. Calyx 

 hairy on the back, strongly ciliate on the margins. Pods jV in. broad, 

 included or rarely exserted. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 45. A. siyraei- 

 folii's (sp.), DC. Prodr. v. 2. p. 353 (e.vrhtd. syn.) ; Wight & Arn. Prodr. 

 ■p. 234 : Grab. Cat. p. 50 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 65. A. lujmlinus, Stocks, 

 ex Baker in Hook. f. Fl. B. T. v. 2, ]). 159. A. srnriosnn, Grab, in Wall. 

 Cat. 5766 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 45. 



Konkan: Stocks'., Law I Gujarat: Sursxt, Butzctf ^- Gihson; A\\k\es\\\\&r, Kanif- 

 kar ! ; Dakor, Kavitkar ! Sind : Stocks ! ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks, 

 11801 — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



Va.R. 3. minor, Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 (1898) p. 384. 



