3.")4 XtVTIT. LEGtJMl>OS.T'. 



liairs ; joints 6-lU, Hat, }. in. long, by t'^-tV "^- ^^^ad. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 164 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 70 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 423. D. recwvatum, Wall. Cat. 5717; Grab. Cat, p. 49 ; AVight, 

 Icon. t. 374. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Veen. Jamjli-gdnjd. 



KoNKAN : Law\; near Poladpur, Woodroiv\\ Matheran, Cooke \ Deccan : Koos- 

 gaoii near Kavkala, Kauitkur ! S. M. Country : Castlerock, Cooke I Kanaka : coni- 

 mon in the forests along the Supa Ghats of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distrib. India 

 generally ; Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



5. Desmodium polycarpum, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 334. An 

 erect or suberect undersbrub 2-5 ft. high ; branches woody, slightly 

 angular, slender, clothed upwards with short grey appresaed hairs. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles §-1 in. long, angular, more or less appres- 

 sedly hairy ; stipides j-g in. long, lanceolate-subulate. Leaflets sub- 

 coriaceous, 1-2^ by |-1 in. (the terminal the largest), obovate-cuneate, 

 rounded at the apex, glabrous above, paler, closely reticulately veined 

 and w itli a few appressed hairs beneath ; main nerves 0-8 pairs, in- 

 conspicuous ; petiolules yV—fV ^"- '""S '- stipels |-4 in. long, filiform. 

 Flowers in dense axillary and terminal subsessile racemes 1-3 in. long ; 

 pedicels g-y% in. long, filiform, ascending ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, 

 g-J in. long, ciliate with \\hite hairs. Calyx J^ in. long, glabresceut ; 

 teeth triangular, acute, about as long as the tube. Corolla -} in. long, 

 purple. Pods ^-f by ^-}r in., ciliate on both edges, densely pubescent 

 when young, glabrescent or more or less hairy when ripe, indented and 

 dehiscing along the lower suture ; joints 5-8, faintly reticulately veined, 

 as broad as long, the upper edge straight, the lower rounded. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 171 ; G-rah. Cat. p. 49 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. (36 ; Wight, Icon. t. 406 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 70; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 423 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 83. Desmodium hcterocarpum, 

 DC. Prodr. v. 2, p. 337 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 53.— Flowers : Aug.- 

 Oct. 



Common throughout the Presidency. Konkan : Jacquemont, 6(54 ! ; hills north- 

 east of Pen, Dalzcil <f- Gibson ; Dapoli, Nairne. S. M. Country : Castlerock, Bhiva !, 

 Cookel; Eamghat, Zaw ex, (rr«Aowi ; howda, Cooke \ Kanaka: Kuuiptaand Yellapur, 

 Woodrow\ — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Malaya, E. Africa, China, Japan, 

 Philippines, Polynesia. 



6. Desmodium di£fusum, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 336, n. 106 

 {not p. 335, n. 8b). Herbaceous, 1-2 ft. high ; stems stout, angular, 

 deeply grooved, clothed with long spreading soft white hairs. Leaves 

 3-foliolate ; petioles 5-I5 in. long, densely hairy ; stipules large, folia- 

 ceous, amplexicaul, auricled. Leaflets subcoriaceous, 1-3^ by g-2 in., 

 ovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong, or obovate (the terminal the largest), ob- 

 tuse, apiculate, hairy on both surfaces, ciliate with long white hairs, 

 reticulately veined beneath, base acute or rounded ; main nerves 10-12 

 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; petiolules -^-^ in. long ; stipels linear- 

 lanceolate, g-fV ii^- long- Flowers in tei'minal and axillary racemes or 

 panicles reaching 1 ft. long, laxly arranged in few- (usually 2-3-) flowered 

 fascicles along a grooved and hairy rhachis ; pedicels filiform, ^-\ in. 

 long ; bracts y^-g in. long, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Calyx J^ in. 

 long, hairy ; teeth about as long as the tube, linear, acute, ciliate. 

 Corolla ^-\ in. long. Pods g-| by yL—^ iu., straight, indented on both 

 sutures, more so on the lower ; joints 3-6, rounded on both edges, as 



