350 XLYIII. LEGUx\lI>OS^. 



(1898) p. 143 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 70 ; AVoodr. iu Jouru. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 423. Uechisarum triquetrum, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 746. 

 Hedysanmi alatum, Koxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 348. — Flowers: Sept .-Dec. 

 Veen. Kcilr/angd. 



KoNKAN : Stocks'. ; Malabar Hill (Bombay), Graham ; Salsette, Graham ; Matheran, 

 Covke\; Poladpur, Woodrotvl Dec can: Koosgaon near Karkala, IVoodrowl; Panch- 

 gani, IVoodrow ! S. M. Codntuy : Castlerock, Cooke ! Kanaka : moist foreats of 

 N. Kanara from the coast inwards, Talbot. 



9. Desmodium gangeticum, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 327. 

 An undershrub 2-4 ft. bigh ; stems irregularly angled, glabrescent ; 

 branches angled, clothed with appressed white hairs. Leaves 1-folio- 

 late ; petioles |-| in. long ; stipules scarious, ^-5 in. long, linear- 

 subulate, striate at the base. Leaflets membranous, 3^-5 b}' l|-2^ in., 

 ovate-obloDg, acute or slightly acuminate, the margins somewhat waved, 

 glabrous and green above, paler and clothed with dense soft whitish 

 appressed hairs beneath, reticulately veined, base rounded, truncate or 

 eubcordate ; main nerves 8-12 pairs ; petiolules j^ in. long, hairy ; 

 etipels ^ in. long, subulate. Flowers in copious ascending terminal and 

 axillary racemes 6-12 in. long, arranged in few-flowered fascicles along 

 a slender pubescent somewhat angular rhachis ; pedicels ^-| in. long, 

 filiform, pubescent ; bracts subulate, j^-g in. long ; bracteoles minute. 



■ Calyx Y^^- iu. long, hairy ; teeth triangular, longer than the campanulate 

 tube. Corolla ^ in. long, violet or white ; standard g in. broad, cuneate 

 at the base. Pods subfalcate, ^-| by -y^^ ^^•' deeply indented on the 

 lower, slightly indented on the upper edge ; joints G-8, longer than 

 broad, indehiscent, sparsely clothed with minute hooked hairs, the lower 

 edge rounded, the upper straight. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 168 ; Grah. Cat. 

 p. 49; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 66; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 51; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 70; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423; AVatt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 82. — Flowers : May-July. Vebn. Sdlvan ; 

 Sdlpami. 



Konkan: Stocks]; Malabar Hill (Bombay), Graham; near Pen, Balzell ^~ Gibson. 

 Deccan : Bowdhan near Poena, Woodrow, Kanitkar ! ; Kolapur, Cooke I S. M. 

 CoUNTEY : Belgaum, Ritchie, 1U33 ! Kanaka: moist forests of N. Kanara, Talbot. — 

 DiSTEiB. India (Himalayas to Pegu) ; Ceylon, Tropical Africa, Malay Islands, 

 Philippines, China. 



Vab. maculatum, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 168. Dwarf, a 

 few inches (rarely 1 ft.) high. Leaflets rounded, cordate, |-1| in. long, 

 green blotched with paler spots. D. maculatum (sp.), DC. Prodr. v. 2, 

 p. 327. Hedysarum maculatum, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 746. Hedysarum 

 humile {cappandis folio maculaio\ Dill. Hort. Elth. (1732) p. 170, 1. 141, 

 fig. 168. 



Rare. Belgaum, Ritchie, 1033 !— Distrib. India (Rohilkhand, Upper Bengal). 



10. Desmodium latifolium, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 328. An 

 erect undershrub 3-6 ft. high ; branches terete, spreading, densely 

 clothed with short fulvous hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate; petioles g-| in. 

 long, densely fulvous-hairy ; stipules cordate-ovate at the base, long- 

 acuminate, hairy, cihate. Leaflets l|-4 by I5-3I in., broadly ovate or 

 suborbicular, obtuse or subacute, mucronate, densely ciliate with short, 

 fulvous hairs, finely hairy above, densely so and reticulately veined 

 beneath, base cordate or truncate ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, conspicuous 



