XLVni. LWil'MTXiiS/E. 357 



and densely fulvous-hairy beneath ; petiolules ^^"s ^^- l""g> densely 

 fulvous-hairy ; stipels subulate, hairy. Flowers in terminal and 

 axillary racemes sometimes reaching 1 ft. long, arranged in (usually) 

 2-flo\vered fascicles along a hairy rhachis ; pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx, hairy ; bracts linear-subulate, hairy, longer than the calyx ; 

 bi*acteoIes minute, hairy. Calyx i in. long, densely hairy ; teeth 

 triangular, as long as the tube. Corolla i in. long, purple. Pods h-j 

 by jrj-^ in., straight, slightly indented on the upper, more deeply so on 

 the lower suture ; joints 4-6, about as broad as long, densely clothed 

 with hooked hairs, the upper edge straight, the lower rounded. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 168 (exclud. syn. D. virgatum, Zoll.) ; Grab. 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; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 82. — Flowers : July-Sept. 



KoNKAN : hilly places, Graham ; moiet forests, Talbot ; Mira hills near Pen, 

 Dalzell ^ Gibson. Deccan : Bowdhan, 8 miles W. of Poona, Kanitkar ! Kanaea : 

 mom forests of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Oeylon, Tropical 

 Africa, Malay Islands, Philippines. 



11. Desmodium reniforme, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 327. A. 

 slender plant ; stem reaching 18 in. long, very slender, pale, glabrous. 

 Leaves 1-foliolate ; petioles |-| in. long, slender, glabrous ; stipules 

 scarious, ^ in. long, lanceolate, striate. Leaflets broader than long, 

 v-f by f-l:| ill., reniform, glabrous on both surfaces, reticulately veined ; 

 main nerves 3-4 pairs ; petiolule -gV i^- ^oug, slightly thickened ; stipels 

 subulate. Flowers in racemes which are usually terminal, or a few 

 flowers solitary or 2 together fascicled in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels 

 filiform ; bracts scarious, lanceolate, striate. Calyx -ji^^ in. long, 

 glabrous ; teeth triangular, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla ^-^ in. 

 long. Pods ^-| by -g- in., the upper suture straight, the lower slightly 

 indented ; joints 3-5, longer than broad, glabrous, reticulately veined. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 173; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 67. Hedysarum reniforme, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) p. 1051 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 52, fig. 1. 



This has been included on the authority of Dalzell ^' Gibson (Bomb. Fl. 1. c), who 

 state that it is common in subalpine jungles. It does not seem, however, to have been 

 found by any other collectors and there are no specimens from the Bombay Presidency 

 in Herb. Kew. — Distrib. India (E. Himalayas, Prome, Ava, W. Peninsula) ; Java. 



12. Desmodium rotundifoliumj Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 



(1876) p. 172 {not of Wall.). An erect much-branched herb 6-18 in. 

 high ; stem and branches terete, slender. Leaves 1 -foliolate ; petioles 

 J-i in. long, filiform ; stipules i in. long, lanceolate-cuspidate. Leaflets 

 orbicular, |-1 in. long, as broad as long, very shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous above, appressedly hairy beneath ; nerves inconspicuous ; 

 petiolules -^ in. long ; stipels subulate. Flowers in terminal and 

 axillary lax racemes, at first short, afterwards elongating and reaching 

 3-5 in. long, the lower flowers in distant pairs, the upper solitary, along 

 a slender rhachis ; pedicels ascending, |-| in. long, filiform : bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, striate, at first concealing the buds, falling after the 

 flowers develop. Calyx i in. long, hairy ; tube very short ; teeth 

 subulate, 3 times as long as the tube, ciliate with long hairs. Corolla 

 exserted, \ in. long, pink. Pods \-\ by -^^ in., falcate, the lower suture 

 slightly indented ; joints 3-6, as broad as long, somewhat turgid, re- 



