358 XLVIII. LEGUMINOS^. 



ticulatelv veined, the upper suture straight, tlie lower rounded. Woodr. 

 in Jourii. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 423. 



Dalzell (MS. in Herb. Kew.) places this plant in the geuus Alysi- 

 carjnis, but though the pods are somewhat turgid aud resemble the pods 

 of that genus, the calyx is not glumaceous and the corolla is considerably 

 exserted. 



Deccan : Maliableshwar, very common, Cooke ! ; Koosgaou near Karkala, Kanitkar \ 

 S. M. CouxTRY : Belgaum districts, Ritchie, 288 I — Distrib. Apparently endemic. 



13. Desmodium parviflorum, Baher., in Hool-. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 



(1876) p. 172. Herbaceous, erect, much-branched ; stems numerous, 

 pale, 1-2 ft. long, glabrous at the base, clothed with spreading fulvous 

 hairs in the upper part. Leaves 1- and 3-foliolate intermixed ; petioles 

 of the 1-foliolate leaves |-| in., those of the 3-foliolate ones J-| in. 

 long ; stipules | in. long, ovate, produced into a long acicular point. 

 Leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, mucronate, glabrous above, 

 appressedly hairy beneath, base subcordate (the terminal 1-2 by ^-| in., 

 the lateral when present ^| by ^-f in.); petiolules short. Flowers in 

 lax, usually terminal racemes, the lower flowers in pairs, the upper 

 solitary along a slender hairy rhachis ; pedicels filiform, |-| in. long, 

 hairy ; bracts | in. long, lanceolate-cuspidate. Calyx ^ in. long, hairy, 

 divided almost to the base : teeth subulate, ciliate. Corolla not or very 

 slightly exserted. Pods falcate, |— |- by yV "^-i both sutures indented, 

 the lower the deeper ; joints 4-6, rounded on both edges, reticulately 

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

 Alysicarpus parvijlorus, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 211 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 65. 



This plant forms a connecting link between the genera Alysicarpus 

 and Desmodium and might with equal reason be placed in either. The 

 corolla is scarcely if at all exserted and the calyx is not glumaceous. 



Eare. Konkan : Stocks !, Balzell ! Deccan : Phunda Ghat near Kolhapur, 

 Dalzell cf- Gibson. S. M. Country : Belgaum, Bitchie, 184 ! — Distrib. India 

 (Anamallay hills). 



14. Desmodium gyrans, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 326. An 

 erect undershrub 2-4 ft. high ; branches slender, grooved, the 

 young ones pubescent. Leaves 1-3-foliolate ; petioles |-1 in. long, 

 sparsely hairy ; stipules scarious, -^ in. long, lanceolate, caducous. 

 Leaflets subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous above, more 

 or less silky-pubescent beneath (the terminal 1-2| by |-| in., the 

 lateral |-| by i- i in.) ; petiolules -J- in. long ; stipels linear-subulate. 

 Flowers in lax terminal and axillary racemes (the terminal often pani- 

 cled), elongating after flowering ; pedicels g— ^ in. long, downy ; bracts 

 large, ovate, acuminate, striate, completely concealing the flowers in 

 bud, falling as the flowers develop. Calyx membranous, campanulate, 

 ■^ in. long, glabrous : teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 5 in. long, pink ; standai'd broadly obovate or suborbicular, -^ in. broad, 

 with a short cla«'. Pods 1^-1 1 by -^ in., slightly falcate, deliiscing 

 along the ventral suture which is slightly indented ; joints 5-10, in- 

 conspicuous, rather broader than long, hairy, reticulately veined, the 

 upper suture straight, the lower rounded. The two lateral leaflets move 

 spontaneouslv bv jerks ; hence the name. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 174 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 49 ; Wight, Icon. t. 294 ; Taubert, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflauzenf. 



