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upper teeth short; three lower usunlly ehongated, setaceous. Standard 

 broad; wings adhering to the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, few-ovuled ; style 

 inflexed filiform, stigma terminal. Pod of 2-6 small turgid 1-seeded 

 indeliisceiit joints, often placed face to face. Species 15, S.-E. Asiatic. 

 Stems erect, lieads Ion g^ cylindric; npper leaves 5-9-foliolate, 

 leaflets much longer- tlian broad : — 



Leaflets narrowly lanceolate, cloaded above, pedicels clothed 

 with short bristles, joints of pod polished g-labrons ... 1. U. picta. 



Leaflets oblong, green above, pedicels clothed Avith long 

 bristles, joints of pod dull pnberulons ... .. 2. J7. crinita. 



Stems trailing heads short oblong,- leaves 1-foliolate and 3- 

 foliolate intermixed, leaflets not much longer tlian broad ... 3. U. lagopoides. 



1. Uharia picta Desv. Journ. Bot. I, 123 t. 5 f. 19. An erect 

 little-branched suffruticose perennial 3-6 feet high, with stout finely 

 downy stem.s '5 in. or more in diam. at base. Leaves lO-l'^ in. long, 

 lachis finely downy; leaflets terminal and in 2-4 opposite pairs, linear- 

 lanceolate, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous clouded with white above, 

 finely reticulate veined and minutely pubescent beneath, 4-8 in. long 

 •3-'6 in. wide; petiole 2-2'5 in. long, stipules lanceolate long-acuminate 

 from a broad base "5 in. long with parallel veins, stipels subulate '2 in. 

 long; the lowest leaves simple or 3-foliolate, round or oblong. Bacemes 

 in dense cylindric beads 6-12 in. long, '65-'75 in. broad ; bracts brown 

 scariose deciduous, upper lanceolate lower ovate-acuminate ; pedicels 

 •25-35 in. long, covered with short bristles, abruptly incurved at the tip 

 after flowering. Calyx 2 in. long. Goi'olla purple, exserted, '3 in. long 

 Pod glabrous, j^ale lead-coloured, jaints 3-6, smooth polished, '13 in. 

 long -1 in. wide, compressed. DC. Prodr. II, 324 ; Wall. Cat. 5674 ; 

 ^liq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 267 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 155. U. linearis 

 Has.sk. PI. Jav. Bar. 349. Hedysarum pict^im Jacq. Ic. t. 567 ; Boxb. 

 Hort Beng 57. Boodia picta Boxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 368. 



Perak; Scortechini! Prov. Wellesley ; Ridley 69681 Nicobaks ; 

 Kauiorta, Kurz ! Distrib. India ; ludo-China ; Malay Islands. 



2. Uraria crinita Uesv. Journ. Bot. I, 123. An erect little- 

 branched perennial 3-8 feet high, with stout finely downy stems '75 in. 

 or more in diam. at base. Leaves 8-15 in. long, rachis sparingly puber- 

 ulous, leaflets terminal and in 2-3 opposite pairs, ovate-oblong acute, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, green above, finely reticulate-veined and minute- 

 ly tomentose beneath, 3-4 in. long, 1-1*5 in. wide, base rounded; petiole 

 3-4 in. long, stipules lanceolate acuminate '6 in. long, puberulous ; 

 stipels lanceolate '15 in. long; the lowest leaves simple or trifoliolate, 

 ovate or subcordate. Racemes in dense cylindric heads 8-18 in. long, 

 1-1"5 in. broad; bracts scariose deciduous ovate-acuminate, ciliate ; 



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