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pedicels 45-*65 in. long, covered with long spreading bristles, abruptly 

 incurved at the tip after flowering. Calyx '2 in. long, teeth sparingly 

 plumose. Corolla pale-purple, "3 in. long. Pod puberulous, joints 4-6, 

 black, dull, '13 in. long, '1 in. wide, compressed. DC. Prodr. II, 324; 

 Wall. Cat. 5675; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 268; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. II, 155. U. comosa DC Prodr. II, 324. U. picta Wight, Ic t. 

 411, not of Desv. Hedysarum crinituni Linn. Mant. I, 102; Burm. Flor, 

 Ind. 169 t. 56 ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia crinita Roxb. Flor. Ind. 

 Ill, 369. 



Pahang ; Renchong, etc. Ridley! . Perak ; Thaipeng, Scortecliini 

 71 ! Sunga Ryah, Kunstler 1011 ! Malacca; Maiugay 527 ! Singapore] ; 

 EnlleU 49! Ridley 8110! Distrib. India, Indo-China, China, Malay 

 Islands. 



3. Uraria lagopoides DC. Prodr. II, 324. A tufted woody peren- 

 nial with slender trailing pubescent much branched stems 1-3 feet long. 

 Leaves I' 5-2 in., Ydchis pubescent; leaflets solitary, or a terminal and 

 one pair of opposite leaflets, oblong rhomboid or rounded, base rounded 

 truncate or at times cordate, thickly membranous, green glabrous above, 

 finely reticulate- veined, pubescent beneath, 1-2 in. long •75-1 in. wide ; 

 lateral pair of leaflets when present always much smaller than terminal; 

 petiole •5-'75 in.; stipules lanceolate '2 in.; stipels subulate small. 

 Racemes in short dense simple oblong heads, 1-2*5 in. long, '8 in. wide ; 

 bracts subpersistent distinctly ciliated, '3 in. long; pedicels densely 

 crinite, '15 in. long. Calyx '12 in., lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. 

 Corolla pale-purple, 2 in. long. Pods glabrous, joints thick, reticulate, 

 •15 in. long, "08 in. wide, compressed. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1,1^68; 

 Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. 156. U. retusa Wall. Cat. 5680. Hedysarum 

 lagopodioides Linn. Sp. PL 1198. H. lagopoides Burm. Fl. Ind. 68, t. 

 63, f. 2. Lespedeza lagopoides Pers. Synops. II, 308. Doodia lagopodioides 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind.III, 366. 



Pahang ; Ridley 2594 ! Perak ; Scortecliini 13 ! Prov. Welleslet ; 

 Ridley ^QiXO ! Andamans; King's Collectors ! Distrib. India; Indo-China; 

 China ; Malay Islands. 



39. LouREA Neck. 



Herbs. Leaves membranous, stipellate, 1-3-foliolate. Flowers in 

 terminal simple or panicled racemes. Caylx membranous, accrescent, 

 the lanceolate teeth as long as tlie campanulate tube. Corolla equalling 

 or exceeding the calyx ; standard broad ; keel obtu.se. St- mens di- 

 adelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, 

 stigma capitate. Pod of about 4 small distinct 1-seoded smooth reined 

 joints, included in the calyx. Species 4 ; all originally East Indim. 



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