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visible on both surfaces, cross-nervation slightly visible beneath ; 

 stipels subulate '2 in. long ; stipules linear subpersistent •25 in. long. 

 Inflorescence in copious ascending terminal and axillary racemes 6-12 

 in. long, or 30-40 rather close-set few-fid. fascicles ; bracts and bracteoles 

 minute setaceous ; rachis adpressed-puberulous as are the fastigiate 

 pedicels •2-*25 in. Calyx finely pubescent, '08 in., teeth lanceolate longer 

 than campanula te tube. Corolla white, '15 in. long. Pod subfalcate, 

 *5-'75 in. long, 'I in. across, 6-8-jointed, indented on upper suture, joints 

 indehiscent slightly longer than broad, minutely puberulous with hooked 

 hairs. Wall. Cat. 5689 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 247 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 225; Wight, Ic. 271 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 168. B. latifolium 

 Wight. Ic. t. 272 not t. 270. Hedysanmi gangeticum Linn. Sp. PI, 

 746; Ro'xb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 349. H. collinum Roxb. Flor. Ind. ill, 349. 

 Penang ; Pinara Bukit, Curtis 2771 ! Nicobars ; Teressa, etc., 

 Jelinek 233 ! King's Collectors ! 



13. Desmodium viRGATUM Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 58. 

 A slender andersbrub 1-4 feet high with angled adpressed-pubescent 

 stems and branches. Leaves 4-6 in. long, l-foliolate. petiole '25 in. long 

 channelled above, densely rusty-tomentose ; membranous or subcoria- 

 ceoas, pale-green glabrous above, adpressed-puberulous beneath ; ovate- 

 acute, base rounded or truncate, margin slightly sinuate, 3-5 in. long 1-2 

 in. wide, lateral nerves 8-9 pairs sliglitly visible on both suifaces ; 

 stipels subulate '2 in. long; stipules short triangular, '15 in. long. 

 Inflorescence in copious ascending terminal and axillary racemes 3-8 in. 

 long, of 20-30 close-set few-fld. fascicles ; bracts and bracteoles minute 

 setaceous, rachis densely rusty-tomentose; pedicels very short, "08 in., 

 glabrescent. Calyx glabrescent, '08 in., teeth lanceolate longer than 

 campanulate tube. (7oroZ/a pale-pink, '2 in. long. PocZ subfalcate, '5-*75 

 in. long, '1 in. across, 6-8-jointed, indented or upper suture, joints in- 

 dehiscent as long as broad, densely clothed with short hooked liairs. 

 Zoll., Flora (1847) 697. D. latifolium. var. virgatum Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 247. D. gangeticum var. acuminatum Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 248. D. latifolium Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 168, in part, hardly 

 of DC. 



Perak ; Batu Kuran, Scortechini 1594 ! Distrib. Chittagong, 

 Burma, Java. 



This has the habit and foliage of D. gangeticum, but in flowers and especially 

 in fruits, it more resembles D. latifolium to which indeed Miquel and Baker have 

 referred it. 



SuBGBN. 5. Pteroloma Desv. Shrubs with l-foliolate leaves and 

 winged petioles. Flowers racemose, bracts minute and keel acute. 



14. Desmodium triquetrum DC Prodr. II, 326. A shrub with 



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