Order $2. Leguininosa. Si 



leaflets 5 to 7 pair, ovate or obovate, with petioles and stipels, 

 flowers in long slender racemes, pod linear narrow, bulging at the 

 seeds. At Belgaum with large rose-coloured, and in the Bangs with 

 pale yellow flowers. Mundulea ; standard long-clawed, wings 

 adhering to the keel. * M. suberosa (Tclphrosia s., D.). Small tree 

 or shrub, leaflets 6 to 10 pair, oblong or lanceolate, flowers rose- 

 colonred in close silky racemes, pod long, straight, thin with 

 thickened border. Supi, supti. Belgaum districts (D. and (?.) 

 N. Konkan, Lisboa. 



(d) HEDYSARE.E. 



11. TAVERNIERA. 



T. nummularia (T. cuneifolia, D.). A smooth, stiff under- 

 shrub with soft green stems and branches, and small broad oval 

 veinless leaves or leaflets ; flowers 2 or 3 together, nearly sessile 

 or in racemes, pink, striped ; pod covered with soft bristles. 

 Jetimad. 



Deccan, Kattywar, Sind. The root said to be used as a substitute 

 for liquorice. I have seen the shrub so eaten down by cattle that a 

 perfect leaf could not be found. 



12. GEISSAPSIS. 



G. cristata. A trailing plant, leaflets small obovate, stipules 

 adnate, flowers small orange and brown, each with a large 

 roundish bract edged with stiff brown hairs; joints of pods 

 roundish. BarM. (See also Zornia.) 



Common, growing in grass ; a noticeable plant, though small. 



13. ALHAGI. 



A. maurorum. Camel thorn. A low shrub with green 

 branches and strong hard thorns, one to each leaf ; leaves 

 sessile oblong or obovate, rather fleshy, flowers small, red or 

 purple, in short racemes ending in a bristly point, joints of pod 

 irregular. Jawds, kds, yavdsd. 



Very common in Guzerat and Sind, less so elsewhere; used f->r 

 making tatties. It grows in the deserts of most eastern countries, 

 and an exudation from the leaves and branches is made into the 

 Persian manna of commerce. The English name is due to camels 

 eating it regardless of the thorns. 



14. ZORNIA. 



Z. Dipliylla (Z. angustifolia and Z. zeylonensis, D.). A small 

 diffuse plant; leaflets one pair, oblong lanceolate at the 

 end of a long stalk, stipules large ; flowers small, yellow, with 

 red spot at the base of the standard, nearly hidden in the ovate 



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