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large lanceolate, flowers in long erect racemes, purple or violet, 

 pod of about 6 irregular joints beaked, divided on the lower 

 suture. Kdkydiy'a, ghorachijibh. 

 Common and easily recognizable. 



2. D. gangeticum. A shrubby plant with irregularly angled 

 stems covered with rigid white hairs, leaves broad ovate, rather 

 cordate, stipules and bracts triangular long- pointed, flowers in 

 long racemes violet, pod about 6-jointed deeply divided. 

 Sdlwan, sdlparni, dai. 



Bombay and S. Konkan, over a great part of India (ff.). He has a 

 large and a small variety. 



* D. latifolium, very like this, but leaves broader, ronghish, raceme 

 dense, shorter, pod crenate on one side, deeply divided on the other. 

 Konkan Hills, (D. and G.). 



3. D. dijfusum. A tall, straggling herb, all hairy, the stem 

 and branches variously angled, leaflets oval or obovate, stipules 

 leafy auricled and stem clasping, bracts similar but smaller, 

 flowers very small, red, long stalked on very long racemes, pod 

 of about 6 joints, rough and hairy. 



This is not in D. or G., but is found in both Konkans, and is common 

 at Nasik. H. calls the flowers the smallest of all the 49 Indian 

 species In general appearance it much resembles Alysicarpua 

 vaginalis. 



4. D. triflorum, small, creeping, stem and calyx very hairy, 

 leaflets roundish or obcordate, flowers 3 together in the axils, 

 purple, pod about 6-jointed, slightly curved, hairy. Rdnmethi. 



Very common. Everywhere in the plains of India (H.]. 



* D. umbellatum. A tall shrub, leaflets broad oblong, flowers white, 

 6 to 12 together in umbels, pod about 4-jointed with thick margins, 

 indented on both edges. S.E. of Suratand near Belgaum (D. and G.). 

 D. cephalotes (D. congestum, D.). Shrubby, branches angular, leaflets 

 oval lanceolate, st,ipu!es large, flowers whitish in crowded heads or 

 umbels, pod about 5-jointed, slightly indented. The Konkan. D. 

 laxiftorum, a small shrub, leaflets oval, flowers very pretty in 2's or 

 3's on long racemes, wings and keel blue, standard white, pod very 

 thin, thickened at the joints, not indented. Jangli ganga. Not in D. 

 S. Konkan. D. polycarpum. Stout plant, half shrubby, leaflets ovate 

 or obovate, petiole slightly winged, flowers bluish-purple in crowded 

 conical racemes, pod about 6-jointed, straight on one side, deeply 

 notched on the other. Dapoli. Near Penn and Earn Ghaut (!>.). 

 Everywhere in the plains of India (H.). He has a var. with large 

 bracts. D. parviflorum (Alysicarpus p. J).). Erect or diffuse, leaves 

 oblong or trifoliate, flowers pink in long racemes, each flower 

 nearly hidden in a large deciduous bract, pod falcate about 5-jointed. 

 Vingorla. Fonda Ghaut (D.). *D. reniforme, slender, creeping, smooth, 



