154 L. LEGUMJNOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) \_Pseudartltria. 



branous, indehiscent, continuous within, the sutures not at all indented. Dis- 

 TEIB. Species 5, the others African. 



1. P. viscida, W. $ A. Prodr. 209 ; Wight Ic. t. 286. Hedysarum visci- 

 dum, Linn. ; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 356. Desmodium viscidum, 

 DC. Prodr.il 336 ; WfjL Cat. 5698. Rhynchosia viscida, DC. Prodr. ii. 387. 

 Glycine viscida, WiUdtMtofgya Acta, iv. 208. Desmodium Leschenaultii, DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 336 ? 



Tropical zone, WKSTEK^^^^^^^HA and CEYLON, up to 3000 ft. DISTEIB. 

 Timor. 



Perennial, 2-3 : r stems, clothed with fine grey pubescence. 



Leaves petioled, ] sflets stipellate, membranous or subcoriaceous, 



green, obscurely i "nsely pubescent, rarely subglabrescent below ; 



end leaflet round-rnpmbpidal, .oUuse or acute, 2-4 in. long. Racemes axillary and 



terminal, someOj^M .'lowers distant, fascicled ; pedicels spreading, 3-4 



times the ininut - ; f in. long, 4^6-seeded, finely downy. 



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Neck. 



Herbs. Lrar> 1-3-foliolate. Flowers in terminal 



simple or panicled racemes. Ccly.c mer. !i; ^ :--. accrescent, the lanceolate teeth 

 as long as the camparitffate tube. Corolla equalling or exceeding- the calyx; 

 standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, stigma capitate. Pod of about 4 small dis- 

 tinct 1-seeded smooth veined joints, included in the calyx. All the species are 

 East Indian. 



1. Zi. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 5673 ; leaves 1-foliolate, nearly twice as 

 broad as long, racemes copiously panicled. JBenth. PI. Jungh. 215. 



AVA. ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallicli. 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy. Leaves 2^3 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, gla- 

 brous ; lobes spreading, rounded at the point, 4-o-nerved, base subcordate, apex rounded 

 or slightly emarginate ; petiole nearly as long as the blade. Racemes 13, forming 

 copious terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels pubescent, cernuotis, sometimes 

 geminate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx slightly downy, finally |-4 in. Joints 

 downy. 



2. ., TTs-r-.pei'tSlicmis, Desv. ; DC. Prod. ii. 323 ; leaflete 1 rarely 3 

 giabi-ous 4-0 liiurH a,-: ouni'i M^ lonir, racemes simple or slightly panicled. W. 4'' 

 A. Prodr. 221; Wiylit ic. t. 285; 'Wcdl. Cat. 5671. Hedysarum Vespertilionis, 

 Linn. ; Hoxb. Hort. Seng. 57 ; FL Ind. iii. 352. 



Common in waste places throughout India. DISTEIB. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, often planted. 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy upwards.' Petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets rigidly 

 subcoriaceous, green, clouded usually with white, the end one 2-3 in. broad, ^ in. 

 long, with two linear or lanceolate spreading or slightly ascending 2-3-nerved halves ; 

 apex bristle-tippecl, broadly emarginate ; side leaflets, if present, much smaller, ob- 

 liquely obversely deltoid. Racemes 3-6 in. long ; pedicels pubescent, shorter than 

 the calyx; lower geminate. Calyx finally - f in. long. Corolla not exserted. 

 Joints 4^-5. 



j. obcordata, Desv.: DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets 3 Jarely 1 pilose 

 beneath uu thc j veLj.s, .-i-ruhml roundish or obversely deltoid, racemes usually 

 simple. Hedysarum otxeordatum, Poir. Diet. Sujjpl. ii. 425. H. reniforme-, 

 Lour. Fl. Coch. 447. L. rem'ibrmis, DC. Joe. cit. L. microphylla, Wall. Cat. 

 5672. Desmodium prseinorsum, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5703. 



