LoureaJ] L. LEGTJMINOS.&. (J. G. Baker.) 155 



BIBMA, Wallich. DISTRIB. Malay isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



Stems csespitose, very slender, wide-trailing, pubescent. Petiole -f in. ; leaflets 

 membranous, pale green, as broad as long, truncate or rounded at the apex, pale 

 green, not clouded, glabrous above, 3 | in. long. Racemes very lax, reaching 6-0 in. 

 long ; pedicels as long as the calyx, pubescent, cernuous, rarely geminate. Calyx 

 downy, finally f- in. long. Corolla twice the flowering-calyx. Joints 4-5, 

 glabrous. 



4. Zi. campaxmlata, Benth. PL Jungh. 215 ; leaflets 3 rarely 1 obovate- 

 oblong downy beneath, racemes copiously panicled. Uraria campanulata, Wall. 

 Cat. 5685. 



AVA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Erect, with the habit of a Desmodium. Stems firm, slender, finely downy. Pe- 

 tioles -f in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above, pale green, reticulato- 

 venose below ; end one 2-3 in. long, obtuse, with a cuneate base ; side ones much 

 smaller. Racemes 4-6 in. long, forming copious terminal panicles, with densely pu- 

 bescent rachises ; pedicels JT in.~, curved. Calyx ^--^ in., densely pubescent. Corolla 

 twice flower- calyx. Joints '2 -3, pubescent. 



' i; 7, v ~'.;'> '^"A, Desv. 



Suffruticose perennials. Lean-* ttipellate, with 1 to 9 leaflets. Flowers 

 very numerous, minute, racemose. Calyx-tiibe very short; two upper teeth 

 short ; three lower usually elongated, setaceous. Standard broad ; wings ad- 

 hering to -the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary ses- 

 sile or short-stalked, few-ovuled ; style infiexed filiform, stigma terminal. Pod 

 of 2-6 small turgid 1-seedecl indehiscent joints, often placed face to face. Dis- 

 TPxiB. Species all here included. 



* Upper leaves 5-9-foliolate. 



1. tT u picta, Desv.; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets linear clouded, pedicel 

 clothed with IUM-<; bristles. Wall. Cat. 5674 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 221 ; Dak. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. Go. J)oodia picta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 368. Hedysarum pictum, 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 567 ; Roxb. Jlort. Benq. 57. U. linearis, Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 

 349. 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLO^, ascending to 6000 ft. in the north-west. DISTEIB. Tropical 

 Africa, Malay isles, Philippines. 



An_ erect little-branched suffruticose perennial, 3-6 ft. high. Stems robust, finely 

 downy. Petioles 1-2 in. ; leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous above, 

 reticulato-venulose, minutely pubescent below, 4-8 in. long, J-l in. broad ; lowest 

 simple, round or oblong. Flowers in dense cylindrical racemes, | 1 ft. long, f-| in. 

 broad ; bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly ciliated ; upper lanceolate, 

 lower ovate acuminate ; pedicels ^-| in., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. 

 Corolla purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polished, often whitish. 



Desv. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets oblong not clouded, pe- 

 dicels dotlitMl with lonir bristles. Wall. Cat. 5675. U. picta, Wight Ic. t. 411, 

 nonDcsv. U. comosa, DC. Prodr. ii. 324. Hedysarum crinitura, Linn. ; Burm. 

 Fl. Ind. 169, t. 56 ; Ito.vl). Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia crinita, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 

 369. 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and SIAM, ascending to 9000 ft. in the north-west. Dis- 

 TBIB. China, Malay isles. 



General habit of the last. Upper leaves 3-7-foliolate ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, 

 smooth above, paler, reticulato-venose beneath, 4-6 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, much 

 rounded at the base. Racemes dense, reaching above a foot long, 1-1^- in. thick; 



