156 L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Uraria. 



lower pedicels -f in. long with spreading bristles 3-4 times their thickness ; bracts 

 distinctly ciliated. Calyx-segments- densely plumose. Corolla purplish, in. long. 

 Joints 4-6, opaque. 



* Leaves 1- and 3-foliolate intermixed. 



3. U. lagopoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 324; steins trailing, leaflets small 

 orbicular or uMouo-. heads short dense oblong-cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elon- 

 gated. W. $ A. 1'rodr. 222, non WalL Iledysarmn lagopoides, Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 68, t. 53, fig. 2. U. retusa, WalL Cat. 5680. Doodia lagopodioides, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 366. Lespedeza la-opoides, Pers. Ench. ii. 308. U. haruosa, WalL Cat. 

 5681, A., non W. # A. 



Tropical zone. NIPAL and BEXGAL to AVA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, China, Poly- 

 nesia, N. Australia. 



Stems densely csespitose, woody, slender, pubescent. Petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets many, 

 of both kinds, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, glabrous above, finely 

 downy below. Heads always simple, very dense, 1-2, rarely 3 in. long, under 1 in. 

 thick; bracts subpersistent, distinctly ciliated; pedicels densely crinite, not longer 

 than calyx. Calyx - in. ; lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. Corolla scarcely 

 exserted. Joints 1-2, brown, polished, finely pxibescent. U. cercifolia, Desv. ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 325, is probably a form of this with a single leaflet. 



4. U. lag opus, DC. Prodr. ii. 324; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not 

 cordate, heads long dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Iledysarum 

 arboreum, Don Prodr. 243^ Uraria arboreum, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 287. U. 

 lagopodioides, Wall. Cat. 5676, non DC. U. alopecuroides, Wight Ic. t. 290. 

 Doodia alopecuroides, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 368. U. hamcsa, Wall. Cat. 5681 C. 

 Hedysarmn alopecuroides, Roxb. Sort. Bcny. 57. 



PUNJAB, along the Himalayas to ASSAM and AVA, ascending to 6000 ft. in 

 SIMLA. 



An erect undershrub, reaching 10-12 ft., with slender woody densely pubescent 

 branches. Leaves usually all 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above, reticulato- 

 venose, finely downy below; end leaflet 2-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad. Racemes copi- 

 ous, both terminal and axillary, resembling those of U. crinita, reaching 6-9 in. by 

 1-1 i in.; bracts deciduous; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, densely crinite. Calyx 

 -i in. Corolla purple, little exserted. Joints 2-6, dark or pale, dull or polished. 



5. TJ. repanda, WalL Cat. 5677 ; stems erect, leaffets- large cordate-ovate, 

 heads dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Benth. PL Junyh. 213. 



BIRMA, Wallich. 



General habit of the last, to which it is closely allied. Pubescence of branches 

 shorter. Leaves simple and trifoliolate intermixed, the side leaflets of the latter much 

 smaller than the end one, which is subobtuse or subacute, deeply produced at the base. 

 Racemes 2-4- in. by |-f in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate, distinctly ciliated, not deciduous ; 

 pedicels densely crinite, shorter than the calyx. Calyx \ in. ; lower teeth long, 

 setaceous, -plumose. Joints 2, polished, glabrous, brownish-drab. 



<!.- T Itpmosa, WalL Cat. 5681 J?; steins erect, leaflets large oblong not 

 cordate, raceire,s long lax cylindrical, lower calyx teeth not elongated. W. $ 

 A. Prodr. 222 ; Wi<jld Ic.\. 284. Hedysarmn hamosum, Ro.rb. Hort. Seng. 

 57. Doodia hainosa, Ro.rb. Fl. Ind. iii. 307. U. lanceolata and desmodioides, 

 Grali. in Wall, Cat. 5682, 5683. U. leptostachya, WalL Cat. 5684. Desmodium 

 Horsiieldii and dasyphylium, Miq. FL Ind. Jiat. i. 251-3. 



HIMAIATAS to CEttoir, JBiEMAH and PEGI^ ascending in SIKKIM to 4000ft. DIS- 

 TRIB. Malay isles. 



Branches woody, slender, shortly pubescent. Leaves similar in texture to those of 

 all the preceding, sometimes all simple, the end one obtuse, broadly rounded at the 



