Alysicarpus.'} L. LEGUMINOS.ZG. (J. Gr. Baker.) 159 



5. A . long-ifolius, W. $ A. Prodr. 233 ; pedicels short, calyx slightly 

 pubescent and ciliated, articulations of pod glabrous finely reticulato-venose. Wt. 

 Ic. t. 251 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 65. Hedysarum lono-ifolium,jRo^/. ; Spreny. 

 Si/st. iii. 319. H. bracteatum, Herb. Madr. A. vaginalis, Wall. Cat. 5763 B, 

 C in part. A. spicatus, Royle MSS. 



Plains, scattered throughout INDIA PROPER. 



Stems stout, ascending, subglabrous, reaching 4-5 ft. Leaflets oblong or lanceolate, 

 3-6 in. long, subcordate, ciliated on the veins below. Racemes moderately close, 

 77-1 ft. long, the flowers adpressed to the finely hairy rachis ; pedicels ^~ in. Calyx 

 ^ in. : teeth lanceolate, 4-5 times the length of the fitnnel-shaped plicate tube. Pod 

 4-6-jointed, usually exserted, in. broad, turgid, moniliform, marked only with a few 

 faint raised veins. 



0. ,& nag-osus, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 ; pedicels short, calyx ciliated, pod tur- 

 gid moniliform deeply transversely plicate included or little exserted. Hedysa- 

 rum ruprosum, Wllld. Sp. iii. 1173. A. Wallichii, W. $ A. Prodr. 234. A. 

 bupleurifolius, Wall. Cat. 5761 JB, F. A. vaginalis, Watt. Cat. 5763 C } ex parte. 

 A. glumaceus, Wall. Cat. 5764. A. glaber, E. Meyer Comm. 125. A. Iloch- 

 stetteri, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 209. 



HIMALAYAS (up to 4-5000 ft.) to CEYLOX and BIRMA. DISTRIB. Tropics of the 

 old world. Cape, W. Indies. 



Stems 1-2 ft., ascending, subglabrous. Leaflets 1-3 in. long, subglabrous below, 

 usually oblong, obtuse, 2-3 times as fe long as broad, rarely orbicular or linear -lanceolate. 

 Racemes dense, 14 in. long ; pedicels ~ ^ in. ; flower* adpressed to subglabrous rachis. 

 Calyx ^-f in., glabrous on the back ; teeth lanceolate, imieli imbricated, reaching dow r n 

 nearly to the base, minutely ciliated. Pod 3-5 -jointed, included, glabrous, ~g in. 

 broad ; joints rather broader than long, marked with ciosi-i prominent transverse 

 ribs. 



VAE. 1 . Heyneanus ; more robust, reaching 3-4 ft. high, stems and leaves below 

 permanently pubescent, leafl^s, large obovate-oblong, racemes longer often 4-6 in. not 

 so close, calyx shorter dliJ^Hlto^he edge only, pod ^ in. broad often exserted. A. 

 Heyneanus, W. $ A. Pr^^^flj^Sfhwaites Enum. 88. A. styrac4folius, Watt. Cat. 

 5770, non DC. HedysaM Hfe 1 "- Rxb. Hort. Seng. 56 : Fl. Ind. iii. 347. 



A. obovatus, Edgw. <3ti|B 45. Plains of Bundelcund, Western Peninsula 



and Ceylon. 



VAR. 2. styracifolius i'vBe, stems and leaves below finely pubescent, 



leaflets sniall oblong ol (A. pilifer, Wall.) lanceolate, racemes short dense 



calyx in. long co ted. pod -^ in. broad rarely exserted. A. styraci- 



folius, DC. Prodr. ii. 3.". .) : W. $ "A. Prodr. 234 ; Dalz. Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 



65. A. vaginalis, k- A. pilifer, Wall. Cat. 5765. A. scariosus, Grah. 



in Wall. Cat. 570ii i n. 88. Hedysarum glumaceum, Koen.inRoxb. Fl. 



Ind. iii. 2 17 If* 8 MSS. Ava and through India proper. 



VAR. 3. I-. ^^^^f distant 23 in. long, racemes reaching ^ ft. long the 



lower flower- long hairy not much ciliated. Habit of A. bupleuri- 



folius. A. ! t. -'^(J'lB F. A. bupleurifolius, Eoxb. Herb, non Cor. 

 Plains of .Bengal, 



7. A. tetrag'onolobus, JEdyiv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 312; Cat. Band. PL 



45 ; pedicels short, calyx pubescent densely ciliated, pod tetrag-onous nioniliforui 



'icate distinctly exserted. A. quadraugularis, Edgiu. MSS. 



I:XD, DECCAN and CONCAX. 



'^J^^^^^^EJ the small forms of A. rugosus. Stems slender, |-1 ft., finely 

 Ic. oblong or lanceolate, 1-1^- in., ciliated on the nerves beneath. 

 . . 2-3 in. long, the lower flowers 'in distant pairs ; pedicels in. Calyx 

 in., ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate, reaching down nearly to the base. Pod^-^ in. by 



