Desmodium.~\ L. LEGUMINOSJ:. (J. G. Baker.) 163 



rounded at the base. Racemes 4-6 in. long in the specimens seen; bracts 1-1 in. 

 long, orbicular, not oblique, obtuse, emarginate, thinner in texture than in the other 

 two and dissimilar to the leaves ; umbels 2-3-floweml ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx in. ; teeth deltoid, two upper connate, lowest lanceolate. Corolla ^ ^ in. 

 Joints of pod 2-3, downy, in. long. 



Sr!s<;i:x. 3. SHcerma, DC. A trailing- tmdei'shriib with small 3-foliolate 

 exstipullate leaves, minute bracts aud flowers in long racemes. 



0. X>. biarticulatum, Benth. MSS. Hedysaruin biarticulatum, Linn. ; 

 Ho.vb. Ft. Lid. iii. 359. Dicerma biarticulatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 339; Wall. 

 Cat. 5738 ; W. # A. Prodr. 230 j Wight Ic. t. 419. 



Plains of WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON and BIRMA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, N. 

 Australia. 



Stems slender, densely csespitose, ^-2 ft., glabrous or downy. Stipules scariose, 

 connate, 23 cleft ; petiole in. ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, pale green, subequal, 

 oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, subglabrous, f- in. long, nearly digitate. Racemes 

 peduncled, sublax, - ft., the lower flowers 2-4 together. Calyx scariose, sub- 

 glabrous, under ^ in. ; teeth exceeding the tube, the two upper connate. Corolla 2-3 

 times the calyx. Jjoints usually 2, rarely 1, round-oblong, pubescent, in. long, both 

 sutures deeply indented. 



Srr><;i:x. 1. Catenaria, Benth. Shrubs with woody branches, 3-foliolate 

 leaves, lonpr racemes, small bracts and long pendulous 'many-jointed pods. 



7. X. la&KrnifcIium, DC. Prodr. ii. 337. D. viticinmn, Watt. Cat. 

 5709. D. cateuiierum, Am. in Nov. Act. xviii. 321. Hedysarum laburnifolium, 

 Pair. Encyc. vi. 422. Catenaria laburnifolia, Benth. PL Jungh. 220. II. 

 caudatum, Thumb. Fl. Jap. 286 ? 



CENTRAL and EAST HIMALAYAS, tropical zone; KTTMAON to ASSAM and MISHMI, 

 ascending to 4000 ft. in SIKKIM ; CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay isles, China, Japan. 



A shrub, with slender terete branches, soon glabrescent. Stipules free, minute, se- 

 taceous ; petiole 1-H in., thickened, grooved down trfe face; leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, 2-4 in. Jfcg, rigidly subcoriaceous, shining above, hairy on ribs below. 

 Racemes - ft. ; Effncels J in., finally spreading. Calyx in. ; hairs adpressed ; 

 teeth lanceolate, aaftong as the tube, lowest linear. Corolla, whitish, -{ ^ in. Pod 2-3 

 in. long; joints 6-8, twice as long as broad, ^ t with minute hooked spreading 

 hairs. 



SFEGEX. 5. Fteroloma, Desv. SliiYl: \vith 1-foliolate leaves, winpred. 

 petioles, racemose flowers, minute bracts and acute keel. , 



8. . trJquetrum, 7)6*. Prodr. ii. 320; 'Wall. Cat. 5088 : W. $. A. 



Prodr. 221 : I^dz. $- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. D. amiculatum.pseiido-tiiquetrumand 

 alatuin, DC. l'>(\ cit. Hed^'sarum triquetnim, Lhtn.; Jtovb. Hort. Beny.nCt; 

 FL 2nd. iii. 347. II. alatuni, Roxb. FL Lid. iii. 348. Pteroloma triquetnuu. 

 Berth. PL Jungh. 220. 



CENTRAL and iksT HIMALAYAS, through India proper to CEYLON, ascending to 

 4000 ft. in RUMAON, SIKKIM and KHASIA. CHITTAGONG, TAVOY, PEGU. DISTRIB. 

 Seychelles, China, Philippines. 



Branches triquetrous, soon glabrescent. Leaflet ovate or lanceolate, reaching 6-8 iu. 

 long, acute, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous above, hairy on the ribs below; petiole 

 ^-1 in., with a wing on each side, like the leaflet in texture, | \ in. broad. Racemes 

 -1 ft. long, axillary and terminal ; pedicels ascending, - in. Calyx in., campa- 

 nulate ; upper teeth deltoid, lowest linear. Pod 1-2 in. long, 6-8-jointed, glabrous or 

 pubescent; joints nearly square . Joj^er s^uro fjUUlJy ^iilentcd. 



. 6. Desmor^um proper. Erect herbs or uudershrubs with 



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