164 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [IDesmodium. 



large 1-3-foliolate leaves, flowers often 2 or several from a node in long racemes 

 simple or panicled, deciduous bracts and distinctly jointed pods. 



* Joints of pod indehiscent, 3-5 times as long as b?-oad (ScoRPiURirs, JBenth.) 



0. X>. ormocarpoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 327 ; petiole produced, leaves- 

 1-foliolate, joints 6-8 flattened distinctly constricted. D. zonatum, Miq. if lor. 

 Ind. Bat. i. 250. Hedysaruni ormocarpoides, Desv. MSS. H. adhserens, Poir. 

 Diet. Suppl. v. 15, non Vahl. 



Hills of WEST PENINSULA; Wight, Beddome; and CEYLON, Gardner, Thwaites. 



Stems -woody, slender, obtusely angular, finely downy when young. Leaflet ovate, 

 acute, rigidly subcoriaceous, 4-6 in. long, inconspicuously downy below ; petiole - 1 in. 

 Racemes terminal only, 6-9 in. long ; fascicles of flower few and distant ; bracts mi- 

 nute, setaceous ; pedicels \-\ in., finally subpatent. Calyx ^ in., pubescent ; teeth 

 'short, deltoid. Pod pendulous, 3-4 in. long, under \ in. broad ; joints ribbed horizon- 

 tally, clothed with minute hooked hairs, distinctly constricted at both sutures. 



10. D. teres, Wall. Cat. 5694; petiole very short, leaves 1-foliolate, joints 

 10-12 very narrow turgid 4-5 times as long as "broad, Benth. PL Jungli. 225. 



AVA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Branches woody, terete, very slender, finely downy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 4-6 in. long, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, reticulato- 

 venose, minutely hairy on the ribs below; petiole |-^ in. Racemes terminal and 

 axillary, lax, 60 in. long, sparsely panicled ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels 

 downy, ^^ in., finally spreading. Calyx ^~ in., densely hairy ; teeth as long as the 

 tube. Pod 1^-2 in. by ~ in. br., clothed with minute hooked hairs, subsessile, 

 scarcely constricted between the joints. 



11.3*. laxiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ; l^ayes\,3-foliolate, joints 6-10 

 narrow flattened 3-4 times as long as broad. D. bicoloi-^ Wall. Cat. 5719. D. 

 elongatum, Wall. Cat. 5715. D. leptos.tachyum, Wall. Vat. 5G97 B. D. <sul- 

 catum, Wall Cat. 5786. D. recurvatum, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5717', W.'fy A. 

 Prodr. 226 ; Wight Ic. t. 374. D. diffusum, DC. Prodf^u. 335, non 336. 

 D. liottleri, G. Don Gen.. Syst. ii. 296 ? ; non Baker. Iledydaruni recurvatum, 

 Roxb. Hort. Bern/. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 358 ; Wight Ic. t. lot. II. diffusum,. 

 Ro.rb. Fl. Ind. ii'i. 357, non Willd. H. Roxburgh!!, Spreng. Syst. App. 292, 

 H. Rottleri, Spreng. Syst. iii. 320. 



HIMALAYAS, temperate and tropical regions from GHUBWHAL and KUMAON to ASSAM, 

 ascending to 6000 ft. in SIKKIM and KUMAON. WESTERN PENINSULA, AVA, PEGU, 

 TJBNASSEKIM. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



An erect undershrub, 3-5 ft. high, with obtusely angled branches, clothed with 

 dense short hairs. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets membranous or subcoriaceous, glabrous 

 above, clothed with adpressed minute hairs beneath ; end one usually ovate or broad 

 oblong, acute, sometimes obovate, subobtuse, 4-6 in. long. Racemes copious, axillary 

 and terminal, the latter often compound, often a foot long ; flowers several to a node 

 and the nodes close, ; pedicels ^-| in., finally spreading ; bracts minute, linear-subu- 

 late. Calyx under ~ in., densely hairy ; teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube. Pod 

 1-1 i- in., rarely 2 in., by ^ in., clothed with minute hooked hairs, not at all or slightly 

 constricted at the joints. 



* Joints of pod indehiscent, as broad as long, spirally twisted ; both sutures 

 deeply indented (CnALA.Rlu.ir, DC.) 



12. D. spirale, DC . "I32; Benth. in Mart, Fl Bras. xv. 1C5,. 



ir'th itiany st/twni/nii.' &&Q&$fg^383&&^ DC. Hedysarrm 



spirale, Sicartz Fl Ind. Occ. 1'27'j. 



