Desmodium.~\ L. LEGUMINOSJS. (J. G. Baker.) 167 



KHASIA, tropical zone, alt. 3-5000 ft., Hook. fil. $ Thomson. MISHMI, Griffith. 

 DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



Branches terete, woody, minutely downy. Petiole 1-1* in. ; leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous, pale, minutely downy or nearly glabrescent beneath ; end one roundish-rhom- 

 boidal, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, conspicuously repaiid in the upper half. Racemes copious, 

 terminal and axillary, moderately close, not more than 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ^-^ in., 

 finely downy. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla \ in. Pod 1^-1^ in. 

 long, under in. broad; joints 8-12, as broad as long. 



21. D. floribundum, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 297 ; leaflets entire, pedicels 

 short, corolla large, bracts lanceolate large, joints manv small clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky hairs. D. multiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335; Wall. Cat. 5705. D. 

 angulatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335, rum Wall. D. dubium, Lindl. Sot. Reg. t. 967 ; 

 Sot. May. t. 2960. D. sambuense, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ? Hedysaram floribun- 

 diun, Don Prodr. 244. H. Wallichianum, Spreng. Syst. App. 292. H. sam- 

 buense, Don Prodr. 243 ? 



HIMALAYAS, tropical and temperate zones, from the UPPER PUNJAB to KHASIA, 

 ascending to 7000 ft. 



Branches woody, angular, densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, ^ in. ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, green, with a few adpressed hairs above, densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed grey silky hairs and finely reticulate- venose beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, 

 3-4 in. long, obtuse or subacute. Racemes very copious, axillary and terminal, mo- 

 derately close, 3-6 in. long, often second; bracts acuminate, ciliated, ^in. long; pe- 

 dicels ^ in., erecto-patent, finely hairy. Calyx \ in. ; teeth as longffs the tube. 1 * Corolla 

 g-4 in. Pod - 1 in. long, under f in. br. } joints 6-8, rather longer than broad. 



22. D. confertum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ; leaflets entire, pedicels short, 

 bracts and corolla large, joints few large Densely clothed with spreading silky 

 hairs. D. barbatuni, Wall. Cat., 5724, non Benth. (Hedysarum, Linn.) 



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CENTRAL and EAST HIMALAYAS, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; NEPAL, SIKKIM and KHASIA. 



Branches terete, finely downy when young. Petiole 1-1^ in. ; leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous above, distinctly reticulato-venose, pale, minutely hairy below; end One- 

 obovate or oblong, obtuse or acute, 3-6 in. long. Racemes copious, short, dense, 

 axillary and terminal, the latter panicled, often subsecund ; bracts in. long, lanceo- 

 late, scariose ; pedicels -% in., ascending. Calyx in., turbinate, subglabrous ; 

 lower teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube ; upper deltoid. Corolla 3-4 times the calyx. 

 Pod 1-H in. long, under | in. broad ; joints 3-4, twice as long as broad, the constric- 

 tion from below reaching more than half way through. ' 



2o. O. ozyphyllum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336; leaflets acute thinly silky be- 

 neath, pedicels long, bracts lanceolate acuminate, corolla large, joints many large 

 glabrescent. D. serriferum, Watt. Cat. 5708 B. ,^' ' - 4 



CENTRAL and EAST HIMALAYAS, tropical and temperate zones. KTTMAOK and SIMLA 

 to ASSAM and KHASIA, ascending to 7000 ft. ^l* , ' 



Branches slender, terete, soon glabrescent. Petiole 11* in. ; leaflets membranous 

 or subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above, pale, thinly grey-silky beneath; end one obo- 

 vate-oblong, usually twice as long as broad, narrowed gradually to a point, entire or 

 obscurely repand, 2-4 in. long. Racemes copious, short, moderately 'lose, axillary 

 and terminal, the latter much panicled; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ciliated, | in. long; 

 pedicels ascending, subglabrous |-^ in. Calyx ^ in., subglabrous; teeth very short. 

 Corolla ^~ in. Pod 2-3 in. long, in. broad, shortly stalked ; joints 6-10, rather 

 longer than broad. 



VAR. serriferum; leaflets obtuse repand densely silky beneath, pedicels spread- 

 ing or deflexed - 1 in. long clothed with spreading silky hairs like the calyx. D 

 serriferum, Wall. Cat. 5708 A. D. polycarpum, Watt. Cat. 5710, non DC. Nipal, 

 Wallich. 



