Desmodium.'] L. LEGUMIXOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 169 



lasiocarpmn, DC. loc, cit. D. virgatura, Zolliny in Flora, 1847, 697. Iledysarum 

 latifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii, 350 ; Ker. Bot. Ret/, t. 355. 

 Anarthrosyne cordata, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 39, t. 7. 



HIMALAYAS (ascending to 4000 ft. in SIKKIM) to BIRMA, SIAM and CEYLON. Dis- 

 TRIB Trop. Africa, jtladagascar, Malay isles, Philippines ; introduced in W. Indies. 



An erect underskrub, 3-6 ft. high, with terete branches densely clothed with short 

 brown pubescence. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, 1^-2 as long, as broad, usually cordate or 

 truncate, rarely deltoid at the base, reticulato-venose, densely clothed with short soft 

 brown hairs beneath ; petiole ^ ^ in. Racemes copious, ascending, 2-6 in. long, ses- 

 sile or short-peduncled, spike-like, usually dense, axillary and terminal, the latter 

 compound; pedicels in. or less, densely downy ; bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx 

 ^ in. ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 3-4 times calyx. Pod 

 ^-f in. long, ^ in. broad, 4-6-joiuted, densely clothed with minute hooked hairs, the 

 upper suture slightly indented. 



ft Leaves 3-foliolate. 



28. 3D. Thwaitesii, Baker ; herbaceous, stems slender terete, leaflets obo- 

 vate entire, bracts lanceolate-acuminate middle-sized, joints twice as long as 

 broad. D. strangulatum, var. minor, Thiuaites Enum. 87. 



CEYLON, Thwaites C.P. 3327. 



Stems a foot or more long, clothed upwards with dense spreading grey hairs. Petiole 

 |-f in. ; leaflets membranous, green, glabrous above, clothed below with short ad- 

 pressed grey hairs ; end one l-l in. long. Racemes few, long-peduncled, lateral and 

 terminal, lax, few-flowered ; pedicels |-f in., spreading or ascending. Calyx under 

 ~ in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla i in. Pod 1-1^ in. by 3- in. ; joints about 4, minutely 

 pubescent, scarcely constricted at the upper suture. Habit of D. polycarpum var. tri- 

 cJiocaulon, from which it differs by its pod, long pedicels, and lax racemes. 



29. I>. Wig-litii, Grali. in Wall. Cat. 5718 ; herbaceous, stems slender an- 

 gular, leaflets ovate-oblong' acute subrepand, bracts minute setaceous, joints small 

 as long as broad. W. $ A. Prodr. 226 ; Thwaites Enum. 87. D. Walkeri, Am. 

 Pug. 13. D. Pryoni, DC. Prodr. ii. 334? 



NILGHIRI Hills and CEYLON. 



Stems erect, clothed when young with fine short spreading grey hairs/' U< 

 large, lanceolate, acuminate, not amplexicaul ; petiole 1-li in. ; leaflets membranous 

 or subcoriaceous, green and smooth above, grey clothed with short adpressed hairs 

 beneath ; end one 2-4 in. long, narrowed gradually to a point. Roc-cmos copious, lax, 

 lateral and terminal, the latter reaching a foot long, usually simple ; p'jdiji-elb \- - in., 

 ascending or spreading. Calyx ~ in. ; teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube. < 

 3 times calyx. Pod i-f^ in. long, under ^ in. broad, glabrescent, 4-Q-joiuted ; Upper 

 suture distinctly indented. 



53. diifusum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336, non 335; herbaceous, sterna stout 

 angular deeply .sulcau . leaflets obovate entire, bracts minute lanceolate, joints 

 small as long as broad. IF. # A. Prodr. 226 ; Wight Ic. t. 298. D. dichoto- 

 mum, DC. Prodr. loc. cii. J). Roxburghii, Wall. 'Cat. 5716. D. "Willdenovii, 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 296u D. quinquangulare, Wight Ic. t. 293. Hedysaruni 

 diffusum and dichotomuni, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 1180. II. articulatuni and quin- 

 quangulatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 355. 



Plains of the WESTEKN PENINSULA, BUNDELKUND, BENGAL and PROME, ascending 

 to 4000 ft, in the Vindhia chain (Edgeworth}. 



grey 



Stems 1-2 ft. long, diffuse, casspitose, prominently angled, clothed with spreading 

 y hairs. Stipules large, leafy, amplexicaul, auricled ; petiole 1-1| in. ; leaflets 



