170 L. LEGUMINO^. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Desmodium. 



subcoriaceous, rather scabrous above, with obscure adpressed hairs, reticulato-venose, 

 finely grey-downy below ; end one obtuse, obovate, rarely roundish or oblong, 2-3 in. 

 long. Racemes copious, lateral and terminal, lax or moderately close, reaching a foot 

 long, the end one panicled ; pedicels - 1 in., pubescent, erecto-patent. Calyx ^ in. ; 

 teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla twice the calyx, the smallest of all the species, fod \-% 

 in. long, i-^ in.,broad ; joints 4-6, densely clothed with minute spreading hooked grey 

 hairs ; upper suture distinctly indented. " 



31. X>. sequax, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 157 ; shrubby, branches terete, 

 leaflets ovate-oblong acute repand, bracts very minute, upper suture slightly in- 

 dented. Wall. Cat. 5712. 



Along the Himalayas from SIMLA and KUMAOX to SIKKIM, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



A shrub, reaching 2-30 ft. high, the branches clothed with dense short grey or 

 brown pubescence. Petioles 1-2 in.; leaflets subcoriaceous, subscabrous. with short 

 obscure adpressed hairs above, grey and more densely hairy beneath ; end one 3-5 in. 

 long, narrowed gradually to a point. Racemes copious, moderately lax, lateral and 

 terminal, 2-4 in. long, the end one panicled ; pedicels - in., doWny, spreading or 

 ascending. Calyx -^ in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 3 times calyx. Pod i~| in. long, 

 T \j in. broad, 6-8-jointed, short -stalked, densely clothed with minute spreading 

 hooked hairs. 



32. X>. concinnum, DC. Prodr. ^ii. 335; shrubby, branches terete, 

 leaflets oblong- entire obtuse, bracts large ovate, upper suture not indented, D. 

 pendulum, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 94. D. penduliflorum, Wall. Cat. 5727. D. 

 paucinervium, DC. Prodr. ii. 336. 



All along the HIMALAYAS from the UPPER PUNJAB to SILHET and KHASIA, ascend- 

 ing to 7000 ft. in SIMLA. PEGU, McClelland. 



A tall shrub, with slender drooping branches, densely clothed at first with short 

 grey pubescence. Petioles ^-1 in. ; leaflets subcoriaceous, green, smooth above, with 

 raised parallel main veins and clothed with adpressed grey or brownish silky hairs 

 beneath ; end one 2-3 in. long ; side ones smaller. Bacemes copious, lax, lateral and 

 terminal, the latter often ^-1 ft. long, usually simple ; pedicels i-f in., ascending ; 

 bracts -f in., closely imbricated, densely silky. Calyx -L in. ; teeth lanceolate-del- 

 "orolla 5-^- in. Pod |-1 in. long, in. broad, short-stalked, 4-6-jointed, 

 downy. 



amcenum ; leaflets narrowed to an acute point, racemes most or all terminal, 

 amcermm, Wall. Cat. 5726. Khasia and Silhet. 



f faints of pod small, as long as broad, sometimes splitting along the lower 

 'r suture straight, lower slightly constricted. Calyx-teeth long. (Nl- 



\. JD. rctroflexum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336- pedicels sharply reflexed, 



!.y J - 'bliolate, leaflet rotundato-cordate. D. orbiculatum, Wall. Cat. 



i folium, Wall. Cat. 5696. Uraria ? styracifolia, W. $ A. Prodr. 



222. Hedysarimi retroflexuni" Linn. Mont. 103. H. styracifolium, Linn. Mant. 



1<);> ? r.on aliorutn. 



ASSAM, Sir.HKv and TKX-ASSKTMM, tropical zone. DISTRIB. China. 



Branches terete, woody, clothed with short spreading hairs at first. Leaves sub- 

 corinceotifri thick, green, glabrous above, densely coated with adpressed white silky 

 hairs beneat'h, 1-2 in. long and broad ; side leaflets when present much smaller than 

 the end one ; petiole |-1 in., deflexed at tip. Racemes copious, simple, axillary and 

 terminal, very dense, subsessile, an inch or less long ; bracts ovate, ciliated ; pedicels 

 fa-fc in. Calyx ~ in., densely bristly. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod f-i in. long, 

 obscurely hairy, under in. broad ; joints 3-5. 



3-1 . 2>. capitatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336 ; leaflets always 3 obovate-cuneate, 

 pedicels sharply reflexed. D. obovatum, Wall. Cat. 5722 B. D. polycarpuni, 



