172 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Desmodium. 



HIMALAYAS, (ascending to 5000 ft.) and everywhere in the plain to BIKMA, 

 MALACCA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Zanzibar. Malay isles, Philippines, China, Japan, 

 Polynesia. 



An erect or suberect undershrub, with woody slightly angular slender branches, 

 clothed upwards with short adpressed grey hairs. Petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous, green, glabrous above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs beneath; end on 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, 1-3 in. long; side ones smaller. Racemes terminal and lateral, 

 close, short-pednncled, 1-3 in. long, the end one sometimes branched ; bracts ^-i in. ; 

 pedicels - in., glabrous. Calyx ~ in, ; teeth acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla 

 under in. Pod i-f in. long, |- in. br., glabrescent or minutely downy, 5-8-jointed. 



VAR. trichocaulon ; stems densely clothed upwards or throughout with spreading 

 grey hairs, bracts larger. D. trichocaulon, DC. Prodr. ii. 335. D. tenue, G-rah. in 

 Wall. Cat. 5731. D. serpens, Wall. Cat. 5733. D. angulatum, Wall. Cat. 5729, 

 33, D, F, ex parte, non DC. D. distans, Eoyle MSS. Kange of the type, ascending to 

 7000 ft. in Kumaon. 



39. 2>. jucundum, Thwaites Enum. 411 ; shrubby, erect, leaflets 3, pedi- 

 cels ascending, corolla bracts and joints of pod large. 



CEYLON ; Matelle district, Thwaites. 



An erect much-branched undershrub, the young stems densely clothed with short 

 ferruginous silky hairs. Leaves coriaceous, the under side densely coated with ad- 

 pressed grey or pale brown silky hairs, the main veins much raised ; end one obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, iJj 3 in. long ; base subcuneate ; petiole | 1 in. Racemes terminal, 

 peduncled, 4-6 in. long, close upwards ; bracts in., ovate, silky ; pedicels ^ in. 

 Calyx ^ in ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla | in. Pod 1-lJ in. 

 by in. ; joints 4-6, rather longer than broad, minutely downy. 



40. D. rotimdifolium, Baker, non Wall. ; annual, stems very slender, 

 leaves 1-foliolate, leaflet orbicular, racemes very lax few-flowered, pedicels 

 ascending, corolla exserted. Alysicarpus rotundifolius, Dalzell MSS. 



Plains of CONCAN, Dr. Ritchie. 



Stems erect, under a foot high, with many ascending branches, thinly clothed with 

 fine short spreading hairs. Leaflet round, ^ ^ in. long, obtuse or obscurely cuspidate, 

 slightly cordate, membranous, grey-green below -with only a few obscure adpressed 

 hairs ; petiole -i in. Racemes copious, terminal and lateral, the former forked, 

 3-4 in. long, the lower flowers in distant pairs, upper solitary ; pedicels ^ f in. long, 

 arcuate, finely pubescent. Calyx ^ in., thinly hairy; teeth linear-setaceous, very 

 deep. Pod ^-f in. long, tinder ~ in. broad, falcate ; joints 3-5, glabrescent, reticu- 

 lato-venose. 



41. 2 parviflormn, Baker ; annual, stems very slender, leaves oblong 

 1- and 3-foliolate , intermixed, racemes very lax many-flowered, pedicels ascend- 

 ing, corolla included. Alysicarpus parviflorus, Dak. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 

 211 ; Dak. $ Gils.. Bomb. "Flora, 65. 



Plains of CONCAN, Dalzellf Ritchie. Anamallay forest, Wight. 



Stems diffuse, 1-2 ft. long, much^ branched, clothed with short spreading grey 

 hairs. Leaflets membranous, mostly simple, oblong,' 1-1 in. long, obtuse or subacute, 

 subcordate, with only a few adpressed grey hairs beneath ; side ones, if present, much 

 smaller ; petiole -- |- in. Racemes usually terminal, simple, 4-8 in. long, the lower 

 flowers in distant pairs ; pedicels capillary, ^-f} in., finely downy; bracts 5- in., lan- 

 ceolate-cuspidate. Calyx -I; in., clothed with short bristly hairs'; teeth setaceous, very 

 long. Pod sessile, falcate, -1 in. by ~ in., 4-6-jointed, 'glabrescent. 



42. 33. auricoznum, Grah.tn Wall. Cat. 6704; annual, stems very slender, 

 leaves all -j-foliolate, racemes very lax few-ll6wered, pedicels ascending, corolla 

 included. Benth. PL Junyh. 223 ; "Kurt in Journ. Asitit. Soc. Beny. xlii. 2, 230. 



Plains of MAETABAN and TENASSERIM, Wallich, Heifer, Parish, Kurz. 



