174 L. LEGUMiNOSjE. (J. G, Baker.) [Desmodium. 



oblong or obovate-oblong, ^-1 in. long, hairy beneath. Flowers solitary or geminate 

 " in leaf-axils and up to 6 in copious lax racemes ; bracts rather large, lanceolate, do- 

 ciduous ; pedicels 4-f in. Calyx ^ in., densely hairy ; teeth very long, setaceous. 

 Pod %-% in., long, ^ in. broad, glabrescent ; joints 4-5, as broad as long ; upper 

 suture straight, lower considerably indented. 



*** Floicers all in lax racemes. 



46. X>. Hottleri, Baker, non G. Don-, stipules much, shorter than the 

 petiole, calyx-teeth short, joints 1-2, constriction between them very deep. 

 D. pnemorsurn, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5703 ? Eleiotis Kottleri, W. fy A. Prodi: 

 231. Hedysarum orbiculatum, Rattler MSS. Oxydium species, Bennett PL 

 Jav. Rat: 156. Stylosanthes facie oxalidea, Wall. Cat. 5974. 



Plains of MYSORE, Bottler ; PROME, Wattich. 



Stems 1 ft. or more long, copiously branched, finely downy at first. Stipules linear- 

 setaceous, minute ; petiole ^ f in. ; leaflets 3, obovate, f-| in. long and broad, trun- 

 cate or emarginate, with a few adpressed hairs beneath. Racemes copious, axillarj 

 and terminal, long-peduncled, laxly 6-8-flowered ; bracts boat-shaped, hiding the buds ; 

 pedicels -3- in. Calyx ^ in., campanulate ; teeth subdeltoid. joints in. long, 

 twice as long as broad, the constriction from below reaching nearly to the straight 

 upper suture. 



47. S>. parvifolium, DC. Prod/: ii. 334 ; stipules as long as the petiole, 

 calyx- tee tii long setaceous, joints 3-4 with shallow constrictions between them. 



Wall. Cat, 5700; W. # A. Prodr. 229. D. scoparimn, Wall. Cat. 5699. D. 

 microphyllum, Miq. Fl. I ml. Bat. i. 239, an DC? D. stipulacemn, Hassh. PL 

 Jav. Rar. 361. Hedysarum tenelluni, Don Prodr. 243, non Kunth. 



Everywhere in the plains, from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and AVA, ascending to 

 the temperate region, reaching 7000 ft. in KUMAON. DISTRIB. Malay isles, China, 

 Japan. 



Steins densely csespitose and branched, wide-trailing, at first pubescent. Stipules 

 ^ in., linear-setaceous, persistent ; leaflets oblong or obovate, pubescent below, often 

 not more than -5- in. long, sometimes f-| in. Racemes copious,' but usually terminal 

 on the short branches, laxly 6-10-flowered ; bracts boat-shaped, deciduous ; pedicels 

 ^-i- in., permanently ascending. Calyx ~-^ in., densely pubescent. Pod -|-^- in. by 

 in., finely downy ; joints as broad as long ; both sutures distinctly indented". 



VAR. macrocarpum ; pod larger quite ^ in. broad, the sutures less indented, the 

 upper one nearly or quite straight. Assam and Khasia, Griffith, Hook. fil. $ 

 Thomscni. 



STTBGEN. 8. Pleurolobium, DC. Erect undershrubs, with large leaves. 

 Tacemose flowers and indistinctly jointed pods dehiscing in a continuous line 

 along the ventral suture. An aberrant group, which perhaps should be consi- 

 dered a distinct genus. 



, DC. Prodr. ii. 326 ; branches scarcely woody, end leaflet 



usually 4-6 tunes Tis long as broad, pod glabrescent or inconspicuously downy. 

 Wall. Cat. 5725 ; W. S> A. Prodr. 227 ; Wight Ic. t. 294. Hedysarum gyrans, 

 Linn. ; Jacq. Ic. t. 562 ; Ro.vb. Fl. Ind. iii. 351. Pseudarthria gyrans, Hassk. 

 PL Jav. Rat: 391. Codariocalyx gyrans, Hassk. in Walp. Rep. ii. 891. 



All along the HIMALAYAS from HAZARA to ASSAM, ascending to 7000 ft. ; WESTERN 

 PENINSULA, CEYLON, AVA, PEGU, TENASSKRIM. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Philippines. 



An undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, with sabterete -glabrous branches. Petiole f-^- in. ; 

 leaflets 1-3, subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, obtuse, with a little incon- 

 spicuous pubescence beneath ; side ones, if present, very small, moving by jerks. 

 Racemes axillary and terminal, the latter copiously panicled, at first short, the flowers 



