Flemingia.'] L. LEGUMINOSJ;. (J. Gr. Baker.) 227 



small cymes, each hidden by a large folded persistent bract, closely disticW. .sly 

 arranged in copious simple or slightly branched racemes, both in the axils of* the 

 leaves and above them. 



1. P. strobilifera, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, iv. 350 ; leaves ob- 

 long subacute broadly rounded at the base, axis of racemes zigzag, bracts 

 pointed or faintly einarginate. DC. Prodr. ii. 351 ; Wall. Cat. 5753 ; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 243 ; Wight Ic. t. 267 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 75. Hedysarum stro- 

 biliferuni, Linn. Sp. 1053 : Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 350. Zornia strobilifera, Pers. Ench. 

 ii. 319. F. abrupta, Wall. Cat. 5755. 



Himalayas from SIMLA and KUMAON, ascending to 8000 ft. to ASSAM, KHASIA, 

 CHITTAGONG, SIAM, MALACCA, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malayan Islands, Philippines, 

 Timor. Introduced in Mauritius and West Indies. 



An erect shrub, 5-10 ft. high. Branches slender, terete, velvety. Leaves subco- 

 riaceous, 3-8 in. long, green, glabrescent above, thinly silky, especially on the raised 

 parallel erecto-patent ribs below ; stipules scariose, linear, 5 ^ in. ; petiole stiffly 

 erecto-patent, g 1 in. Eacemes 3-6 in. long, usually simple, the slender zigzag rachis 

 densely grey-downy; bracts erecto-patent, short-petioled, deeply cordate, ^1 in. long, 

 membranous, finely downy, rather broader than long, obscurely cuspidate in the tvpical 

 form. Calyx % in., finely pilose ; teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Corolla 

 purple, little exserted. Pod oblong, turgid, 5 f in. long, finely downy, 2-seeded. 



VAR. 1 . bracteata ; racemes copious dense panicled, bracts slightly emarginate. F. 

 bracteata, Wight Ic. t. 268 ; Btnth. Pi. Jungh. 245. Hedysarum bracteatum, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 351. F. chlorostachys, Wall. Cat. 5756. Forests of East Himalayas and 

 Birma. 



VAB. 2. fruticulosa ; habit low and branches trailing, leaves smaller plicate, ra- 

 cemes fewer-flowered, bracts ^ f in. slightly emarginate. F. fruticulosa, Wall. Cat. 

 5754 ; Benth. PI. Jungh. 245. Temperate region of Central Himalayas. 



2. F. Chappar, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5757 ; leaves rotundato-cordate cus- 

 pidate, rachis of racemes straight, bracts deeply emarginate. Benth. PL Jungh. 

 244. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, Hamilton. BEHAR, Dr. Hooker. AVA, Wallich. 



General habit and inflorescence just that of the last. Branches terete, with a thin 

 coating of adpressed hairs. Leaves nearly as broad as long, subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. 

 each way, green, glabrous above, minutely grey-downy below ; petiole longer th'an in 

 F. strobilifera. Eacemes often panicled ; rachis more woody than in the last, and the 

 pubescence shorter ; bracts ftrjner, less distinctly veined, much broader than long. 

 Calyx -| in. ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod as 

 in the last. 



STJB&EN. 2. Chalaria, W. fy A. Erect shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-folio- 

 late. Bracts minute, caducous. Flowers in lax panicled racemes. 



3. F. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 5759; leaflets simple large cordate-ovate 

 cuspidate thin not plicate, flowers mostly in a terminal panicle, bracts navicular 

 as long as the calyx. Benth. PL Jungh. 245. F. Phursia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 



5758. 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, tropical zone ; from KUMAON to SIKKIM. MOUL- 

 MEIN, Heifer. 



An erect shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high, with finely downy slender terete branches. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous, thin, full green above, paler beneath, glabrous except on the ribs of the 

 undersurface, 3-6 in. long; petiole 1 in. or less long; stipules minute, lanceolate, ca- 

 ducous. Axillary racemes sometimes simple, sometimes fascicled, the end ones forming 

 a thyrsoid panicle ft. long, with densely grey downy branches, rather laxly flowered 

 nearly down to the base ; bracts ovate, pilose, scariose ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. 

 Calyx -| in., densely grey-downy ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate ; tube very short. 

 Corolla reddish, little exserted ; keel rostrate. Pod in., oblong, finely downy, 

 2-seeded. 



