228 L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) \_Flemingia. 



E 1 . line at a, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 341 ; leaves 3-folio- 

 andeoTate-oblong deeply plicate, flowers in copious axillary and terminal 



mincled racemes, bracts very minute linear. Wall. Cat. 5752; 'DC. Prodr. ii. 



351 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 242 ;" Wight Ic. t. 327. Hedysarum lineatum, Linn. Sp. 



PL 1054. Lespedeza lineata, Pers. Syn. ii. 318. 



Plains from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, BIBMA and SIAM. DISTBIB. Malayan 

 Islands, N. Australia. 



An erect shrub, with the ultimate branchlets angular and grey-canescent. Stipules 

 lanceolate, scariose, subpersistent, J-f in. ; petiole |-2 in., erecto-patent, deeply 

 sulcate ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1-3 in. long, obtuse, or with a slight cusp, del- 

 toid at the base, exstipellate, both surfaces especially the lower finely grey-canescent, 

 sublucent. Panicles from the axils of most of the leaves, erecto-patent, 2-4 in. long, 

 the flowers crowded towards the end of the branches and absent from the lower part ; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in., densely grey-downy ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 little exserted ; keel beaked. Pod f- in., finely downy, rounded at both ends, 

 2-seeded. 



SUBGEN. 3. Fleming-iastrum, DO. Erect shrubs. Leaves digitately 

 3-foliolate. Flowers in dense subspicate axillary racemes ; bracts linear or lan- 

 ceolate, caducous. 



5. F. stricta, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. t. 248; Hort. Beng. 56; FL Ind. iii. 

 342 ; branches triquetrous, leaflets thin large acuminate obscurely silky on the 

 ribs below, bracts linear firm much exceeding the buds, calyx silky. DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 351 ; Wall. Cat. 5745, excl. E; W. # A. Prodr. 241 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 329. 



Tropical regions of SIKKIM, SELHET, ASSAM ; BIBMA, TENASSEKIM, and the "Western 

 Peninsula, DISTBIB. China. 



A tall shrub, with woody triquetrous branches, clothed with only a few short 

 adpressed hairs. Stipules large, lanceolate, rigidly scariose, soon falling; petiole 

 3-6 in., triquetrous, deeply sulcate, not winged ; leaflets subcoriaceous, ^-1 ft. long, 

 oblong, narrowed to both ends, smooth and glabrous above, with only a few short 

 obscure hairs on the ribs below. Racemes dense,' oblong-cylindrical, often fascicled, 

 ?-3 in. long, the lower bracts larger than the others and subpersistent, the upper ones 

 rigidly scariose, linear, ^--f in. long, shortly silky, densely imbricated before the 

 flowers expand ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^-^ in. ; teeth linear, the lowest twice as 

 long as the others. Corolla as long as the lower tooth, much exceeding the others ; keel 

 obtuse. Pod ^ f in. long, glabrescent. 



VAB. pteropus, Baker; petiole distinctly winged, leaflets lanceolate acuminate 

 plicate, spikes more slender densely fascicled, bracts and flowers smaller. Pegu, 

 McClelland. 



6. P. G-rahamiana, W. # A. Prodr. 242 ; branches subterete, leaflets 

 obovate obtuse or subacute thinly silky below, bracts linear firm small, calyx 

 shaggy. F. pycnantha, Benth. in Hohen. PL Exsic. No. 1211 ; PL Jungh. 245. 



NILGHIBIS, Wight, Gardne_r, &c. 



A low erect shrub, with tomentose young shoots. Stipules lanceolate, -^- in., 

 caducous ; petiole -1 in., erecto-patent, not winged ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 2-3 in. 

 long, plicate, glabrous above, grey-silky especially on the ribs beneath many of the 

 veinlets raised. Spikes dense, oblong, 1-2 in. long, often fascicled ; bracts under 

 ^ in. long, erecto-patent, subrigid, subpersistent. Calyx f in. ; teeth plumose, linear- 

 .fetaceous, subequal. Corolla not exserted. Pod oblong, f in. long, finely pubescent, 

 and often covered with red viscous glands. 



7. 2*. c ' . Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56 ; FL Ind. iii. 340 ; branches sub- 

 tsrete, leaflets o,,io;.^ r.mminate silky on the ribs below, bracts neither rigid 

 nor protruded, calyx silky. DC. Prodr. ii. 351; Wall. Cat. 5747, in greater 

 part ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 241 ; Wight Ic. t. 390 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 75. 



