336 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Uraria . 



Bacemes in panicles, slender, up to 1 ft. long, the flowers distant ; 

 calyx-teeth subequal, deltoid-cuspidate ; lomeiitum joints 4-6, 

 brown or black, minutely hispid 4. Jiamosa. 



1. URARIA PICTA, Desv. ; F. B. I. ii. 155 ; W. & A. 221. 



N. Circars, in the Sal forests of Ganjam (Gamble). 

 An erect imdershrub reaching 3 ft. in height, recognised by 

 the narrow white-clouded upper leaflets and white joints to 

 the pod. 



2. URARIA LAGOPODIOIDES, Merr. U. lagopoides, DC. ; F. B. I. 

 ii. 156 ; W. & A. 222 ; Wt. Ic. t. 289. 



W. Ghats, E. slopes of the Pulney Hills (Bourne). 



A trailing perennial of grassy lands, the flower racemes 



short and dense, the leaflets rather small and obtuse. 



3. URARIA ALOPECUROIDES, Wt. Ic. t. 290. U. repanda, Wall. ; 

 F. B. I. ii.156. 



N. Circars, in the Gaivjam Sal forests ; Hills of Mysore, 



about 3,000 ft. 



An erect undershrub of forest undergrowth, the flower 



racemes elongated, dense ; the leaflets often cordate at 



base. 



4. URARIA HAMOSA, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 156 ; W. & A. 222 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 284. 



N. Circars, Deccan and W. Ghats, in dry forest under- 

 growth, up to 3,500 ft., common. 



A straggling undershrub with elongate racemes in panicles 

 and often rather large subacute leaflets. 



28. Alysicarpus, Neck. 



Diffuse or erect herbs. Leaves 1-foliolate, sometimes 3- 

 foliolate also ; stipules scarious, acuminate, free or connate ; 

 stipels subulate. Flowers small, in terminal, rarely axillary, 

 racemes or spikes ; pedicels usually in pairs ; bracts scarious, 

 usually deciduous ; bracteoles 0. Calyx glumaceous, slightly 

 campanulate, deeply 4-cleft, the upper segment bifid. Corolla not 

 exserted ; standard obov r ate or orbicular, narrowed to a claw ; 

 wings obliquely oblong, adnate to the keel ; keel slightly incurved, 

 obtuse, usually with a lateral appendage on each petal. Stamens 

 diadelphous, 9 and 1 ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or shortly 

 stipitate, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved at tip ; stigma, 



