342 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Desmodium, 



Joints of pod 2-3, 3 times as long as broad, narrowed at base, 

 the upper margin concave, the stalk about '5 in. long ; leaflets 



ovate acuminate 7. laxum. 



Joint of pod 1, 3 times as long as broad, dolabriform, reticu- 

 late, the stalk about '15 in. long; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, 



elongate above, the apex obtuse 8. dolabriforme. 



Joints of pod 1-3, semi- oblong, more or less crescent-shaped, 

 puberulous, the stalk short, about *1 in. long ; leaflets broadly 

 ovate-rhomboid, acute at apex, the margins usually repand 



9. Scalpe. 



Pods slightly curved, with 6-8 square joints, the ventral suture 

 very slightly indented ; leaflet 1, lanceolate, cordate, the petiole 

 broadly winged ; stamens monadelphous, the vexillary one free 



above the middle 10. triquetruni. 



Pods with several moniliform joints, each semicircular; stamens 

 diadelphous : 



Pod straight or slightly indented on the dorsal suture ; 

 stipules subulate with a broad base : 

 Leaflet 1 ; calyx -lobes short, triangular : 



Leaflet ovate or lanceolate, acute, glabrescent on upper 

 surface, membranous ; stems angular ; joints of pod 

 sparsely pubescent with hooked hairs, reticulate 



11. gangeticum. 



Leaflet broadly ovate or deltoid, repand, coriaceous, 

 obtuse or subacute, densely pubescent ; stems round, 

 fulvous-hairy ; joints of pod densely pubescent witli 



hooked hairs 12. latifolium. 



Leaflets 3, the end one rhomboid-lanceolate, the side ones 

 ovate, all acuminate, membranous ; racemes very slender, 

 lax ; pod 4-6-jointed, slightly indented on the dorsal suture, 



joints glabrous, pale, reticulate 13. Wight ii. 



Pod somewhat deeply indented on the dorsal suture as on the 

 ventral, 5-6-jointed, hispid with hooked hairs ; stipules 

 broad, amplexicaul, auricled ; leaflets elliptic or orbicular, 



pubescent ; racemes many, corolla minute 14. diffusum. 



Joints of pods 6-9, reticulate, more or less dehiscent on the ventral 

 suture, the dorsal not or only slightly indented ; leaflets 3 ; 

 stamens diadelphous : 



Pedicels not filiform, deflexed, "2 in. long; flowers large ; leaflets 

 elliptic or obovate, obtuse at apex, mucronate, indistinctly 

 nerved, under-surface Avith innovations very silvery-silky or 



