Desmodium.] LEGUMINOSAE. 347 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara to the Pulneys, usually at 

 3,000 to 6,000 ft. ; Shevaroy Hills. 



Stems with spreading grey hairs; leaves more villous 

 beneath, racemes more elongate and lax, pods pubescent 

 all over, not so ciliate on the sutures or so fragile ; some- 

 times white flowers. 

 Yav. Fischer i, Gamble. 



Hills of Coimbatore at Bailur. 3,800 ft. (Fischer) ; Tra van- 

 core Hills, 4,700 ft. (Yenkoba Row). 



Stems grey-pubescent ; leaflets small, obovate, almost 

 truncate at apex, naucronate, white - villous beneath ; 

 racemes close, the flowers large ; pods glabrous, not 

 ciliate 011 the sutures. 



18. DESMODIUM BEACHYSTACHYUM, Grab. ; F. B. I. ii. 171. 



N". Circars, Sal forests of Ganjam, under light cover 



(Gamble). 



A slender imdershrub up to 2 ft. high with deep purple 



flowers. 



19. DESMODIUM RETROFLEXUM, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 170. Uraria 

 ?8tyracifolia, W. & A. 222. 



W. Coast, foot of the Ghats in Malabar (Beddome, Fischer) : ; 

 Pulney Hills, 4,000 ft. (Sauliere). 



A large shrub (Beddome) with purple flowers, the pod: 

 nearly straight on the dorsal suture. 



20. DESMODIUM TRIFLORUM, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 173; W. & A_ 

 229 in part ; Wt. Ic. t, 292. 



All plains Districts and up to 3,000 ft. in hills, a common* 



weed. 



A wiry much-branched herb, rooting and spreading; 



over the ground like the small clovers ; flowers pink or 



white. 



21. DESMODIUM HETEROPHYLLUM, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 173- 



D. triflorum, W. & A. 229 in part ; Wt. Ic. t. 291. 

 Plains Districts of E. and W. Coast, scarce. 

 Similar to the last, but larger, the leaflets sometimes - 

 reaching 1 in. in length ; flowers purple. 



22. DESMODIUM ROTTLERI, Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 174. 

 Rottleri, W. & A. 231. 



Plains of Mysore (Rottler). 



A small trailing plant with 1-2- jointed pods. 



