184 LEGUMINOSJE. 



neath, dark-tomentose on the costa and veins, costa and primary veins slightly 

 above but prominently elevated beneath, primary veins 12 on both sides, 

 slightly curved reaching the margin, veiulets between veins obliquely trans- 

 verse, petiolules very short, 2 mm. long, rliaches 1 cm. long, lateral 

 leaflets equal oblong-elliptical slightly oblique at the base, roundly obtuse 

 on the lower side, acute on the upper side, 4 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, 

 petiolules 2 mm. long, stipels lanceolato-subulate, 4 mm. long, petioles 1 

 cm. long, villoso-tomentose, stipules subulate, slightly recurved, base suddenly 

 dilate, 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, villosely tomentose outside, glabrous in- 

 side. Flowers paniculately racemose, panicles 2 cm. long, 15 cm. broad, 

 dark-tomentose, pedicels 3 mm. long, tomentose, bracts deciduous. Calyx 5- 

 lobate, patent, 5| mm. long, lobes equal 4| mm. long, 2 mm. broad, caudately 

 ovate, cuspidately acuminate at the apex, patently-tomeutose, glabrous inside. 

 Petals 5, nearly equal ; standard broadly rotundate, 74^ mm. long, 6} mm. 

 broad, emarginate at the apex, broadly rotundate at the base, abruptly acute ; 

 wings oblong, obtuse at the base, auriculate on the upper side, keel boat- 

 shaped, rounded at the apex, base narrowed auriculate on the upper side, 

 staminal tube reddish, styles reflexed. 



HAB. Banchoryo : Juchori, by G. NAKAHARA, Oct. 1905, (No. 586). 



Near Desmodium concinnum DC. ; but differs from it in having smaller 

 bracts which are rounded at the base, and also in smaller stipules. 



Desmodium gangeticum DC. Prodr. II. p. 327 ; BENTH. Fl. Hougk. 

 p. 84 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 168 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. 

 XII. p. 443 ; WIGHT Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 271 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. 

 Sin. I. p. 172 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 107. 



HAB. Hozan. 



DISTRIB. "Widely spread in tropical Asia and Africa. 



Desmodium Gardner! BENTH. ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. H. 

 p. 165 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XH. p. 441 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 172; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 107. 



HAB. 



DISTRIB. Indian Peninsula, Ceylon and Japan. 



