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2. LINIFOLIA, Hetz. Obs. iv, p29. Diffuse procumbent, white, 

 with adpressed silvery hairs ; leaves subsessile lanceolate or narrow 

 linear; racemes very short, sessile; legumes globose, one-seeded, 

 very small. A common weed. DC. Prod. 2, 222; Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 iii, 370; Syn. Hedysarum linifolium, Linn, suppl. 331; Sphacri- 

 diophorum, Desv. Jour, iii, p 125. 



3. CORDIFOLIA, Heyne. Roth. nov. sp. 357. Diffuse, covered 

 with long white hairs; leaves broadly ovate cordate subsessile; 

 racemes capituliform, sessile, 3 to 6-flowered; legumes oval, 

 hoary, 2-seeded. Very common. DC. Prod. 2, 222. 



4. GLANDULOSA, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 372. Diffuse, young parts 

 softly pubescent; leaves petioled trifoliolate; leaflets oblong obovate, 

 underside glandular dotted; racemes sessile, oval, dense, many- 

 flowered, short; legumes oval, twice as long as broad, hairy, 

 4-angled ; angles slightly winged and toothed ; seeds 2. Common. 

 DC. Prod. 2, 223. 



5. TRIQUETRA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 36. Stems 

 several, from a woody root, acutely 3-edged, prostrate, ascending at 

 the apex, glabrous ; leaves subsessile elliptic mucronate, strigose and 

 pellucid dotted beneath ; stipules subulate ; racemes axillary elongat- 

 ed, 3 to 4 times longer than the leaf, many-flowered ; flowers purple ; 

 fruit bearing peduncles reflexed; legume linear mucronate, 4- sided 

 and 4-winged, about 5-seeded. Rocky hills in the district of 

 Mai wan. 



6. ENNEAPHYLLA, Linn. Maut. 272. Procumbent, young parts 

 and leaves pubescent, with adpressed whitish hairs ; branches 

 prostrate, 2-edged ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 5 pair, obovate 

 oblong ; racemes sessile, short, oval, dense, many-flowered ; legumes 

 oval, pubescent; seeds two. At Surat. DC. Prod. 2, 229; Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. iii, 376. Syn. Hedysarum prostratum, Linn. Maut. i, 102; 

 Burm. Ind. t. 55,/l. 



7. ASPALATHOIDES, Vahl. in Herb. Juss. Shrubby erect, young 

 parts whitish ; branches numerous spreading; leaves sessile, digi- 

 tately 3 to 5-foliolate; leaflets narrow cuneate, small; peduncles 

 solitary, one-flowered ; flowers very small ; legumes cylindrical, 

 pointed straight, 4 to 6-seeded. Near Belgaum. DC. Prod. 2, 

 231; Syn. I aspalathifolia, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 371; Aspalathus 

 indicus, Linn. sp. PI 1001 ; Lespedeza juncea, Wall. Rheed. 

 Mai. ix, t. 37. Common in the Deccan. 



8. UNIFLORA, Ham. in Herb. Banks. Stems prostrate, long, 

 slender ; leaves pin nately trifoliolate ; leaflets narrow cuneate, oblong 

 acute ; peduncles solitary filiform, one-flowered, twice the length 

 of the leaves; legumes linear oblong terete-pointed, 3-seeued. 

 Southern Maratha Country, Law; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 374. 



9. TENUIFOLIA, Rottl. Herbaceous, branched diffuse; leaves 



