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entire, minutely ciliated, very unequal, upper larger, round, lower 

 oblong acute; legume prominently reticulated, with 10 to 12 joints. 

 Found along with the preceding. 



6. BIGEMINA, Dalz. loc. cit. One foot high, branched from 

 the base ; branches filiform hirsute, with bulbous spreading hairs ; 

 leaflets 2 pair, obovate cuneate, ciliated on the margin, terminated 

 by a bristle ; racemes axillary, peduncled, few-flowered ; calyx 

 scariose, with longitudinal dichotomous veins, upper lip cuneate 

 emarginate mucronate, lower 3-lobed, lateral lobes obtuse, middle 

 one longer, acuminated ; legume coarsely tubercled, joints 7. 

 Parwar Ghaut. 



7. PURPUREA, Bot. Mag. t. 4283. Stem glabrous, erect- 

 branched ; leaflets oblong, with long points, ciliated ; stipules adnate 

 ovate, terminated by a bristle ; racemes terminal and lateral ; 

 peduncles bristly, as long as the leaf; bracts ovate; lips of the 

 calyx entire striated ciliated ; flowers purple, with a white spot on 

 the vexillum and wings. Bombay Presidency; discovered by Mr. 

 Law. 



8. BLANDA, Wall. Cat. 5669, Wight and Arn. Prod. Racemes 

 glandular and hairy ; upper lip of calyx broad emarginate truncated, 

 lower 3-lobed ; leaflets cuneate oblong, middle nerve without 

 bristles ; racemes elongated ; legume reticulately nerved, not 

 tubercled or warty. At Belgaum. 



5. ALYSICARPUS, Necker. 



1. NUMMULARIFOLIUS, DC. Prod. 2, 353. Procumbent, 

 diffuse branched; leaves oval-obtuse, cordate at the base; racemes 

 short ; flowers approximated ; legume several times longer than 

 the calyx, almost cylindrical. Very common. Syn. Hedysarum 

 nummularifolium, Willd. sp. iii, 1173; H cylindricum, Poir. 

 Encyc. Meth. v, 400. 



2. VAGINALIS, DC. loc. cit. 353. SufTruticose diffuse ; leaves 

 from oval-obtuse and cordate, to cordate-lanceolate and linear ; 

 racemes terminal elongated ; calyx 5-cleft, strongly nerved ; legume 

 3 to 6-jointed, several times longer than the calyx, slightly con- 

 tracted between the joints ; joints a little inflated reticulated, pube- 

 scent ; flowers bright-red. Common in pastures. Syn. Hedysarum 

 vaginale, Linn. sp. 1051 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 345 ; H varium, Roth, 

 nov. sp. p 354; H bupleurifolius, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 346. Found 

 at Surat only ; roots covered with minute round tubes like warts. 



3. BUPLEURIFOLIUS, DC. Prod. 2, 352. Diffuse, glabrous; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; flowers in 

 distant pairs, small, pale, inconspicuous ; calyx deeply 4-cleft ; 

 legumes glabrous, 3 to 5-jointed, scarcely contracted between 





