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the joints, as long, or twice as long, as the calyx. Common. Syn. 

 Hedysarum bupleurifolium, Linn. sp. 1081 ; H graminium, Retz. 

 obs. 5, p 26 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 346. 



4. LONGIFOLIUS, W. and A. Prod. 1, 233. Herbaceous, 

 erect-branched; stems round, glabrous; leaves shortly-petioled, 

 linear lanceolate, rather obtuse, scarcely cordate at the base, 

 glabrous above, puberulous beneath ; stipules large, longer than 

 the petiole ; racemes spiked, very long ; pedicels short approx- 

 imated ; calyx 4-divided to near the base, segments erect, oblong, 

 striated, hairy ciliated, upper shortly bifid ; legume scarcely 

 constricted between the seeds, reticulated, pubescent, 5 to 6-seeded, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Wight Ic. t. 251 ; Hedysarum 

 longifol, Rottl. in Spr. syst. iii, 317. Roots like Liquorice. 



5. STYRACIFOLICS, DC. Prod. 2, 353. Branches diffuse, hairy ; 

 leaves from cordate oval to linear lanceolate, a little hirsute beneath ; 

 racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, short, dense, hairy ; legume 

 glabrous, 2 to 4-jointed, much contracted between the joints, 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. At Surat. A cylindracens, Desv. 

 in Ann. Soc. Nat. ix, 417 ; Hedysarum scariosum, Spr. loc. cit. 



6. BELGAUMENSIS, Law in Wight's Ic. t. 92. Leaves trifo- 

 liolate ; leaflets linear oblong, terminal one much the largest ; calyx 

 deeply 4-cleft, upper segment bifid ; joints of the legume compressed 

 irregularly, reticulated, pubescent. Ram Ghaut, Belgaum ; flowers 

 in September. 



7. PUBESCENS, Law in Wight's Ic. t. 250. Herbaceous, erect, 

 stems round, hairy ; leaves simple short-petioled linear lanceolate 

 acute, 3-nerved, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 terminal spicate ; flowers subsessile; calyx 4 -parted to the base, 

 clothed with long silky hairs ; legumes terete, much-contracted 

 between the seeds. Belgaum ; common. 



8. PARVIFLORUS, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, 211. Herba- 

 ceous, erect ; stem branched, glabrous at the base, covered with 

 spreading hairs in the upper part; leaves simple and trifoliolate, 

 oblong-elliptic mucronate, somewhat cordate at the base, strigose 

 beneath ; stipules shorter than the petioles ; calyx almost 5-divided, 

 segments subulate ; legume half necklace-shaped, reticulated, twice 

 as long as the calyx, 5 to 6-seeded. Phoonda Ghaut ; flowers and 

 fruit in November. 



6. URARIA, Desv. 



1. PICTA, Desv. Jour. Bot. iii, 122. Erect, young parts clothed 



with hooked hairs; leaves simple and pinnated, simple ones oblong 



ovate, compound ones with 2 to 4 pair leaflets, which are linear 



lanceolate obtuse ; racemes terminal long, spike-like, rigid ; legume 



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