Pseudarthria.] LegWninOSCB. 4 I 



uniform; pod ovoid, not jointed, several-seeded, without 

 partitions. — Monotypic. 



P. hedysaroides, Br. in W. and A. Prod. 197 (1834). 

 Flemingia fiolysperma, Moon Cat. 54 (?). P. nervosa, W. and A., 

 Thw. Enum. 92. C. P. 279. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 153. 



Perennial, with a woody base and numerous slender 

 prostrate or ascending stems with adpressed pubescence; 

 l.-rachis about J in., stip. lanceolate, long-acuminate, hairy, 

 deciduous, lflts. shortly stalked, with filiform stipels, ^-1 in., 

 the terminal the largest, obovate-oval, obtuse at base, rounded 

 at apex, pubescent on both sides, especially beneath, which is 

 paler and with prominent veins; fl. small, on slender ped., in 

 lax, narrow, erect, terminal racemes, bracts ovate, strongly 

 acuminate, densely silky, falling before buds open ; cal. hairy, 

 segm. acuminate ; pod small, \— § in., ovoid, straight along 

 dorsal side, turgid, apiculate, glabrous, veined, dark brown; 

 6-10-seeded. 



Low country and up to 4000 ft.; rather common, abundant in the 

 lower hills of Uva; absent in much of the dry region. Fl. Feb.-May, 

 pale purplish. 



Also in India, China, Philippines, and North Australia. 



17. PSEUDARTHRIA, W. and A. 



Herbaceous, 1. pinnately 3-foliolate; fl. in elongated race- 

 mose panicles; cal. minute, upper segm. shorter, subconnate; 

 keel-pet. obtuse; stam. diadelphous, anth. uniform; pod 

 linear-oblong, compressed, indehiscent, 4-6-seeded, without 

 partitions, not jointed. — Sp. 5; 1 in Fl. B. Ind. 

 Scarcely distinct from Desmodium. 



P. viscida, W. and A. Prod. 209 (1834). Gas-gonika, S. 



Herm. Mus. 36. Burm. Thes. 187. Fl. Zeyl. n. 295. Hedysarum 

 viscidum, L. Sp. PI. 747. Glycine viscida, Willd., Moon Cat. 53 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 87. C. P. 1432. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 154. Burm. Thes. t. 84, f. 1. Wight, Ic. t. 286. 



A large perennial (?) herb, 2-4 ft, erect, with numerous, 

 more or less hairy branches; 1. long-stalked, rachis 2-4 in., 

 pubescent or hairy, stip. linear, lflts, on short stalks, stipellate, 

 the terminal 2- 3^ in., the lateral 1-2^ in. and somewhat un- 

 equal-sided, all rhomboid-oval, acute, pubescent above, densely 

 white-silky beneath; fl. small, very numerous, on slender, 

 spreading ped., arranged in fascicles on numerous lax, elon- 

 gated and axillary racemes or panicles, bracts acicular, shorter 



