42 LegtiminOSCB. \Uraria. 



than ped.; cal. hairy, segm. acute; pod linear-oblong, about 

 f in., truncate, apiculate, strongly compressed, flat, viscous- 

 pubescent, 4-6-seeded, slightly indented along the edges 

 between the seeds. 



Moist low country to 3000 ft., a common weed. Fl. Jan., Feb.; bright 

 pink. 



Also in Peninsular India and Timor. 



The flat viscid pods attach themselves to clothing or animals, and are 

 thus transferred to other places. 



18. UBARIA, Desv. 



Semi-shrubby perennials, 1. imparipinnate, sometimes 1- 

 foliolate; fl. numerous, in long terminal racemes; cal. very 

 deeply cleft, segm. nearly equal or lower longer; keel-pet. 

 obtuse; stam. diadelphous, anth. uniform; pod composed of 

 2-7 very small, indehiscent, 1 -seeded joints, usually folded 

 face to face on one another. — Sp. 8; all in Fl. B. Ind. 



Leaflets 5-7, linear . 1. U. picta. 



Leaflets 1-3, broadly oval 2. U. hamosa. 



1. U. picta, Desv.Journ. Bot. iii. 123 (1813). 

 Thw. Enum. 85. C. P. 1437. 

 FL B. Ind. ii. 155. 



A small erect, semi -shrubby perennial, stem slightly 

 branched, harshly pubescent; 1. rather large, rachis 3-5 in., pu- 

 bescent, stip. \-\ in., triangular, acuminate, striate, lflts. 5-7 (2 

 or 3 pair and end one), very shortly stalked, with filiform stipels, 

 2|-4in., linear, rounded at base, slightly tapering to acute 

 apex, glabrous above, and usually mottled with white along 

 both sides of midrib, scabrous-pubescent, paler and with pro- 

 minent veins beneath; fl. small, on hispid ped., arranged in 

 fascicles in a dense, erect, spicate raceme 6-9 in. long, bracts 

 large, lanceolate, acuminate, striate, strongly ciliate, completely 

 concealing the buds but soon falling; cal.-segm. plumose with 

 long hair, lower acuminate; pod of 2-4 ovoid, turgid, white, 

 polished, seed-like joints. 



Dry region in grassy places ; rather rare. Mineri and Topare Tanks ; 

 Kalawewa ; Batticaloa district ; near Bibile. Fl. Dec, March. 



Also in India, Malay Is., Philippines, and Trop. Africa. 



In fruit the pedicels are stiffly curved upwards and inwards, so that 

 the pods are in contact with the rachis, and the persistent calyx-segm. 

 become rigid. 



\U. crinita, Desv. is given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. It is only here 

 under cultivation in gardens.] 



