DeswodzuM.] Leguminosce. .47 



Stems numerous, prostrate, slender. 



Fl. all axillary, without a peduncle . 17. D. triflorum. 



Some fl. on a peduncle . . . . 18. D. heterophyllum. 

 Joints dehiscent; stems prostrate, slender . 19. D. PARVIFLORUM. 

 Joints of pod inconspicuous, shorter than broad, 

 dehiscent. 



Pod very slightly hairy 20. D. GYRANS. 



Pod with long shaggy hair . . . . 21. D. GYROIDES. 



1. D. umbellatum, DC. Prod. ii. 325 (1825). 



Herm. Mus. 21. Burm. Thes. 115. Fl. Zeyl. n. 293. Hedysarum 

 umbellatum, Sp. PI. 747 ; Moon Cat. 54. De7idrolobium umbellatum, 

 Benth., Thw. Enum. 86. C. P. 1436. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 161. Burm. Thes. t. 51. 



A shrub, 5-6 ft., much branched, young parts with dense, 

 adpressed pubescence ; 1. 3-foliolate, rachis i-i| in., downy, 

 stip. small, acicular, quickly falling, lflts. 1^—3 in. (the terminal 

 much the largest) on short silky stalks, oval, obtuse at both 

 ends, glabrous above, pubescent and whitish beneath, lat. veins 

 prominent, parallel, curved, running to margin ; fl. on silky 

 ped. as long as or longer than cal., about 4-10 in stalked axil- 

 lary umbels, peduncles ^-1 in.; cal. densely silky; pod 

 i-ii in., slightly curved, of 3-6 broadly oblong joints, slightly 

 indented between each, reticulate-veined, adpressed-hairy. 



Low country ; common. 



Also in Burma, Malaya, Polynesia, and the Mascarene Is. 



2. D. Cephalotes, Wall. Cat. n. 5721 (1828). 



Dendrolobium Cephalotes, Benth. Thw. Enum. 86. C. P. 2780. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 161. Wight, Ic. tt. 373 and 209 (D. congestum). 



A shrub, 4-5 ft., branches ascending, acutely triangular, 

 densely adpressed-silky; 1. 3-foliolate,rachis f-i^in., triquetrous, 

 channelled above, stip. lanceolate, bristle-pointed, glabrous, 

 persistent, lflts. shortly stalked, with filiform conspicuous 

 stipels, 2-3^ in. (terminal one rather the larger), very acute, 

 glabrous above, silky and white beneath when young, veins 

 conspicuous beneath, parallel, reaching to margin ; fl. very 

 numerous, very shortly stalked, densely crowded in roundish 

 axillary heads, peduncle very short \-\ in., cal. densely 

 white-silky; pod f-i in., slightly curved, of 3-6 joints which 

 are as broad as long, indented between the joints, slightly 

 pubescent. 



Low country up to 3000 ft.; very common. Fl. Jan.; bright red. 

 Also in India, Malaya, and China. 



