48 LegummoSCB. [Besmodium. 



3. H. pulchellum, Benth. in FL B. Ind. ii. 162 (1876). Ham- 

 pilla, S. 



Herm. Mus. 36, 58. Burm. Thes. 116. Fl. Zeyl. n. 292. Hedysancm 

 pulchellum, L. Sp. PI. 747 ; Moon Cat. 54. Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv., 

 Thw. Enum. 86. C. P. 1279. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 162. Burm. Thes. t. 52. Wight, Ic. t. 418. 



A small shrub about 4 ft, branches numerous, pubescent ; 

 1. 3-foliolate, rachis short, about 1 in., pubescent, stip. small, 

 acuminate, lflts. shortly stalked, the terminal nearly twice as 

 large as the lat. ones, oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, sub- 

 acute or obtuse at apex, repand or undulate at margin, nearly 

 glabrous above, densely silky-pubescent and pale beneath ; 

 fl. small on short ped., arranged in clusters of 3 or 4 in long 

 erect terminal and axillary inflor., each cluster entirely con- 

 cealed by a pair of rotundate lflts. (' bracts ') placed back to 

 back on a very short common petiole and persistent ; cal. 

 pubescent; pod small, fin., joints 2, a little longer than broad, 

 glabrous, reticulate-veined. 



Low country up to 3000 ft.; common, especially in the dry region. 

 Fl. March. 



Also in India, Malaya, and China. 



The lflts. enclosing the little umbels of flowers and fruit are obviously 

 the lateral ones of the ordinary foliage leaves modified ; the large terminal 

 lflt. is suppressed, but when young the rachis is present as a long-pointed 

 bristle. 



Hermann gives ' Palasghas ' as the S. name for this. 



4. D. biarticulatum, Benth. in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 163 (1876). 



Herm. Mus. 5, 31. Burm. Thes. 114. Fl. Zeyl. n. 296. Hedysarum 

 biarticulatum, L. Sp. PI. 747. Moon Cat. 54. Dicerma biarticulatum 

 DC, Thw. Enum. 86. C. P. 1450. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 163. Burm. Thes. t. 50, f. 2. Wight, Ic. t. 419. 



A small spreading shrub, with slender elongated branches 

 covered with adpressed silky hair ; 1. small, 3-foliolate, rachis 

 ^-\ in., hairy, stip. connate at back, laciniate, striate, glabrous, 

 brown, lflts. on very short hairy stalks, oblong -lanceolate, 

 obtuse, minutely apiculate, conduplicate, glabrous above, more 

 or less silky beneath ; fl. on very short ped., in small clusters, 

 laxly arranged in a long, narrow, spicate, terminal raceme, 

 bracts small, setaceous ; cal.-segm. longer than tube, slightly 

 silky ; pod small, f in., of 2 rounded joints, very deeply in- 

 dented between them, strongly pubescent. 



Low country ; common, especially in the dry region. Fl. Jan.-March. 



Also in India, Burma, Malay Islands, and N. Australia. 



5. X>. laburnifolium, DC. Prod. ii. 337 (1825). 



D. cateniferum, Arn. Pug. 13. Catenaria labumifolia, Benth., Thw. 

 Enum. 86. C. P. 1435. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 163. 



