50 LegumiflOSCB. \Desmodiuiru. 



on filiform spreading ped., much longer than cal., in very lax 

 terminal racemes, bracts small; cal. slightly hairy; pod 3-4 in. 

 long, spreading or pendulous, linear, somewhat curved, dis- 

 tinctly constricted between the joints, joints 4-6, five times as. 

 long as broad, longitudinally striate, densely covered with 

 minute hooked hairs. 



Montane zone ; very rare. Matale East (Thwaites). Fl. June ; pale 

 violet. 



Also in the hills of S. India. 



8. D. G-ardneri, Benth. PL JungJu 226 (1853). 



D. podocarftum, Thw. Enum. 87 (non DC). C. P. 1434. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 165. 



A slender, slightly branched, erect perennial, 1^-3 ft., 

 woody at the base, stem angled, slightly hairy, purplish ; 1. 

 large, mostly from the base of stem, 3-foliolate, rachis long,. 

 2-6 in., stip. acute, striate, glabrous, lflts. 2-5 in. (the terminal 

 the largest), ovate, acuminate, obtuse, glabrous on both sides,, 

 the lat. ones usually unequal-sided ; fl. medium-sized, on 

 slender ped. §-§ in. long, in small clusters of 3 or 4 distantly 

 placed on a long erect terminal raceme or panicle much ex- 

 ceeding the 1.; cal. cup-shaped, segm. very short and broad ; 

 pod on a stalk J-f in. long, joints 1-3, about \ in. long, each 

 one bent down at right angles with the last or with the stalk,, 

 wider at the end which is rounded and obliquely truncate, 

 tapering to very narrow base, finely hairy. 



Moist region; 1000-4000 ft. in shady places; rather common. Matale; 

 Hantane; Ramboda ; Hunasgiria; Rangala; Nitre Cave. Fl. ApriL 

 Sept., Oct.; pinkish white. 



Also in S. India and in Japan. 



A pretty and curious plant ; very distinct from our other species. 



9. D. Scalpe, DC. Prod. ii. 334 (1825). 



D. strangulatimi, W. and A., Thw. Enum. 87. C. P. 1433. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 165. Wight, Ic. t. 985 (D. strangulatum). 



A slender, erect perennial, woody at base, stem slightly 

 angled, pubescent, 1. 3-foliolate, spreading, rachis if-2| in., 

 hairy, stip. large J-f in., persistent, brown, lflts. ij-2| in., 

 ovate, rounded at base, acute, slightly hairy above, densely 

 and finely pubescent beneath, the terminal one rather larger 

 and somewhat rhomboidal ; fl. rather large on slender as- 

 cending ped. 1-I5 in. long, arranged in pairs on branches of 

 very lax slender pubescent terminal panicles much over- 

 topping the 1., bracts small, ovate, caducous ; cal. hairy, 

 deeply cut, segm. acuminate ; pod very shortly stalked, 

 nearly straight, straight on dorsal, deeply indented on ventral 



