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14. ARACHIS. 
1. A. hypogaea, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 474. Cultivated in 
. Ru and K wangtung. Fl. yellow, June. 
15.—ZORNIA. 
l. Z. diphylla, Pers.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 80. Victoria Peak, 
Mt. Gough and Stonecutters’ Island, Hongkong ; Lantao 
Island, Hongkong New Territory ; near Chaochaufu ; 
Macao; Pakhoi. FI. yellow, April. 
16.—DESMODIUM. 
Key to species. 
1. Pod sree on one side, not articulate ; 
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aflets 3, terminal — es. 1. gyroides. 
Pod mers eA ene S 2. 
2. Erect shrub  .. 3. 
: Perennial herb, sometimes woody below 7. 
3. Leaves 1-foliate ares 2. triquetrum. 
Leaves 3-foliate ki ane 4, 
4. Bracts persistent, orbieular ... sas 5. 
Bracts elongate, small, deciduous — ... 6. 
5. Pod silky, joints usually 9 5 -. — 9. elegans. 
Inflorescence terminal .. 6. laburnifolium. 
7. End leaflet 4-6 kiss as ‘long a as 3 broad ; 
pod subglabro oak 7. gyrans. 
End leaflet 2-3 VE as long as as s broad ; 
pubescent eds -. 1. gyroides. 
8. Leaves 1-foliate ats aS 2 9. 
Leaves 3-foliate «e si x H. 
9. Leaves glabrous above T i 10. 
eaves downy above ... vie e. — B. latifolium. 
10. Leaves rotundate iene ave es 9. retroflexum. 
eaves oblong ... eie eee -.. 10. gangeticum. 
ll. Inflorescence on very short axillary 
ranches ; leaves small; stems pro- 
cum ese eee 12. 
Inflorescence terminal .. one 13. 
12. Peduncles axillary, 3-flowered 2e. Oll. trorum. 
uncles some or all racemose 14. 
13. Leaflets small, obtuse ; racemes short 15. 
Leaflets En attenuate ; racemes very 
lon eos las 16. 
14. Polina ‘all racem .. 12. parvifolium. 
Peduncles z iowad and racemose ... 13. heterophyllum. 
15. Leaflets membranous ... tee .. 14. polycarpum. 
Leaflets coriaceous... ae es 15. reticulatum: 
16. Pod little indented... ki -» 16. laxiflorum. 
Pod deeply partite —.... sve ave 14 
