422 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Desmodium. 
opposite the petiole ; ; stipels subulate, often long. Flowers — 
ll. 
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: iduous ; 
striate or subulate and persistent, or membranous and decid : 
bracteoles teh cae ‘caeex or minute or obsolete. Sepals . 
connate in a anulate or turbinate tube ; teeth — if 
longer than aan oi 2 upper subconna a lip, the 3 low 
r quite free, the rest connate; anthers uniform. Ovary 
partially ter- 
sessile or stipitate, 2-many-ovuled ; style incurved ; . mae 
minal, capitate. Fruit exserted from calyx, sessile wa ee “ad 
usually distinctly jointed, the joints separating, 1-seeded, 
—[p.424] 
*Pods aistiscls divided into Tame separating, 1-seeded joints:—(P. 
tLeaves 3-foliolate : —[p. 423] 
aflets small, never over 1 in. — rarely half that length ; 
stems very slender, cylindric, trailing eate, 
Pedicels Hered exceeding the petibleet leaflets se to- 
runeate or emarginate at apex; flowers all anes 
gether ; pod me straight upper and indented lower su phat 
po ovate, 
Pedicels anaes Asay the petioles ; leaflets oblong or ° 
rounded at ith 
s wi 
Flowers ia sits ry, also 2-6 in small lax racemes; ee 
straight upper and indented lower suture ... --heteropny 
we 
in 5 . 
Leaflets large, 2-3 in. lon ng; stems stout, angular ee 
many-flowered, lateral, axillary, also in terminal piles ifusum- 
obovate, entire ; pod indented on both sutures......-++--++* t 
Stems erect or suberect :-— 
}Bracts large, 2- -foliolate, persistent ; a woody shrub a pice 
chellum: Z 
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