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upper teeth short ; three lower usually elongated, setaceous. Standard 

 broad ; wings adhering to the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or short- stalked, few-ovuled ; style 

 infiexed filiform, stigma terminal. Pod of 2-6 small tuvgid 1-seeded 

 indehiscent joints, often placed face to face. Species 15, S.-E. Asiatic. 

 Stems erect, heads long cylindric; upper leaves 5-9-foiioL-ite, 

 leaflets much longer than broad: — 



Leaflets narrowly lanceolate, clouded above, pedicels clothed 

 with short hristles, joints of pod polished glabrous ... 1. U. picta. 



Leaflets oblong, green above, pedicels clothed with long 

 bristles, joints of pod dull puberulous ... .. 2. XI. crinita. 



Stems trailing heads short oblong; leaves 1-foliolate and 3- 

 foliolate intermixed, leaflets not much longer than broad ... 3. U. lagopoides. 



1. Uraria picta Desv. Journ. Bot. I, 123 t. 5 f. 19. An erect 

 little-branched suffruticose perennial 3-6 feet high, with stout finely 

 downy stems *5 in. or more in diam. at base. Leaves 10-12 in. long, 

 rachis finely downy; leaflets terminal and in 2-4 opposite pairs, linear- 

 lanceolate, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous clouded with white above, 

 finely reticulate veined and minutely pubescent beneath, 4-8 in. long 

 *3-'6 in. wide; petiole 2-2*5 in. long, stipules lanceolate long-acuminate 

 from a broad base '5 in. long with parallel veins, stipels subulate "2 in. 

 long ; the lowest leaves simple or 3-foliolate, round or oblong. Racemes 

 in dense cylindric heads 6-12 in. long, '65-'75 in. broad ; bracts brown 

 Bcariose deciduous, upper lanceolate lower ovate-acuminate ; pedicels 

 • 25-35 in. long, covered with short bristles, abruptly incurved at the tip 

 after flowering. Calyx 2 in. long. Corolla purple, exserted, 3 in. long. 

 Pod glabrous, pale lead-coloured, joints 3-6, smooth polished, *13 in. 

 long -1 in. wide, compressed. DC. Prodr. II, 324 ; Wall. Cat. 5674 ; 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 267 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 155. If. linearis 

 Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 349. Hedysarum pictum' J acq. Ic. t. 567 ; Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia picta Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 368. 



Perak; Scortechini ! Prov. Wellesley ; Ridley 6958! Nicobars ; 

 Kamorta, Kurz I Distrib. India; Indo-China; Malay Islands. 



2. Uraria crinita Desv. Journ. Bot. I, 123. An erect little- 

 branched perennial 3-8 feet high, with stout finely downy stems '75 in. 

 or more in diam. at base. Leaves 8-15 in. long, rachis sparingly puber- 

 ulous, leaflets terminal and in 2-3 opposite pairs, ovate-oblong acute, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, green above, finely reticulate-veined and minute- 

 ly tomentose beneath, 3-4 in. long, 1-1*5 in. wide, base rounded ; petiole 

 3_4 i n> long, stipules lanceolate acuminate '6 in. long, puberulous ; 

 stipels lanceolate '15 in. long; the lowest leaves simple or trifoliolate, 

 ovate or subcordate. Racemes iu dense cylindric heads 8-18 in, long, 

 1-1 '5 in. broad ; bracts scariose deciduous ovate-acuminate, ciliate ; 



