396 D. Prain — Some additional Legnminosse. [No. 2, 



Cat. Lith. p. 215 inter addend.) D. oxyphyllum Herb. hid. Or. H. f. Sf T., 

 not of DC. and hardly of Bah. 



Khasia and Jaintea Hills; " Montes Sillet," i.e., Khasia, Gomez 

 ( Wall. Cat. 5708 C) ! Khasia, 2-4000 feet, Booker and Thomson ! Griffith 

 (Kew Dist. n. 1621, Field n. 389)! Gallatly n. 676! Mann n. 28L ! 

 Clarice nn. 15154! 17813! 19167! 40415! 45119! Jowai, Dr. King's 

 Collector ! 



Branches slender terete, soon glabrescent. Petiole f in. to 1 in. long ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous ovate, terminal 2-2^ in. long, 1 in. across, tapering from the middle to 

 an abruptly short-acnminate apex and to a cuneate-trnncate base, on a petiolule \ 

 in. long; lateral similar but smaller, shortly petioluled, 1-1| in. long and with a sub- 

 equally rounded base ; all quite glabrous above, clothed with adpressed silky hairs, 

 and finely reticulate-veined beneath. Racemes copious, axillary and terminal, mo- 

 derately close ; bracts lanceolate, ciliated, \ in. long; pedicels erecto-patent, slender, 

 glabrescent, -|-f in. long. Calyx f in., teeth triangular as long as tube. Corolla f 

 in. Pod 1J-2 in., joints T 3 ¥ in. wide, rather longer than broad, 4-7, quite glabrous, 

 finely reticulated. 



This species is apparently confined to the mountain slopes to the north of 

 Silhet. It was issued under n. 5708 C. by Dr. Wallich — though at a date subse- 

 quent to the original issue of n. 5708 — as part of his Desmodium serriferum, a 

 species from Nepal and Kamaon of which the types are Wall. Cat. n. 5708 A. 

 & n. 5708 B. (Lith. Cat. p. 195). 



Though somewhat nearly related to D. serriferum, this is very easily distinguished 

 by its longer pedicels, its perfectly entire and somewhat differently shaped leaflets, as 

 well as by its quite glabrous pods, the reticulations of which stand in bolder relief, 

 and by its very different calyx with acute teeth as long as the tube. 



Wall. Cat. n. 5708 C. is not referred to in the F. B. I., but that this plant (which 

 occurs as D. oxyphyllum both in Herb. Griffith, and in Herb. Ind. Or.) has been 

 included under D. oxyphyllum in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 167 seems probable from the fact 

 that Khasia is there cited as a locality for that species ; D. serriferum (D. oxyphyllum 

 Bak., not DC.) does not occur anywhere to the east of Nepal, whence came the 

 specimen originally described by Mr. De Candolle. 



22. Desmodium confertum DO. 



The original specimens of Hedysrtrum dioicum Ham. (Desmodium dioicum DC), 

 named by Hamilton himself, show that D. confertum is only D. dioicum DC. But from 

 the fact that the name employed in the F. B. I. is much more familiar, and also 

 because the plant is not truly dioecious, it seems unnecessary to give up its use 

 in favour of the synonym that perhaps technically ought to replace it. 



23. Desmodium serriferum Wall. Cat. 5708 A and B. D. oxyphyllum 

 Bah. in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 167 not of DC, nor of Herb. Ind. Or. 



This species is nearly related to the preceding but is at once distinguished by 

 its very short obtuse calyx-teeth. 



A slight alteration must be made in the account of the distribution of the species 

 as given \n the F. B. I. The plant has never been found in Assam or in Khasia; 

 these localities must therefore be deleted ; they depend, as already explained, on 

 the erroneous identification by Dr. Wallich of D. Ichasianum with his own D. serri- 



