398 D. Pram — .Some additional Leguminosoe. [No. 2, 



densely velvety beneath with grey-silky pubescence, all ovate-oblong acuminate, the 

 central wide-cnneate at base, on a petiolule lj in. long, the lateral with very sliorfc 

 petiolules, almost rounded at base, margins slightly repand-sinuate. Racemes copious 

 lax axillary and terminal, very slender and usually shorter than the leaves, often 

 compound, branched at base ; pedicels 5 in., very slender, finely puberulous, ascend- 

 ing. Calyx i in., sparsely pubescent, teeth subulate as long as the widely campanu- 

 late tube. Corolla f in. Pods 1—1$ in., joints 5-6, rather longer than broad. 



This in general appearance resembles D. tilisefolium, but the black angular 

 stems and the very different calyx and pods amply distinguish it. Though it bears 

 less general resemblance to D. sambuense it is in reality most closely related to that 

 species ; it has similar stems, not however as in D. sambuense with lines of spread- 

 ing hairs along the angles, and similar though much larger pods, the joints being 

 four times the size of those of D. sambuense. The leaves also are very different in 

 shape besides being many times larger ; the calyx teeth, too, are much narrower in 

 this species. 



24c. Desmodium insigne Prain ; leaflets very large, ovate-acute, 

 densely hoary beneath, pedicels moderately long ; bracts lanceolate 

 scarious persistent, corolla large ; joints quite glabrous reticulate-venose. 

 Tenasserim ; at Endine Ghor, 1000 feet, Gallatly ! 



Branches woody, angular, densely uniformly rusty-pubescent. Petioles short, 

 1-H in. only; leaflets thick flexible subcoriaceous, green rugose and sparsely 

 setulose above, densely persistently matted with whitish silky hairs beneath ; all 

 ovate-acute with rounded bases; the end one, on a petiolule chat may be 2 in. long 

 and always exceeds the petiole proper, 9 in. long, 6 in. across; the lateral almost 

 sessile, 6 in. long, 4 in. across. Racemes copious lax, sometimes a foot long, axillary 

 and terminal, the latter at times paniculate, pedicels 5 in. finely downy, arising in 

 fascicles from the axils of 2-3 lanceolate externally rusty-pubescent rigid persistent 

 bracts. Calyx | in., pubescent, teeth triangular, acuminate, rather shorter than the 

 narrow-campanulate tube. Corolla $ in. Pods 1 in. ; joints about 6, rather broader 

 than long, quite glabrous. 



A species very distinct on account of its peculiar persistent rigid bracts, dis- 

 posed in groups along the rachis of the racemes and with fascicles of pedicels in their 

 axils. The leaves, though of larger size, have the facies of those of that form of 

 D. lilixfolium which constitutes D. argenteum. 



24<2. Desmodium Kingeanum Pram; leaflets obtuse or subacute, 

 softly grey-silky beneath, bracts small, pedicels short, joints broad 

 densely shortly tomentose, the sutures densely pubescent with longish 

 white hooked hairs. 



Burma ; Shan States at Saga, King's Collectors ! 



Shrubby, branches and petioles rusty-pubescent. Petiole 2 in., leaflets rather 

 thick, green, sparsely pubescent above, densely silky beneath, all broad obovate 

 obscurely repand, bases wide-deltoid ; central petiolule £ in. Racemes short dense 

 4 in. long, axillary and terminal pedicels £ in., erect, puberulou3. Calyx ^ in. wide, 

 campanulate, pubescent, teeth subulate, remote, as long as tube. Pod 1£ in. long, 

 I in. wide, dorsal suture straight, ventral very slightly sinuate; joints usually 6, 

 broader than long, the last apiculate, thin, tardily separating. 



An exceedingly distinct species with pods altogether different from those of 



