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1. L. seeicea, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. III. 49 ; Maxim. Syn. 

 Lesped. 42 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 142 (Heclysarwm sericeum, Thbg. Fl. Japon. 

 2S9 ; L. cuneata, Don. Gen. Syst. II. 307; ffedysarumjimceum,Hoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 362, non L. £.). 



Hab. Ava, Khakyen hills, east of Bhamo (J. Anderson). — Fl. May. 



2. L. pi^etoeum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 230 and 1. c. 

 1874. 1S4 sub. 13. 



Hab. Not lurfrequent in the drier hill-forests of Martaban, at 4000 

 to 6000 ft. elevation.— Fl. Fr. March. 

 Allied to L. tomentosa, Sieb. 



3. L. e-ecoba, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 231 ; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. II. 144. 



Hab. Frequent in the drier, especially the pine-forests of Martaban, 

 at 4000 to 6000 ft. elevation.— Fl. March ; Fr. Apr. 

 Allied to L. eriocarpa, DC. 



4. L pabvieloba, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 231 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. II. 141. 



Hab. Martaban hills (Nattoung), east of Tounghoo (Revd. F. Mason). 



Allied to L. elliptica, Bth., from which it differs by its much smaller 

 flowers, its subulate calyx-teeth, the different vestiture of its inflorescence, 

 and its deciduous bracts. 



Pycnospora, R. Br. 

 1. P. hedysaboldes, RBr. in WA. Prod. I. 197 ; Btb. Fl. Hongk. 

 91 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 153. (P. nervosa, WA. Prod. I. 197). 

 Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 1813). 



Pseudarthria, WA. 



1. P. viscida, WA- Prod. I. 209 ; Wight Icon. t. 286 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 

 II. 154. (Hedysarum viscidum, L. Syst. III. 506 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 

 356 ; Desmodium viscidum, DC. Prod. II. 316). 



Hab. Upper Tenasserim (Falconer, Griff.). 



Desmodium, Desv. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



A. Dehisceftia. Pod-joints dehiscing along the ventral suture. 

 Subff. 1. Fleurolobium, DC. Pod-joints dehiscing along the more or less indented 

 suture, distinctly separated or continuous and the separation indicated hy a transverse 

 line only. Inflorescence in a young state conspicuously irabricate-hracted. 



* All bracts deciduous. Pods continuous, the joints marked only by transverse 

 lines. Erect shrubs or herbs. 



Shrub, the leaflets one-coloured ; flowers purple ; pod-joints about 2\ lin. long hy 3 

 broad, densely and shortly hirsute, D. gyroides. 



