'152 L. LEGUMiNOSj;. (J. G. Baker.) [^ZSsGliynomene. 



. rigid, gland-ciliated. Calyx under \ in. long. Corolla fugacious, twice the calyx. Fad 

 1-1 J in. long, straight or rather curved ; upper suture straight, lower more or less dis- 

 tinctly indented ; joints 6-10, ^-^ in. broad, smooth or finally papillose on the face. 



2. S. aspera, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 320 ; stems robust simple or little- 

 iDranched, pedvmcles calyx and large corolla Hspid. W. Sj- A. Prodr. 219 ; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 299. M. indica, Wall. Cat. 5667, non Linn. Hedyaarum lagena- 

 riimi, Moxh. Sort. Beng. 67 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 366. M. indica, /3 aspera, Bagsk. Ft. 

 Jav. jRar.ZiSl. M. trachyloba, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 276. 



Tropical Zone ; Bbngai. and Silket to IffiALicCA and Ceylon. — Disteib. Malay 

 isles, Tropical A&ica. 



A tall erect swamp species, with stout glabrous main stems, full of white pith. Sifi- 

 pvles linear or lanceolate, auricled, debiduous; leaf-rachis 3-6 in. long; leaflets 

 ■ 61-101, linear, obtuse, 1-nerved. Racemes corymbose, 2— 4-flowered; pedicels and 

 peduncles clothed with spreading bristles. Calyx J in., with a pair of round bracteoles. 

 Corolla twice the calyx. Fod 2-i\ in. by ^ in. ; joints 3-6,' smooth or echinate on the 

 faces OTer the seeds. 



M. suEATTENSis, W. ^ A, Frodr. 219, is altogether doubtful, the description being 

 probably taken in part from Sesbania actdeata. 



40. ORDZOCAXtPUnX, Beauv. 



Shrubs. Leaves with odd-pinnate exstipellate leaflets and persistent striated 

 stipules and bracts. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx-tah& campanulate ; 2 upper 

 teeth deltoid ; 3 lower lanceolate. Standard broad ; keel much incurved, not at 

 all beaked. Stamens in two bvmdles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, 

 few-OTuled ; style filiform, inflexed, stigma minute terminal. Fad of a few inde- 

 hiscent turgid linear or oblong joints, the lower seedless, the faces rugose, naked 

 or muricated with weak gland-tipped prickles. — DisiEiB. Species 6, spread all 

 roimd the world in the tropics. 



1. O. sennoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 315; Wall. Cat. 5658 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 

 216 ; Wt. Ic. t. 297. O. coronilloides, G. Bern Gen. Syst. ii. 279. Hedysarum 

 sennoides, Willd. ; Roxh. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 364. 



Plains of the Westebn Peninsula and Cetlon. — Disteib. Siam, Philippines, Poly- 

 nesia, Trop. Africa. 



A low shrub, with terete slender branches, the branchlets and leaf-rachis viscid. 

 leaflets 9-17, alternate, oblong, obtuse, membranous, deciduous. Flowers 2-6, in 

 copious short-peduncled axillary corymbose racemes ; bracts spreading, minute, deltoid ; 

 pedicels viscid, as long as calyx. Calyx \ in. Csrolla yellow, much exserted. Fod with 

 2-4 joints, linear or oblong, i-1 in. long, horizontally plicate, smooth or muricated. 



41. ZiBPTODESiaiA, Benth. 



DifRise perennial herbs. Leaves simple or pinnately 3-foliolate, stipeUate. 

 Bracts large, imbricated. Floioers small, crowded in dense terminal racemose 

 "heads. Calyx with a very short tube, and 5 subequal setaceous teeth. Corolla 

 minute, included ; standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 imiform. Ova7y sessile, 1-ovuled ; style long, filiform, incui-ved, stigma capitate. 

 Pod small, oblong, membranous, flattened, 1-seeded, opening widely along the 

 'ventral suture. — Disieib. Two species, the other a plant of Madagascar. 



1. Zi. con^esta, Benth. MSS. Nicolsonia congesta, Wight Ic. t. 1056. 

 -Desmodium congestum, Benth. PI. Jungh. 222, mm W. & A. 



