Bleioiis.'] l. xeguminosj;. (J. G. Baker!) 153 



Tropical Zone ; Nilghieis, Gardner, Schmidt, Wight. 



A perennial, with slender firm trailing caespitose stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves short- 

 petioled, membranous, 1 or 3-foliolate, the end leaflet the largest, orbicular or oblong, 

 obtuse, J-| in. long, a little hairy below. Flowers in copious oblong terminal capitate 

 racemes under 1 in. long ; bracts ovate, scariose, finely pubescent ; pedicels short. 

 Calyx I in ; teeth densely plumose. Pod as long as calyx. 



42. EIiEXOTIS, DC. 



An annual herb. Leaves usually 1-foliolate. Flowers in axillary racemes. 

 Calyx with a very short tube and 5 subequal setaceous teeth. Corolla mi- 

 nute; standard broad ; keel obtuse, adhering to the wings. Stamens diadelphous; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, 1-ovuled ; style short, uncinate or nearly 

 straight, thickened at the base, stigma capitate. Pod of a single dimi- 

 ' diate membranous veined joint, with a flattened straight dorsal and rounded 

 ventral suture.^A single endemic species. 



1. E. sororia, DC. Prodr. ii. 348 ; Wall. Cat. 5741 ; W.Sr A. Prodr. 

 231. E. monophylla, DC. loc. cit. Hedysarum sororimn, Linn. ; Poxh. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 362. Hallia sororia, Willd. Sjj. iii. 1170. Glycine monophylla, Burm. Fl. 

 Ind. 161, t. 50, fig. 2. 



Plains of Bdndelkxtnd, Western PENiNsutA and CEytoN. 



An annual, with slender trailing densely csespitose glabrous stems, 1-2 ft. long. 

 Leaves subglabrous, membranous, consisting usually of a single short stalked stipellate 

 terminal leaflet, rounded or broader than long, emarginate, j— 1 in. long, but occa- 

 sionally with a pair of minute lateral leaflets. Flowers in copious simple lax axillary 

 racemes ; pedicels spreading, downy, exceeding the calyx ; bracts minute, ovate, 

 scariose, deciduous. Pod J in. long. 



43. FVCNOSFOXtA, B. Br. 



A low shrub. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Flowers minute, racemed, 

 Calyx deeply cleft, the upper teeth subcpnnate. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard roundish ; keel obtuse, cohering to the wings. <S«me?is diadelphous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style iifiexed, filiform ; stigma mi- 

 nute capitate. Pod oblong, tm-gid, 2-valved, 8-10-seeded, continuous within, not 

 jointed, but marked with transverse veins. — A single species, combining the 

 habit oi Desmodium, with a pod like Ci-otalaria. 



1. E*. Iiedysaroides, P. Br. in Serh. Banlis. V. nervosa, W. S/- A. 

 Prodr. 197 ; Dah. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 75. Orotalaria ? nervosa, Cfrah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5428. Indigofera desmodioides, Benth. in Sohen. PI. Ind. Or. No. 803. 



Tropical zone ; Khasia. (3-6000 ft.), Siihet, Tenasseeim, Western Peninsula, 

 Cetlon. — DiSTEiB. China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



A perennial herb, with slender densely csespitose trailing stems ^-2 ft. long. 

 Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, |— Ij- in. long, stipellate, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous above, finely downy and reticulato-venose below. Flowers in lax 

 terminal racemes ; bracts deciduous, scariose, ovate-cuspidate ; pedicels downy, 2-3 

 times the calyx. Calyx ^ in. long or less. Pod |-J in. long, finally black. 



44. FSEirDARTKRIA, W. & A. 



Habit of Desmodium, from which it only diifers in pod. Calyx-teeth as long 

 as the tube, 2 upper subconnate. Corolla 2-3 times the calyx ; standard broad ; 

 keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, many- 

 ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod liuear-oblong, compressed, mem- 



