154 L. LEGTisiiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Pseudarthria. 



liranous, indeMscent, continuous within, the sutuiea not at all indented. — Dis- 

 TEIB. Species 5, the others African. 



1. P. viscida, W. §- A. Frodr. 209 ; Wight Ic. t. 286. Hedysarum -risci- 

 dum, Linn. ; Roxh. Hart. Bmg. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 356. Desmodium viscidum, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 336 ; Wall. Cat. 5698. Ehynehosia viscida, BC. Frodr. ii. 387. 

 Glycine -piscida, Willd. in Nom Acta, iv. 208. Desmodium Leschenaultii, DC. 

 Frodr. ii. 336 ? 



Tropical zone, 'Westeen Peninsula and Ceylon, up to 3000 ft. — DiSTEtB. 

 Timor. 



Perennial, 2-3 ft. high, with slender stems, clothed with fine grey pubescence. 

 Zeaves petioled, pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets stipellate, membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 green, obscurely bristly above, grey, densely pubescent, rarely subglabrescent below; 

 end leaflet round-rhomboidal, obtuse or acute, 2-4 in. long. Racemes axillary and 

 terminal, sometimes branched ; flowers distant, fascicled ; pedicels spreading, 3-4 

 times the minute calyx. Pod J-J in. long, 4-6-seeded, finely downy. 



45. I.OUREA, Neck. 



Herhs. Zeaves memhranoiis, stipellate, 1-3-foliolate. Flowers in terminal 

 simple or panicled racemes. Calyx memhranous, accrescent, the lanceolate teeth 

 as long as the campanulate tuhe. Corolla equalling or exceeding the calyx ; 

 standard broad ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 few-ovuled ; style filiform, inflexed, stigma capitate. Fod of about 4 small dis- 

 tinct 1-seeded smooth veiaed joints, included in the calyx. — ^All the species are 

 East Indian. 



1. Ii. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 5673 ; leaves 1-foliolate, nearly twice as 

 broad as long, racemes copiously panicled. Bemth. Fl. Jungh. 215. 



AvA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy. Leaves 2^3 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, gla- 

 brous ; lobes spreading, rounded at the point, 4-5-nerved. base snbcordate, apex rounded 

 or slightly emarginate ; petiole nearly as long as the blade. Racemes 1-3, forming 

 copious terminal and lateral panicles; pedicels pubescent, cernuous, sometimes 

 geminate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx slightly downy, finally 1-i in. Joints 

 downy. 



2. Zi. Vespertilionis, De^.; DC. Frod. ii. 323; leaflets 1 rarely 3 

 glabrous 4-6 times as broad as long, racemes simple or slightly panicled. W. ^• 

 A. R-odr. 221 ; Wight Lc. t. 285; Wall. Cat. 5671. Hedysanun VespertiUonis, 

 Linn. ; Roxh. Hart. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 352. 



Common in waste places throughout India. — Disteib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, often planted. 



Stems erect, slender, finely downy upwards. Petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets rigidly 

 subcoriaceous, green, clouded usually with white, the end one 2-3 in. broad, \-\ in. 

 long, with two linear or lanceolate spreading or slightly ascending 2-3-nerved halves ; 

 apex bristle-tipped, broadly emarginate ; side leaflets, if present, much smaller, ob- 

 liquely obversely deltoid. Racemes 3-6 in. long ; pedicels pubescent, shorter than 

 the calyx; lower geminate. Calyx finally J-| in. long. Corolla not exserted. 

 Joints 4-5. 



3. Ii. obcordata, Desv.; DC. Frodr. ii. 324; leaflets 3 rarely 1 pilose 

 beneath on the veins, terminal roundish or obversely deltoid, racemes usually 

 simple. Hedysarum obcordatum, Foir. Diet. Swppl. ii. 425. H. reniforme, 

 Lour. Fl. Coeh. 447. L. reniformis, DC. loc. cit. L. microphylla, Wall. Cat. 

 5672. Desmodiiun prsemorsiun, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5703. 



