JJourea.'] l. leguminosj!. (J. G. Baker.) 155 



BiEMA, WaUich.—DiSTmB. Malay isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



Stems csespjtose, very slender, wide-trailing, pubescent. Petiole J-| in. ; leaflets 

 membranous, pale green, as broad as long, truncate or rounded at the apex, pale 

 green, not clouded, glabrous above, ^-| in. long. Racemes very lax, reaching 6~& in. 

 long ; pedicels as long as the calyx, pubescent, cernuous, rarely geminate. Calyx 

 downy, finally \-^ in. long. , Corolla tvidce the flowering-calyx. Joints 4-5, 

 glabrous. 



4. Ii. campanulata, Bemth. PI. Jvmgh. 216 ; leaflets 3 rarely 1 otovate- 

 oWong downy beneath, racemes copiously panicled. Uraria campanulata, Wall. 

 Cat. 5685. 



Ata ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



Erect, with the habit of a Desmodium. Stems firm, slender, finely downy. Pe- 

 tioles \—\ in. ; leaflets subcoriaeeous, green, glabrous above, pale green, reticulato- 

 venose below ; end one 2-3 in. long, obtuse, with a. cuneate base ; side ones much 

 smaller. Racemes 4-6 in. long, forming copious terminal panicles, with densely pu- 

 bescent rachises ; pedicels J in., curved. Cd^x ^-^ in., densely pubescent. Corolla 

 twice flower-calyx. Joints 2-3, pubescent. 



46. VRARZii., Desy. 



SuiJruticose peremiials. Leaves stipellate, with 1 to 9 leaflets. Flowers 

 very numerous, minute, racemose. Calyx-tube very short; two upper teeth 

 short; three lower usually elongated, setaceous. Standard broad; wings ad- 

 hering to the obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary ses- 

 sile or short-stalked, few-ovuled ; style innexed filiform, stigma terminal. Pod 

 of 2-6 small turgid 1-seeded indehiscent joints, often placed face to face. — Dis- 

 lEiB. Species aU here included. 



* ll^er leaves 5-9-foliolate. 



1. IT. picta, Demi.; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets linear clouded, pedicel 

 clothed with short bristies. Wall. Cat. 5674 ; W. j-A. Prodr. 221 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 65. Doodia picta, Roxh. Fl. Irid. iii. 368. Hedysartun pictum, 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 567 ; Roxb. Hart. Beng. 57. U. linearis, Hassh. PI. Jav. Bar. 

 349. 



Hdialayas to Cetxon, ascending to 6000 ft. in the north-west. — Disteib. Tropical 

 Africa, Malay isles, Philippines. 



An erect little-branched suflruticose perennial, 3-6 ft. high. Stems robust, finely 

 downy. Petioles 1-2 in. ; leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly subcoriaeeous, glabrous above, 

 retieulato-vennlose, minutely pubescent below, 4-8 in. long, J-1 in. broad ; lowest 

 simple, round or oblong. Flowers in dense cylindrical racemes, ^-1 ft. long, |-J in. 

 broad ; bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly ciliated ; upper lanceolate, 

 lower ovate acuminate ; pedicels 3— f in., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. 

 Corolla purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polished, often whitish. 



2. U. crinita, Desv. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 324; leaflets oblong not clouded, pe- 

 dicels clothed with long bristles. Wall. Cat. 6675. U. picta, Wight Ic. t. 411, 

 nonDesv. U. comosa,Z) C.Pro(ij'. ii. 324. Hedysanun crinitum, ijrara. ; ^Mnii. 

 Fl. Ind. 169, t. 66 ; Boxb. Hort. Beng. 57. Doodia crinita, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 369. 



HiMAiAYAS to Cetlon and Siam, ascending to 9000 ft. in the north-west. — ^Dis- 

 teib. China, Malay isles. 



General habit of the last. Upper leaves 3-7-fi)liolate ; leaflets subcoriaeeous, green, 

 smooth above, paler, reticulato-venose beneath, 4-6 in. long, 1^2 in. broad, much 

 rounded at the base. Racemes dense, reaching above a foot long, 1-1 J in. thick ; 



