166 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Z7ram. 



lower pedicels ^| in. long -with spreading bristles 3-4 times their thickness ; bracts 

 distinctly ciliated. Ca^yx-segments densely plumose. Corolla purplish, \ in. long. 

 Joints 4-6, opaque. 



** Leaves 1- and S-foliolate intermixed. 



3. v. lag'opoides, DC. Prodr. ii. 324; stems trailing, leaflets small 

 orMcular or oblong, heads short dense oblong-cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elon- 

 gated. W. Sf A. Pi-odr. 222, mm Wall. Hedysarum lagopoides, Burm. Ft. Ind. 

 68, t. 53, fig. 2. U. retusa. Wall. Cat. 5680. Doodia lagopodioides, Soxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 366. Lespedeza lagopoides, Pers. Ench. ii. 308. U. hamosa. Wall. Qa. 

 6681, A., 7wn W. 8r A. 



Tropical zone. Nipai. and Bbnuai, to Ava.— Distkie. Malay isles, China, Poly- 

 nesia, N. Australia. 



Stems densely csespitose, woody, slender, pubescent. Petiole f-1 in. ; leaflets many, 

 of both kinds, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, glabrous above, finely 

 downy below. Heads always simple, very dense, 1-2, rarely 3 in. long, under 1 in. 

 thick; bracts subpersistent, distinctly ciliated; pedicels densely crinite, not longer 

 than calyx. Cal^x ^ in. ; lower teeth setaceous, densely plumose. Corolla scarcely 

 exserted. Joints 1-2, brown, polished, finely pubescent. U. cercifolia, DesT. ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 325, is probably a form of this with a single leaflet. 



4. U. lag'opus, DC. Prodr. ii. 324; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not 

 cordate, heads long dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Hedysarum 

 arboreum, Drni Prodr. 243. TJraria arboreiun, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 287. U. 



. lagopodioides, Wall. Cat. 5676, non DC. U. alopecuroides, Wight Ic. t. 290. 

 Doodia alopeciu-oides, Pxixh. Fl. Ind. iii. 368. U. hamosa. Wall. Cat. 5681 C. 

 Hedysarum alopecuroides, Poxb. Hart. Beng. 57. 



Punjab, along the Himalayas to Assam and Ava, ascending to 6000 ft. in 

 Sulla. 



An erect undershrub, reaching 10-12 ft., with slender woody densely pubescent 

 branches. Leaves usually all 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above, reticulate- 

 venose, finely downy below ; end leaflet 2-4 in. long, 1^2 in. broad. Saoemes copi- 

 ous, both terminal and axillary, resembling those of V. crinita, reaching 6-9 in. by 

 l-lj in.; bracts deciduous; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, densely crinite. Calyx 

 i_l in. , Corolla purple, little exserted. Joints 2-6, dark or pale, dull or polished. 



6. XT. repanda, Wall. Cat. 5677 ; stems erect, leaflets large cordate-ovate, 

 heads dense cylindrical, lower calyx-teeth elongated. Benth. PL Jungh. 213. 



BiEMA, Wallich. 



General habit of the last., to which it is closely allied. Pubescence of brancTtcs 

 shorter. Leaves simple and trifoliolate intermixed, the side leaflets of the latter much 

 smaller than the end one, which is subobtuse or subacute, deeply produced at the base. 

 Paoemes 2-4 in. by ^-f in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate, distinctly ciliated, not deciduous ; 

 pedicels densely crinite, shorter than the calyx. Calt/x J in. ; lower teeth long, 

 setaceous, plumose. Joints 2, polished, glabrous, brownish-drab. 



6. U. bamosa, Wall. Cat. 5681 B ; stems erect, leaflets large oblong not 

 cordate, racemes long lax cylindrical, lower calyx teeth not elongated. W. fy 

 A. P-odr. 222 ; Wight Ic. t. 284. Hedysarmn hamosmn, Poxb. Sort. Beng. 

 67. Doodia hamosa, Po.Tb. Fl. Ind. iii. 867. U. lanceolata and desmodioides, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5682, 5683. U. leptostachya. Wall. Cat. 5684. Desmodium 

 Horsfleldii and dasyphyllum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 261-3. 



HiMAiAYAs to Ceylon, Biemah and Pegu, ascending in Sikkim to 4000 ft. — Dis- 

 TEiB. Malay isles. 



Branches woody, slender, shortly pubescent. Leaves similar in texture to those of 

 all the preceding, sometimes all simple, the end one obtuse, broadly rounded at the 



