TJraria.] L. leguminosj!. (J. G. Baker.) 157 



'base, 3-5 in. by 2-3 in. Biicemes much laxer than in the other species, resembling 

 those of a Desmodivmi, copiously panieled, reaching ^-i. ft. long ; bracts ovate, cuspi- 

 date, pubescent, deciduous ; pedicels ^-§- in., often fascicled. Calyx J in., all the 

 teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla 2-3 tunes the calyx. Joints 4-6, opaque, drab or 

 brown. 



*** Leaves usually all 1-foUolate. 



7. IJ. prunellsefolla, Gi-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5686 ; stems erect, leaflets ob- 

 long-lanceolate, racemes sliort close oblong. Hedysarivm hamatum, Seyne 



Mm. 



Ktjmaon, alt. 3000 ft., Thomson,. East Himaiatas, Griffith. 



Branches slender, shortlypubescent. Leaflet oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute,, 

 rounded at the base, 3-4 in. by 1-1^ in. ; petiole ^-\ in. Bacemes terminal, simple, 

 1-2 in. by |-| in ; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous ;, pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, 

 shortly bristly. Calyx ^-^ in., lower teeth twice as long as the upper. Corolla 

 under twice the calyx. Joints 3-4, placed end to end, opaque or polished. 



8. IT. cordifolla, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 33, t. 37 ; stems erect, leaflet cor- 

 date-OTate, racemes elongated lax cylindrical. TJ. cordate,, Wall. Cat. 6679. 



Pbomb and banks of the Irrawaddi, Wallich. 



Branches stout, woody, densely clothed with short spreading hairs. Leaves casu- 

 ally trifoliolate, reaching 6-9 in. long, nearly as broad, acute, conspicuously hairy on 

 the raised veins below ; petiole ^2 in. Bacemes lateral and terminal, J-lft. long, 

 resembling those of U. hamosa ; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels ^— | in., 

 densely crinite. Calyx J-^ in. ; teeth setaceous, nearly equal. Corolla scarcely ex- 

 serted. Joints 2-3, opaque, pubescent. 



47. A XiVSX CARPUS, Neck. 



Diffuse annuals or biennials. Leaves simple, rarely 3-foliolate, stipellate, sub- 

 coriaceous. Flowers in copious axillary racemes. Calyx glumaceous; teeth 

 deep, often imbricated, the two upper often connate. Corolla not exserted ; 

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

 thers xmiform. Ovary nearly or quite sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved, stigma 

 capitete. Pod terete or turgid, composed of several indehiscent 1-seeded joints. 

 — DisTEiB. Species about 15 ; weeds everywhere in the tropics of the old 

 world. 



* niicrocalyclnsB. Calyx not longer than the first joint of the pod. 



1. A. monilifer, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 ; stems clothed with fine spreading 

 hairs, pod distinctly monHiform turgid veinless. Wall. Cat. 6769 ; W. Sf A. 

 Prodr. 232. Hedysarum moniliferum, Idnn. ; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 52, fig. 3 ; Poxh. 

 Sort. Beng. 66 ; Fl. Lnd. iii. 345. A. Eubibarna, Wall. Cat. 5771, ex parte. 



Tropical zone ; Himalayas through India proper. Biema and Tenasseeim, Wal- 

 lich. — DisTEiB. Nubia, Abyssinia. 



Stems densely tufted, ^-1 ft. long. Leaves all simple, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 

 i-J in. long, often cordate ; petiole ^ in. long, finely downy. Bacemes close, 4-8- 

 flowered; pedicels very short. Calyx A-J in., obscurely hairy ; teeth linear, erecto- 

 patent. Pod ^ in. thick, 4-8-jointed, ^| in. long, densely clothed with minute hooked 

 pubescence, not at all reticulato-venose. 



2. A. hamosus, Fdgew. Cat. Banda. PI. 47; stems densely clothed with 

 short spreading hairs, calyx much shorter than the first joint, pod compressed 

 leticulato-venose not moniliform. A. rotundifolius, Wight MSS. 



