158 L. leguminosj:. (J. G. Baker.) lAlysicar^us. 



Plain of BuNDELKimD and Westeen Peninsula. 



Stems 1 ft. or less long, witli many erecto-patent hairy branches. Leaves all simple ; 

 leaflet orbicular, obtuse, cordate, hairy on the veins below, |-lf in. long and broad; 

 petiole |— ^ in., hairy like the branches. Sacemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 

 4-6-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. CcUtfx Jj in. long, the linear teeth 

 erecto-patent. Fod ^-^ in. long, by J in., distinctly pubescent, 3-5-jointed. 



3. A., vaginalis, DC. Prodr. ii. 353; stems glabrescent or with a little 

 adpressed down, calyx as long as the first joint, pod terete reticulato- venose not 

 moniliform. W. §• A. Prodr. 233 ; Bcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. Hedysarum 

 vaginale, lAnn. ; JRoxb. Bort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 345. A. Rubibama, WaU. 

 Cat. 5771, ex parte. A. diversifolius. Wall. Cat. 6772. A. Hkrnieri, Sehweinf. 

 Bel. Kotseh. 24, t. 19. 



HtMAi.ATAs to Malacca and Ceylon, ascending to [4000 feet in the North-west 

 provinces. — Disteib. Through tropics of old world, Afghanistan, introduced in 

 America. 



Stems robust, ascending, 1-3 ft. long in the type. Leaflets glabrous, J-2 in. long, 

 cordate at the base, usually oblong, obtuse, about twice as long as broad, rarely lan- 

 ceolate, 3-6 times as long as broad; petiole ^-|^ in. .ffocCTjeg. elongated, 6-12- 

 flowered, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calya: A in., nearly glabrous ; 

 teeth linear-setaceous, exceeding the tube. Pod i-J in. by i m., the joints half as 

 long again as broad, faintly pubescent, rugose, usually a little thickened at the end, 

 sometimes indistinctly moniliform. 



Vae. 1. tmrnmularifolius ; dwarf er, leaflets smaller oblong or roundish obtuse, rar 

 cemes more crowded. A. nummularifolius, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 ; Wall. Gat. 5767 ; W. 

 ^ A. Prodr. 232 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 64. A. varius, Wall. Cat. 5768. Hedysa- 

 rum varium, Both Nov. 8p. 354. H. cylindricum, Poir. Diet. Siippl. v. 400. H. 

 nummularifolium, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1061. Hegetschweilera pulchella, Begel in Bot. 

 Zeit. i. 47. — As common and widely spread as the type. 



Vae. 2. heterophyUus ; leaflets lanceolate, simple and trifoliolate intermixed, ra- 

 cemes elongated. A. heterophyUus, Benth. MSS. A. trifoliatus. Stocks MSS. — ^Plains 

 of Seinde, Dr. Stocks. 



Vae. 3. Stocksii ; stems clothed with fine spreading hairs, leaflets thinner than in 

 the type obovate oblong hairy beneath, racemes elongated. — ^Plains of Concan, Stocks ^ 

 Law. Intermediate between the type and A. rotundifoUits. 



** nXacrocalycinse. Calyx much longer than the fii-st joint of the pod, 

 its teeth imbricated in the fruiting stage. 



4. A., bupleurifolius, DC. Prodr. ii. 352 ; pedicels short, calyx ciliated 

 only, joints of pod neither veined nor rugose. Wall. Cat. 5761, excl B 8r F- 

 W. 8( A. Prodr. 233 ; BaU. ^ Gibs. Boinb. Fl. 64. Hedysarum bupleurifo- 

 lium, Linn. Sp. PI. 1051 ; Bo.rb. Cor. PI. t. 194 ; Sot-t. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 

 346. H. gramineum, Betz. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 646. A. ludens. Wall Cat. 

 6762, excl. B 8f F. ' 



Himalayas to Ceylon and Birma, ascending to 4000 ft. in KtratAON.— Disteib 

 Malay isles, China, Philippines, Mauritius, Polynesia. 



Stems 1-2 ft., slender, ascending, glabrous. Leajkts glabrous, linear or lanceokte, 

 1-3 m. long, acute, rather rounded at the base, rarely oblong, subobtuse Racemes 

 3-6 m. long, the flowers m 10-20 distant pairs ; pedicels very short. Calyx i in ad- 

 pressed to the pod, hairy at the edge only ; teeth twice as long as the furrowed funnel- 

 shaped tube Pod stalked, f-J in. long, i in. thick ; joints 4-6, glabrous, as long as 

 smooth, slightly moniliform. 



Vae. 1. grad,lis ; leaves oblong-lanceolate obtuse 1-2 in. long, calyx not more 

 than 1 in. long, pod 1-2-jointed ;mcluded or little exserted. A. gracflis Edqew in 

 Jourii. Unn. Soo. ix. 312; Co*. Fl. Band. 46.— Bundelkund, Mqmorth. Western 

 Peninsula, Wight. 



