Alysicarpus.'] l. lbguminos2E. (J. G. Baker.) 159 



5. A. long'lfollus, W.SrA. Prodr. 233; pedicels short, calyx slightly 



?uhescent and ciliated, articulations of pod glabrous finely reticulato-venose. Wt, 

 c. t. 251 ; Bah. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 65. Hedysarum longifolium,i2o<W. ; Spremg. 

 Syst. iii. 319. H. bracteatum, Hei-b. Madr. A. va^uialis, Wall. Cat. 5763 B, 

 C in part. A. spicatus, Royle MSS, 



Plains, scattered throughout India feopek. 



Stems stout, ascending, subglabrous, reaching 4-5 ft. Leaflets oblong or lanceolate, 

 3-6 in. long, snbcordate, ciliated on the veins below. Sacemes moderately close, 

 ^1 ft. long, the flowers adpressed to the finely hairy raohis ; pedicels Jj in. Cah/x 

 J in. ; teeth lanceolate, 4-5 times the length of the funnel-shaped plicate tube. Pod 

 4-6-jointed, usually exserted, ^ in. broad, turgid, moniliform, marked only with a few 

 faint raised veins. 



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6. A. rug^osus, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 ; pedicels short, calyx ciliated, pod tur- 

 gid moniliform deeply transversely plicate included or little exserted. Hedysa- 

 rum ru^osimi, Willd. Sp.\\\.in8. A. Wallichii, W. Sf A. P-odr. 284. A. 

 bupleurifolius, Wall. Cat. 5761 B, F. A. vaginalis, Wcdl. Cat. 5763 C, ex parte. 

 A. glmnaceus. Wall. Cat. 5764. A. glaber, E. Meyer Comm. 125. A. Hoch- 

 stetteri, A. Bich. Fl. Abyss, i. 209. 



Himalayas (up to 4-5000 ft.) to Cbtlok and Biema. — ^Disteib. Tropics of the 

 old world, Oape, W. Indies. 



Stems 1-2 ft., ascending, subglabrous. Leaflets 1-3 in. long, subglabrous below, 

 usually oblong, obtuse, 2-3 times as^long as broad, rarely orbicular or linear-lanceolate. 

 Bacemes dense, 1-4 in. long ; pedicels ^-^ in. ; flowers adpressed to subglabrous rachis. , 

 Cedyx \-^ in., glabrous on the back ; teeth lanceolate, much imbricated, reaching down 

 nearly to the base, minutely ciliated. Fod 3-5-jointed, included, glabrous, i in. 

 broad ; joints rather broader than long, marked with close prominent transverse 

 libs. 



Vab. 1. Heyneanus; more robust, reaching 3-4 ft. high, stems and leaves below 

 permanently pubescent, leaflets large obovate-oblong, racemes longer often 4-6 in. not 

 so dose, calyx shorter ciliated on the edge only, pod J in. broad often exserted. ' A. 

 Heyneanus, W. ^ A. Prodr. 234 ; Thwaites Wimm. 88. A. styracifolius. Wall. Cat. 

 6770, rmn DC. Hedysarum styracifolium, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 56 .■ Fl. Ind. iii. 347. 

 A. obovatus, Edgw. Cat. Band. PL 45. — Plains of Buudelcund, Western Peninsula 

 and Ceylon. 



Vab. 2. styracifolius ; dwarf, diffuse, stems and leaves below finely pubescent, 

 leaflets small oblong obtuse, rarely (A. pilifer. Wall.) lanceolate, racemes short dense 

 calyx i in. long conspicuously ciliated, pod i in. broad rarely exserted. A. styraci- 

 folius, DC. Prodr. ii. 353 {excl. syn.) ; W. f A. Prodr. 234 ; Dais. §• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 65. A. vaginalis, Wall. Cat. 5763 A. A. pilifer. Wall. Cat. 6765. A. scariosus, Grah. 

 in Wall. Cat. 6766 ; Thwaites Enrnn. 88. Hedysarum glumaceum, Koen. in Roxb, Fl, 

 Ind. iii. 247. A. lupulinus, Stocks MSS. — ^Ava and through India proper. 



Var. 3. ludens ; leaves linear distant 2-3 in. long, racemes reaching ^ ft. long the 

 lower flowers lax, calyx ^ in. long hairy not much ciliated. Habit of A, btipleuri- 

 folius. A. ludens. Wall. Cat. 5162 B ^F. K.hvi^leaiitoima, Roxb. Jlerb. non Cor. — 

 Plains of Bengal, &g. 



7. A . tetrag'onolobus, Edgw. in Joum. Linn. ISoo. ix. 312 ; Cat. Band. PI. 

 45 ; pedicels short, calyx pubescent densely ciliated, pod tetragonous moniliform 

 deeply transversely plicate distinctly exserted. A. qimdranguLaris, Edgw. MSS. 



Plains of Bundblkund, Deccan and Conoan. 



Eesembling closely the small forms of A. rugosus. Stems slender, J-1 ft., finely 

 hairy. Leaves simple, oblong or lanceolate, 1-1^ in., ciliated on the nerves beneath. 

 Bacemes lax, 2-3 in. long, the lower flowers bx distant pairs ; pedicels ^ in. Cahfx 

 ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate, reaching down nearly to the base. Pod^-^ in. by 



