162 ii. LEGUMDTOSJi. . (J. G. Baker.) [^Desmodiiim. 



JProdr. 224; Wight Ic. t. 373 ; BeM. Fl. Sylv. 87 ; Anal. Gm. 1. 13, fig. 4. Den- 

 drolobium cephalotes, Bmth. PI. Jung. 218. Hedysarum cplialotes and umM- 

 '[a.tam,Roxh.Fl.Ind.w..mQ. D. congestum, WaU. Cat. 5723; W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 224 ; Wight Ic. t. 209 ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. D. australe,^ 

 Sassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 356, non DC. D. sericatum, Preal, Bat. Bern. 39. D. 

 lineatum, Span, in lAnn. xv. 193. 



East Himaiatas, tropical zone. Nipai. to Chittagong, ascending to 4000 ft.; 

 through India proper to Ceylon and Siam. — Disteib. China, Malay isles. 



A shrub, several ft. high, with densely grey-silky acutely-angled zigzag branches. 

 Petiole 1-2 in., thickened, deeply furrowed down the face ; leaflets oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above, grey-silky with conspicuous parallel 

 raised main veins below, the end one 3-6 in. long. Flowers 20 or more, in dense um- 

 bels ; pedicels unequal, silvery, jointed at the apex. Calyx J-§- in. ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, as long as the tube. Corolla deep red, twice the calyx. Pod under an inch 

 long, glabrescent or silky; joints 4-5, square, slightly indented, mainly at the. lower 

 suture. 



SuBeEK. 2. Phyllodium, Besv. Shrul)s with woody liranches, 3-foliolate 

 leaves, flowers um'bellate, the umtels in long continuous rows and each hidden 

 by a pair of persistent bracts. 



3. S. puldiellum, Bemth. MSS. ; leaves finely dovimy beneath, bracts 

 small close coriaceous plicate glabroiis above, joints usually 2. Hedysa- 

 rum pulcbellum, Linn. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 36l. Dicerma pulchellum, DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 339 ; Wall. Cat. 573,7 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 230 ; Wight Ic. t. 418. 

 Zornia pulchella, Pers. Syn. ii. 318. Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv. Joum. Bat. 

 iii. 123, t. 5, fig. 24 ; Benth. PI. Jungh. 217. 



East Himaiatas and through India proper to Cettlon, Birma, and Pegti. — ^Disteib. 

 China, Philippines, Malay isles. 



A shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with slender terete finely grey-downy branches. Petiole 

 ^-\ in. ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, green, glabrous above ; end one much the largest, 

 obfong, 3-6 in. long, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, sometimes slightly repand. 

 Eaeemes \-l ft. long, composed of 12-50 umbels ; bracts the same texture as the 

 leaves, orbicular, rather oblique, f-J in., long, with a short petiole ending in a long 

 bristle ; umbels 2-6-flowered ; pefficels^^J in., downy. Calyx i in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla 3 times the calyx. Joints of pod rarely 1 or 3, glabrous 

 or downy, ^ in. long, constricted at both sutures. 



4. D. grande, Kurz in Joum. Asiat. Soo. Bsng. xliii. 2, 184 ; leaves finely 

 dovmy beneath, bracts large coriaceous plicate glabrous above not close, joints 



O — i. 



Ava, Kurz. Griffith No. 1690, the exact station not known, probably Tenasseeim. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but considerably larger in most of its parts. 

 Branches slender, terete, finely grey-downy. Petiole 1-lA in ; leaflets ovate, narrowed 

 gradually to an acute point, the end one 4-5 in. long. Bacemes reaching a foot long, 

 with a downy zigzag rachis ; bracts like those of the last in texture, f-1 in. long, more 

 cordate at the base ; pedicels i--i in. long. Calyx J in., finely downy ; upper teeth 

 deltoid ; lowest lanceolate. Joirvts of pod ^ in. long and broad," finely downy. 



5. D. vestitum, Benth. MSS. ; leaves densely downy beneath, bracts 

 large membranous not plicate pubescent on both sides. Dicerma vestitum, WaU,. 

 Cat. 6739. Phyllodium vestitum, Bmth. PI. Junqh. 217; Mia. Fl. Ind Bat i. 

 261. 



Maetaban, Wallich. TENAssEEm, near Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches slender, clothed with dense short pubescence. Leaflets oblong, 3-4 in. 

 long, at first densely pubescent on both sides, glabrescent above, obtuse or subacute, 



