Desrnodium.] 'ii. lequminosj). (J. G. Bakbr.) 163 



lounded at the base. Sacemes i-6 in. long in the speeimtos seen; tracts 1-1 J in. 

 long, orbicular, not oblique, obtuse, emarginate, thinner in texture than in the other 

 two and dissimilar to the leaves ; umbels 2-3-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Cak/x ^ in. ; teeth deltoid, two upper connate, lowest lanceolate. Corolla |^^ in. 

 Joints of pod 2-3, downy, ^ in. long. 



SuBGEN. 3. Sicerma, DC. A trailing imderskrub with small 3-foliolate 

 cistipellate leaves, minute bracts and flowers in long racemes. 



6. D. blarticulatum, Benth. MSS. Hedysarum biarticulatum, Linn. ; 

 JJoa'6. Fl. Irid. iii. 359. Dicerma biarticulatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 339 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5:r38 ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 230 ; Wight le. t. 419. 



; Plains of Western PEsnNSTrx.A., Cetlon and Biema. — Disteib. Malay isles,- N. 

 Australia. 



Stems slender, densely csespitose, ^2 ft., glabrous or downy. Stipules scariose, 

 'Connate, 2-3 cleft ; petiole ^-J in. ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, pale green, subequal, 

 oblanoeolate-oblong, obtuse, subglabrous, J-J in. long, nearly digitate. Uaoemes 

 peduncled, sublax, ^-^ ft., the lower flowers 2-4 together. Calyx scariose, sub- 

 glabrous, under i in. ; teeth exceeding the tube, the two upper connate. Corolla 2-S 

 times the calyx. Joints usually 2, rarely 1, round-oblong, pnbescent, ^ in. long, both 

 sutures deeply indented. 



SuBeEBr. 4. Catenaria, Bemth. Shrubs with woody branches, 3-foliolate 

 leaves, long racemes, small bracts and long pendulous many-jointed pods. , 



7. D. laburnifolium, DC. Prodr. ii. 337. D. viticinum. Wall. ,Cat. 

 5709. D. cateniferum. Am. in Nov. Act. xviii. 321. Hedysarum laburnifolimn, 

 Poir. Uncyc. vi. 422. Oatenaria labumifolia, Benth. PI. Jungh. 220. H. 

 caudatum, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 286 ? 



Central and East HmALAYAS, tropical zone; Kuihaon to Assam and Mishmi, 

 ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim ; Ceylon. — Disteib. Malay isles, China, Japan. 



A shrub, with slender terete branches, soon glabrescent. Stipules free, minute, se- 

 taceous ; petiole 1-1^ in., thickened, grooved down the face ; leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, 2-4 in. long, rigidly subcoriaceous, shining above, hairy on ribs below. 

 Racemes J-J ft. ; pedicels J in., finally spreading. Calyx j in. ; hairs adpressed ; 

 teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube, lowest linear. Corolla whitish, J-^ in. Pod 2-3 

 in. long; joints 6-8, twice as long as broad, beset with minute hooked spreading 

 hairs. 



SuBGEif. 5. Fteroloma, Desv. Shrub with 1-foliolate leaves, winged 

 "petioles, racemose flowers, minute bracts and acute keel. 



8. D. triquetrum, DC. Prodr. ii. 826; Wall. Cat. 5688; W. Sf. A. 

 Prodr. 224 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. D. auriculatum, pseudo-triquetrum and 

 ^latum, DC. loe. cit. Hedysarum triquetrum, Linn. ; jRoxb. Hort. Bmg. 66 ; 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 347. H. alatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 348. Fteroloma triquetrum, 

 Benth. PI. Jungh. 220. 



Cbnteal and East Himaiayas, through India proper to Ceylon, ascending to 

 4000 ft. in KnMAON, Sikkim and Khasia. Chittagong, Tavoy, Pegu.— Disteib. 

 Seychelles, China, Philippines. 



Branches triquetrous, soon glabrescent. Leaflet ovate or lanceolate, reaching 6-8 in. 

 long, acute, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous above, hairy on the ribs below ; petiole 

 ■J-l^ in., with a wing on each side, like the leaflet in texture, ^-l in. broad. Racemes 

 \-\ ft. long, axillary and terminal ; pedicels ascending, \--\ in. Calyx \ in., campa- 

 nulate ; upper teeth deltoid, lowest linear. Pod 1-2 in. long, 6-8-jointed, glabrous or 

 ifubescent ; joints nearly square ; lower suture faintly indented. 



StTBGEN. 6. Desmodlum proper. Erect herbs or undershrubs witli 



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