166 1. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Desmodium. 



rum DC. D. caffinim, Eckl. ^ Zey. Serb. Cap. No. 1662. D. Schimperi, JocM : 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 205. D. abyssiniciun and repandiim, DC. Prodr. ii. 338 

 and 334 ? 



Hills of the Westeen Penihsdi.a. and Cehon.— Disteib. Malay and Mascaren 

 isles, Abyssinia, Natal. 



Stems 3-4 feet high, erect, -woody in the lower part, densely downy. Stipules 

 l-^ in., lanceolate, persistent ; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets 3, membranous, finely downy 

 on both surfaces, often slightly repand ; end one 2-4 in. long, roundish- or obovate-rhom- 

 boidal, base and apex subdeltoid. Racemes very lax, mostly terminal, often a foot 

 long, simple or forked at the base ; bracts boat-shaped, enclosing the buds, soon falling } 

 pedicels capillary, permanently ascending, lower 1-1 i in. long. Ca/ya; | in., downy J 

 lower tooth lanceolate, as long as the tube ; upper deltoid. Corolla f-^ in., bright red. 

 Joints 1-3, half-rhomboidal, |-^ in. long by half as broad; apex oblique; upper 

 suture rather recurved. 



17. Ti. obcordatum, Kurz in Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 229 ; co- 

 Tolla small, liracts large linear-sul)ulate caducous, stalk of pod not longer than 

 the calyx. Uraria olicordata, Miq. Flor. Ind. Sat. Snppl. 114, 305. 



Tenasseeim, Kiirz. 



A twining perennial, 3-4 ft. high, with puberulous stems. Stipules lanceolate, 

 i in.; petiole ^1 in.; leaflets chartaceous, pale, thinly downy and prominently 

 veined beneath, end one obcordate-lunate, |— 2 in. broad, emarginate with a mucro, 

 lateral ones smaller, deltoid. Racemes slender, pubescent, axillary and forming a 

 terminal panicle; bracts very caducous. Calt/x i in., pubescent; teeth lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Corolla purple, under i in. Joints of pod 1-3, round-hastate, ^ in. 

 long and broad, flat, puberulous. 



**** Joints of pod indehiscent, once or twice as long as broad; wpper suiufS 

 straight or slightly indented ; oalyx-teeth deltoid, never exceeding the tvhe (DoL- 

 LiNEEA, Endl.) All shrubby. 



t Leaves \-foliolate. 



•18. D. oblong'uin, Wall. Cat. 5714 ; leaflets 3-4 times as long as btoad 

 thinly silky beneath. Benth, PI. Jungh. 224. 



Ata ; Taong-dong mountains, WaUich. 



Stems slender, woody, finely downy. Leaflet oblong, 3-5 in. long, obtuse, rounded at 

 the- base, subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above ; petiole ^— f in. Racemes Very lax, 

 axillary and terminal, copiously panicled, 4-6 in. long, most of the flowers in distant 

 pairs ; pedicels f— J in. ; bracts | in., ovate-cuspidate. Calyx i in., lowest tooth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla f in. Pod |-1 in. long, ^ in. broad, 6-7- 

 jointed, thinly closely silky, the upper suture slightly indented. 



19. 2>. oblatum, Baker; Kurz in Jmim. Asiat. Soc. Bemg. xlii. 2, 230 j 

 leaflet broader than long glabrous beneath. 



EmMA ; forests of Pegu, Ava and Marfcaban, Kurz. 



Stems slender, woody, glabrous. Leaflet membranous, |-1 in. long, IJ in. broad, 

 green above, grey-green beneath ; petiole ^— | in. Racemes very lax, axillary and ter- 

 minal, the end one panicled ; pedicels erecto-patent, \-^ in. Calyx ^ in., thinly 

 silky ; teeth as long as the tuba, lowest lanceolate, the others deltoid. Corolla 3-4 

 times the calyx. Pod ^-| in. long, ^ in. broad, 3-4-jointed, subglabrous, distinctly 

 stalked ; upper suture slightly indented. — Very near 3. reniforme, DC, from which it 

 differs by its longer pedicels and more deeply indented pod. 



tt Leaves S-foliolate. 



20. D. sinuatum, Blume MSS. ; leaflets repand, pedicels short, corolla 

 small, bracts setaceous, joints many small clothed -with minute hooked hairs. D. 

 strangulatiun var. sinuatum, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 255. 



