L. lEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) 167 



Khasia, tropical zoDe, alt. 3-5000 ft., Sooi. fil. ^ Tlwrmon. Mishmi, Griffith.-^ 

 DisxEiE. Malay isles. 



Branches terete, woody, minutely downy. Feiiole 1-lJ in. ; leaflets Bubcoria- 

 ceous, pale, minutely downy or nearly glabresoeut beneath ; end one roundisli-riom- 

 boidat obtuse, 2-3 in. long, conspicuously repand in the upper half. Bacemes copious, 

 terminal and axillary, moderately close, not more than 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ^- J in., 

 finely downy. Calyx i in. ; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla i in. Pod 1|-1^ in. 

 long, under ]^ in. broad; joints 8-12, as broad as long. 



21. D. floribundum, O. Bon Gen. iSyst. ii. 297 ; leaflets entire, pedicels 

 short, corolla large, liracts lanceolate large, jpints many small clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky hairs. D. multiflorum, DC. F>-odr. ii. 336 ; Wall. Cat. 5705. D. 

 angulatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335, nrni Wall. D. duhium, lA-ndl. Bot. Reg. t. 967 ; 

 Sot. Mag. t. 2960. D. sambuense, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ? Hedycai-um floribun- 

 dum, Don Prodr. 244. H. Wallichianiim, Spreng. Syst. App. 292. H. sam- 

 buense, Don Prodr. 243 ? 



Himalayas, tropical and temperate zones, from the Uppee Punjab to Khasia, 

 ascending to 7000 ft. 



Branches woody, angular, densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, ^ in.; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, green, with a few adpressed hairs above, densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed grey siliy hairs and finely reticulato-venose beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, 

 3-4 in. long, obtuse or subacute. jBocemes very copious, axillary and te^rminal, mo- 

 derately close, 3-6 in. long, often second; bracts acuminate, ciliated, i in. long; pe- 

 dicels 5 in., erecto-patent, finely hairy. Calyie | in. ; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 |-jin. Fod |— 1 in. long, under ^in. br. ; joints 6-8, rather longer than broad. 



22. S. confertum, DC. Prodr. ii. 335 ; leaflets entire, pedicels short, 

 bracts and coroUa large, joints few large 'densely clothed with spreading silky 

 hairs. D. barhatum, Wall. Cat., 5724, rum Bemth. (Hedysanim, Lmn.) 



Centeax and East Himaiatas, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; NrpAi,, SiioaM and Khasia. 



Brandies terete, finely downy when young. . Petiole 1-1 J in. ; leaflets subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous above, distinctly reticulato-venose, pale, minutely hairy below; endone 

 obovate or oblong, obtuse or acute, 3-6 in. long. Bacemes copious, short, dense, 

 axillary and terminal, the latter panicled, often subsecund ; bracts :j- in. long, lanceo- 

 late, scariose ; pedicels ^-^ in., ascending. Calyx ^ in., turbinate, subglabrous ; 

 lower teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube ; upper deltoid. Corolla 3-4 times the calyx. 

 Pod 1-1^ in. long, under \ in. broad; joints 3-4, twice as long as broad, the constric- 

 tion from below reaching more than half way through. 



23. D. oxypbyllum, DC. Ih-odr. ii. 336 ; leaflets acute thinly silky he- 

 neath, pedicels long, bracts lanceolate acuminate, coroUa large, joints many large 

 glabrescent. D. serriferum. Wall. Cat. 5708 B. 



Centeal and East Himalayas, tropical and temperate zones. Kxtsiaon and Simla 

 to Assam and Khasia, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Branches slender, terete, soon glabrescent. Petiole l-lj in. ; leaflets membranous 

 or subcoriaceous, green, glabrous above, pale, thinly grey-silky beneath ; end one obo- 

 vate-oblong, usually twice as long as broad, nSrrowed gradually to a point, entire or 

 obscurely repand, 2-4 in. long. Baoemee copious, short, moderately close, axillary 

 and terminal, the latter much panicled; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ciliated, \ in. long; 

 pedicels ascending, subglabrous |-J in. Calyx ^ in., subglabrous ; teeth very short. 

 Corolla f-^ in. Pod 2-3 in. long, i in. broad, shortly stalked ; joints 6-10, rather 

 longer than broad. 



Vae. serriferum ; leaflets obtuse repand densely silky beneath, pedicels spread- 

 ing or deflexed J-| in. long clothed with spreading silky hairs like the calyx. D 

 serriferum. Wall. Cat. 5708 A. D, polycarpum. Wall- Gat. 6710, non UC— Nipal, 

 Wallich. 



