168 L. LEQDMiNOSiE. (J. Gr. Baker.) {Besmodium. 



24. D. tllleefolium, G. Dm,. Gen. Syst. ii. 297; leaflets obtuse or sub- 

 acute densely hoary beneath, pedicels moderately long, bracts lanceolate, corolla 

 large, joints many thinly clothed -with adpressed silky hairs. Wall. Cat. &JCl!!. 

 D. nutans, Wcdl. Cat. 5706 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2867. D. argenteum, Wall. Cat. 

 6713. Hedysarum tilisefolium, Don Prodr. 244. 



All along the Hhhalatas from the ITppee Punjab to Tayot, temperate and tro- 

 pical zones, ascending to 9000 ft. 



Branches slender, terete, finely downy. Petiole 2-3 in; leaflets thick, flexible, 

 subeoriaceous, green, glabrescent above, more or less densely persistently matted with 

 ■whitish silky hairs beneath ; end one broad obovate, 2-4 in. long, entire or obscurely 

 repand, base deltoid or rather rounded. Racemes copious, lax, often a foot long, ax- 

 illary and terminal, the latter often copiously panicled, with lower branches again 

 compoimd ; pedicels J-f in., ascending, finely downy. Calyx 1 in., downy ; teeth del- 

 toid, shorter than the tube. Corolla |--J in. Pod 2-3 in. long, i in. broad ; joints 

 6-9, longer than broad. 



***** Joints of pod as in the last group, hut the ecdyx-teeth narroioer and 

 Irniger. (Hbiekoloma, Benthl) 



t Leaves 1-foliolate. 



25. H. flexuosum, Wall. Cat. 5691 ; leaflet membranous orbicular gla- 

 brous on the upper sm-face. Benth. PI. Jungh. 224. 



BiEMA ; Prome hiUs, Wallioh. 



Stems slender, woody, flexuose, trailing, clothed throughout with spreading or de- 

 flexed bristly hairs. Leaflet 2-3 in. long and broad, obtuse, or obscurely cuspidate, 

 rounded or slightly cordate at the base, thinly coated with adpressed grey hairs be- 

 low ; petiole 1-1^ in. Racemes terminal and lateral, distinctly peduncled, 2-3 in. long, 

 moderately close ; pedicels ^ in., slender, ascending; bracts setaceous, minute. Calyx 

 j5 in., bristly, teeth lanceolate. Corolla ^ in. Pod glabrescent, 5-6-jointed, only 

 seen immature. 



26. D. g'angeticum, DC. Prodr. ii. 327 ; leaflet membranous or sub- 

 coriaceous oblong entire acute glabrescent on the upper surface. Wall. Cat. 

 6689 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 225 ; Wight Ic. 271 ; Dab. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. 

 D. latifoliiun, Wight Ic. t. 272, non t. 270. Hedysarum gangeticum, Linn. ; 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 349. H. collinimi, Moxb. loc. cit. 



Himalayas (ascending to 5000 ft. on the Chenab) to Pbqu and Ceytox. — Distrib. 

 Trop. Africa, Malay isles, Philippines, China ; introduced in West Indies. 



Stems suberect, reaching 3-4 ft. high, woody, slightly angular, clothed with short 

 grey 'down upwards. Leaflet oblong, usually 3-6 in. long, not more than ^-J as 

 broad, rounded at the base, narrowed gradually to an acute point, thinly clothed be- 

 neath with adpressed grey hairs, not reticulato-venose ; petiole ^-1 in. Racemes 

 copious, ascending, lateral and terminal, the latter sublax, 6-12 in. long, simple or 

 with a few short ascending branches in the lower part ; pedicels jj-j in., ascending ; 

 bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx under i in., finely downy ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 J-1 in. Pod falciite, J-j in. long, ^-^ in. broad, 6-8-jointed, glabrescent or clothed 

 with minute hooked hairs. 



Vah. macvlatum; dwarf, a foot or less high, leaflet roundish-cordate 1 in. or 

 less lonjr. Dill. Hart. Elth. t. 141, fig: 168. D.maculatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 327 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6690. Hedysarum maculatum, Linn. Sp. Fl. 1051. — Kohilcund, Upper Bengal, 

 &c. 



27. S. latifolium, DC. Prodr. n.S&7 ; leaflet ovate thick subeoriaceous 

 obscurely repand usually subobtuse persistently scabrous with adpressed.bristly 

 hairs on the upper surface. Wall. Cat. 5692 ; W. Sr A. Prodr. 225 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 270 ; Dak. $■ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. D. coDinum, Wall. Cat. 5693. D. 



