Besmodvum.] l. LEGuMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 169 



laBiocarpum, DC. loo. cit. D. virgatum, ZoUing in Flora, 1847, 697. Hedysaruiu 

 latifolium, Roxh. Hart. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 350 ; Ker. Bat. Reg. t. 365. 

 Anarthrosyne eordata, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamh. Bot. 39, t. 7. 



HIMAXA.YAS (ascending to 4000 ft. in Snacm) to Bibma, Siam and Omyion. — Dis- 

 TEiB. Trop. Africa, Madagascar, Malay isles, Philippines ; introduced in W. Indies. 



An erect undershrub, 3-6 ft. high, with terete branches densely clothed with short 

 brown pubescence. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, l|-2 as long, as broad, usually cordate or 

 truncate, rarely deltoid at the base, reticulato-venose, densely clothed with short soft 

 brown hairs beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Bacemes copious, ascending, 2-6 in. long, ses- 

 sile or short-peduncled, spike-like, usually dense, axillary and terminal, the latter 

 compound ; pedicels ^ in. or less, densely downy ; bracts minute, setaceous. Cah/a 

 ^ in. ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. CoroUa 3-4 times c(6,lyx. Pod 

 ^-^ in. long, i in. broad, 4-6-jointed, densely clothed with minute hooked hairs, the 

 upper suture sfightly indented. 



ft Leaves 8-foliolate. 



28. X>. Tliipaitesii, Baker ; herbaceous, stems slender terete, leaflets olio- 

 vate entire, bracts lanceolate-acuminate middle-sized, joints twice as long as 

 broad. D, strangulatum, var. minor, Thwaites Enum. 87. 



Ceyion, Thwaites C.P. 3327. 



Stems a foot or more long, clothed upwards with dense spreading grey hairs. Petiole 

 ^1 in.; leaflets membranous, green, glabrous above, clothed below with short ad- 

 pressed grey hairs ; end one 1-lj in. long. Bacemes few, long-pedunded, lateral and 

 terminal, lax, few-flowered ; pedicels ^-| in., spreading or ascending. CfaZya; under 

 ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla i in. Pod 1-1 ;J in. by ^in. ; joints about 4, minutely 

 pubescent, scarcely constricted at the upper suture. — Habit of D. polycarpum var. iri- 

 clwcaulen, from which it differs by its pod, long pedicels, and lax racemes. 



29. S. Wig'htii, Grah. in Wall. Cat,. 5718 ; herbaceous, stems slender an- 

 gular, leaflets ovate-oblong acute subrepand, bracts minute setaceous, joints small 

 as long as broad. W. 4r -4. Prodr. 226 ; Thwaites Enum. 87. D. Walkeri, Am. 

 Pug. 15. D. Vrjoni, DC. I¥odr. a. S3i? 



NiLGHiKi Hills and Ceylon. 



Stems erect, clothed when young with fine short spreading grey hairs. Stipules 

 large, lanceolate, acuminate, not amplexicaul ; petiole 1-1| in. ; leaflets membranous 

 or subcoriaceous, green and smooth above, grey clothed with short adpressed hairs 

 beneath ; end one 2-4 in. long, narrowed gradually to a point. Bacemes copious, lax, 

 lateral and terminal, the latter reaching a foot long, usually simple ; pedicels J-f in., 

 ascending or spreading. Calyx i in. ; teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube. Corolla 

 3 times calyx. Pod \-\ in. long, under ^ in. broad, glabrescent, 4-6-jointed ; upper 

 suture distinctly indented. 



30. D. diffusum, DC. Prodr. ii. 336, nan 335 ; herbaceous, stems stout 

 angular deeply sulcate, leaflets obovate entire, bracts minute lanceolate, joints 

 small as long as broad. W. ^ A. Prodr. 226 ; Wight Ic. t. 298. D. dichoto- 

 mum, DC. Prodr. loc. cit. D. Koxbuighii, Wall. Cat. 5716. D. Willdenovii, 

 O. Don Gen. Sijst. ii. 296. D. quinquangulare, Wight Ic. t. 293. Iledysarum 

 diffitsum and dichotomum, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1180. H. articulatimi and quin- 

 quangulatum, Boxb. Ft. Ind. iii. 365. 



Plains of the Westeen Peninsula, Bundblktjnd, Bengal and Peome, ascending 

 to 4000 ft. in the Vindhia chain {Edgemorth). 



Stems 1-2 ft. long, diffuse, csespitose, prominently angled, clothed with spreading 

 grey hairs. Stipules large, leafy, amplexicaul, aurieled ;. petiole 1-1| in.; leaflets 



