Pesmodhim.] l. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 171 



W.f A. Prodr. 227, ex parte. Hedysai-um capitatiun, Burm. Fl. Ind. 167, t. 

 64, %..!. H. oonicvim, Pair. Encyc. vi. 419. Pseudartliria capitata, Hagsk. 

 PLJmi. Par. 390. 



OEyioN, Burmann. Pbomb hills, WalUoh. — Disteib. Malay isles, Philippines. 



5rame^s woody, terete, argenteo-canescent when young. Petiole ^-1 in.; leaflets 

 suhcoriaceous, green, glabresoent above, densely persistently coated with adpressed 

 white sillcy hairs below ; end one 1-11 in. long, retuse. Saoemes copious, axillary and 

 terminal, simple, dense, nearly sessile, 1-2 in. long ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracts small, 

 ovate-cuspidate, ciliated. Calyx i in. glabrescent ; teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla 

 twice the calyx. Fed ^-J in. long, glabrescent, 4-6-jointed, ^ in. broad. 



36. D. Griffithianiim, Bmth. PI. Jimgh. 222; herhaceous, trailing, 

 leaflets 3, pedicels deflexed at the tip, corolla small. 



Khasia, alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, Soolc. fil. ^ Thomson. 



Stems 1-2 ft. long, moderately robust, densely clothed upwards with fine spread- 

 ing hairS. Petiole ^-\ ya. ; leaflets always 3, subcoriaeeous, green, glabrous above, 

 clothed with short inconspicuous adpressed hairs beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, |-1 in. long. Racemes terminal, pediincled, 2-6 in. long, dense in the upper 

 part ; bracts :J-f in, ovate-cuspidate, densely silky ; pedicels i-J in., silky, ereoto-pa- 

 tent. Calyx |- in., densely silky ; teeth deep, setaceous. Corolla twice the calyx. Pod 

 J-f in. by ^ in., 4-5-jointed, obscurely downy. 



36. D. bracbystacliyum, Grah. MSS. ; herbaceous, trailing, leaves 

 1-folioIate, pedicels reflexed at the tip. Benth. PI. Jwngh. 223! 



Uppee Ganqetic .Plain, Hamilton, Edgewdrth, ^c. 



Stems casspitose, slender, a foot long, glabrous except at the top. Leaflets round- 

 er broad-oblong, cordate, f-lj in. long, obtuse or emarginate, subcoriaeeous, glabrous 

 above, reticulato-venose and inconspicuous hairy below ; petiole ^ in. Bacemes copi- 

 ous, close, under 1 in. long, axillary and terminal, nearly sessile ; bracts lanceolate; 

 under :J in. ; pedicel ^-^ in., abruptly cernuous at the tip, as in Uraria. Calyx ^ in., 

 clothed all over with dense white hairs ; teeth long, lanceolato-cuspidate. Corolla 

 twice the calyx. Pod sessile, 2-jointed, glabrous, not longer than the calyx. 



37. D. rufescens, DC. Prodr. ii. 335? erect, shrubby, leaflets 3, pedicels 

 finally spreading or cernuous, corolla large. W. Sr A. Prodr. 228 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 084 ; niugt. t. 79. D. ferrugineum. Wall. Cat. 6732 ; Thwaites Enwm. 87. 



NiiGHiEis and Ceylon, up to 4000 ft. 



An erect undershrub, with young branches densely clothed with short ferruginous 

 silky hairs. Petiole 1-1 J in. ; leaflets subcoriaeeous, glabrous above, more or less 

 densely argenteo-canescent beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, 1-2 in. long, obtuse, 

 with a mucro. Racemes usually terminal, 3-6 in. long, dense in the upper part ; 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, ^f in., densely silky ; pedicels ^-f in., densely silky. Calyx 

 J in. ; teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube ; lowest linear. Corolla |-^ in. Pod 

 short-stalked, 1-1 J in. by ^ in., 6-8-jointed, minutely downy. 



38. D. polycarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. 834 ; shrubby, suberect, leaflets 3, 

 pedicels ascending, corolla, bracts and joints of pod small. W. ^ A. Prodr. 227 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 406, non Wall. ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 66. D. angulatum. Wall. 

 Cat. h12Q ex parte, rum DC. D. ovaUfolium, Wall. Coi. 6730. D. siliquosum, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 336. D. heterocarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. 337. D. retusum, G. 

 Don Gen. Syst.Ai. 297. D. g3rroides, Hassh. PI. Jav. Bar. 362, non DC. D. 

 Buergeri, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.^Bat, iii. 45. D. nervosum, Vogel. PI. Meyen, 

 28. D. patens, Wight Ic. t. 407. Hedysaritm polycarpum, Lam. Bt. t. 628. 

 H. silicraosum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 169, t. 65, fig. 2. H. heterocarpum, Linn. Sp. 

 1054. H. purpureum, Boxh. Hart. Berig. 57; Fl. Ind. iii. 368. H. retusum, 

 Dm P-od. 243. H. patens, Boxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 362. 



