172 L. LEGUMiNOSj;. (J. G. Baker.) IDesmodium. 



Himalayas, (ascending to 5000 ft.) and everywhere in the plain to Bihma, 

 Malacca and Ceylon. — D:stbib. Zanzibar, Malay isles, Philippines, China, Japan, 

 Polynesia. 



An erect or suhereet undershruh, with woody slightly angular slender branches, 

 clothed upwards with short adpressed grey hairs. Petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets subeoria- 

 ceous, green, glabrous above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs beneath; end on* 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, 1-3 in. long ; side ones smaller. Eacemes terminal and lateral, 

 close, short-pednncled, 1-3 in. long, the end one sometimes branched ; bracts |-| in. ; 

 pedicels ^-| in., glabrous. Calm ^ in, ; teeth acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla 

 under J in. Pod i-f in. long, ^in. br., glabrescent or minutely downy, 5-8-jointed. 



Vab. trichocauton ; stems densely clothed upwards or throughout with spreading 

 grey hairs, bracts larger. D. triehocaulon, DC. Prodr. ii. 335. D. tenue, Grdh. in 

 Wall. Cat. 5731. D. serpens. Wall. Cat. 5733. D. angulatum, Wall'. Cat. 5729, 

 B, D, F, ex parte, non DC. D. distans, Boyle Jlf/SS.— Eange of the type, ascending to 

 7000 ft. in Kumaon. 



39. S. jucundum, Thwaites Enum. 411 ; shrubby, erect, leaflets 3, pedi- 

 cels ascending, corolla bracts and joints of pod large. 



Cbylok ; Matelle distract, Hiwaites. 



An erect much-branched undershruh, the young stems densely clothed with short 

 ferruginous silliy hairs. Leaves coriaceous, the under side densely coated with ad- 

 pressed grey or pale brown silky hairs, the main veins much raised ; end one obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, 1^3 in. long ; base subcuneate ; petiole ^1 in. Eacemes terminal, 

 peduneled, 4-6 in. long, close upwards ; bracts f in., ovate, silky ; pedicels J in. 

 Calyx ^ in ; teeth lanceolate, acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla | in. Pod 1-lj in. 

 by J in. ; joints 4-6, rather longer than broad, minutely downy. 



40. S. rotundifolium, Baher, turn Wall. ; annual, stems very slender, 

 leaves 1-foliolate, leaflet orbicular, racemes very lax few-flowered, pedicels 

 ascending, coroUa exserted. Alysicarpus rotundifolius, Dalzell MSS. 



Plains of Concan, Dr. Eitchie. 



Stems erect, under a foot high, with many ascending branches, thinly clothed with 

 fine short spreading hairs. Leaflet round, ^-J in. long, obtuse or obscurely cuspidate, 

 slightly cordate, membranous, grey-green below with only a few obscure adpressed 

 hairs; petiole j— i in. Eaceines copious, terminal and lateral, the former forked, 

 3-4 in. long, the lower flowers in distant pairs, upper solitary ; pedicels ^— | in. long, 

 arcuate, finely pubescent. Calyx § in., thinly hairy; teeth linear-setaceous, very 

 deep. Pod 5— | in. long, under jj i"- broad, falcate ; joints 3-5, glabrescent, reticu- 

 lato-venose. 



41. D. parviflorum, Baher ; aimual, stems very slender, leaves oblong 

 1- and 3-foliolate intermixed, racemes very lax many-flowered, pedicels ascend- 

 ing, coroUa included. Alysicarpus parviflorus, Dalz. in Soak. Kew Joum. iii. 

 211 ; Dat. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 65. 



Plains of Concan, Dalzell, Eitchie. Anamallay forest, Wight. 



Stems diffuse, 1-2 ft. long, much branched, clothed with short spreading grey 

 hairs. Leaflets membranous, mostly simple, oblong,' 1-1 J in. long, obtuse or subacute, 

 subcordate, with only a few adpressed grey hairs beneath ; side ones, if present, much 

 smaller ; petiole ^— | in. Eacemes usually terminal, simple, 4^ in. long, the lower 

 flowers in distant pairs; pedicels capillary, |-| in., finely downy; bracts ^ in., lan- 

 ceolate-cuspidate. Calyx ^ in., clothed with short bristly hairs'; teeth setaceous, very 

 long. Pod sessile, falcate, f-J- in. by i in., 4-6-jointed, glabrescent. 



42. D. auricomum, Grah. in Wall. Co*. 6704; annual, stems very slender, 

 leaves all 3-foliolate, racemes very lax few-flowered, pedicels ascending, corolla 

 included. Benth. PI. Jmujh. 223 ; Kurz in Joum. Asiat. Soe. Beng. xlii. 2, 230. 



Plains of Mabtabah and Tenassebim, Wallich, Heifer, Parish, Kurz. 



