Besmodium.] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 173 



Stems esBspitose, diffuse, 1-1 J ft., densely clothed throughout with spreading brown 

 »\Jkj hairs. JUeaves subcoriaceous, pale green, nearly glabrous beneath ; end leaflet 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, |-^ in. long ; side ones smaller ; petiole \ in. Racemes ter- 

 minal, 2-3 in. long, the lower flowers in distant pairs, upper solitary ; pedicels i-f in. ; 

 bracts lanceolate, J in. Calyx ^ in., shaggy with silky hairs, like those of the stem; 

 teeth linear-setaceous, very long. Fod sessile, silky, under J by ^ in., 4-5-jointed. 



SmBeBN. 7. Sag'otla, Walp. Trailing herbs, with small 3-foliolate sti- 

 pellate leaves, flowers in sparse lax racemes or 1-2 in the axils of the leaves, 

 deciduous bracts and distinctly jointed pods. 



* Flowers all 1-3 together without a common peduncle in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



43. D. triflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 334; Wall Cat. 5734 e.vcl. F. expaHe : 

 Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 95, t, 26 ; JDalz. §• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 67. D. tri- 

 florum |3. minus, W. ^ A. Prodi: 229 ; Wight Ic. t. 292. D. heterophyllum. 

 Wall. Cat. 5701 0. Hedysarum triflorum, lAnn. ; Boxh. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 353. H. stipulaceum, Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 54 , fig. 2. Nicolsonia reptans, 

 Mmsn. in Jdnn. xxi. 260. Sagotia triflora, Walp. §■ Dueh. in Linn, xxiii. 

 738. 



Everywhere in the plains throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. in Kumaon and 

 6-7000 ft. in Kashmie and on the Ohenab. — Disteib. Cosmopolitan in tropics. 



Stems csespitose, very slender, trailing |-1| ft., copiously branched, clothed with 

 fine spreading hairs. Stipules lanceolate, persistent ; petiole l-^' in. ; leaflets obovate, 

 ^4 in., truncate or emarginate, with a few adpressed hairs below. Pedicels ^-f in. 

 Calyx pubescent, i-| in. ; teeth very long, setaceous. Pod f-i in. long, | in. br., 

 3-5-jointed, pubescent ; upper suture straight, lower slightly indented. 



** Flowei-s some racemed, the othm-s pedicelled in the axils of the leaves. 



4A. D. reniforme, DC. Prodr. ii. 327; leaves 1-foIiolate, leaflet broader 

 than long, calyx-teeth and pedicels short. Wall. Cat. 5702 ; TF'. ^ A. Prodr. 

 230 ; Dalz. ^ Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 67. Hedysarum reniforme, Linn. Sp. 1051 ;. 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 52, fig. 1. 



East Himaiatas, Iiobb ; Pkome, Ava on the Banks of the Irrawaddi, Wallicli ; 

 Westebn Peninsula, Wight. — Disteib. Java. 



Stem 1 ft. or more long, very slender, glabrous. Leaflet rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 half as broad again as long., J-J in. long, truncate or emarginate, glabrous ; stipules 

 linear, minute, deciduous ; petiole § in., jointed at the apex. Sacemes mostly ter- 

 minal, laxly 10-20-flowered and a few flowers, solitary in the axils of the leaves; 

 bracts linear, minute ; pedicels ^-^ in., finally cernuous. Calyx under ^ in., turbinate; 

 glabrous. Pod glabrous, ^-f in. by ^ in. ; joints 3-5, longer than broad ; upper suture 

 straight, lower little indented. 



45. D. beteropliyllum, DC. Prodr. ii. 334 ; leaves 3-foliolate, calyx- 

 teeth and pedicels elongated. Wall. Cat. 5701, A, B, D. D. triflorum a. 

 majus, W. 8f A. Prodr. 229 ; Wight Ic. t. 291. D. triflorum. Wall. Cat. 5734, 

 F. ex parte. D. csespitosum, DC. Prodr. ii. 333. Hedysarum heterophyllum, 

 Willd. % PI. iii. 6201. H. reptans, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 364. 

 Dicerma repens, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5740. 



East Himaxatas, tropical zone; Khasia and Assam and along the gulf to Penancs 

 and Malacca. Plains of Peninstjia and Ceylon. —Disteib. Malay isles, China, Phi- 

 lippines, Mascarene isles. 



Stems 1-2 ft. long, copiously branched, clothed with dense spreading hairs. Sti- 

 pules ^ in., lanceolate-acuminate, persistent; petiole |-J in., pubescent; leaflets 



