228 L. LBQ0MINOSJ!. (J. Gr. Baker.^ [Flemingia. 



4. r. lineata, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 341 ; leaves 3-folio- 

 late oblaneeolate-oblong deeply plicate, flowers in copious axillary and terminal 

 panicled racemes, bracts very minute linear. Wall. Cat. SI 52; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 361 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 242 ; Wight Ic. t. 327. Hedysarum lineatum, Idnn. Sp. 

 PI. 1054. Lespedeza lineata, Pen. Syn. ii. 318. 



Plains from the Himalayas to CnYtON, BmMA and Siam. — Disteib. Malayan 

 Islands, N. Australia. 



An erect shrub, "with the ultimate branchlets angular and grey-caneseent. Stipules 

 lanceolate, scariose, subpersistent, |-f in. ; petiole ^-2 in., erecto-patent, deeply 

 sulcate ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1-3 in. long, obtuse, or with a slight cusp, del- 

 toid at the base, exstipellate, both surfaces especially the lower finely grey-canescent, 

 sublucent. Panicles from the axils of most of the leaves, erecto-patent, 2-4 in. long, 

 the flowers crowded towards the end of the branches and absent fpom the lower part ; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx |— ^ in., densely grey-downy ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 little exserted ; keel beaked. Pod |-^ in., finely downy, rounded at both ends, 

 2-seeded. 



SiTBeBN. 3. Fleming'iastruin, DO. Erect shrubs. Leaves digitately 

 3-foliolate. Flowers in dense subspicate axillary racemes ; bracts linear or lan- 

 ceolate, caducous. 



5. P. stricta, Roxh. Cor. PI. iii. t. 248; Hort. Beng. 56; Fl. Ind. iii. 

 342 ; branches triquetrous, leaflets tbin large acuminate obscurely silky on the 

 ribs below, bracts linear firm much exceeding the buds, calyx silky. DC. 

 P-odr. ii. 351 ; Wcdl. Cat. 5745, excl. E; W. 8f A. Prodr. 241 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 329. 



Tropical regions of Sikkim, Silhet, Assam ; Bibma, Tenasseeim, and the Western 

 Peninsula.— Disteib. China. 



A tall shrub, with woody triquetrous branches, clothed with only a few short 

 adpressed hairs. Stipules large, lanceolate, rigidly scariose, soon falling; petiole 

 3-6 in., triquetrous, deeply sulcate, not winged ; leaflets subcoriaceous, ^1 ft. long, 

 oblong, narrowed to both ends, smooth and glabrous above, with only a few short 

 obscure hairs on the ribs below. Bacemes dense, oblong-cylindrical, often fascicled, 

 ?-3 in. long, the lower bracts larger than the others and subpersistent, the upper ones 

 rigidly scariose, linear, ^-f in. long, shortly silky, densely imbricated before the 

 flowers expand ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^-^ in. ; teeth linear, the lowest twice as 

 long as the others. Corolla as long as the lower tooth, much exceeding the others ; keel 

 obtuse. Pod ^— | in. long, glabresceut. 



Vae. pteropus. Baker; petiole distinctly winged, leaflets lanceolate acuminate 

 plicate, spikes more slender densely fascicled, bracts and flowers smaller. — Pegu, 

 McClelland. 



6. P. Grabamlana, W. 8f A. P-odr. 242 ; branches subterete, leaflets 

 obovate obtuse or subacute thinly silky below, bracts linear firm smaU, calyx 

 shaggy. F. pycnantha, Benth. in Sohen. PI. Fxsic. No. 1211 ; PI. Jungh. 245. 



NiLGHiEis, Wight, Gardner, &c. 



A low erect shrub, with tomenlose young shoots. Stipules lanceolate, ^ in., 

 caducous ; petiole ^-1 in., erecto-patent, not winged ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 2-3 in. 

 long, plicate, glabrous above, grey-silky especially on the ribs beneath many of the 

 veinlets raised. Spikes dense, oblong, 1-2 in. long, often fascicled ; bracts under 

 i in. long, erecto-patent, subrigid, subpersistent. Calyx | in. ; teeth plumose, linear- 

 ! etaceous, subequal. Corolla not exserted. Pod oblong, | in. long, flnely pubescent, 

 and often covered with red viscous glands. 



7. P. cong'esta, Poxb. Hort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 340 ; branches sub- 

 t jrete, leaflets oblong acuminate silky on the ribs below, bracts neither rigid 

 nor protruded, calyx silky. DC. Prodr. ii. 351; Wall. Cat. 5747, in greater 

 vart ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 241 ; Wight le. t. 390 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 75. 



