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GENUS XXIX. LOUREA. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
.  Deriv. Meaning unknown. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx campanulate, persistent, equally 5-cleft ; 
‘seariose and inflated when in fruit: corolla papilionaceous: vexil~ 
‘um obcordate : Keel obtuse: legumes 4—6+jointed, folded up within 
he calyx, much contracted between the joints which are 1-seeded, | 
(1) L. Vaspertiionis. (Desv.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 221.—Desy. Jour. Bot. TIL. p. 122, 
‘—Dec. prod. IT. p. 323. 
Syn. Hedysarum Vespertilionis, Linn. Roxb. ft. Ind. TIL, p. 
B52. : 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 285.—Jacq. Icon, Rar. IV. t. 566. 
Srec. Caan. Herbaceous, erect ; leaves trifoliolate ;. lateral 
Jeafléts none or small, obliquely cuneate at the base, truncated at 
the apex, terminal one transverse, tipped with a spiny bristle, 2- 
lobed; lobes divaricating, oblong-lanceolate, faleately recurved, ob= 
ttuse: racemes terminal; flowers small, whitish. 
, Coromandel. Bombay. Assam. Flowering all the year. 
GENUS XXX. URARIA. ° 
Diadeiphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Oura, a tail, in allusion to the bracts, 
Gen. Cuar. Perennial, often shrubby plants: leaves simple, 
trifoliolate_ or pinnated: stipules lanceolate, upper ones very cadu- 
cous, covering the flowers in place of bracteas: racemes terminal, 
simple: pedicels in pairs from each bractea: calyx hairy, not be- 
coming inflated, deeply 2-lipped, upper lip bifid, lower 3-partite : 
joints folded up. : 
(1) U. prcra. (Desv.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I, p, 221.—Desv. Jour. Bot. III. p. 122, 
—Dee. prod. II. p, 324 
Syn. Doodia picta, Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 368.—Hedysarum 
pictum, Jacg. Coll. II. p. 262. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 411.—Jacq, Ic. Rar. IIT. t. 567. 
Spec. Cuar. Erect shrub, young parts clothed with hooked 
hairs: leaves simple and pinnated, simple ones oblong-ovate: leaf- 
Jets of the compound ones 2~-4-pair, linear-lanceolate, under side 
slightly pubescent: racemes very long, spike-like, rigid; bracts 
