306 
(13) D. cynowes. (Dec. J 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 227.—Dec. prod. II. p. 326. 
Syn. Hedysarum gyroides, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 57. 
« Sprc. Cuar. Herbaceous, diffuse : branches angled, and clothed 
‘with soft white hairs: leaves trifoliolate: leaflets obovate-elliptic, 
‘obtuse, whitish-pubescent beneath, silky on the margin: terminal 
Jeaflet 3-4-times latger than the lateral ones: racemies axillary and 
terminal, forming a panicle at the end of the branches: bracts 
‘broad-cordate, pointed, pubescent, before expansion densely imbri- 
‘cated ‘like a cone, decidiious : vexillum about half the length of the 
keel: style marked with a transparent line: legumes hirsute, slight 
dy crenated at one suture: flowers small, yellowish. 
Bengal. Assam. Flowering in October and November. 
(14) D. potycarrum, (Dec. ) 
Ident. W.&A. prod. I. p. 227.—Dec. prod. II. p. 334. 
Syn. D. heterocarpum, Dec. 1. c. p. 337.—D. capitatum, Dee, 
2. c. p. 836.—D. angulatum, Dec. 1. c. p. 835.—D. siliquosum, 
Dec. 1. c. p. 8336.—Hedysarum heterocarpum, Zinn.—H. polycar- 
pum, Lam. Ill. t. 628. f. 4.—H. conicum, Poir.—H. siliquosum, 
Btrm.—H. purpureum, Roxb. fl. Ind. TID. p. 358. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 406.—Burm. Ind. t. 54. f. 1, and t. 
55. f. 2.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 53. f. 1, 2.—Pluk. t. 433. f. 3. 
Srzc. Cuar. Suffruticose, procumbent, often rooting at the 
joints: branches slightly angled, usually pubescent or hairy on the 
young shoots: leaves trifoliolate: leaflets oval, obtuse or mucro= 
nate, usually pubescent beneath, lateral ones rather smaller than 
the terminal one, sometimes wanting: petioles slightly margined : 
racemes axillary and terminal: bracts broad-ovate, pointed, pubes- 
‘cent, densely imbricated before expansion: keel narrow, incurved 
at the apex, longer than the wings: legumes erect, hispid, 5—6-joint- 
ed, notched into the middle on one margin: flowers largish, bright 
bluish-purple. : 
Peninsula, Bengal, Assam. Flowering in the rainy seasons 
, (15) D. rnurescens. ( Dec.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 228.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 335, 
Syn. D. ferrugineum, Wall.—Hedysarum rufescens, Spr. 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 57. 
‘Spec. CHar. Shrub, densely clothed with yellowish-brown tos 
mentum : leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets oval, obtuse with a long bristle, 
densely clothed with white silky hairs beneath, upper side glabrous: 
racemes axillary and terminal: bracts ovate, tapering to a long point, 
densely imbricated before expansion; vexillum large, obcordate i 
