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Gen, Cuan. Shrubs: calyx bilabiate, bibracteolate, upper lip, 
entire, lower 3-eleft, the middle segment slightly longest : corolla 
papilionaceous : vexillum obovate ; keel about equal with the wings + 
legume 2-3-jointed ; joints orbicular, flat, 1-seeded, the last joint. 
‘having the remains of the style between the two sutures. 
(3) D. puncuertum. (Dec.) 
Edent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 230,—Dec. prod. II. p, 339. 
Syn. Hedysarum pulchellum, Linn. Roxb. fl. Ind. TEE. p. 861. 
=Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv.—-Zornia pulchella, Pers. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 418.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 52.—Pluk t. 
433. f. 7. : 
Srec. Car. Stem erect: leaves long-petioled, pinnately trifo~ 
liolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, pubescent beneath, terminal one the 
largest, all furnished with partial stipules: floral leaves bifoliolate, 
the odd one abortive, the lateral ones orbicular and bract-like, the 
petiole ending in a bristle nearly as long as the lateral leaflets: le~ 
gumes glabrous on the sides, villous on the sutures: flowers small; 
aggregated, greenish-sulphur. 
Peninsula. Assam. Flowering nearly alt the year. 
(2) D, Brarticunatum. (Dec.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 230.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 339. 
Syn. Hedysarum biarticulatum, Linn. Roxb. ft. Ind. III. p. 359, 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 419.—Burm, Zeyl: t. 50. f. 2, 
Spec. Cuan. Diffuse: stipules cohering together near their 
apex : leaves short-petioled, palmately trifoliolate; leaflets nearly 
equal in size, obovate-oblong, obtuse ; floral leaves abortive: flowers 
2-4-together in the axils of stipules and forming naked racemes, 
bluish : legumes 2-jointed, clothed with hairs, 
Peninsula. 
GENUS XXXII. ELEIOTIS. 
Diadelphia Deeandria. sex: Sy: 
Deriv. From Eleios, a dormouse, and Ous, a ear, alluding to the 
shape of the leaves. 
* Gen. Cuan. Herbaceous procumbent plants with triangular 
stems: stipules distinct from each other: leaves petioled, pinnately 
1-8-foliolate : racemes axillary, much longer than the leaves : 
flowers distant, in pairs, on slender 1-flowered pedicels: calyx eam 
panulate, 5-toothed or cleft: corolla papilionaceous; vexillum ob- 
ovate; keel obtuse: legume compressed, composed of 1-2-joints, 
the upper suture straight and thicker than the other: joints semi- 
oval, not prickly: seeds oblong, 
