Sit 
a ‘Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-toothed: corolla papilionaceous : petals 
‘about equal in length: vexillum obovate, folded together; keel 
‘straight, obtuse. ‘ 
(1) A. Maurorum. Tourn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p, 232.—Dec. prod. II, p. 352. 
Drury’s Useful Plants p. 25. 
Syn. A. mannifera, Desv.—Hedysarum Alhargi, Linn. Row. fi. 
Ind. TI. p. 8344.—Manna Hebraica, Don.—A. Nepalensium, Dec. 
Spec. Cuar. Shrub: leaves simple, obovate-oblong, glaucous 
beneath, glabrous: stipules very minute: peduncles axillary, spi- 
nescent: legume stalked, few-seeded, contracted here and there ir- 
regularly with partitions: flowers few, racemose, reddish. . 
Monghyr. Delhi. Guzerat. South Mahratta country. The 
‘eatable substance known as Manna is an exudation from the leaves 
‘and branches of this shrub, only appearing in the hot weather, at 
which time, when almost all the smaller plants die, this puts forth 
its leaves and flowers, 
GENUS XXXVI. ALYSICARPUS. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Alysis, a chain, and Carpos, fruit. The legumé 
ig ‘composed of several 1-seeded joints. 
Gen. Cuar. Herbaceous or suffruticose plants: leaves simple, 
entire, linear, oval or roundish, often presenting all these forms on 
the same species : racemes leaf-opposed or terminal : flowers usually 
in pairs, embra¢ed before expansion by a deciduous bract: calyx 
persistent, tubular, deeply 4-cleft, upper segment bifid: corolla 
papilionaceous: legumes terete or slightly compressed, composed of 
several 1-seeded joints which separate when ripe. 
(1) A. moniuirER. (Dee.) 
Adent. W.& A. prod. I. p. 232.—Dec. prod. II. p. 353. 
Syn. -Hedysarum moniliferum, Linn. Roxb. fl. Ind. TIT. p. 345: 
Engrav. Burm. Ind. t. 52. f. 3.—Petiv. Gaz. t. 26. f. 4. 
“Spec. Cuar. Suffruticose: branches haity: leaves orbicular of 
cordate-ovate, obtuse: stipules about the length of the petiole : 
calyx deeply 4-cleft, the upper segment bifid, the segments distinct 
when in fruit and slightly spreading: racemes leaf-opposed, short : 
flowers in paits: legumes 4—6-joirited, moniliform, much contracted 
between the joints; joints smooth, clothed with hooked pubescence. 
Coromandel, flowering nearly all the year, 
