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(1) D. cruminosus. (Roxb.) 
Hdent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 248.=Roxb. fl. Ind. IIf. p. 319. 
Syn. Hedysarum glutinosum, Herb. -Madr.—Glycine viscosa; 
Roth.—Rhynchosia viscosa, Dec. prod. II. p. 887.—D. tomento= 
sus, Roth. W. & A, 1. c.—Dec. prod. II. p. 401. 
Spec. Cuar. Anriual, twining, covered with glutinous hairs: 
leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, terminal one rhomboid and 
somewhat 3-lobed: stipules séssilé, Ovate, spreaditig : racémes 
Jonger than thé leaves, straight, many-flowered: flowers alternate, 
usually solitary: vexillum yellow, sprinkled with glutinous pubes~ 
cence: leguine hairy, oblong‘laniceolate, pointed with the long base 
of the style, 2-seeded. 
Peninsula, flowering in the cold séasoti. 
(2) D. untrtorus. (Lam.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 248.~—Dee. prod. Ii. p. 398, 
Syn. D. biflorus, Roxb. f, Ind. III. p. 313. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 218. f. 4. 
_ Spec. Cuar. Annual: stem erect: branches twining: youiig 
shoots and leave’ covered with soft silky hairs: leaflets ovate, pus 
bescent when old: stipules oblong: calyx villous ; segments long, 
subulate; upper lip split at the apex: vexillum obovate-oblong : 
keel iba abee ars : legume compressed, linear, falcate, pointed 
with the long base of the style, softly hairy; about 6-seeded : flowers 
axillary, 1+3-together, sometimes on a short common peduncle, 
sulphur-coloured. 
This is the horse-gram plant. Botanists seem to agree in its 
being a native of India, although the exact habitat is not known. 
Roxburgh states that he riever saw it in a wild state, It is much 
cultivated all over the Peninsula as well as in the Deccan and Beii- 
gal. The seeds are grey and another variety has them jet black. 
(3) D. cmiarus. (Herb. Madr.) 
Ident. W.&. A. prod. I. p. 249.—Dec. prod. II. p. 398. 
Syn. D. prostratus, Roxb. fl. Ind. TI. p. 810. 
Spec. Cuar. Root perennial, tuberoiis : stems twining and with 
the petioles and racemes pubescent or hairy: leaflets from oval to 
ovate, obtuse or acute, mticronate, miargin densely ciliated with 
silvery hairs: stipules oblong: bracts sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 
striped lengthwise with white and purplish stteaks: racemes axilla- 
ty, shorter than the petiole, about 4-flowered : calyx-segments long, 
keeled, stiffish towards the apex ; upper lip split; vexillum obovate; 
keel-much falcate: legume compressed, scimitar-shaped, pointed, 
glabrous, 2—4-seeded. 
Cirears. Courtallum, 
