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3 to 6-joiiited, curled inwards. Near Penn. Beautifully figured 

 in Jacquin Ic. rar. t. 567. 



7. DESMODIUM, Desv. 



1. Umbellatum, DC. Prod. 2, 325. — A shrub ; leaves trifolio- 

 late; leaflets oval obtuse, whitish, pubescent beneath; flowers 10 

 to 12, white, somewhat umbellate, legumes 3 to 4-jointed, thick 

 margined. South-east of Surat ; near Belgaum, Law. 



2. CoNGESTUM, Wall, list 5723 ; W. and A. Prod. 224.— 

 Shrubby ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong lanceolate ; stipules 

 lanceolate acuminated; peduncles axillary, solitary, very short; 

 flowers numerous, umbellate, white ; legumes compressed, slightly 

 pubescent, 4 to 6-jointed. Island of Caranjah, and other places; 

 pretty common. Syn. Hedysarum umbellatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii, 360. 



3. Triquetrum, DC. Prod. 2, 326. — Erect-branched ; branches 

 triangular ; leaves simple cordate, ovate or linear oblong acuminated ; 

 petioles winged ; racemes axillary and terminal, many-flowered ; 

 legumes hairy, 5 to 8-jointed, straight on one side, crenated on the 

 other ; flowers small, violet-coloured. Very common. Hedysarum 

 triquetrum, Linn. sp. p 1052; H alatum, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 348. 



4. Latifolium, DC. Prod. 2, 327. — Shrubby; branches terete, 

 spreading ; leaves simple, broadly cordate or ovate, repand-crenated, 

 pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal ; 

 flowers numerous, violet ; legumes densely clothed with hooked 

 hairs, 4 to 5-jointed, crenated on one side, notched to the middle 

 on the other. Meera hills near Penn, and other hilly places in the 

 Concan. Syn. Hedysarum latifolium, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 350; 

 Roth nov. sp. 355. 



5. Gangeticum, DC. Prod. 2, 327. — Stems irregularly angled, 

 with rigid white hairs ; leaves simple ovate cordate at the base ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal, very long, lax ; legume 6 to 8-jointed, 

 hispidly puberulous, straightish on one side, deeply notched on the 

 other ; joints semiorbicular ; flowers violet-coloured. Near Penn, 

 Malabar hill, &c. Syn. D maculatum, DC. loc. cit. ; Hedysarum 

 gangeticum, Linn. sp. PI p 1052; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 348; H col- 

 linum, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 348 ; D maculatum, Linn. sp. 1051. 



6. PoLYCARPUM, DC. Prod. 2,334. — Suffruticose, procumbent, 

 often rooting at the joints; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets oval or 

 obovate retuse, lateral -leaflets smaller ; petiole slightly margined ; 

 racemes axillary and terminnl, many-flowered, strobiliform before 

 expansion ; legumes ercet, hispid, 5 to 6-jointed, straight on one 

 margin, notched into the middle on the other. Hills' north-east 

 of Penn; Ram Ghaut, Law. Syn. D heterocarpum, DC. loc. cit.; 



