Flemisgia.] LEGVMINOSM. 217 



cordate, usually cuspidate at tlie ape>r. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, pilose, 

 exceeding the tube. Corolla yellowish or greenish- white. Fod about 

 \ in., oblong, turgid, finely downy, 2-seeded. 

 Dehra Dun and Siwalik range, N. Oudh, Bundelkhand. Disteib. From 

 Sind, Eajputana and Bengal to S. India and Ceyloa ; also in Burma, the 

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Malay Pen., extending to Siam and 

 Java. It flowers from the latter part of the rains till Nov. The roots 

 are used medicinally by the Santals. 



2. F. toracteata, Wight Ic. 268 ; Train in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXfl, 

 437. F. strobilifera, B. Br., var. braoteata in F. B. I. ii, 227. 



Similar in many respects to the preceding, but the lateral nerves of the 

 leaves are fewer, the basal pair being longer, more prominen and more 

 oblique than the ethers, the racemes are more copiously and densely 

 panicled, and the bracts are smaller and usually emarginate rather than 

 cuspidate at the apex 



Siwalik range, N. Oudh, sub-Himalayan tracts of Garhwal and Kumaon and 

 Bundelkhand. Distbib. C. and S. India, Bengal, Sikkim, and in Upper 

 Burma, also in Tunan. Flowers during the cold season. 



3. F. Chappar, Buch.-Eam. in Wall. Gat. 5757 ; Irand. For. Fl. 143 j 

 F. B. I. a, 227. Vern. Sdlpdn, chdnchra (E- Dun), Kasraua (Oudh). 



Habit and inflorescence like that of the two preceding species. Branches 

 terete, with a thin coating of appressed hairs. Lea-ues about as broad 

 as long, 2*4 in each way, cordate at the base, acuminate or cuspidate 

 at the apex, glabrous above, minutely grey-downy below, subcoriaceous. 

 Raceme often panicled, its axis straight; bracts firm, broader than long, 

 deeply emarginate. Calyx-teeth as long as the tube. 



Dehra Dun, N. Oudh and Gorakhpur, usually in damp localities. Distbib. 

 Bengal, Behar, S. India and Burma. Flowers Aug.-Oct. The roots are 

 used medicinally. 



4. F. paniculata. Wall. Cat. 5759 ; F. B, I. ii, 227. 



An erect shrub, 4-6 ft. his^h, with finely downy slender terete branches. 

 Leaves simple ; leaflets 3-6 in. long, cordate-ovate, cuspidate, thin, not 

 plicate, glabrous except on the veins beneath ; petiole 1 in. or more ; 

 stipules minute, caducous Flowers mostly in a terminal panicle, with 

 densely grey-downy branches ; axillary racemes simple or fascicled ; 

 hracts Ijoat shaped, as long as the calyx, scarious, pilose, caducous. Calyx 

 densely grey-downy ; teeth lanceolat-^, acuminate ; tube very short. 

 Corolla reddish, slightly exserted ; keel beaked. Pod | in. long, oblong, 

 finely downy, 2-seeded. 



Dehra Dun and N. Oudh. Distbib. Eumaon to Sikkim, at low elevations, 

 Chota Nagpur, Upper Burma and Shan Hills, 



5. F. lineata, Boxl. Eort. Benq. 56 ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 341 ; W. 4* A. Prod. 



242 ; Brand. For. Fl. 143 ; F. B L ii, 228. 



An erect shrub with the ultimate branches angular and grey-canescent. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate •, leaflets 1-3 in. long, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or 



