I'lemingia.] LEGUMINOS^. 219 



Under F. congesta in tlie Fl. Brit. India are included several other 

 plants, which. Eioxbnrgh in his Fi. Indica. has treated as distinct 

 species, e.g. F. prostrata, semialata, vrocumhens a.nd nana. As they 

 are easily recog-aized in the field, I agree with Dr. Prain in keeping 

 them separate ; and although F. prostrata and F. nana have, in some re- 

 spects, the appearance of degenerate forms of F. coiigesta,jet they surely 

 have as much right to specific rank as Greiuia sapida, Combretxim nanum, 

 Erythrina resupinata and other such plants, which have evidently 

 assumed a dwarf hahit and other well-marked characters whilst adapt- 

 ing themselves tj the peculiar conditions under which they now grow. 

 Tab. viridis, Prain I.e. F. semialata. Wall, (not of Roxh.). F. semialata 

 var. viridis, Kuv^ ; petioles distinctly winged, leaves thinner and pale- 

 green — Kheri (N- Oudh) Duthie's collector. Disteib. Behar, Tirhut, 

 Burma and Shan Hills. 



8. F. prostrata, Uoxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 338 ; Prain in Journ. As. 8oc Beng. 

 Ic'. F. angustifclia Eoxh. 1. c. 341. F. congesta Bah. in F. B I. ii, 298 

 (in part) and F. congesta var. semialata, Bak. (in part) 1. c, hut not F. 

 congesta or jP- semialata of Roxh. 



Sterns scarcely any ; branches erect or somewhat procumbent, up to 2|ft. 

 3-quetrous, downy when youjig Leaves 3-foliolate : leaflets 3-4 in 

 long, narrowly lanceolate, lateral obliquely so, obtuse or acute, 3-nerved, 

 villous beneath : p'4iol^s 1-2 in., sharply 3-quetroas, widening upwards; 

 stipules lanceolate, cuspidate, ^ the length of the petioles, villous, 

 caducous Racemes solitary and axillary, dense, often exceeding the 

 petioles,* villoiis ; hracts silky, caducous Flowers small, yellow tinged 

 with purple. Calyx clothed with long white hairs ; teeth linear -lanceo- 

 late, the lower one twice as long as the others. Pod oyal, downy and 

 gland- dotted Seeds round, dark-brown spotted with grey 



Torests of Dehra Dun Eohilkhand, N. Oudh and Gorakhpur. Disteib. 

 Bengal, Assam, Shan Hills, Martaban, and China. In N. Oudh it 

 is usually found in a dwarfed condition by reason of periodical fires. 



9. F. semialata, Roxl. Eort. Beng. 56 ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 340 ,• Don. Prod. 

 242 ; W- Sf A. Prod.' 241 ; Prain in Joum As. 8oc- Beng. I.e. 441 F. con- 



var. semialata Bale, in F. B. I. ii, 229 (exl. syn. F prostrata, Roxh.). 



Tery sim.ilar in habit and foliage to F. congesta, from which it can easily 

 be distinguished Ijy the winged petioles, and by the lax elongated 

 panicled racemes, which often exceed the leaves The glands on the 

 under surface of the leaflets are much less conspicuous Seeds small 

 round, smooth, shining and black 



Dehra Dun and Saharanpur Siwalikg Disteib Himalaya from Chamba 

 to Bhutan, up to .5,000 ft., Khasia, Naga and Manipur Hills, and from 

 Bengal to'S. India and Ceylon. Flowers March to May 



10. F. procumbens, Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 33S : Wight Ic. 408. 

 .Branches trailing, up to 2 ft. long, 3-sided, villous Leaves S-foliolate, 

 leaflets J-f in. loni?, lateral obliquely oval, the terminal one obovate, 



