Ubabia.j LEaUMINOSJS, 273^ 



emarginate, often clouded, i-1 in. long, but occasionally with a pair of 

 minute lateral leaflets ; sttpwks semi-lanceolate, chaff-like. Racemes iew 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; jpedicels spreading, downy, exceeding- 

 the calyx ; brads minute, ovate, scariose, deciduous. Pod 5 in. long, 

 acute, glabrous. 



Bundelkhand, in rocky ground (Edgeworth). Distrib. Behar, S. India- 

 and in Ceylon. Very similar in foliage and habit to Desmodium reni- 

 forine, DC. 



51. UBARIA, Desv.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 156. 



Suffruticose pevenniais. Leaflets 1-9, stipellate. Flowers very 

 numerous, minute, racemose. Calyx-tube very short, 2 upper teeth 

 short ; 3 lower usually elongated, setaceous. Standard broad, wings^ 

 adhering to the obtuse keel. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers uniform. 

 Ovary sessile or shortly stalked, few-ovuled ; style inflexed, filiformy- 

 stigma terminal. Pod of 2-6 small turgid 1-seeded indehiscent 

 joints often placed face to face. — Species 15, in S. E, Asia and Au'^- 

 tralia. 



I have adopted Dr. Prain's conclusions, published in Journ. As. Soc.Beng.^ 

 Vol. LXVI. part 2 (1S97), in regard to the limitations and synonymy of 

 the species of this puzzling genus. 



Upper leaves 5-9-f oliolate . . . . 1. U. picta. 

 Leaves 1- and 3-foliolate. 

 Lower teeth of calyx elongated. 



Pod glabrous . . . , . 2. U. dlopecuroides^ 



Pod hairy 3. U. lagojpus. 



Calyx-teeth sub-equal. 



Pod glabrous . . . . 4. U. neglecta. 



Pod hairy . . . . . . 5. U. hamosa. 



Leaves all 1-f oliolate 6. U. jprunelloefoUa. 



1. U. picta, Desv. Journ. Bot i (1883), 123, t 5, f. 19 ; W. Sf A, Prod. 221 r 

 ■Royle III. 191 ; D. 4' a. Bomh. Fl. 65 j F. B. I. ii, 155 ; Watt E. D. Docdia- 

 picta, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 368. 



An erect shrubby perennial, ab out 3 ft. high. Stem robust, finely downy, 

 branches few. Leaves 10-12 in. long ; lowest simple or S-foliolate^. 

 rounded or oblong : upper .5-9-f oliolat ^ on a downy rachis ; petiole ]-2 

 in.; stipules ^ in. long, lanceolate, acuminate; leaflets 4-8 in. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, rigidly coriace us, glabrous and clouded with white 

 above, reticulate- veined and minutely pubescent beneath ; stipels 

 subulate. Bacemef in dense cylindrical heads, 6-12 in. long; hracts 

 brown, scxrious, deciduous ; pedicels abruptly incurved at the tip after 

 flowering, bristly. Calyx ^ in. long. Corolla exserted, purple, tod 

 glabrous, pale lead-coloured or whitish, 3-6-jointed. 



Common in most parts of the area, especially in the Sub-Himalayan tracts, 

 DiSTRiB. Himalaya up to 6,000 ft. and south to Ceylon; Malay Peninst 



