274 LEaVMINOSM. [Ueabia. 



and Islands, Trop. Africa and the Philippines. The plant is nsed 



medicinally in some parts of India. 



2i U. alopecuroides, 'Wight Ic. 290 ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc.Beng. I.e. 



381. XJ. repanda, Wall. Cat 5677 ; F. B. I. ii, 156. Doodia alopecnroides, 



Rozh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 368, 



An erect undershrub, with many spreading branches clothed with small, 

 hooked bristles. Leaves 1- and o-f oliolate ; stipules tapering from a 

 broad ciliata bas^ ; leaflets 2-4 in. long, ovataor oval, rounded or cordate 

 a,t the base, clouded, both surfaces bristly-pubescent. Stipels setaceous. 

 Racemes terminal and axillary, strobilif orm and at length cylindrical ; 

 pedicels becoming incurved at their tips ; bracts round-cordata, cuspi- 

 date, densely ciliate, closely imbricate before the flowers expand. 

 Calyx ^ in. ; teeth plumose, lower filiform, the two upper ones very 

 short. Corolla pink. Pods 2-iointed, glabrous. 



Dehra Dun ("Vicary), Bahraich in N. Oudh (Duthie's collector). Disteib. 

 Cent. Prov. (Duthie), Chota Nagptir, Khasia Hills, Burma. 



3. U. lagopus, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. I, iv {U25), 100; F. B. /.- ii, 156 



(in part) ; Prain in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng.l.c. 381. U. lagopoides. Wall. 



(not DC). 



An erect undershrub. 8tem, petioles and rachis of inflorescense densely 

 pubescent and bristly. Leaves 1- and 3-foliolate ; petiole 2-3 in.; 

 stipules lanceolate-acuminate from a broadly cordate base : leaflets 2| 

 -4j| in. long, ovate or oval, obtuse or emarginate, mucronata, coria- 

 ceous, scabrous above, paler and tomentose beneath, and distinctly 

 reticulate- veined. Bace^mes cylindrical, mostly terminal, up to 1 ft. in 

 length, often panicled ; pedicels becoming incurved at their tips ; 

 bracts deciduous, ovate-acuminate, densely ciliate. Calyx very hairy ; 

 teeth plumose, the lower ones elongated. Corolla purple. Pod hairy, 

 2-6-jointed. 



Dehra Dun (Gamble). Distril. Outer Himalayan ranges from the Punjab 

 to Sikkim and Assam. 



4. U. neglecta, Prain in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI, part 2 {1897), 382. 

 TJ. lagopoides, Boyle III. t. 33, f. 1. U. lagopus, Boyle III. 201; F.B.I. 

 ii, 156 in part, {not of DC.). 



An erect undershrub with slender shortly pubescent woody branches. 

 Leaves as in U. hamosa ; stipules lanceolate-acuminate ; leaflets large, 

 oblong, not cordate. Racemes long, dense, cylindrical; bracts ovate- 

 cuspidate. Calyx-teeth subequal. Bod glabrous. 



Dehra Dun (Vicary, King, Gamble), Siwalik range (Eoyle). Disteib. 

 Punjab Himalaya west to Kumaon; Berigal, Assam, Mishmi. This plant, 

 which is common on the outer Himalayan ranges, stands intermediate 

 between JJ. lagopus and TJ. hamosa, having the inflorescence of the 

 former and the bracts and foliage of the latter; it differs from both, 

 however, in its glabrous pods. 



5. U. hamosa. Wall. Cat. 56S1 B ; W. Sf A.Trod.222 ; F.B. I. ii, 156; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 382. Doodk hamosa, Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 

 367. D. simplicifolia, Boxh. I.e. 366. 



