276 LEaUMINOSM. [Altsicaepits. 



lower ones geminate. Calyx finally ^-f in., membrancns, reticulate- 

 veined, teeth as long as tlie tube. Corolla nut longer than the calyx. 

 Tod 4-5-jointed. 



Merwara. Distrib. Central and South India, and in the tropics of both 

 Hemispheres, but often planted. 



53. ALYSICABFUS, Neck. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii, 167. 



DifEuse annuals or biennials. Leaves simple or rarely 3-foliolate» 

 •tipellate, subcoriaceous. JBlowers in leaf -opposed or terminal racemes 

 or spikes. Calyx glumaceons ; teeth deep, often imbricated, the 2 

 npper often connate. Corolla not exserted, standard broad ; keel 

 obtnse, adhering to the wings. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary nearly or quite sessile, many-ovuled, style incurved, 

 stigma capitate. Pod terete or turgid, composed of several indehis- 

 oent 1-seeded joints. - Species about 15, dispersed throughout the 

 1;ropics of the Old World. 



Calyx shorter or scarcely longer than the first 

 joint of pod. 



Pod moniliform 1. A. monilifer. 



Pod not moniliform. 



Calyx much shorter than first joint of pod . 2. A, hamosus. 



Calyx as long as first joint of pod . . 3. A. vaginalis. 



Oalyx much longer than first joint of pod. 



Joints of pod not veined or rugose . . 4. A. hujpleurifolius. 



Joints of pod finely reticulate-veined . 5. A. longifolius. 



Joints of pod transversely and deeply plicate. 



Pod included or slightly exserted, not 



4)-gonous . . . . . . 6. A. rugosus. 



Pod exserted, 4-gonou8 . . . . 7, A. tetragonolobus. 



1. A. monilifer, DC. Prod, ii, 353; W. Sf A. Trod. 232 ; F. B. I. ii, 157. 

 Uedysatum moniliferum, Linn.; Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 345. 



Perennial. Stems densely tufted, clothed with spreading deciduous 

 hairs. Leaves all simple, g-| in. long, oblong, obtuse, often cordate, 

 glabrous ; jpetiole about i as long, finely downy. Flowers shortly 

 stalked, about 4-10, in close erect pedunculate racemes. Calyx with 

 scattered haiis, about as long as lowest joint of_ pod ; teeth very 

 narrow, rigid. Tod ^-| in. long, distinctly moniliform, 2-6*-jointed, 

 densely clothed with hooked hairs, not reticulate-veined. 



•Oommon within the area. Disteib. Throughout India to Ceylon and 

 Burma, extending to Nubia and Abyssinia. 



2. A. hamosus, Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi (1853), 171 ; 

 F. B. I. ii, 157 ; Train in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi (1897), 384. Hedy- 

 fiarum prooumbens, Roxh. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 345. 



