278 T^BaVMlNOSM. [ALY8iCABPr&. 



obtuse. Calyx not more than ^ in.* Pod l-'i-jointed, included or slightly 

 exaerted. — Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). DistPwIB. Sotithem India 

 (Wight). 



5. A. longifolius, W. ^ A. Prod. 233 ; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 65; F. B. I. ii, 

 159. 



8ter.is 4-5 ft., stout, ascending, glahrous. Leaves 1-foliolate, shortly 

 petioled, '^-6 in. long, oblong or lanceolate, snl: cordate, mucronate, hairy 

 on the veins beneath ; sti'pules large, lanceolate, aciiminate, scarious. 

 jPiowei's m long densely spieate racemes, appressed to the finely hairy 

 rachis. Bracts large, broadly ovate, cnspidate, concealing the buds, 

 soon falling. Calyx |-| in. long, much longer than the lowest joint of 

 pod, pubescent ; teeth ciliate, much longer than the funnel-shaped 

 plicate tube. Pod |-^ in., shortly stalked, apiculate, monilif urm ; joints 

 4-6, glabrous, faintly reticulate. 



Dehra Dun, N. Oudh, Bundelkhand. Distbib. Throughout the plains 

 of India, and in Ceylon. 



6. A. rugosus, DC Prod, ii, 353 ; F. B.I.ii, 159; Prain in Journ. As. 

 jSoc Beng. LX VI, jpart ii, 3S4. A. Wallichii, W. 4- A. Prod. 234. 



iStems 1-2 ft., ascending, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1-foliolate, 1-3 in. long, 

 on short hairy petioles, usually oblong, with a subcordate base, obtuse, 

 apiculate, glabrous above, slightly bristly beneath and reticulate- 

 veined ; stipules longer than the petioles, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 scarious, glabrous. Flowers nearly sessile, in dense spike-like racemes 

 1-4 in. long, appressed to the subglabrous rachis; bracis large, chaff- 

 like, ovate-acuminate. Calyx 5-I in,, glabrous on the back ; teeth 

 imbricate, lanceolate, ciliate. Pod included in the calyx, shortly 

 stalked, turgid, apiculate, moniliform ; joints 2-5, broader than long^ 

 prominently marked with transverse ribs. 



Dehra Dun, Eohilkhand, Bundelkhand, Merwara. Disteib, Himalaya 

 up to 4,000 ft., and south to Ceylon, also in Burma ; tropical regions of 

 the Old Word, also at the Cape and in the W. Indies. 



Vab. 1. Heyneanus, F. B. I. I.e. A. Heyneanus, W. Sf A. Prod. 234. 

 Hedysarum styracifolium, Boxh. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 347. A. obovatus, Fdgetu. 

 Cat. Banda, PI. 45.— More robust. Stems and leaves beneath perman- 

 ently pubescent ; leaflets laxge, obovate-oblong. Racemes lougev, oiten 

 4-6 in., and more las. Calyx shorter, ciliate on the edges only. Standard 

 flesh-ccloured, wings and keal purple. Pod i in, broad, often exserted. 

 -Bundelkhand, and Merwara. Disteib, Bengal, C Prov,, W, & S. 

 India and Ceylon, Edgeworth states that the flowers close before 



3 P.M. 



y AB, 2. styracifolius, F. B. I. I.e. {excl. A.pilifer, Wall.) ; Prain in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. A. styracifolius, DC. (excl. syn.); W. ^ A. Prod 234^ D. 

 4* Cr. Bomb. FL 65. Hedysarum glumaceum, Keen, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi., 

 347.— A smaller plant with diffuse finely pubescent stems. Leaflets, 

 small, oblong, obtuse, pubescent beneath. Racemes short, dense. 

 Calyx i in., hairy and with distinctly ciliate edges. Pod ^'^ in. broad. 



