Aleaoi.] leg UMINOS^. 279 



rarely exserted.— Agra Dist. (Munro), Bundelkhand. Distrib. Through- 

 out India, also in Ceylon and Burma. 

 Vae.. 3. ludens, F. B. I. I.e. A. ludens, Wall. Cat. 5762 B. ^ F.-^Leaves 

 2-3 in, long-, linear, distant. B^acemes alDout 6 in., ths lower flowers 

 las. Calyx ^ in.y hairy, not mur-h ciliated.— Eta ;vah dist., Merwara 

 (Duthie). DisTBiB. Plains of Bengal. This variety has the hahit 

 of A. hupleurifolius. 



Var. 4. minor, F rain in Jour n. As. 8oc. Beng. Z.c— Dwarf, diffuse, with 

 the stems and leaves beneath glabrous. Leaflets smdl, oblong, ovate 



' or orbicular, obtuse Of subacata. Racemes shorb, dens-; bracts and 

 calyx glabrous.— Dehra Dun (Duthie). Distrib. W. Himalaya 

 (GriflB.th), Plains of Punjab and Rajputaaa-, W. & S. India, Bengal, 

 Assam and Shan States. This variety c )mbines the habit of va,r. 

 styracifolius with the glabrous leaves and stems aad the inflorescence 

 of typical A. rugosus (Prain I.e.). 



7. A. tetragonololjus, Edgew. in "Jowrn. As. 8oc. Beng. xxvi (1858), 

 169 ; Cat. Banda PI. 45. 



A procumbent herb with many slender stams 6-12 in. long, branching 

 from the base and with the hairs in lines. Leaves 1-f oliolate, shortly 

 petioled ; leaflets l-lf in. long, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or subacate, 

 hairy en the nerves beneath. PMcemes lax, 2-8 in. long, the lower 

 flowers in distant pairs ; pedicels,^ short. Calyx ^-^ in., deeply divided, 

 teeth lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate. Pod t-2 in-, distinctly exserted, 

 quadrangular, monilif orm ; joints 2-6, transversely and deeply plicate, 

 glabrous. 



Jtimna ravines near Etiwah, andlia Bundelkhand. Disteib. Cent- 

 and W. India. Very like a small form of A. rugosus, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by its Quadrangular pods. 



54. ALHAGI, Desv.; PI. Brit, Ind. ii, 145. 



Small spinous shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers axillary. Calyx 

 ca'upanulate ; teeth minute, distinct, acute. Corolla exserted, 5^aw- 

 dard broad, heel obtuse. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers uniform. 

 Ovary linear, sessile, 6-8-ovuled, glabrous or silky; style iiliform, 

 incurved ; stigma minute, capitate. Pod linear, subcontinuous or 

 moniliform ; joints oblong, small, turgid, smooth. — Spades 2, in 

 iS. E. Europe and N. Africa to N. W. India. 



A. camelorum, JPiscL Ind. Hort. Gorenlc. ed. ii,72 ; Frainia Journ. 



As.8oc.Beng. LXVI{1897), 877. A. rxisiur^ovnm, W. <^ A. Prod. 232 ; (not 



of Tournef.); Royle III. 194; D. Sf G. Bomh. Ft. 67 ; Brand. For. Fl. 144; 



F. B. I. ii 145 ; Watt E. D. Hedysarum Alhagi, Linn, (in ;part); Boxh. Fl. 



Ind. Hi, 844.— Yevn. Jaivdsa. (Camel- thorn.) 



A small erect spinous shrub with terete nearly glabrous branches ; sjpine s 

 axillary, an inch or more Ijng. Leaves simple, 5-5 in. long, ob ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cunej,te, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly 



