132 G. King — Materials for a Flora of tlw Muhyan Feninmla. [Nq. 1, 
LotTREA YESPEBTiLToms Desv. JouiTQ. Bot. L 122, t. 5 f. 18. An 
erect slender herb, sparingly Bubffistigiately branched ; bl anches to- 
wards their tips finely dowtiy with hooked hairs, Leaf-racJiiii \>-l iii., 
leafletB uanally 1 terminal, rflrely 3 ; rigidly subeoHaceoas, green usually 
clouded with wlnfce» the termitial one 2-3 in. broad, "3- "5 in. long wifch 
two linear or lanceolate spreading or Biightly aBcending 2-3-nervcd 
halvciS, apex of each lobe broadly emarginnte bristl e- tipped ; lateral 
leaflets, when present, much smaller, obliquely obveisely deJtoid. 
JR^icemes simple or slightly panlcled ; 3-6 in, long; pedicels pnltesconti 
shorter than calyx, the lower geminate. Calyx memUranoiia oampanu* 
late; in Emit 25- "35 in, long, sparsely pubescent with spreading hairs ; 
teeth aa long as tube, wide-triangular with a sirong central nerve and 
widely reticulate- veined, aa ie the tube, with slightly weaker Becondary 
nerves. Corolla not longer than calyx. Pod iticludeii, 4— 5- jointed. 
DC. Prodr. II, 323; Wall. Cat. 5671; Miq. Flor. lud. Bai. 1,264; 
Bak. in Flor. Brit. Intl. II, 154. Hedijinarum YemperHlionis Linn, fil. 
Suppl. 331 ; Roxb, Hort. Beug. 57 ; Flor. li.d. Ill, 352. 
Malayan Peninsula ; exact locality not given, Sir W. Norris! 
DiSTRfB. Now cosmopolitan in the tropics, but often only plauted. 
40. ALVsroARt'as Neck, 
Diffuse annuals or biennials. Leaves simple, rarely 3-folio!ate, 
stipellate, subcoriaceous, Flowrit in copious nxillary racemes. Calyx 
glumaceouB ; teeth deep, often imbricated, the two upper often connate. 
Corolla not exserted ; standard broad i keel obtuse, adhering to the 
wings. Stamens diadelphems ; anthers uniform. Ovary nearly or quit^ 
sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved, stigma capitate. Fbd terete or 
turgid, composed of several indehtsceiit 1-seedcd joints. Species about 
15 ; weeds, everywhere iti the tropics of the old worM. 
Alysicarpus vaginalis DC. ; Miq. Flor, Ind. Bat. I, 231. A robust 
ascending herb, stems 1-3 feet long {vau. typica) j or a dwarf diffuse 
herb with very slender stems ami branches spreading 8-12 in. (var. 
nnmmularifolia) } the brancblets slightly downy. Leaves always 1- 
foliolate, petioles "3 in. long, slender, glabrous, stipules subscarious paral- 
lel-veined ovate-acute half as long aa petioles • leaflets glabrous cordate 
at base, lowest lanceolate l'5-2 in. long, '5 in. broad acute, with upper 
oblong obtuse 1-1'5 in. long a'nd 1 in. wide (in one series of forms) ; or 
lowest oblong '75 mTtong subacute, the upper '5 in. loDg ovate-obtuse 
all '3 in. wide fin a second series of forms). Racemes 8-12-fld. lax-fld. 
1-3 in. long (var. i^fpica) orcoiigeatod under 1 in. long (var. trumvat- 
larifoUa) ; podi ceUs shorter than calyx. Galyx *12 in. glabrescont, 
teefcb iiuear-setaceous longer tlmn tube. OoroUa pale-yellow tinged with 
