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XXX. LEGUMlNOSiE 
1. Desmodium podocarpum, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 165. An 
erect, pubescent, small shrub. Leaflets entire, broadly obovate, 
usually acute, lower surface pale ; terminal one 1|-2J X 1J-2J 
in. Racemes up to 12-18 in. long, drooping. Flowers pink, | in. 
long. Pod \ in., stalked ; stalk 3-4 times as long as thfe calyx ; 
upper margin straight, lower deeply indented ; joints 2. 
Simla, common; July, August. — W Himalaya, 4000-7000 ft. — China, 
Japan, Mandchuria. 
2. Desmodium floribundum, G. Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 167. A 
large, erect shrub ; stems hairy. Leaflets entire, ovate, obtuse or 
acute : both surfaces hairy, lower pale ; terminal one 2-3 X 1-1 J in. 
Racemes numerous. Flowers crowded, pink-purple, nearly \ in. 
long. Pod sessile, densely hairy, J-l X T V in. ; upper margin 
slightly, lower deeply indented ; joints 3-8, j in. long. (Fig. 39.) 
Simla, common; June-September. — Throughout the Himalaya, 2000-7000 
ft. — China. 
3. Desmodium tilisefolium, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 168. A tall, 
erect shrub ; stems tomentose or nearly glabrous. Leaflets, 
broadly ovate, entire or sinuate, obtuse or acute ; upper surface 
thinly "hairy or pubescent, lower usually grey-tomentose or nearly 
