XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
602 
[Aeschynomene, 
Stems slender much branched; flowers small; pod 
narrow, smooth . . . . - • • ( r ) indica 
Stem little branched; flowers large; pod broad, warted . (2) 2£. aspera 
(1) ^E. indica Linn. Sp. PI. 713; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
ii. 151; Prain, l.c. 128, 
Slender annual herb 1 to 3 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves 2 to 3 in. 
long; leaflets 20 to 30 pairs linear obtuse, *2 in. long, -05 in. wide. 
Stipules lanceolate, auricled, 3 in. long. Racemes axillary 1- to 
4-flowered; peduncles 1 in. long. Calyx *2 in. long, glabrous; 
teeth unequal, 2 upper ones sub-connate. Corolla *45 in. long, 
thin yellow, tinged pink or orange. Pod 1 to i'5 in. long, straight, 
•12 to ’15 in. broad, upper edge straight, lower dented, joints 8 to 10. 
Hab. Ponds and wet spots in open country. Singapore, Galang. 
Johor, Batu Pahat. Province Wellesley, Bukit Seraya. Perak, 
Temengoh. Perlis, Kanga. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). 
Distrib. Tropics. 
(2) iE. aspera Linn. Sp. PI. 713; Baker, l.c. ii. 152; Prain, 
l.c. 128. , 
Shrubby, pithy, 3 to 12 ft. tall, 3 in. through, unbranched. 
Leaves 3 to 6 in. long; leaflets 30 to 50 pairs, linear obtuse *2 to 3 in. 
long, '05 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate, auricled. Racemes axillary, 
sometimes branched, 2- to 4-flowered, 23 in. long. Calyx hairy, 
unequally toothed. Corolla *75 in. long, yellow. Pod 2 to 23 in. 
long, 3 in. wide, indented both sides, edges and faces echinulate, 
joints 4 to 8. Hab. Very rare in wet spots, only once collected and 
possibly a temporary alien. Malacca (Griffith). Distrib. S.E. Asia 
and Africa. f ‘ Sola ” used in making pith hats. 
36 . URARIA, Desv. 
Shrublets. Leaves of 1 to 9 leaflets. Flowers small very 
numerous in a dense hairy raceme. Calyx-tube short, two upper 
teeth short, lower ones setaceous white hairy. Standard broad, 
wings adhering to keel. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform 
Ovary sessile or short-stalked; ovules few. Pod of 2 to 6 small 
turgid 1-seeded joints. Species 15, tropical Asia. 
Erect plants; leaves 5- to 9-foliate; heads cylindric. 
Leaflets oblong; heads thick, 8 to 18 in. long . (i) U. erinita 
Leaflets narrow, lanceolate under an inch wide; head 
slender . . . . • • ( 2 ) F. picta 
Creeping plant; leaflets 1 to 3; heads dense, short, 
oblong 1 to 2*5 in. long . . . . , (3) U. lagopoiaes 
(1) U. erinita Desv. Journ. Botanique i. 123; Baker, Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 155; Prain, l.c. 130. 
Shrubby plant about 13 to 3 ft. tall. Stems downy, hardly 
branched. Leaves, petioles 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 2 to 5 pairs 
oblong to ovate acute, base round, sub-coriaceous, glabrous above 
rachis, midrib and nerves elevated, beneath hairy, 3 to 4 in. long, 
13 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, *6 in. long puberulous. 
