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but I know another plant that is exceedingly like what I take to 

 be the Colonil, and which agrees perfectly with Plukenet's cha- 

 racter, and which I shall first describe. 



Colutea indica, $c. Plukenetii. 



Habitat in aridis saxosis India? extra et intra Gangem. 



Caul in fruticosus, pedes duos circiter altus, ramosus, erectus, 

 ramis alternis, patentibus, angulatis, pilosis. Folia alterna, 

 cum impari pinnata. Foliola utrinque 7 — 10 supra glabra, 

 subtus pilis decumbentibus incana, nitida, pedicellata, ob- 

 longa, venis simplicibus striata ; inferiora obtusa cum acu- 

 mine, superiora emarginata cum acumine e nervo medio 

 producto. Petiolus communis teres, canaliculars, brevis- 

 shnus, pilosus : partiales brevissimi, pilosi. Stipulce ge- 

 mina?, subulatae, patentes, carinata?. liacemi primo ter- 

 minales, sed prodeunte ramulo oppositifolii, sessiles, folio 

 breviores, erecti. Rachis angulatus, sulcatus. Flores rubri, 

 parvi. Fedicelli flore breviores, recti, patentes, teretes, 

 pilosi, ex eodem puncto bini vel terni. Bractea setacea, 

 brevis, ad singulos riorum fasciculos. Calyx pilosus, cylin- 

 draceus, quinquedentatus, denticulis subulatis, inferiore 

 longiore. Vexillum subrotundum, emarginatum ; lateribus 

 revolutis adscendens. Alaz vexillo breviores, erecta?, ob- 

 tusas. Carina ovata, acuta, incumbens, alis dimidio bre- 

 vior. Stamina diadelpha. Anther a subrotundae. Germen 

 teres. Stylus subulatus. Stigma obtusum, pubescens. Le- 

 gwnen recurvatum, subarcuatum, planiusculum, acutum, 

 torulosum, tomentosum, sed non hirtum. Semina plura 

 reniformia. 



The plant thus described I transmitted to Dr. Roxburgh, and 

 we both considered it as the Galega tmctoria, under which name 

 it stands in the Hortus Bengaknsis (57.) ; but, according to the 



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