Mappers. . DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 363 
numerous, bright yellow, and though not small, they are 
more so than any other Indian species of this genus I 
have yet met with. Bractes most minute, one-flowered. 
Calyx smooth, coloured on the inside ; lower division of 
the border much larger than the rest; the base only 
permanent. Corol the two lateral pair of petals nearly 
equal, roundish, expanding, short-clawed. The superior 
one smaller, ovate-cuneate, with a curled margin, and on 
the centre a tuft of wool, coloured with reddish veins. 
Legumes oblong, thick, fleshy on the margin, protuberant 
where the seeds are lodged. Seeds from one to three, 
round, smooth, brown, size of a marrow-fat pea. : 
10. C. enneaphylla. R. 
Shrubby, scandent, armed, Leaves bipinnate. Pin- 
ne and leaflets from eight to ten-paired. Panicles termi- 
nal, Legume unarmed, winged on the back, five-seeded. 
A native of the eastern parts of Bengal, where it blos- 
- soms about the beginning of the cold season. Trunk 
and larger branches stout, ligneous, climbing up and over 
large trees, and whatever else they meet with, armed with 
humerous, curved, sharp, black prickles, each inserted 
over the old woody parts, on a large, transversely oblong, 
subsolid tuberosity.. Bark of the young shoots smooth, 
Shining, deep green, armed with numerous smooth, 
sharp prickles, ~ Leaves alternate, bipinnate, from nine 
to ten inches long. Pinne opposite, generally eight 
nine, or ten pairs. Leaflets from eight to ten pairs, 
cuneate-oblong, rounded at both ends, entire, smooth 
_ on both sides ; from half an inch to one inch long. Petioles 
common, armed underneath ; with many, recurved, sharp 
prickles ; a pair of which is always placed at the inser- 
tion of the pinne, and sometimes a single straight one 
On the upper side between them. Stipules scarcely any. 
Panicles terminal, composed of many large, RSCeR 
ing 
angie « of numerous, beautiful yellow fragrant ; Wers. 
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