Robinia, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 327 
1, R. candida, Roxb, ; ' 
Shrubby, erect, unarmed, Leaves unequally pitmate ; ; 
Leaflets ten-paired, lanceolate. Aacemes terminal or axil- 
lary, pedicels one-flowered. Legumes linear, many-seeded. 
This elegant, large shrub, was first reared in the Company’s 
Botanic garden, from seed collected in the north of Bengal 
by Dr. Carey. Flowering time the cold season, _ 
Stem erect, ligneous; branches expanding ; the young parts 
villous, and clouded with dark and brighter green ; the woody 
parts smoother and ash-coloured ; the whole height when full- 
- grown from five to eight feet. Leaves alternate, unequally 
pinnate, from six to eight inches long. Leaflets opposite, short- 
petiolated, generally from ten to twelve, linear-lanceolate, 
entire, dagger-pointed, villous underneath, and on the mar- 
gins, about two inches long. Petioles villous, channelled. 
Stipules tapering to a fine long point. Racemes terminal, and 
axillary, short, few-flowered. edicels one-flowered, nod- 
ding. Bractes small, caducous, flowers large, pure white, in- 
odorous, Banner covered with gray down on the back, pure 
white and smooth within. Leyume linear, many-seeded. 
2. R. suberosa, Roxb. 
Arboreous ; bark suberous, deeply cracked. Racemes ter- 
‘minal; pedicels one-flowered. Leaflets from five to seven 
paired, with an odd one. Legume linear, many-seeded. 
For this beautiful plant we are also indebted to Dr, Carey, 
who sent the seeds from the district of Dinajpoor, to the Bo- 
tanic garden at Calcutta, where it grows well and is in blos- 
som during the rains chiefly. , 
Trunk erect, soon branching out into a large ramous head, 
whole height of the plant when full grown eight or nine feet. 
Bark ash-coloured, that of the trunk deeply split and of a 
corky nature. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate. Leaflets 
from five to six pairs, opposite, oblong, entire, above smooth, 
underneath hoary, the largest exterior ones about an inch 
long. Stipules minute, eS Flowers large, of a deep 
