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than the leaves. Flowers sub-sessile, middle sized, rose-co- 
loured, always in pairs, from round, elevated glands. Brac-— 
tes tern, a small and cordate one below each gland which is 
persistent; and two lateral on the gland, which are cadu- 
cous ; besides there are two to each calyx, which press on its ' 
base laterally. Calyx somewhat gibbous, four-toothed, the 
upper one broader, shorter and emarginate, Banner with 
two remarkable callosities rising from the base in the inside, 
Filaments one and nine. Anthers equal, roundish. Germ 
inserted into a cup-shaped nectary with the filaments, Stig- 
ma naked, Legume linear-lanceolate, thin, from four to six- 
seeded. 
5. R. macrophylla, R. 
_ Shrubby, scandent, unarmed. Leaves unequally pinnate ; ° 
leaflets from three to four, sub-obovate, oblong. Racemes- 
axillary ; pedicels one-flowered. Banner sub-rotund, deeply 
emarginate, with two short callosities at the base. Legume 
linear, flat, downy. 
A native of the exterior parts of Bengal, where it grows to 
be large, woody, and scandent. Flowering time in the Bota- 
nic garden, June and July ; the seeds ripen in April. 
6. R. ferruginea, : 
Shrubby, the tender parts clothed with ferruginous down, 
Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets seven or nine, linear-ob- 
long. Panicles terminal and axillary ; flowers sub-fascicled. 
A very ramous scandent shrub, a native of Silhet, where it 
flowers in April. 
7. R. racemosa: R. 
Shrubby, climbing. Leaflets six-paired, with a terminal 
one ; stipules subulate. Racemes nearly as long as the leaves, 
many-flowered. Legume pendulous. Seed from five to six, 
remote, abe 
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