ple, even with the anthers, —— — od, 
Smithia. - -DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 343 
petioles ciliate. Legumes six-jointed, and folded within the 
calyx. 
Hind, Oda-Breeni. 
Beng. Nulla Kashina, _ 
Pentagnana sensitiva, Gmel, ed, syst. ii, 1119. 
A native of Bengal, where it is common on moist pasture 
land. Blossoms and ripens its seed during the cold season ; 
cattle are fond of it, It is common in the Botanic garden, and 
makes excellent hay. 
2. 8S. aspera. Roxb. 
Annual, erect ; /eaflets from thirty to forty pair. Legume 
exsert, podiectod. Joints from six to eight, ragged i in the 
middle. 
Beng. Kath Sola. 
A native of Bengal, where it is found with the former 
species on low wet pasture land, borders of rice fields, &c. 
appearing with the rains in May and June, and perishing 
~ when they are over in October, and November. 
_ Stem erect, from two to six feet high, fistulous. Branches 
short, spreading. Bark somewhat scabrous, with small ¢o- 
loured glands, &c. bristles scattered over all the tender parts 
of the plant. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from two to six 
inches long. Leaflets from twenty to fifty pair, linear, ob- 
long, smooth, with reddish margins, Stipules adjoined, 
ovate, lanceolate, ciliate. Racemes axillary and terminal, 
flexuous, from two to six-flowered. Flowers rather remote, 
middle sized, yellowish. Bractes ovate, and ovate cordate, 
two pressing on the calyx laterally like a calycle, and one at 
the origin of each pedicel, their margins are serrate, coloured 
and ciliate. Calyx bilabiate. Segments oval, equal, and 
emarginate, Corol, banner round-oval, twice the length of 
the calyx. Wings oblong, long-clawed. Keel boat-shaped, 
two parted at the base. Filaments ten, united into two equal 
bodies, Germ pedicelled. Style ascending. oe ie 
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