350 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Hedysarum, 
13. H. latifolium. Roxb. 
Shrubby, oblique. Leaf'simple, round reniform-cordate, 
_ somewhat repand, Stipules semi-cordate, cuspidate. Ra- 
cemes axillary, clothed with hooked bristles; legumes from 
three to five-jointed, notched on the under margin, 
A native of the northern parts of Hindoosthan. Colonel 
Hardwicke brought the seeds to the Botanic garden, where 
the plants blossom during the rains. 
Stem short, ligneous, and pretty smooth. Branches she 
lique, almost horizontal, or reclinate, the slender parts villous, 
Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, roundish cordate, 
downy underneat!), scabrous above, about three or four inches 
long, and nearly of the same breadth, Stipudes of the peti- 
oles semi-cordate, and cuspidate ; those of the leaves subulate. 
Racemes axillary, and terminal, horizontal, many times long- 
er than the leaves, clothed with small hooked bristles. F/ow- 
ers three-fold, the middle one last and they are small and of a 
bright purple colour, Bractes three-fold, triangular, acute, 
Legumes flat, clothed with hooked bristles, four or five-joint- 
ed, and more deeply notched on the under margin. 7 
14. H. strobiliferum, Willd, iii, LI76. 
Shrubby. Leaves simple, ovate. Racemes terminal, im- 
bricated laterally with reniform folded inflated bractes in- 
closing the fasciculi of flowers. 
An elegant pretty large shrub, a native of various parts 
of India, Flowering time the cold season. 
- Root ramous, Trunk short, woody, covered with onan 
ash-coloured bark. Branches numerous, with their extremi- 
ties waving, and when in blossom drooping. Leaves simple, 
alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, ovate, acute, acuminate, en- 
tire, with numerous, large, and parallel veins, smooth on both 
sides, various in size, the larger ones from three to six inches 
long, and about half as much in breadth. Stipules small, ca- 
ducous. Racemes terminal, drooping, am beicsied on aay 
sides with alternate, bifarious, reniform, when forcibly ex- 
