pene his 
Hedysarum. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. of 
rooting at the joints, slender, two feet long ; young paris co- 
vered with short liairs. Leaves alternate; exterior leaflets 
rhombiform, from one to two inches each way, the pair small- 
er, obliquely obovate, all are entire and downy, particularly 
on the under side. Stipules awled, withering, Racemes ter- 
minal, with generally a smaller one from the exterior axill, 
long, erect, hairy, Bractes three-fold, three-flower ed. Flow- 
ers small, of a deep purple, the middle one of the three is ge- 
nerally abortive. Calyx four-parted. Legumes compressed, 
obliquely truncate with a bristle, from three to four-jointed, 
notched on the under side, closely covered with many stiff, 
hooked hairs, which makes them adhere to every thing that 
touches them. 
» 25, B. diffusum. Roxb. 
Shrubby, diffuse. Leaflets oblong, ventricose. Racemes 
terminal, long, and slender, with rather remote fascicles of 
flowers. Legumes linear, from five to six-jointed, armed with 
honked bristles, : 
_ A native of the interior parts of Bengal, and from thence 
introduced into the Company’s Rocce garden by Dr. W 
Carey. Flowering time the latter part of the rainy season. 
Stems and branches diffuse, ligneous, but slender and vari- 
ously bent. Bark smooth, of dark brownish green ; young 
shoots covered with a few depressed harsh hairs; the length 
of the longer branches many feet. Leaves alternate, general- 
ly ternate, though sometimes simple ; when so, they are cor- 
date ; when turned the leaflets are elliptic, or ovate-oblong, all 
are entire and pretty smooth on both sides. Stipules of the 
petioles taper, triangular ; those of the leaflets ensiform, Ra- 
cemes terminal towards the base, ramous, long, slender and vil- 
lous, Flowers numerous, small, of a bright blue colour, col- 
lected in rather remote fasciculi, and blossoming in succes- 
sion. Bractes ensiform, one at the base of each eee Le- 
gumes linear, from five to six-jointed, covered with Jpapy: 
