188 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [Leguminose. 
That it repays the cost is evident from Mr. Hughes continuing to grow it; that it would 
do so in every part of India, I feel confident from its success at Saharunpore. It was 
sown there in March; again at the commencement, and also at the conclusion of the 
rains; those first sown were cut down two and three times, and always threw out a 
profusion of new branches, so that several crops were obtained from the same plant 
during one season. Ina more southern climate this might also have been done with 
those last sown, as the vegetatior seemed stopped only by the accession of the cold 
weather. A recent author says, ‘‘ Celui de I’Inde n’est qu’un séné en quelque facon — 
de passage, dont ou n’aura peut-étre plus dans quelques années.” But it is to be hoped 
that many intelligent cultivators will rival Mr. Hughes, and setting the natives an 
example, enable India to contribute a larger proportion than she at present does, of the 
four millions of pounds which are imported into Europe. 
The Paritionace#, named from the peculiar irregularity of the corolla, are distin- 
guished, as well as the small tribe of Swartziee, by the radicle being bent back upon 
the cotyledons. They have a calyx with distinct lobes, and stamens with perigynous 
insertion. 
The plants of the tribe Sophoree are few in number in India, and scattered over a 
wide extent of territory. Virgilia, a genus of which one species is found in N. America, 
three at the Cape of Good Hope, and one in: Abyssinia, has one, V..aurea, in the 
Peninsula of India, found near Courtallum: Messrs.Wight and Arnott mention that 
they do not perceive any difference between the Indian plant and that from European 
gardens, which was introduced from Abyssinia. 
_ Sophora tomentosa is common to the Caribbee Islands and to the Peninsula of India, 
the islands of Ceylon, Penang, and Mauritius; S. g/auca is found on the Neelgherrie 
Mountains. Ormosia, a genus found in South America and the Caribbee Islands, has 
also two species in the forests of Silhet; and another, S. glauca, in Nepal, figured by 
Dr.Wallich att. 125 of his splendid work. In Silhet, also, is found Dr. Roxburgh’s 
Podalyria bracteata, which, as suggested by Mr. Brown, does not belong to this genus 
(Congo, p.430),and has by Dr. Graham been formed into a new one called Dalhousiea, in 
honour of the Countess of Dalhousie, who, in addition to extensive collections of plants 
from different parts of the world, has brought home one of the most beautifully dried col- 
lections that I have seen from the Himalayas, made during a residence of many months 
at Simla. But none of the above genera extend to the northern parts of India, though 
these are not without some of the Sophoree. In the Deyra Doon and the néighbour- 
hood of Suhunsudhara is found a species of Edwardsia, of which the only other 
Species inhabit the islands of New Zealand, Sandwich, and Bourbon. The Indian 
species Edwardsia (Sophora, Wall. 5335) mollis,is figured at tab. 33. fig. 2. from drawings 
made from flourishing plants introduced into the Saharunpore Botanic Garden. To this 
species must also be referred the specimens marked B of S. Houghiana, Wall. 5336, 
sent by Dr.Govan from Sirmore, which is no doubt the same plant in a more advanced 
state, as the leaves vary much at different ages. At elevations of 8,000 and 10,000 
. feet, 
