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PODALYRIA. Lamar k. 



Calyx five-toothed. C'orol papilionaceous. Legume 

 veniricose, few, or many-seeded. 



P. bracteata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves simple, oval. Peduncles axillary, 

 once or twice bifid ; ultimate divisions flowered, with a 

 pair of lari^e, opposite, roundish, many-nerved bractes, 

 hiding the calyx, and a similar pair at the forks of the 

 peduncles. 



Gopoori, the vernacular name in the Silhet district, 

 ■where it is found indigenous in the forests, growing to 

 the size of a large bushy shrub. Flowering in May and 

 June, and the seeds ripening in December and January, 



Tender shoots columnar, and clothed with a few thinly 

 scattered hairs. Leaves alternate, bifarious, petioled, 

 oval, entire, obtuse, smooth, and beautifully reticulat- 

 ed with slender veins ; from three to six inches long, and 

 from two to four broad. Petioles from half an inch, to an 

 inch and a half long, a little hairy. Stipules ovate, ma- 

 ny-nerved. Peduncles axillary, solitary, once or twice 

 bifid, each ultimate division, one-flowered. Bractes in 

 pairs at the divisions of the peduncles, one pair the 

 largest, embracing each flow er ; all round, or oval, and 

 many-nerved. Flowers large, white, perfectly papiliona- 

 ceous. Calyx bowl-shaped, hairy on the outside. Mouth 

 unequally five-toothed, caducous. Banner very broad, 

 deeply emarginate, short-clawed. Wings falcate, obtuse, 

 five-clawed, the length of the banner, keel two-petalled, 

 their lower margins united, of the length and shape of the 

 wings. Filaments ten, distinct to their insertion into the 

 receptacle round the base of the germ, subulate, smooth, 

 nearly as long as the pistillum, ascending in a gentle 

 curve. Anthers ovate, oblong, erect. Germ lanceolate, 

 smooth, one-celled, containing three ovula attached to the 

 upper margin. AS<2//e subulate. Stigma SiCuiQ. Legumes oh- 



