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inches long- and about one broad. Petioles channelled. Ra- 

 cemcs axillary, siiiirtle, long", bowing". Fhicers fascicled, small, 

 rose-coloured. Filaments one and nine, alternately shorter. 

 Lp(funie linear-lanceolate, membranaceous, &c. Seeds two, 

 or three, kidney-form. 



17. D. tamarindijolia. R. 



Leaflets from twelve to sixteen pairs, linear-oblong. Ra- 

 cemes lateral, short, ovate, dense. Filaments nine in one body ; 

 anthers two-lobed. Legumes swelled, scabrous, where the 

 single seed is lodged. 



Ketee, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indigen- 

 ous ; growing" to so great a size, as to run up and over trees. 

 Flowering time March and April ; seed ripe the January fol- 

 lowing". 



18. D. rimosa. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets about seven, sub-alternate, oblong, fine- 

 ly parellel-veined. Floicers minute, panicled. Filaments 

 ten, in one body. Legumes one, rarely two-seeded, rimose at 

 the seeds. 



Kaogroom, the vernacular name in Silhet, Avhere it is indi- 

 genous in the forests ; flowering in March and April, and the 

 seed ripens in November and December. 



19. D. stipulacea. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets from eight to twelve pair, alternate, 

 linear-oblong". Stipules and bractes oblong'-falcate. Panicle 

 axillary, and terminal. Filaments ten, in two equal bodies. 



An elegant bushy shrub, with small blue flowers, a native 

 of Silhet, where it blossoms in April, and the seed ripens in 

 November. 



20. D. spinosa. R. 



Shrubby, erect, lateral branchlets ending in a spine. Leaf- 

 lets from six to ten, sub-alternate, cuneate oblong. Racemes 

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