242 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Gahdupa. 



distinctly petiolate, the pairs opposite, and oblong-, the ter- 

 minal one cuneate-oblono-, all are entire, and smooth on both 

 sides ; from two to four inches long-. Petioleis and petioles 

 smooth. Stipules ovate, peltate, hairy. Racemes lateral, 

 distinct, but numerous, and approximate, generally com- 

 pound, scarcely villous. Bractes small, ovate, obtuse. Flow- 

 ers numerous, pretty large, with a rosy keel, Avhite banner 

 and wings. Calyx wide, bowl shaped, obscurely five-tooth- 

 ed. Stamina one an<l nine. Germ linear, very hairy, its base 

 embraced by a small notched cup open on the upper edge, 

 one-celled, containing- two ovula, attached to the upper mar- 

 gin. Stigma acute, and simple. Legumes orbicular, mar- 

 ginated, finely acuminate, one, rarely two-seeded. 



4. G. ellipiica. Roxb. 



Twining-. Leaflets opposite, from four to five pair, cu- 

 neate-oblong. Racemes panicled, axillary. Partial pedun- 

 cles from two to five-flowered. Calyx bowl-shaped, almost 

 entire. Banner with two scales at the base. Legume elliptic. 



A native of Amboyna and the Malay Islands. In the 

 Botanic garden it blossoms in March, and ripens its seed in 

 August. 



Stems scandent and twining' to a great extent. Bark dark 

 brown, and scabrous. Young parts covered with ferrugi- 

 nous pubescence. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from 

 six to eighteen inches long. Leaflets opposite, from four to 

 five-paired, short-petiolate, oblong, entire, smooth, taper, 

 obtuse-pointed, from two to six inches long-, the inferior ones 

 being- the smallest. Petioles channelled, villous. Stipules 

 broad-triangular, obtuse, permanent, ferruginous. Racemes 

 panicled, axillary, one, two, or three together, composed of 

 alternate, short, diverging, partial, villous peduncles, bearing* 

 from two to five, large, pink-coloured, villous, pedicelled 

 flowers on their apices. Bractes ovate, ferruginous. Calyx 

 ample, of an oblique, gibbous cup shape, with its margin 

 slightly five-toothed. Banner erect, oval, emarginate, with 



