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ed ; those of the calyx rather narrower,and recurved ; all are 

 permanent. Cah/x large, yellowish, and sericeous on the 

 outside. Legume sessile, hid in the calyx, oval, villous, wiih 

 the villous, dry, permanent style bent downwards. Seeds 

 two, renilorm, smooth, light brown. 



The sericeous extremities, and numerous large yellow 

 flowers, give t«) this stately species, a very charming appear- 

 ance Avhile in blossom. 



It difters from Konig's sericeu, (see Retz. Ohs. v. p. 29.) 

 in the want of stipules, and disposition of the bractes. C. li- 

 nifoiia, (Snppl. 'S2"2.J is no doubt ji'MWcea, a plant totally dif- 

 ferent in every respect. 



9. C. piilcheirima. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaven obovate-cuneate, villous. Sti 

 pules none. Racemes terminal ; bractes of the pedicels soli- 

 tary, cordate, acuminate, refracted ; those of the calyx lanceo- 

 late. Legume sessile, oblong, hid in the peruiiinent calyx j 

 seeds few, 



A native of Mysore, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1801, and in 

 January 1803 the plants blossomed for the first time, and ri- 

 pened their seed in 3Iarch. Trunk erect, as thick as a walk- 

 in<>' cane, covered with smooth, ash-coloured bark ; yowuf 

 shoots round, and downy. Leaves simple, sessile, obovate- 

 cuneate, villous; length from one to three inches. Stipules 

 none. Racemes terminal, sometimes compound. Bractes 

 of the pedicel solitary, one flowered, sessile, cordate, acumi- 

 nate, refracted, villous, and yellow, floivcrs very large, of a 

 lively bright yellow, and of several days duration. Bractes 

 of the calyx opposite, lanceolate, expanding, villous, and not 

 of so deep a yellow as the larger cordate bractes. Calyx deep- 

 ly divided into five unequal segments, and clothed with fine 

 yellow pubescence, permanent. Legume sessile, hid in the 

 permanent calyx, oblong, smooth. Seeds a few, frequently 

 not more than one comes to perfect maturity. 



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