312 DIADELPIIIA DECANORIA. DoHcllOS. 



heads, and strung' and worn round the neck to cure purging 

 in children. 



14. D. glutinoms. Rnxh. 



Annual, twining, the Avhole plant glutinous. Racemea 

 lonoer than the leaves, with single, alternate yellow Howers. 

 Legumes lanceolate, cuspidate, two-seeded. 



Beng. Shini-bhatraji. 



Teling. Kar Kand?. 



A native of hedges and nnfrequented places ; it is by no 

 means a common species. Flowers during the cold season. 



Stem biennial, or perennial, from four to five feet long, 

 twining, downy ; the young shoots are particularly so, and 

 glutinous. Leaves ternate. Leaflets, the lateral pair have 

 their outside remarkably large, and the inside lanceolate, the 

 terminal one broad-rhombed, all are acute and covered with 

 glutinous down. Stipules of the petioles cordate, spreading; 

 those of the leaflets subulate. Racemes axillary, peduncled, 

 lona^er than the leaves, erect, many-flowered. Bractes of the 

 pedicel single, oval, concave, one-flowered, caducous. Floio- 

 ers pretty large, yellow. Banner obcordate ; the callosities 

 are remarkably large. Legumes reflexed, a little lanceolate, 

 protuberant, five-pointed, covered with much glutinous hair, 

 two-seeded. Seeds kidney-form, shining, smooth, gray. 



I know of no use to m hich this is put. Cattle do not eat it. 



15. D. pilosus. Willd. iii. 10 111. 



Perennial, twining, very hairy. Flowers on short axillary 

 racemes. Wings tuo horned. Legumes cylindric, pointed, 

 very hairy, from eight to twelve-seeded. 



Beng. Malkonia. 



A rare annnal species, found in hedges where the soil i* 

 •o'ood. Flowers during the cold season. 



Stem perennial, twining, from three to six feet long, cover- 

 ed with much soft, white hair. Leaves ternate. Leaflets o^ 

 the same general form of the rest of the family, but narrower, 



