CytisUS. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 325 



alternate. Leaflets from four to six pair, sub-opposite, lan- 

 ceolate, pubescent. Petioles ending- in a short, simple tendril, 

 which does not take hold of any thing to support tlie plant. 

 Peduncles nxiWnry, the length of the leaves, each supporting 

 two small white flowers, and then ending in a short filament 

 beyond them. Cali/x rather longer than the corol. Stigma 

 somewhat villous before. Legume rhomboidal, smoolh, con- 

 taining two, round, compressed, gray, minutely spotted seeds. 

 The seeds form an article in the diet of the natives. 



CYTISUS. Schreb.gen. N. 1191. 

 Calyx two-lipped; vppei- division two-parted ; the imder 

 one three-toothed. Legume attenuated at the base. 



C. Cajan. Willd. iii. 1121. 



Racemes axillary, erect. Leaflets sub-lanceolate. Le- 

 gume pointed, and obliquely grooved between the seeds. 



Thora-poru. Rheed. Mai. vi. 1. 13. Burm. Zeyl. t. 57. 



Beng. C^rh//r. 



Teling. Pedda Candi is the name of the large sort, and Ped- 

 da Kand/loo the grain. 



It is much cultivated ; and it is only in that state that I have 

 ever found it. To appearance it is a large shrub, of some 

 years' duration, however with the greatest care it seldom 

 lives longer than two or three. The natives call it annual, 

 because they do not find it bear well the second year; of 

 course, after collecting the first crop, they pull it up for fire- 

 wood, &c. 



Stem short but straight, woody, often as thick as a man's 

 leg, very ramous. Branches ascending, striated from the in- 

 sertion of the leaves ; height of the whole plant from fi ve to ten 

 feet. Leaves ternate. Leaflets oblong, equal, entire, acute, 

 soft, downy, below whitish, about two inches long, and one 

 and three quarters broad. Petioles channelled, striated. 

 StipKlet: cordate, pointed, withering. Racemes axillary, as 



