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1, R. Candida. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect, uiianned. Leaves unequally pinnate; 

 Leaflets ten-paired, lanceolate. Racemes terminal or axil- 

 lary, pedicels one-flowered. Legumes linear, many-seeded. 



This elegant, large shrub, was first reared in the Company's 

 Botanic garden, from seed collected in the north of Bengal 

 by Dr. Carey. Flowering time the cold season. 



Stem erect, ligneous ; fera/icAes expanding ; the young parts 

 villous, and clouded with dark and brighter green ; the woody 

 parts smoother and ash-coloured ; the whole height when full- 

 grown from five to eight feet. Leaves alternate, unequally 

 pinnate, from six to eight inches long. Leaflets opposite, short- 

 petiolated, generally from ten to twelve, linear-lanceolate, 

 entire, dagger-poinled, villous underneath, and on the mar- 

 gins, about two inches long. Petioles villous, channelled. 

 Stipules tapering to a fine long point. Racemes terminal, and 

 axillary, short, few-flowered. Ir'edicels one-flowered, nod- 

 ding. Bractes small, caducous, flowers large, pure white, in- 

 odorous. Banner covered with gray down on the back, pure 

 white and smooth within. Legume linear, many-seeded. 



2. R. suberosa. Roxb. 



Arboreous ; bark suberous, deeply cracked. Racemes ter- 

 minal ; pedicels one flowered. Leaflets from five to seven 

 paired, with an odd one. Legume linear, many-seeded. 



For this beautiful plant we are also indebted to Dr. Carey, 

 who sent the seeds from the district of Dinajpoor, to the Bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, where it grows well and is in blos- 

 som during the rains chiefly. 



Trunk erect, soon branching out into a large ramoushead, 

 whole height of the plant when full grown eight or nine feet. 

 Bark ash-coloured, that of the trunk deeply split and of a 

 corky nature. i>afes alternate, abruptly pinnate. Leaflets 

 from five to six pairs, opposite, oblong, entire, above smooth, 

 underneath hoary, the largest exterior ones about an inch 

 long. Stipules minute, caducous. Flowers large, of a deep 



