328 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. RoUmU. 



rose-colour, collected on terminal racemes, eacli futnislied 

 with a long pedicel. Calyx four-parted, the upper division 

 more removed and two-pointed. Legume about four inches 

 long, linear, compressed, with six or eight flattened reniform 

 seeds. 



It is a very ornamental plant, particularly while young. 



3. R. Sennoides, Roxb. 



Shrubby, unarmed. Leaflets from eight to ten pair, lan- 

 ceolate. Racemes terminal. Flowers large, blue, three- 

 fold. Calyx four-toothed. 



Cytisus sericeiis. Willd. iii. 1121. 



A native of the Circars; flowering in the hot season. 



4. lR..Jruticosa. Roxb. 



Shrubby, vdtimately twining. Leaflets from three to four 

 pair with a terminal one, linear oblong. Racemes axillary. 

 Banner with two callosities at the base. Legume flat, from 

 four to six-seeded. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal. From Chupra 

 Mr. Charles Boddam sent seeds to the Botanic garden in 1803, 

 where the plants blossom during the rains, and ripen their 

 seed in January. 



Trunk short. Branches erect, the longest shoots began to 

 twine in plants of four and five years of age, Avhen they were 

 not more^than from three to six feet high. Bark of the older 

 ligneous parts somewhat scabrous, that of the tender shoots 

 villous. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from six to 

 twelve inches long. Leaflets from three to five pair, opposite, 

 linear oblong, those nearest the apex and particularly the ter- 

 minal one, cuneate, all are entire, obtuse, and nearly smooth 

 on both sides, from two to six inches long, and about one and 

 a half broad. Petioles common, villous and slightly chan- 

 nelled, much swollen at the base. Stipules of the petioles 

 triangular, those of the leaflets subulate. Racemes or rather 

 spikes axillary, generally single, and simple, much shorter 



