Aesclujnomene. diadelphia decandrta. 335 



J^ote. The parts under water are swelled, like those of the 

 last described species. It dift'ers from O. procumbens, in hav- 

 ing- twice the number of leaflets to the leaf, and more than 

 twice the number of flowers on the raceme. 



6. O. Cannahina of Konig. See Reiz. Obs. v. 26. 



Annual, straight. Leaflets from twenty to forty pair. Ra- 

 cemes axiMary. fow-flowercd. Legumes long, slender, some- 

 what four-sided. 



Coronilla Cnunabma. Willd. iii. 1148. 



Bcntj. Dh?/nchi. 



An amuial species which I have not found wild. It is cul- 

 tivated in various parts of Bengal for the fibres of its bark, 

 which form a coarse substitute for hemp. Tlie general seed 

 time is in April ; it is in flower four or five months after. 



/?oo/ ramous, annual in a cultivated state. Stem simple, from 

 six to twelve feet high, and about as thick as the little finger, 

 smooth, towards the base somewhat woody, ramous near the 

 top ojdy, the most tender shoots are slightly striated, and a 

 little hairy. Leaves sub-sessile, alternate, spreading in the 

 day, pinnate, from six to twelve inches long. Leaflets from 

 twenty to forty pair, opposite, rarely alternate, short-petioied, 

 exactly linear, rounded at both ends, with a bristle-like point, 

 having the upper side smooth, and the under one pale, with a 

 few white hairs, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and 

 about a quarter of an inch broad. Petioles slightly channel- 

 led, and a little hairy, with a swelled base. Stipules of the 

 leaf half-lanced, falling ; those of the leaflets awled, perma- 

 nent. Racemes axillary, peduncled, solitary, shorter than the 

 the leaves they accompany, bearing from two to six pedicel- 

 led, nodding flowers. Floicers about the size of a pea blossom, 

 yellow, with many dark purple spots. Bractes of the pedi- 

 cels solitary, boat-shaped, hairy, caducous; those of the flow- 

 er two, linear, pressing on the calyx, caducous. Calyx gib- 

 bous, five-toothed, sub-equal. Coro/ papilionaceous. Ban- 

 ner obcordate, bright yellow on the inside, and beautifully 



