Flemingia. diadelphia dfxandria. 341 



three-nerved ; petioles winged. Racemes terminal, and axil- 

 lary, panicled. 



A native of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the seed 

 to this garden, where in little more than one year, the plants 

 were tall, elegant, ramous, stout, erect shrubs, with the bark 

 of the ligneous parts dark brown, and smooth, of the ten- 

 der parts villous. Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, 

 broad-lanceolate, entire, fine-pointed, smooth on both sides, 

 from four to six inches long, and from one and a half to two 

 broad. P<^/io/es shorter than the leaves, with broad membra- 

 naceous villous margins. Racemes axillary, and terminal, 

 generally compound, particularly the terminal ones, and they 

 are often panicled. Bractes chafty, lanceolate, one-flowered, 

 caducous. J^loivers numerous, large, rose-coloured, striated 

 with greenish yellow, and purple. Calyx villous; segments 

 five, nearly equal, ensiform, about as long as the corol. Fi- 

 laments one and nine. The single one greatly enlarged near 

 the base. Legume sessile, oval, slightly villous, turgid, the 

 size of a field bean, i^eeds small, perfectly round, smooth, 

 shining black. 



6. F. lineata. R. 



Shrubby, erect, ramous. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, three- 

 nerved, and strongly marked with veins. Stipules stem- 

 clasping, scarious. Racemes axillary, long-peduncled, sub- 

 secund, often compound. Legumes villous, and mealy. 



Heydysarum lineatum. Linn. Burin. FL Ind. 167. t. 53. 



/.I. 



A native of the Peninsula of India. Flowers durino- the 

 rainy and cold seasons. 



7. F. angnstijblia. R, 



Shrubby, straight. Leaflets lanceolate, villous under- 

 neath. Racemes, or heads, terminal, and from the exterior 

 axills, solitary, sessile, scarcely the length of the petioles. 

 Legumes villous. 



