342 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Smtthia. 



This species was discovered by Colonel Hardwicke grow- 

 ing in the vicinity of Hurdwar. 



8. F. stricta. Roxh. 



Stems many, shrubby, straight. Leaves ternate ; leaflets 

 broad-Ianceohite, smooth. Racemes axillary, erect. Stipules 

 and bractes lanceolate, caducous. Legume smooth. 



A large shrubby species, a native of the mountainous parts 

 of the coast. Flowers during the cold season. 



Stems numerous, erect, with very kw branches, which are 

 also erect. Bark smooth. Leaves alternate, petioled, ternate. 

 Leaflets nearly equal, broad-lanceolate, entire, fine pointed, 

 a little wrinkled, about nine inches long and three broad. 

 Petioles three sided ; upper side even, the lateral faces striat- 

 ed. Stipules of the petioles sheathing, remarkably large, 

 surrounding the extremities of the branches, and overlapping 

 each other, falling ; those of the leaflets wanting. Racemes 

 axillary, solitary, erect, the length of the petioles, short-pe- 

 duncled, the peduncle is hid in large sheath-like bractes, and 

 every part above is imbricated Avith the flowers. Bractes of 

 the flowers solitary, lanceolate, one-flowered, falling. Flow- 

 ers very numerous, beautifully striated with red, yellow, and 

 violet. Legumes not jointed, oval, pointed, two-seeded ; seeds 

 spherical. 



This plant has flowered in my garden for several years, it 

 is pretty only when in flower. 



SMITH I A. Schreh. gen. N. 1760. 



Calyx bilabiate. Filaments ten, united into two equal bo- 

 dies. Legumes composed of one-seeded joints. 



1. S. sensitiva. Ait. Keic. iii. p. 490. ^-c. 512. t. 13. 

 Willd.m. 1161. 



Biennial or triennial, diffuse. Leaflets from three to six 

 paired, with the margins, the under side of the nerve, and the 



