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1. E. resnpmuto. Hoxh. 



Herbaceous. Leaves ternate, appearing after the flowers 

 decay. Racemes radical, lea (less ; corol resupiiiate. Fda- 

 tiienls one and nine. 



A native ot Ilindoostan. In the Botanic garden they blossom 

 in March, at whicli time no part otthe plant is visible but the 

 raceme. 



Root perennial. Stem nothing more than a single, from four 

 to five inches high, scarce prickly, slightly villous shoot, which 

 with the leaves, decays about the close of the rains. Leaves 

 ternate, rather long-petioled. Leaflets nearly round, entire, 

 smooth, from two to three inches each way. Petioles and 

 wen-csof the leaflets somewhat prickly. Stipjiles ov^te. Ra- 

 cemes radical, short-peduncled, appearing long before the 

 harbaceous stem, roundish-ovate, not six inches in height, 

 but uncommonly interesting* and beautiful. Flowers numer- 

 ous, three-fold, pretty large, bright scarlet. Cahjx bilabiate. 

 Corol resupinate. Banner oval-shaped, much longer and 

 larger than the keel, bright scarlet. Winrjs obovate, minute, 

 and nearly colourless. /^Tce/muchlongerthanthe wings, ting- 

 ed with red. Filaments one and nine, alternately shorter than 

 the banner, but double the length of the keel. 



ABRUS. Schreb.gen. N. 1162. 



Calyx obscurely four-lobed ; the upper lobe broadest. 

 Filaments nine, united into a sheath at bottom, gaping at the 

 back. Stiffiiia blunt. Seeds sub-globose. 



A. precalorins. Willd. 



Sans. Gunja, Krishnala, its red seed Riittika. 

 Hind. Ruiti. 



Benff. Koonch or Goontch. 

 Konni. Rheed. JMal. viii. t. 39. 

 Abrns. Rnmpk. Ainb. v. t. 32. 



Phaseolus arborescens, &c. Pluck. Aim. 294. t. 214./*. 5. 

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