Ucdiisaiiiin. diadelphia decandria. 349 



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four-cleft ; llie upper division broad, acute and entire. Le- 

 gume broad, thin, hairy, from four to six-jointed, and crenu- 

 late on the lower edge. 



11. l\. (/ay)f/p(icum. Willd. iii. 1175. 



Shrubby, oblique. Leaves ovate, acute, scabrous above, 

 and villous underneath. Racemes terminal, very lono- and 

 slender. Flowers paired. Carina and icinrfs reHexed. Le- 

 fjume from five to six-jointed, straight on the upper margin. 



Sana. Salpuruee. 



Bencf. Sal pan. 



Of this we have two varieties ; one witb purple, the other 

 with white flowers. They are natives of Coromandel, Bengal, 

 and other parts of India, and in flower most part of the year. 

 Seed ripens in the cold season. 



12. H. coUinum. Roxb. 393. 



Shrubby, oblique. Leaves ovate- cordate, downy under- 

 neath. Racemes axillary, very long. Legume notched on 

 the under side. 



A f-hrubby species found chiefly amongst the Circar moun- 

 tains, growing- under the shade of trees. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, or nearly round, entire, 

 below downy, the longer ones are from five to six inches long, 

 and from four to five broad. Pitio/es about an inch long", half 

 round, downy. Stipules of the petioles cordate, acute; those 

 of the leaves subulate. Racemes axillary, and terujinal, two, 

 three, or four times longer than the leaves, filiform, erect, 

 hairy, bearing many small, bright violet coloured flowers. 

 Legumes erect, compressed, from four to six-jointed, pretty 

 smooth. 



Allied to H. gangeticnm^ and latifolinni ; from the former 

 it diflfers in bearing axillary racemes and ovate cordate leaves. 

 And from the latter in the leaves being pointed, not near so 

 broad in proportion to their length, and not repand as in that 

 species. 



