350 DiADELPiiiA DiiCANDRiA. Hechjsarnm. 



13. 11. kitijolinm. Roxb. 



Shrubby, oblique. Xp^//' simple, round reniforni- cordate, 

 somewhat repaiid. Stipules semi-cordate, cuspidate. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, clothed with hooked bristles ; legumes from 

 three to five-jointed, notched on the under margin. 



A native of the northern parts of Hindoosthan. Colonel 

 Hardwicke brought the seeds to the Botanic garden, where 

 the plants blossom during- the rains. 



Stem short, ligneous, and pretty smooth. Branches ob- 

 lique, almost horizontal, or reclinate, the slender parts villous. 

 Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, roundish cordate, 

 downy underneath, scabrous above, about three or four inches 

 long-, and nearly of the same breadth. Stipules of the peti- 

 oles semi-cordate, and cuspidate ; those of the leaves subulate. 

 Racemes axillary, and terminal, horizontal, many times long'- 

 er than the leaves, clothed with small hooked bristles. Flow- 

 ers three-fold, the middle one last and they are small and of a 

 bright purple colour. Bractes three-fold, triangular, acute. 

 Legumes flat, clothed with booked bristles, four or five-joint- 

 ed, and more deeply notched on the under margin. 



14. H. strobilijerum. WilhL iii. 1176. 



Shrubby. Leaves simple, ovate. Racemes terminal, im- 

 bricated laterally with reniform folded inflated bractes in- 

 closing the fasciculi of Howers. 



An elegant pretty large shrub, a native of various parts 

 of India. Flowering time the cold season. 



Root ramous. Trunk short, woody, covered with smooth, 

 ash-coloured bark. Branches numerous, with their extremi- 

 ties waving, and when in blossom drooping. Leaves simple, 

 alternate, bifarious, short-petioleil, ovate, acute, acuminate, en- 

 tire, with numerous, large, and parallel veins, smooth on both 

 sides, various in size, the larger ones from three to six inches 

 long, and about half as much in breadth. Stipules small, ca- 

 ducous. /2aceyw<?.s terminal, drooping, imbricated on the two 

 sides with alternate, bifarious, reniform, when forcibly ex- 



