352 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. HedysaruiH. 



minute, one or both often wanting-. Racemes terminal and 

 axillary. Ler/ume hispid, six-jointed. 



Beng. Gora-chand. 



A native of Bengal. Flowering time the cold season. 



Root ranious. Stem erect, with a few twiggy, smooth 

 branches; the whole height from three to four feet. Leaves 

 alternate, simple and ternate. Leaflets lanceolate, obtuse at 

 both ends, smooth and entire, the exterior one much larger; 

 the lateral ones are sometimes waiiting. Petioles half-round, 

 with a few hairs over them. Sltpulcs tapering to a fine point. 

 Racemes terminal and axillary, hispid. Bracles cordate, 

 concave, two-flowered. Floicers pretty large, o! a pale yel- 

 low, with a little blue in the wings. CaUjX membranaceous 

 five-toothed. Filaments alternately short and broad, longer 

 and filiform. Anthers roundish. Stigma two-parted. Le- 

 gume crenulate on the upper margin, very hispid, from six to 

 eight-jointed. 



The wonderful rotatory motion of the small lateral leaflets 

 of this plant, has already been taken notice of in various 

 publications: it is unnecessary to repeat, what is now well 

 known. 



17. H. vispertilionis. Wil/d. iii. 1177. 



Annual and biennial, straight. Leaves ternate, and sim- 

 ple, highly coloured; lateral leaflets sub-triangular, exterior, 

 larne and transversely crescent-shaped, terminal. Legumes 

 from four to six-jointed, folded up in the inflated calyx. 



Beng. Chamchicka. 



An unconnnon looking, pretty plant, a native of various 

 parts of India, in flower and seed the whole year. 



18. H. sororium. Wil/d. iii. 1170. 



Herbaceous, procumbent, smooth, three-sided. Leaves sub- 

 simple, orbicular, emarginate, smooth. Racemes axillary. 

 Legumes semi-oval, one-seeded. 



Teling. Nalla-sora-cada. 



