364 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Hetlysarum. 



by the cicatrices of the old leaves, erect, round, .smooth. 

 Floicers numerous, three-fold, pretty large, blue. Legumes 

 from two to six jointed, pendulous, compressed, pointed, 

 much contracted at the joints, very hairy. 



The root peeled and bruised into a cataplasm is employ- 

 ed by the natives of the mountains where it grows to reduce 

 swellings of the joints. 



SECT. IV. Leaves pinnate. 



36. H. sennoides. Willd. iii. 1207. 



Shrubby. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets alternate, from four to 

 six-paired, obovate. Peduncles axillary, nodding, few-flow- 

 ered. Legumes pendulous. Joints from three to four, echi- 

 nate. 



Telhig. Nail Kashina. 



Russelia of Konig. 



A pretty large ramous shrub, a native of forests, hedges, 

 uncultivated lands, &c. It flowers during the rains. 



Stem woody, short, irregular. Bark dark-coloured. 

 Branches numerous, irregular ; young shoots, petioles, pe- 

 duncles, pedicels and calyx, covered with a soft kind of glu- 

 tinous hair, the gluten is of a bright gold colour, and is fre- 

 quently seen in small, beautiful, distinct, globules at the ex- 

 tremities of the hairs. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with an odd 

 one, about two inches long. Leaflets alternate, from four to 

 six pair, obovate, a little pointed, smooth, entire. Stipules of 

 the petioles chaffy. Racemes axillary, short, bowing, from 

 three to six-flowered. Flowers pretty large, yellow, bowing. 

 Legumes pendulous, compressed, from tAVO to five-jointed, 

 much contracted at the joints, muricate, glutinous. 



Dr. Koniof made a new genus of this and called it after 

 Dr. Patrick Russell, without knowing that another genus has 

 been named after his brother the late Dr. A. Russell. 



