368 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Doodltt. 



very much like lagopodioides, and if I had not both growing 

 before me at (he same time, it might be difficult to find out 

 wherein they difler specifically. The lengthening raceme is 

 one of the most conspicuous marks. 



4. D. alopecur aides. Roxb. 



Perennial, diffuse, the tender parts clothed with small 

 hooked bristles. Leaves ternate ; leaflets oval, obtuse. Ra- 

 cemes imbricated, and resembling- a fox's tail from the hairi- 

 ness of the calyx, bractes, and incurved pedicels, which bend 

 the two-jointed legumes in against the rachis ; the upper lip 

 of the calyx minute, and two-toothed. 



A native of the northern parts of India, from thence Colo- 

 nel Hardwicke sent the plant to the Botanic garden where it 

 grows freely, and blossoms during the rains. 



Stem none, but several, spreading, perennial, branches 

 with ascending extremities, clothed Avith short, hooked bris- 

 tles. Leaves scattered, petioled, ternate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 

 entire, clouded, both sides clothed m ith the same short hook- 

 ed bristles ; from two to four inches long, and rather more 

 than half of that in breadth. Petioles channelled, harsh, 

 with hooked bristles. Stipules ending- in a long, subulate 

 hairy point from a broader, ciliate base. Racemes terminal, 

 imbricated before the flowers expand, strobiliform, ever after 

 cylindric and more like a fox's tail than those of any other 

 species I have yet seen. Bractes approximate, round-cor- 

 date, cuspidate, ciliate, two-flowered. Pedicels one-flower- 

 ed, hairy, after the flowers droop, incurved. Flowers numer- 

 ous, rose-coloured. Calyx bilabiate. The lower three divi- 

 sions long, filiform, and very hairy ; the upper two very short. 

 Legume two-jointed, folded together in the bottom of the 

 calyx. 



5. D. picta. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves simple and pinnate ; leaflets linear. 



