Doodia. di a Delphi a ofxandkia. 369 



Racemes fermiiiiil, leuollieniiig-, flowers [)fiiie(!. Loments from 

 three to fivo-jointe;!. 



IJedy^anuii pictuiii. WUld. iii. |-J04. 



Hmd. Dubra. 



Beng. S«nk?n-JMta. 



A native of the shady banks of water courses, &c. Flow- 

 ers duriijo- the rains. 



Stem erect, shrubby, branchy, from three to four i'eei hi^h. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, from simple to pinnate. Leaflets 

 the lower or single are generally oblong-ovate, two to three 

 inches long, and one and a half broad, the leaflets of the com- 

 pound leaves are linear-lanceolate, all are obtuse, entire, and 

 beautifully clouded on the upper surface with dark brown- 

 ish purple, below a little reticulated and downy. Racemes 

 terminal, erect, rigid, cylindric, hairy. Bractes of the pedun- 

 cles chaffy, permanent; those of the flowers lanceolate, two- 

 flowered, falling, /^/ojt'ers numerous, small, red. Pedicels 

 incurved after the flowering time. Calyx, apices of the divi- 

 sions incurved and bearded. Legume consisting- of from three 

 to six oval joints, connected by a slender isthmus, the incurv- 

 ed form of the pedicels presses them so much against the ra- 

 chis, that the form is with difficulty observed, till forcibly 

 extended. 



^. D. crhiita. R. 



Shrubby, difl^uve, densely cletlud \vi(li slioit hiimose bris- 

 tles. Leaves \)'\\\\yM(' \ /ea/?^^s five, linear-oblong. Racemes 

 terminal. Bractes lanceolate, ciliate, two-flowered. Pedi- 

 cels and cali/ces most hairy. Legume three or four jointed, 

 and pressed together against th.e rachis. 



Hedysarum cvinitum. 1F?7/^/. iii. 1218. Lour. Cochin Clt. 

 451. Fl. I ltd. t.rvo. 



A nativeofChittagong-, differing from /ncUi in being a low- 

 er, and more diffuse plant, with broader leaves, never varie- 

 gated, and the bractes and calyx much more hairy. 



Stem trifling, but several, spreading, or leaning branches, 

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