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19. 1. arborea. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves pinnate; leaflets from six to nine 

 pair, oval, emarginate. Racemes the lenoth of the leaves. 

 Wings expanded. Legume fluted, straight, smooth. 



This stately species was reared in the Botanic garden from 

 seed sent from the Shreenagur mountains by Captain Hard- 

 Avicke in 179G. Time of flowering, at Calcutta, the month of 

 March. 



Trj/nA: erect, in twelve years as thick as a man's leg. Bark 

 dark brown. Branches numerous, spreading in every direc- 

 tion ; yovng shoots somewhat scabrous, height of the whole 

 plant, when twelve years old, about twelve feet. Leaves al- 

 ternate, pinnate, about four inches long. Leaflets from six to 

 nine pair, oval, emarginate, somewhat scabrous with very 

 short hairs. Stipules subulate. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 nearly the length of the leaves. Flowers solitary, short-pe- 

 dicelled, large, and of a very beautiful, bright, reddish-violet 

 colour. Legumes linear, smooth, reflexed, sharp pointed, con- 

 taining: from six to twelve seeds. 



20. I. atropurpurea. Bach. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves pinnate; leaflets from six to eight 

 pairs, oval, smooth. Racemes when in flower, as long as the 

 leaves in seed twice their length. Legumes cylindric, straight, 

 reflexed, from eight to nine-seeded. 



A native of Nepal, from thence introduced by Dr. Buch- 

 anan, into the garden in 1 802, and in about eight months the 

 plants they produced were from three to five feet high, with 

 a simple, shrubby, straight stem and few branches, with 

 young tender parts somewhat villous. 



Leaves pinnate, from six to twelve inches long. Leaflets 

 opposite, from six to eight pair, short- petioled, oval, entire, 

 smooth on both sides, an inch and a half long, by one inch 

 broad. Stipules subulate; those of the petioles caducous; 

 those of the leaflets, for each pair has a pair or more, perma- 

 nent. Racemes axillary, by the time all the flowers have 



