Galega. diadelphia decandria. 383 



dric, perfectly erect, five-pointed. It flowers in the rains, and 

 the seed ripens in the cool season. 



23. I. pnrpurescens. R. 



Sub-arboreous. Bark a little scabrous. Leaves pinnate. 

 Leaflets ten pair, from oval to broad-elliptic, sub-emargi- 

 nate, a little hairy. Racemes axillary and from the leafless 

 branches, length of the leaves. 



A native of the interior of the peninsula of India. In the 

 Botanic garden it has in two years grown to be a stout small 

 tree, with a distinct trunk, and numerous spreading branches. 

 It flowers in February and March, at which time few plants 

 surpass it in beauty, the flowers being large, very numerous, 

 and of a bright rose-colour changing to lively purple. Seed 

 ripens in May. 



24. I. virgata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets as far as twelve pair, 

 sub-alternate, or opposite, linear-oblong. Racemes the length 

 of the leaves. 



A native of Nepal. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta it 

 flowers during the hot season, March, April and May. 



GALEGA. Schreb. gen. N. 1206. 



Calyx with subulate teeth, nearly equal. Legume with 

 oblique streaks between the seeds. 



1. G. spinosa. Willd. iii. 1250. 



Suffiuticose, hoary. Leaflets minute, about nine, wedge- 

 shaped. Stipules spinescent. Flowers axillary. Legumes 

 scimitar-shaped, horizontal, smooth, about six-seeded. 



Teling. Mullo-yampalli. 



A small ramous species, a native of dry barren lands on 

 the coast of Coromandel. 



