384 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. GaleOU. 



2. G. pentaphylla. Roxb. 



Shrubby, ranious, erect, hoary. Leaflets five, cuneate, 

 emarginate, sericeous underneath. Stipules subulate. Floio- 

 ers axillary, one or two. Legumes linear, incurved, villous. 



Seeds sent by Mr. B. Heyne from Mysore in 1801, to the 

 Botanic garden, produced many very ramous thriving- shrubs 

 by plants, which blossomed when about one year eld, and 

 were then from one to three feet in height. 



Trunk scarcely any, but numerous, cinereous, ligneous 

 branches spreading in every direction. Leaves alternate, 

 pinnate. Leaflets two pair, with a terminal single one, which 

 is by far the largest, all are cuneate, emarginate, above pret- 

 ty smooth, underneath clothed with appressed, soft white 

 hairs, from one to two inches long-. Petioles short, hairy, 

 channelled. Stipules subulate. Flowers axillary, one or two 

 together, short-peduncled, middle-sized, of a dull pale red 

 colour. Legumes spreading, linear, incurved, villous, from 

 six to eight-seeded. 



3. G. Heyneana. Roxb. 



Shrubby, ramous. Leaves bifarious ; leaflets from five to 

 seven, oval, and oblong, tomentose underneath. Racemes 

 axillary, the length of the leaves. Stipules conical. Legumes 

 straight, pendulous, villous. 



Reared in the Botanic garden from seed sent by Mr. B. 

 Heyne, from Mysore, where the plant is indigenous. Flower- 

 ing time in Bengal, the cold season. 



Stem straight ; branches ascending, flexuose, tomentose ; 

 the height of the plants in the Botanic garden when about 

 eighteen months old, three feet. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 

 pinnate. Leaflets from three to seven, the lower pair much 

 smaller, inserted on the very base of the petioles, close to the 

 stipules; the rest gradually larger, and more lengthened in 

 proportion to their breadth ; all are clothed with much soft, 

 close, light coloured down on the under side, and almost 

 smooth above. Petioles downy, channelled. Stipules trian- 



