Galega. diadelphia decandria. 385 



gular, tapering to an acute point. Peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, downy, about as long" as the leaves, bearing a few, dull 

 reddish, pretty large flowers, at and about the apex only. 

 Bracles the exterior two three-fold, three-flowered ; the inner 

 series uncertain. Cahfx downy. Banner of a dark brown- 

 ish red, villous on the back. Legvrnes drooping, straight, 

 slightly villous, from eight to twelve-seeded. 



4. G. incana. Roxb, 



Shrubby, diffuse, flexuose, hoary with white down. Leaf- 

 lets six pairs, obovato, eninrginate, hoary. Stipules taper- 

 triangular. Racemes terminal. Legiim.es reflexed, falcate, 

 very hairy. 



A native of Mysore. 



Stem scarcely any, but numerous, flexuose branches, and 

 branchlets, spreading to a considerable extent ; young parts 

 clothed with erect, soft, w hite down. Leaves alternate, pin- 

 nate, from three to four inches long. Leaflets from five to 

 eight pair, obovate, deeply emarginate, hoary, particularly 

 the margins, and the lower side. Stipules reflexed by age, 

 triangular, acute. Racemes terminal, long, and downy. 

 Bractes three-fold, three-flowered. Flowers short-pedicelled, 

 the middle one of the three expanding long after the other 

 two. Calyx clothed with much fulvous pubescence. Le- 

 gumes bending back close to the rachis of the racemes, much 

 curved, very hairy, from sis; to eight-seeded. 



5. G. villosa. Willd. iii. 1245. 



Shrubby, diffuse, flexuose, somewhat hoary. Leaflets from 

 six to eight pair, cuneate, sub-retuse. Stipules ensiform, re- 

 curved. Racemes terminal. Bractes three-fold, two-flower- 

 ed. Legumes reflexed, sickle-shaped, hairy, from five to six- 

 seeded. 



Coronilla zeylanica. Burm. Zeyl. 78. t. 33. 



A native of various parts of India, in blossom and seed 



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