Psoralen. diadelphi.v dfxandria. 387 



nineteen, obovatc-ciincate, emarginate, villous underneath. 

 Stipules si\huh\te. Racemes longer than the leaves. Bractes 

 tern, more than two-flouereil, in succession. Legumes spread- 

 ing*, slightly falcate, somewhat villous, from four to five- 

 seeded. 



A native of various parts of India, delighting- in a warm 

 sandy soil. Flowering time the rains, and cool season. 



9. G. difusa. R. 



Shrubby, diffuse, scarcely villous. Leaflets from eleven 

 to twenty-one, sub-cuneate, emarginate. Stipules subulate. 

 Racemes teiniinal. Legumes diverging* from the rachis, 

 straight, nearly smooth, from six to seven-seeded. 



A native of the Circars, in flower ai. 1 ripe seed most part 

 of the year, but more frequently from the close of the rains to 

 the end of the cool season. 



ASTRAGALUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1208. 

 Legume two- celled, gibbous. 



A. hamosus, Willd, iii. 1279. 



Caulescent, procumbent. Legumes subulate, recurved, 

 smooth. Leaflets obcordate, villous underneath. 



A native of Persia flowering in the cold season in the Bo- 

 tanic garden. 



PSORALEA. Schreb. gen. N. 1210. 



Ca/yac sprinkled with callous points, the length of the one- 

 seeded legume. 



1. P. corylifolia. Willd. iii. 1351. Burm. Ind. 172. t. 49. 



Annual, erect, from three to four feet high. Leaves sim- 

 ple, rarely ternate ; ovate-cordate, scallop-toothed. Stipules 



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