CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 44$ 



ing for its foliage of curious crescent-formed leaves. Flowers 

 insignificant. Raised from seed. 



Uraria. 



1. U. macrostachya. A small shrubby plant, with pinnate 

 leaves of oblong leaflets, three inches long, remarkably beautiful 

 when in blossom in September, bearing erect a spike four or five 

 inches high of crowded flowers of a delicate rose colour. Eaised 

 from seed. 



2. U. picta Sunko juta. A weed of this country, but pretty 

 for its foliage of long, narrow strap-like, pendulous, dark-green 

 leaves; bears in the Kains long rigid racemes of small red 

 flowers. Kaised from seed. 



Desmodium. 



D. gyrans. THE MOVING PLANT. A small herbaceous shrub 

 about two feet high, with trifoliate leaves of smooth oval leaflets, 

 two and a half inches long ; interesting for the perpetual jerk-like 

 motion with which the slender leaf-stalks sway to and fro, but 

 in no wise ornamental. Kaised from seed. 



Dicerma. 



D. pulchellum. A small shrub, about three feet high, with 

 trifoliate leaves, interesting both when in flower and in seed 

 for the curious and pretty way in which the flowers, borne in 

 long erect spikes, are unfolded and concealed between two small 

 orbicular leaves. Raised from seed. 



Clitoria. 



1. C. Ternatea MUSSEL-SHELL CHEEPER. One of the most 

 common and at the same time one of the most beautiful creepers 

 of our gardens, though rather a rambling and untidy plant, and 

 difficult to keep in order ; leaves pinnate, with two or three pairs 

 of oval leaflets. In blossom at nearly all seasons, with its hand- 

 some flowers sparkling among the fine verdant green foliage. 

 There are three or four varieties, one with the flowers of a deep 

 indigo blue, one with the flowers azure blue, one with pure white 

 flowers, and one with double flowers. Plants are raised from seed. 



2. C. heterophylla. A very beautiful little climbing pot-plant, 



