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with slender, thread-like stems, and delicate foliage of pinnate 

 leaves, the leaflets varying curiously, some being of the size and 

 form of a gum-wafer, and others of a narrow oblong form ; bears 

 in the Hot season pretty, small, pale-blue flowers. 



3. C. erecta. A plant of upright growth with thick leathery 

 leaves ; bears in the Hot season large, handsome, pale lavender 

 flowers. 



4. C. sp. Unnamed in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, some- 

 what similar to the last, bears very large, handsome, double 

 flowers. 



Centrosema. 



1. C. Plumieri. A large twining plant of dense foliage with 

 trifoliate leaves of large ovate leaflets ; bears in the Hot and Eain 

 seasons large, beautiful, pure white flowers with a puce spot 

 in the centre, the merit of which, however, is much lost from 

 their lurking concealed in the foliage. Propagated easily by 

 its rooted runners, or by seed, which it yields abundantly in 

 the Cold season. 



2. C. Virginianum. Bears large purplish flowers. 



Kennedya. 



A genus of New Holland slender climbing plants, some bearing 

 a strong general resemblance to runner-beans. They are easily 

 raised from seed, but in the vicinity of Calcutta they never bear 

 flowers, nor can they for any length of time be kept alive there. 



Erythrina. 



I.E. herbacea. A small shrub about two feet high ; bears, in 

 March, racemes of crimson-scarlet flowers of moderate size ; the 

 loss of its leaves during the time of flowering detracts greatly 

 from the beauty of this plant. 



2. E. Blakei. A rare plant in the Calcutta gardens, described 

 by those who are fortunate enough to possess it as the most 

 beautiful of the genus, bearing in April flowers of the most bril- 

 liant scarlet colour. 



3 E. Indica Pahta-Mundur. A tree of moderate size, very 

 common in hedgerows about Calcutta, as well as in other parts 

 of India; exceedingly showy, when in March it becomes a 

 perfect blaze with its handsome clusters of large, brilliant 



