MOVING PLANT. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx a single leaf, half five-cleft. 
Corolla papilionaceous and striated. 
Seed-vessel a compressed, bivalve, articulated pod, contain- 
ing kidney-shaped seeds. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hedysakum gyrans. H. foliis ternatis ovali-lanceolatis obtusis, 
lateralibus minutissimis, panicula ter- 
minali, lomentis inferne repandis sca- 
briusculis pendulis. Linn. Spec. Plant. 
Willd. 3. pt. 2. p. 1185. no. 38. 
Leaves three together, obtuse, and of an 
ovate-lanceolate shape : the two lateral 
leaves very small 3 flower-spike termi- 
nal j lomentum hanging down, bent 
back, and rough. 
Moving Plant. . . Jacq. Icon. Rar. 3. pi. 565. Darwin, 
Bot. Gard. Act. ed. 2. p. 221. pi. 7. 
This singular plant is a native of Bengal, where it 
is known amongst the natives by the name of chun- 
dali borrum. The stem is round, smooth, and 
branched ; the leaves, which grow three together 
