Hardwickia
(named after General Hardwicke, once of the East Indian Company). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus containing three species of stove evergreen trees. Flowers small, racemose; racemes slender, paniculate. Leaves abruptly pinnate, one to three-jugate, coriaceous. Hardwickias thrive in a rich sandy loam. Ripened cuttings will root in sand, in a brisk heat. H. binata (twin-leaved). fl. yellow, in axillary and terminal panicles. l. with one pair of leaflets; leaflets opposite, obliquely ovate, semi-cordate. h. 100ft. India, 1818. This species yields an excellent timber. (B. F. S. 26.) H. pinnata (pinnate). fl. dirty yellow. l., leaflets alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, one-nerved in the middle, the ultimate one almost terminal. h. 40ft. to 50ft. India 1818. (B. F. S. 255.)