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, SESBANIA picta. 
Spotted Sesbania, 
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DIADELPHIA JiECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leguminobje. 
SESBANIA, Pers. Fhra nctt'mtm. Calyx dentibm ■i^iiriibiig. Xe- 
j^WNup elongatum, subcyliBdraaeuni, lieviasculuiQ, bivahre. Pen, tgn, S. 
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%,fjjkta: fidnspbnatis, pinaaKu iii^earibiM obtusis, floribus racemosis, vex- 
aio postic^ picto. Pers. 2. ^16, 
^chynomene picta. Cav. ic. IV. t. 314. 
Sssbania gracillima. Hm-t. 
Caulis teres, orgyalis, glaber, uti iota planta ; ramis altemis. Folia al' 
imma, pinnata, pinnuKa utrinque ferh 18, linearilnu, ohtu$i$, aHqftatuh 
eKuirginatis, \ pollicem longis ; stipulze mhulatce, marce»cente$. Flores ro- 
ttemoti, raeemis pendulis ; pedunculi particles ad bracteolam brevem axiUarett, 
et prope calyces 2-bracteati ; hracteolis mihiilatis deciduis. Cal. glaber, caw- 
panulatus, ore b dcntato, dcntUnis brt vihus subcequalilrus. Contlla /u/ca jpa- 
pilionacea; vexilluni orbiculatum, eiiiarfjinatum, erecto-reficxum, posticA 
superjicie variegatum piinctis macidisqiie nihiimis niyricantihns : alii; ovato- 
lineares, basi falcatcB ; carina alis hrevior basi ct apicr bijida. Staniiniim 
Jilamenta 10, alba, quorum iinicxnn liherum, rclii^ua in vaginam Jissaiii con- 
nexa, apice libera; antlienc ovatcc, fusca;. Gt rineii tineare, teres. Stylus 
subulatus, asceiidciis ; stigma simplex. Lcgunieii areuatum, subteres, art*- 
cuJatum, articulis 1 6, plus minitsve. Semina ovata. Car. 1. c. 
This is a very pretty plant, said by Cavaiiilles to be a 
native of New Spain and the Cape of Good Hope. The 
latter locality is probably erroneous. Thu plant from which 
our figure was taken was raised at Mr. ColvilFs Nui*sery, 
from seed received from Mr. D. Lockhart of Trinidad, 
under the name of Se.shania p aciUhna. The plants are now 
six or seven feet high, and coming into full flower. They 
require the heat of the stove. 
Stem rounded, as high as a man, smooth, as are all parts 
of the plant ; branches alternate. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 
with about 18 pinnulce on each side, which are linear, ob- 
tuse, sometimes emarginate, \ an inch long ; stipules sub- 
ulate, withering. Flowers in pendulous racemes. Bractes 
subulate, deciduous. Cal. smooth, campanulate, with five 
short nearly equal teeth. StandaM of the pale yellow co- 
rolla rounds emar^inate^ from erecl reflexed, mottled behind 
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