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LEGUMINOS^. CXIII. Coursetia. CXIV. Sesbania. 



author of the Botaniste Cultivateur, 5 vols, in 8vo. Paris, 1802. 



and one of the editors of the Bon Jardinier). D. C. in ann, sc. Burm. fl. ind. 169 and 170. 



Sesban, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1147. M. Sesban and E. Tndica, 



Vexillum roundish and dotless. 



nat. 4. Jan. 1825. p. 92. prod. 2. p. 264. 



Lin. syst, Diadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx 5-cleft, with nearly 

 equal acute segments, 2 superior ones rather the shortest, and 

 joined together a little higher up than the rest. Vexillum ob- 

 cordate, shorter than broad. Keel obtuse, shorter than the wings. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Style incurved, thick at the base and 

 glabrous, but filiform at the apex and bearded with villi on all 

 sides. Stigma capitate, terminal, smoothish. Legume com- 



Flowers yellow. 



JEgyptian Sesban. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1680. Shrub 5 feet. 



2 S. occiDENTA Lis (Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 316.) shrubby, glabrous; 

 leaves with 12-15 pairs of elliptic leaflets; racemes few-flowered; 

 legumes terete, straight, 3-times longer than the petioles. Tj.S. 

 Native of South America or the Caribbee Islands. Coronflla 

 occidentMis, Willd. spec. 3, p. 1147 

 f. 1. 



pressed, l-celled, 5-8-seeded, tapering to the apex, and mucro- Occidental Seshaxi. Fl. July, Aug. 



Plum, ed Burm. 1. 125. 



Corolla hairy according to Plumier, yellow. 



Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 feet. 



nate by the style. — Tomentose shrubs, with subulate stipulas, 



3 S. cAssioi^DES ; shrubby, smooth; leaves with from 20-35 



abruptly-pinnate leaves, with many pairs of ovate small leaflets, pairs of lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; stipulas subu- 



late 



peduncles axillary, 2-3-4-flowered ; legumes long-linear, 

 Flowers yellow. This genus is allied to /?o- terete, longer than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of Guaiaquil. 



the common petiole sometimes terminating in a bristle, but rarely 

 in an odd leaflet. 



l/iuia and CaraganOj not to Ldthyrus or JEschynomene, 



1 C. TOMKNTO^SA (D, C. 1. c.) the wholc plant clothed with 

 velvety tomentum ; leaves with from 30-35-pairs of leaflets; 

 racemes 2-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 5-cleft. ^ • 

 S. Native of Peru. Ldtliyrus frutic6sus, Cav. icon. t. 84. prickly; leaves with about 30 pairs of linear, mucronate, ratlier 



^chynomene cassioides, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Cassia-like Sesban. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 S. EXASPERA TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p 

 534.) shrubby ; branches angular, and are, as well as the rachis, 



O'robus tomentosus, Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 1. p. 195. 

 fruticosa. 



Vicia falcate, glabrous leaflets, but with the nerves and margins beset 



Flowers yellow. 

 Tom €71 



Willd. spec. 3. p. 1102. O'robus fruticosus, Pers. with adpressed down; peduncles usually 3-flowered, one-half 



Shrub 2 feet. 



2 C. ? DU liiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 264.) branches clothed w^ith 

 white villi : leaflets elliptic, acutish, usually about 30 pairs, pu- 



shorter than the leaves. ^ . S. Native of South America, in 

 sand at the river Apures, and near La Laguna de Valencia. 

 Corolla glabrous, yellow. Legume very long and cylindrical. 

 Roiigh Sesban. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



berulous above, and villously tomentose beneath, and canescent; 5 S. aculea^ta (Pers. ench. 2, 



FIG. 38. 



racemes 15-20-flowered, length of leaves ; calyx S-toothed. ^ . 

 S. Native on the Andes about Pasto, near the river Guaritaria. 

 Sesbania duhia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 208. t. 

 ()60. Hymenospron Pastoensis, Spreng. Flowers rose-coloured. 

 Doiihlfid Coursetia. Shrub 3 to G feet. 



p. 316.) plant herbaceous and gla- 

 brous ; rachis of leaves rather 

 prickly ; leaves having about 25 

 pairs of linear, obtuse, rather mu- 

 cronulate leaflets : racemes fevv- 



3 C. virga'ta (D. C. 1. c.) plant smoothish ; leaflets 10-15 flowered; legvimes filiform, one- 



pairs 



of New Spain. 



virgata, De 



bot. 



Ag^ti 



half shorter than the petioles. 

 S. Native of Malabar. 



o. 



^schy- 



phous. 



racemes 8-10-flowered ; calyx 5-toothed. Ij. S. Native 



/Eschynomene virgata, Cav. icon. t. 293. 



3. T). 120. Legume glabrous, com- nomene Sesban, Jacq. coll. 2. p. 



283. iE. bispinosa, Jacq. icon. rar. 

 t. 504. Coronilla aculeata, Willd. 



journ. Dot. ;5. p 

 pressed, somewhat torulose, not articulated, apiculated by the 

 thick style. Calyx not bipartite. 



Stamens not equally diadel- 

 Perhaps a proper species of Cotirselia. Corolla yellow. 

 Twiggy Coursetia. 

 Cult. See Sahmea for culture and propagation, p. 239. 



Shrub 2 feet. 



CXIV. SESBA^NIA {Seshan is the Arabic name of the first 

 species). Pers. ench. 2. p. 316. Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 120. t. 

 4.f. 5. — Sesban, Poir. diet. 7. p. 127. — Sesb'^na, R. Br. in hort. 

 kew. 4. p. 330. — Eschynomene species of Lin. and others. 

 Coronflla species of Willd, 



Lix. sYST. Diadelphia, Dccdndna. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed 

 (f. 38. a.) with the lobes nearly equal. Vexillum roundish, 



1. c. — Rheed. mal. 9. t. 27. Burm. 

 zeyl. t. 41, There is a variety of 

 this plant having only 12-15 pairs 

 of leaflets. Flowers orange. 



Prickly Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Clt. 1690. PI. 5 to 6 feet. 



6 S. Peruvia^na ; shrubby, smooth ; leaves with 4-C pairs of 

 obovate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are glaucous beneath; 

 racemes short, few- flowered ; stipulas ovate, subulate at the 

 apex ; petioles prickly ; legumes longer than the leaves, elon- 

 gated, terete. Tj . S. Native of Peru. iEschynomene spec 



complicated, larger than the keel (f. 38. L). Keel obtuse, 2- nov. Ruiz etPav. in herb. Lamb. 



edged at the base. Stamens diadelphous, having the tube or Peruvian Sesban. Shrub 3 to 4 feet, 



sheath rather auricled at the base. Legume elongated, slender 

 (f. 88. c), compressed, or somewhat cylindrical; the sutures 

 thickened, not truly articulated, but rather torulose. — Shrubs 

 or herbs, having the cauline stipulas lanceolate. Leaves ab- 



ruptly pinnate, with many pairs of leaflets, having the petioles spec. 3. p. 1148. 



apex 



7 S. canna'bina (Pers. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, glabrous; 

 rachis of leaves smooth; peduncles 1-flowered, twin; leguiflC 

 filiform, compressed. 0. S. Native of Malabar. -Slschyno- 

 mene cannabina, Retz, obs. 5. p. 26. Coronilla cannabina, ^^ilW. 



Flowers small, yellow. This plant, if treated 



Peduncles axillary. Flowers racemose, usually yellow. Perhaps /Ta/y Sesban, 



as hemp, may be used for the same purposes- 



this genus, with the three following, ought to have been referred 

 to Tribe Ilcdysarcie. 



1 S. tEgYPTI ACA fPerS. ench. 2. n. Slfi-^J shmhhv. crlahmno . 



leaflets 10 pairs, oblong-linear, obtuse, and rather mucronate; legumes compressed, pendulous, length 'of rachis. ©. S 



racemes many-flowered ; legumes compressed, and rather terete, 

 torulose, twice the length of the petiole. ^ . S. Native of 

 Senegal, Egypt, and the East Indies. Sesban, P. Alp. 82. with 

 a figure. ^Eschynomene Sesban, Lin. spec. 1061. Coronilla 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 

 8 S. AFFrNis (Schrad. sem. hort. goett, 1819.) plant herba- 

 ceous, smoothish ; leaflets 12-18 pairs, oblong-linear, very blum, 

 mucronulate; rachis of leaves smooth: racemes few-flowered, 



Native 



of the East Indies. -Eschynomene cannabina, Hortul. Flowers 

 yellow. 



^Wi^J Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 1800. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



9 S. puncta'xa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 264.) plant herbaceous, 



