LEGUMINOSiE. CXIV. Sesbania. CXV. Agati. CXVL GLOTtmiuM.- 



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glabrous; leaves Tiavlng 10-30 pairs of oblong-linear, very blunt, 

 mucronate leaflets ; petioles pubescent above ; racemes many- 



17 S, longifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant shrubby, 

 glabrous; leaves with from 7- 18 pairs of ovate lanceolate, mucro- 



flovvered; corolla 6-times longer than the calyx ; legumes com- nulate, glaucous leaflets; racemes many-flowered; legumes 



pressed, somewhat torulose, 3 or 4 times the length of the petiole. 



o.?s. 



Native of Senegal. 



Flowers yellow, 8-9 lines long, 



having the vexillum spotted with purple on the outside. 



Fl. Julv, Auff. Clt. 1825. 



Spotted'Rowered Sesban. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



PU 



10 S. pachyca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 

 glabrous; leaflets oblong-linear, very blunt, and rather mucro- 

 nate; petioles smooth; racemes 4-6-flowered, somewhat corym- Willd. enum. 773. Said to be nearly allied to S. canndbina. 



linear, torulose, acute. Tj . S. Native of New Spain. iEschy 

 nomene longifolia, Ort. dec. 9. p. 70. Flowers yellow. Stems 

 and fruit purplish. 



Long-leaved Sesban. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



18 S. sERi'cEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 266.) plant herbaceous; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronate, narrowest at the base, silky 

 beneath. 0. S. Native country unknown. Coronilla sericea, 



Silky Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. CJt. 1818. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 

 19 S.Cochin-ciiine'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 2C6.) stem suflTru- 



bose; corolla 3-tinies longer than the calyx; legumes rather 

 terete, thick, 3-times the length of the rachis. ©. ? S. Native 



of Senegal. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum variegated ticose ; leaves with 15 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronulate leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles 3-flowered ; legumes filiform, torulose, erect. 

 h* S. Native of Cochin-china. Coronilla Cochin-chinensis, 



with purple spots. Legume acuminated, 6-8 inches long. 

 Thick-fruited Sesban. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



11 S. pi'cTA (Pcrs. ench. 2, p. 31G.) plant herbaceous, gla- Lour. coch. p- 452. Flowers yellow, 

 hrous; leaves with 12-16 pairs of oblong-linear obtuse leaflets; Cochin-China Sesban. Shrub 4 feet. 



aceraes many-flowered, nodding ; corolla 3-times the length of Cult. All the species of this genus require a heat of 70 de- 



the calyx ; legumes fihform, w^hen young terete, but at length grees of Fahrenheit, or they will not thrive. The shrubby kinds 

 becoming compressed, torulose, twice the lencrth of the petioles. 



4. 



P 



Native of New Spain. 

 7. t. 314. 



are increased by cuttings, and the annual species by seeds, whicl 



l^ 



Coronilla picta, Willd. 1. c. Corolla yellow, 

 having the vexillum variegated with black dotted lines. There 



is a variety of this plant with 1-flowered peduncles, but this is 

 very rare. 



Pai«/er/-flowered Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



12 S. macroca'rpa (Muhl. ex Ell. sketch. 2. p. 221.) plant 

 herbaceous, ' ' 



^schynomene picta, Cav. icon. sometimes ripen in this country. 



CXV. AGA^TI (Touri or Jgati is the name of A. grandi- 

 Jlora in the Sanscrit language). Rheed. hort. mal. t. 51. Adans. 

 fam. 2. p. 326. Desf. journ. hot. 3. p. 120. t. 4, f, 6. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, trun- 

 cate, obtusely 5-toothed, repahd. Vexillum oval-oblong, shorter 



Wings oblong. Keel large, straightish, with its 



than the wings. 



glabrous ; leaflets elliptic, glaucescent beneath, p^^^jg fy^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^„j ^p^\^ Stameni diadefphous, some- 



legumes rather 

 and in the 



many-pairs; racemes axillary, few-flowered; 

 terete, elongated. 0. H. Native of Louisiana, 

 island of Paris. 

 leaves. 



Long-fruited Seshan. Fl. July, Aiig. Clt. 1820. PL 3 ft. 

 13 S. pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 

 clothed with adpressed villous pubescence ; leaflets oblong-linear, 



what exserted, with the sheath furnished with large auricles 

 ^, n ■ 1 T> above the base- Style fihform, straightish. Legume tapering 



I* lowers yellowish. Racemes shorter than the jj^^^ ^ ^^ipe, compressed, linear, 2-valved, transversely many- 

 celled inside, but with the upper suture prominent and truncate, 

 not truly articulated. Seeds ovate, solitary in the cells. — Indian 

 trees, with lanceolate stipulas, abruptly-pinnate leaves, having 

 nhfuT """ ^"P^'^ssea villous pubescence ; Jeatlets oblong-lmear, ^ -^.g of leaflets ; large flowers ; few-flowered racemes, and 



!„^"'^' !?!"5^«"^f^> ^bout 20 pairs ; racemes T-S-flowered ; le- ^^jtl/ii^un.P. a foot and a half lon^. 



scens, 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



Vahl. ined. Flowers yellow. 



gumes filiform, shorter than the petiole. 0. S. Native of 



Guinea. -Slschynomene pube " 



Pubescent Sesban. 



14 S. PALUDOSA (Jacq. hort. vind. ex sem. miss. D. C. pi, 

 rar. jard. gen. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, glabrous; 

 leaflets elliptic-linear, obtuse, mucronate, 10-20 pairs ; racemes 

 sually 2-flowered ; legume terete, rather compressed, and some- 

 what torulose, length of rachis. 

 Indies. - - '=' 



Perhaps the same as iEschy- tonic. 



Clt. 1816. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



0. S. Native of the East 

 n 1 1 ^^^^I'a yellow, but with the vexillum rather brownish, 

 and the top of the keel purplish. 



»omenepalud6saofRo:sb. 

 ^larsh Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. 



oL ; ^^^^'c^r^is (Sclirad. cat. sem. gcctt. 1819. D. C. prod. 2. 



P- ^05.) plant glabrous ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of oblong-linear, 



fe "fl^' "^^^''^""Jate leaflets ; rachis of leaves smooth ; racemes 



th ] ^^^^ » legumes compressed, rather torulose, erect, twice 



e ength of the rachis, apiculated by the style, which is twice 



ne length of the idtimate joint. ©. S. Native country un- 



KDOjn. Very nearly allied to the following species. 



i^lender Sesban. - - ° ^ 



16 S. leptoca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 



Hate 1 fl ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ P^^^^ ^^ ^'"^ 



ter ^^ ^^^ » racemes few-flowered, erect ; legumes filiform, 



than ^l ^^i"^^^^' ^^*^^^ ^^^ length of the rachis; style shorter 



an the ultimate joint of the pod. ©• ? S. Native of Senegal. 



D v:^/^ yellow, but with the vexillum dotted with black, as in 



^Wer-/m7cd Sesban. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



with legumes a foot and a half long. 



1 A. GRANDiFLORA (Dcsv. 1. c.) leaflets glabrous; legumes 

 evidently compressed. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, where 

 it is called Tauri or Agati. — Rheed. mal, 1. p. 95. t. 51. 



^schynomene grandiflora, Lin. spec. 

 1050. Coronilla grandiflora, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1145. Sesb'knia 

 grandiflora, Poir. diet. 7. p. 127. Dolichos arboreus, Forslc. 

 descr. 134. Flowers of a rusty-yellow colour according to 

 Forsk. but according to Roxb. they are white or rose-red. The 

 seeds are agreeable to domestic birds. . The bark is bitter and 



Rumph. amb. 1. t. 76. 



Great-florvered \gatu Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. Tree 14 



to 26 feet. 



2 A. cocciVea (Desv. 1. c.) leaflets powdery; legumes rather 

 terete. ^. S. Native of the East Indies and the Society 

 Islands, ^schynomene coccinea, Lin. fil. suppl. 330. Coronilla 

 coccinea, Willd. 1. c. Sesbania coccinea, Poir. 1. c. — Rumph. 

 amb. 1. t. 77. Flowers red, rather smaller than those of the 



other species, but similar. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 2 to 3 feet. ^0 to 30 feet. 



Scarlet-Bowered Agati. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. 



Tree 



glabro 



us 



inear, obtuse, mucro- 



Cult. See Sabinea for culture and propagation, p. ZS9. 



CXVI. GLOTTFDIUM (from yXwtr^ra or yXwrra, gioila, a 



tongue ; in reference to the valves of the legume separating into 

 two membranes each, which has been compared to the superior 

 opening of the larynx). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 119. 1. 1. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 266. 

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