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LEGUMINOSiE. CXLVIII. Stylosanthes. CXLTX. Adesmia. 



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very long and straight, crowned by a capitate, hispid stigma. to Carolina, and of Guadaloupe. — Pluk. aim. t. 447. f. 7. Tri- 

 Legume having 2 1-seededjoints, the upper joint acuminated and folium biflorum, Lin. spec. 1088. Arachis aprlca, Walt, carol, 

 hooked at the apex from the permanent base of the style. — 182. S. hispida, Michx. but not of Rich. 



Small herbs or subshrubs, with branching stems, trifoliate leaves, 

 having the middle leaflet almost sessile. Stipulas adnate to the 



Taller Stylosanthes. Fl. July, Aug, Clt. 1816. PL 1 to 2 ft. 

 10 S. gra'cilis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 596.) stem erect, 



petioles. Spikes of flowers terminal, dense, imbricated by the marked with a pubescent line, rather hispid at the apex ; leaflets 



stipulas and bracteas. Flowers small, yellow\ 



linear, puberulous ; young stipulas and bracteas hispid ; flowers 



1 S. I'ROcu MBENS (Swartz, in act. holm. L c. t. ll.f. 1. fl. disposed in terminal glomerate heads, which are involucrated 



ind. occ. 3. p. 1282.) stem sufFruticose, procumbent, clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence at the apex ; leaflets oblong, acute, 



S, Native of 



apex ; 



<;labrous, lined ; spikes many-flowered. 



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with bracteas ; legumes glabrous, ending in a hooked mucrone, 

 and having a few glandular tubercles at the apex. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Mount Turimiriquiri, in the province of New Andalusia. 



Jamaica, St. Domingo, Porto Rico, and Guadaloupe, in waste Slender Stylosanthes. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



grassy fields. — Sloan, hist. 1, t. 119. f. 2. Hedysarum hama- 



11 S. Hi'spiDA (Rich, in act. soc. h. n. par. 1792. p. 112.) 



turn a, Lin. spec. 1056. Ononis cerrifolia, Reichb. in Sieb. pL stems herbaceous, glabrous, difflise ; leaflets lanceolate, mucro- 

 exsic. seneg. no. 37. nate, hispid ; stipulas and bracteas ciliated, hispid; spikes many- 



flowered. %. S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Hispid Stylosanthes. PI. diffuse. 



Procumbent Stylosanthes. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. Sh. pr. 



2 S. ere'cta (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 28. t. 77.) stem erect, 

 *;labrous; leaflets ovate-oblong, glabrous, as well as the stipulas ; 12 S. Guinee'nsis ; plant suffruticose, much branched, as- 



spikes many-flowered, elongated. ©. S. Native of tropical cending ; leaflets small, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate ; stipulas 



sheath-'brmed, mucronate; pedicels short, 1-flowered, axillary. 



^2 . S. Native of Cape Coast. 



Guinea Stylosanthes. Shrub 1 foot. 



13 S. Guiane'nsis (Swartz, in act. holm. 1. c) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, hairy; leaflets lanceolate, pubescent, longer than the 



Africa, on the western coast. 



Erect Stylosanthes. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. Shrub 1 ft. 



3 S. viscosA (Swartz, in act. holm. 1. c. t. 9. f. 2. fl. ind. occ. 

 3. p. 1285.) shrubby, erect; branches clothed with clammy 

 Iiairs ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate, ciliately serrulated, hairy ; 



spikes few-flowered. T^ , S. Native of the south of Jamaica petioles; stipulas and bracteas hispid; spikes many-flowered. 



Sloan, hist. 1. t. 1 19. ©. S. Native of French Guiana, in meadows, and near Mari- 

 056. quito, in New Granada. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 



p. 508. Trifolium Guianense, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 776. t. 309. 

 Guiana Stylosanthes. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 3 ft. 

 Cult. This genus contains plants of no beauty, and are there- 



and Mexico, in sandy mountainous places. 



f. 1. Hedysarum hamatum /3, Lin. spec. 1056. 



Clammy Stylosanthes. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 ft. 



4 S. mucrona'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 11C6.) stem suffruticose ; 

 branches pubescently hairy; leaflets oblong-ovate, pubescent 



b{*neath, ciliately serrulated ; spikes few^-flowered ; bracteas 



ciliated. 



11. S. 



spikes 

 Native of Ceylon and Tranquebar, in sandy 

 p:aces.— Burm. zeyl. t. 100. f. 2. 

 l^urm. ind. 167. 



fore not worth cultivating, unless in botanical gardens. The 

 annual species should be treated like the species of Zornia. 



Hedysarum hamatum, The shrubby and perennial herbaceous kinds like other stove 



Arachis fruticbsa, Retz. obs. 5. p. 26., .but plants. They are all most easily increased by seeds. 



b^en'^rx^^^^^^^^ CXLTX. ADE^SMIA (from «, priv. and ha^o,, desmos, a 



ecu Lxamined they appear to be diffuse, but accordmj; to the i , • n ^ .\ \ u..;.. . A.^^^ n C nnn <r 



clescription of Burmann they are procumbent. ° ^7^ J '" if'.''''' f, f ^ '''"' '. ' f i 'rod '^ n 3 18 



f«cro«a^e Stylosanthes. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1817. PI. diff. ""V' ^' ?' ^*- J''*n ' t T;.^S^; clx ^ 



5 S RirTHA r^r^.^ .. o ofA\ ? 1 11 u 1 Lin. syst. Decandria, Monogyma. Laljx j-clclt, witn tiie 



^ o. RiGiDA (.^preng. syst. 3. p. 310.) stem shrubby ; branches ^ , i ' i r^.v^lln ^^^w^\r^r^'^c■of^^^^ Vpv- 



ai-ht: leaflets nlmn«. L..\^/ r.^^Jr. ^..n.r.r..J L.;...r.... segments acute and nearly equal. Corolla papilionaceous. \tx- 



illum complicated above the rest of the petals when young. 

 Keel curved and truncate at the apex. Stamens distinct, ap- 

 proximate. Legume compressed, transversely many-jomted, 

 having the upper suture straight and thickish, but the lower 

 suture is sinuately lobed ; joints 1-seeded, nearly orbicular, at 

 length separating from each other. Seeds compressed, reni- 

 formly orbicular.^ — South American herbs, with lanceolate sti- 



straight ; leaflets almost sessile, oblong, mucronate, coriaceous, 



shming above, rather tomentose and reticulately wrinkled be- 



neath ; spikes short, few-flowered ; bracteas ovate, minute, 

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Native of Brazil. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



t 594\^*^'^"^^^ ^^' ^* ^^ Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 506. 



1 \^^^^^ tufted and somewhat dichotomously branched, 



ana marked with a hairy line ; leaflets oblong, and are as well 



— ....^ „,^„ -^ uairy nne ; leanets ooionff, ana are as weu i " v .i • ^ ^ i- ^ :^ ^ i.^iofU -.^^'aWc^tm ^ 



»s the calvxp^i cW'.-.^^a ♦• i i,- -in * x. ^ . ^ ^x. pulas, abruptly pmnate leaves, endmg m a bristle, axillary, i- 



o^ ^ '-•^lyxes ciliated stipulas hispid, falcate, subulate at the ^ j i- i a /i ^^^A\.r.r.c..A \r^ Qrtm/>tlii'nfT llkp 



»Pex; flowers axillarv sessile- leannies ending in a hooked flowered pedicels, or the flowers are disposed m some hmg like 



'-^^•n, reticulated 1 S' u V ^^""'^' Tc f u a • racemes at the tops of the branches, in consequence of the upper 



theOHn ' A P ' ' ^- -^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^"^^ America, on ,^ ^_,_ „i...::,.. n. M^,.T..r'« nrrnncrpmpnf of the snecies 



rinoca, near Carichana, in very warm places. 



««w6/e Stylosanthes. Shrub procumbent, 

 cloth i ^^^7^^'^^^ ^^' ^^ et Kunth, 1. c.) plant procumbent and 

 do\ - "* \ clammy hairs ; leaflets spatulate or obovate-oblong ; 



ner^'^7 ^^ ''y' solitary, sessile : stipulas ovate-lanceolate, 4- 



places. 



PI. procumbent. 



Native of Mexico, near Acapulco, in sandy 

 blowers red. 

 glutinous Stylosanthes, 



ficute ' .^^^'^^^^'^ 5 stem erect, branched ; leaflets linear, 

 • stitt; flowers numerous, disposed in terminal spikes, 

 ^•5- Native of Maranham. 



J'^^e./eared Stylosanthes. PI. 1 foot, 

 oerbac ^^'"^''^''^ (Swartz, in act. holm. 1. c. t. 11. f. 2.) stem 

 ceolate^^"^* ^^^^^' ^"^ °^^ ^^^^ pubescent only ; leaflets lan- 

 ^■iliated ,^ ^^^^"^ ' spikes few-flowered ; bracteas 



• "^.F. Native of North America, from Pennsylvania 



herb 



leaves being abortive. Dr. Hooker's arrangement of the species 

 of this genus is here adopted. 



Sect. L A'nxu^e. Annual herbs, having the lower flowers ax- 

 illary, solitary, and pedicellate, but the upper ones forma panicle 

 at the tops of the brandies, in consequence of the upper leaves 

 being abortive. Flowers yellow. The plants contained in this 

 section have tlie habit of Smithia. 



1 A. murica'ta (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4, p. 9i. Jan. 1825.) 

 stem decumbent, scabrous from glands ; leaves with 5-7 pairs 

 of obovate, emarginate leaflets, having scabrous margins ; pedi- 

 cels axillary, and also disposed in terminal racemes ; legumes 

 with 6-8 muricated joints. ©. H. Native of Patagonia. Hedy- 

 sarum muricatum, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 568. coll. 5. p. 115. 



^schinomene 



hedys 



lanceolate, Schranck. in munch, denschr. 1808. p. 91. Hedysarum pimpi- 



nellaefolium, Poir. diet. 6. p. 447. 



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