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LEGUMINOSiE. CXLIX. Adesmia. 



Muricated'Tpi 

 PI. decumbent. 



Fl, June, July. Clt. 1793. rather mucronate, pubescent, ciliated leaflets; racemes spicate, 



2 A. SMiTHiiE (D. C. 1. c.) stems decumbent, pubescent: leaves 

 with 5 pairs of cuneate, emarginate, pubescent leaflets ; pedicels 



axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves ; joints of legume 4-8, cine segments^ linear-subulate 

 pilose. 0. S. Native of South America. Like J. murkata, ' 

 bttt the down on the stems is soft, not glandular, and clammy, 

 and the pedicels are all axillary. Habit of Smithia. 



Smith's Adesmia. PL decumbent. 



crowded with flowers ; joints of legume 4-8, oblong, hairy, and 

 dotted with black. % . S. Native of Monte Video and Buenos 



Ayres. HedyWum punctatum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 447. Caly. 



cine segments linear-subulate. Flowers apparently purplish on 

 the outside. 



Dotted'poMed Adesmia. PL procumbent. 



10 A. PAPPosA (D. C. 1. c. with a figure) stem ascending, leafy 



n m.P^nnrTm r 1 T r« r^ .ur- . . . and villous at the base ; leaves with 8-10 pairs of obovat^ 



d A.HisriDULA (D.C.I, c.t. 48.) s ems diffuse, puberulous, and retuse, mucronate, entire, rather pilose leaflets, when youn» 



th the Detioles and npfliinrlps epfi)»rr,.ic A-^.v, o A.,., «„* j„ _..i ^ i i . f ■, ', '. o 



with the petioles and peduncles scabrous from a few retrograde 

 spines ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of oblong, obtuse leaflets, which 

 are a little toothed at the apex and pilose on the margins ; pe- 

 dicels axillary, 1 -flowered ; joints of legume 4-8, furnished in the 

 centre with feathery bristles. ©. S. Native of Peru. M 



pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal, compound, very long, 

 glabrous, pedunculate, many -flowered ; calyx glandless ; base of 

 vexillum with a tuft of hairs ; legume with 2 joints, beset 



Native of Chili. iEschi 



with soft plumose bristles. 1/ . G. , ^ 



_]„• '^„„^ r,- ^1,- J - — ^ nomene papposa, Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 23. no. 298. He- 



uJ!\Tn!^LSttL,^?: T^E'^-.'l T": P-i^-^o-jg?. dyWumpapposum,Lher.ined. Flowers small, with a reflexed 



, /3, 



Hedysarum uniflorum, Domb. herb. 



Hispid Adesmia. PJ. diffuse. 



4 A. tene'lla (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 19.) plant pubes- 

 cently-hairy, glandless; stems procumbent, simple; leaves with 

 3-4 pairs of obovate, obtuse, or retuse leaflets, and sometimes 

 furnished with a terminal one ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, 

 lower ones equal in length to the leaves ; calycine segments 

 ovate-lanceolate; legume with 2-3 muricated joints, equal in 



length to the calyx. ©. H. "" ' 



Valparaiso. 



Tender Adesmia. 



vexillum. ^ Stamens probably only 5. Habit almost of Oxij' 



dejl 



Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl.asc. 



Z)on'n?/-bristled Adesmia. 



11 A. longise'ta (D. C. 1. c.) plant decumbent, villous; 

 leaves with Q-7 pairs of obovate, mucronulate leaflets, which are 

 villous on both surfaces ; racemes almost terminal ; flowers 

 distant, on long pedicels ; calyxes glandular ; legumes 2- 

 jointed, beset with long, plumose stiff bristles, il . S. Native 



M • e r^l.■^•' ' "■*""" '" of South America. Herb almost with the habit of ^ «%'/''* 



iNative oi Lhili, on hills near montdna, the flowers of Ononis, the legumes of Onobrychis, and 



PI. procumbent. 

 5 A. ANGusTiFOLiA (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 19.) plant pu- 

 bescently hairy, glandless ; stems procumbent ; leaves with 4-5 

 pairs of remote, linear, bluntish leaflets ; pedicels 1 -flowered 

 lower ones shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments lanceo- 

 late ; legume 5-6.jomted, beset with a fewplumose stiff bristles, ...^..uc segments ovate • leaume 3 

 *"';Jt?J. Si?S V?^^"^ ®A,«- Native about Valparaiso! glandular. %. G. Nati've of Chili' 



the stamens of Sophora. 



Long-bristled-podded Adesmia. PI. decumbent. 



12 A. confe'rta (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 20.) plant ascend- 

 ing, pubescent ; leaves with 6 pairs of obovate-oblong, retuse, 

 mucronate leaflets ; racemes terminal, compound, beset with 

 black glands, many-flowered; fructiferous pedicels deflexed; 



segments 



Narrow-leajlelted 



PI. procumbent. 



Cro7vded-?ioviered Adesmia. 



Sect. l\. Pere'nnes. Perennial herbs, with very long, ter- 

 minal leafless racemes, and panicles. Flowers yellow. Plants 

 with the habit of Onobrychis. 



6 A. BENTATA (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 94. Jan. 1825. 

 legum. mem. t. 49.) stem erect, beset with glandular pubes- 

 cence ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of obovate, truncate leaflets, which 

 are deeply serrated at the apex, when young rather villous ; 

 joints of legume 4-8, muricated. %. S. Native of South 

 nTzdl' '^''■^'''*'"''"^ •^^"t^t^' I-ag- nov. gen. et spec. p. 22. 



TootJied-\ea^etied Adesmia. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



7 A. BicoLOR (D. C. 1. c.) stems prostrate ; leaves with 9-12 

 pairs of lanceolate, acute, entire, pubescent leaflets ; stipulas 

 conforming to the leaves ; racemes very long, opposite the leaves ; 

 jomts of legume 6-8, rounded in front, and clothed with very 

 short pubescence. % . S. Native of Monte Video, on rocks 

 by the sea-side and in the sand. Hedy'sarum bicolorum, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 448. Pedicels 6-8 lines long. Flowers rather 

 large, red on the outside but yellow on the inside. 



JTvo.coloured-flov.'ered Adesmia. PI. prostrate. 



8 A. PE NDULA (D. C. 1. c.) stems diffuse, hardly pubescent ; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of oval-oblong, entire, pubescent leaflets 

 racenies elongated ; lower flowers distant ; legumes pendulous 

 «.tlw-b rather Imp.d joints 7/ . S. Native of Monte Video 

 and Buenos Ayres. Hedysarum pendulum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 

 449. var. o. Flowers yellow, but reddish on the outside. 



Pendulous-j^odded Adesmia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825 

 irl. dinuse. 



9 A. puncta'ta (D. C. I. c.) stems procumbent, beset with 

 glandular pih ; leaves with 9-12 pairs of linear, obtuse, entire, 



PI. ascending. 



13 A. fruticulosa ; stem decumbent, pilose, as well as the 

 petioles ; leaves with numerous pairs of small, lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate leaflets ; peduncles few-flowered, shorter than the leaves; 

 legumes 3-4-jointed, hairy, and muricated. % . S. Native of 

 Mexico. -Slschinomene fruticulosa, N. E. herb. Lamb. 



Fruticulose Adesmia. PI. decumbent. 



14 A. MiMosoiDES ; plant procumbent ; branches and petioles 

 villously pubescent; leaves with numerous, linear, alternate, 

 sessile, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are oblique at the base; 

 pedicels short, 1 -flowered. l^.S. Native of Mexico. S.i- 

 chinomene mimosoides, N. E. in herb. Lamb. 



Mimosa 



PI. procumbent 



Sect. IIL Spin6s;e. Stems shrubby, spinose. There are 

 numerous unpublished species belonging to this section in Ur- 

 Gillies's herbarium. 



15 A. microphy'lla (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 19. t. 9. ^°^^' 

 hot. cab. 1G91.) stem shrubby, much branched ; branches stri- 

 ated, pubescent, divaricate, spinose ; leaves with 6 pairs oi 

 small, orbicular leaflets, on short petioles, pubescent ; racemes 

 of flowers somewhat capitate, terminal, simple, spinescent ; brac^ 

 teas orbicular ; legumes 3-jointed, covered with long ip\\xmo^ 

 bristles, which are stiff and naked at the base. ' ^ 



of Valparaiso. Plant 



T2.G. 



Native 



Stamens 



and 



petals iree. 

 Small-leaved Adesmia. Fl. summer. Clt. 1826. Sh. 1 to 2 B- 

 16 A. glutin6sa (Hook, in Beech, voy. p. 19.) stem shrubDy» 

 branched; branches spreading, beset with glandular, glutinoiB 

 hairs, spinose ; leaves with about 3 pairs of elliptic, ha'^y j^* 

 lets ; racemes elongated, terminal, simple, spinescent, and a 

 as well as the linear bracteas clothed with white hairs ; lejrum^' 



