284 



glabrous. 



LEGUMINOS^. CL. ^EscHifNOMENE. 



I2 - S. Native of New Andalusia, near Bordones, scabrous in the centre. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. 



in sliady woods. 



FurroTved-stemmed iEschynomene. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



5 JE. hispi'dula (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 530.) 

 arborescent ; branches striated and rather flexuous ; rachis, pe- 

 duncles, and legumes hispid from tubercles; peduncles few- petioles and nerves 

 flowered; leaves with 15-20 pairs of oblong-linear, somewhat leaflets, having almost a lateral nerve ; stipulas lanceolate, striated, 



PI. \ ft. 



Rheed. mal. 9. t. 21. 



Dwarf iEschynomene. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1813. 



14 M. pleurone'rvia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) stem terete, 



almost erect, clothed with adpressed pubescence, as well as the 



leaves with 20 pairs of semi-lanceolate 



mucronulate leaflets, which are glabrous as well as the calyxes ; 

 stipulas and bracteas ciliated. 1^ . S. Native of South America, 

 on the banks of the riyer Magdalena, near Badilla. 

 //i^^iJ-legumed ^schynomene. Shrub G to 10 feet. 



not produced at the base ; racemes few-flowered, almost ter- 

 minal ; legumes pubescent, with a few distinct joints, which are 



■ " 0.? S. Na. 



In 



straight on one side and rounded on the other. 



tive of St. Domingo. Smithia Dominfrensis, Balb. lierb. 



6 iE. rNDiCA (Lin. spec. 1061.) stem herbaceous, erect, te- some specimens of this plant the stamens are monadelphous, but 

 rete, glabrous as well as tlie leaves ; leaves with 15-20 pairs of in others they are diadelphous. 



Side-nervedAeaRetted iEschynomene. 



15 JE. DIF 



linear leaflets ; peduncles few-flowered ; legumes glabrous, 

 dotted; joints 10-12, straight on one side and rounded on the 

 other. O. S. Native of the East Indies and Guinea. Hedy- 

 sarum, Neli Tali. Roxb. hort. beng. 57 * — Rheed. mal. 9. t. 18. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Indian ^schynomcne. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1799. PI. 2 to 3 ft. quebar. Stem branched much at the base. 



7 JE. glabe'rrima (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 7G.) stem erect, terete, Diffuse iEschynomene. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



u^SA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1164.) stem herbaceous, 



smooth, diflTuse ; leaflets linear, obtuse ; peduncles hispid, I- 



flowered ; joints of legume straight on one side and rounded on 



the other, and scabrous in the centre. ©. S. Native of Iran- 



glabrous as well as the leaves ; leaves with 30-35 pairs of linear 

 leaflets ; peduncles few-flowered ; legumes glabrous, dotted, 

 having 10-12 joints, which are straight on one side and rounded 

 on the other. ©. IL Native of Carolina, where it is perhaps 

 spontaneous. 



QuiiC'-smooth ^schynomene. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



8 JE, Aaierica^na (Lin. spec. 1061.) stem erect, terete, hispid; 

 leaves with 10-20 pairs of linear, mucronate, rather ciliated 



leaflets ; racemes simple, few-flowered ; legumes glabrous, dot- lour, and the keel violaceous at the apex 

 less, having 4-8 joints, which are straight on one side and 

 rounded on the other. O. S. Native of the West Indies. Lam. 

 ill. t. 629. f. 2. — Sloan, jam. 1. t. 118. f. 3. There is a variety 

 of this plant having a dwarfer, almost glabrous stem. Flowers 

 brownish-yellow. 



stem herbaceous, 



16 JE. suBviscosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) 

 erect, scabrous from small tubercles and pili, which are tipped 

 with glands; leaflets linear, obtuse, glabrous; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered, and are as well as the legumes beset with glandub^ 

 hairs. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. JE. viscidula, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. in Willd. enum. 776. but not of Mich. ^- Kov 

 burgii, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 322. Flowers having the vexdlum 

 streaked and spotted with red, the wings of a dirty-yellow co- 

 apex. 



Rather-clammy JEschynomene. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. I8I0. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



17 JE. GLANDULosA (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 76.) stem shrubby, 

 beset with glandubr hairs ; leaflets li— - w.i,PrrinnfP : nedunclci 

 few- flowered ; joints of legume 4-5, 



.CM, mucronate ; pe 

 semiarticulaterl, furnished 



American i^schynomene. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1732. PL 3 ft. with small prickles in the centre. T2 • S. Native of Porto Rico 

 9 M. Guayaquile'nsis ; shrubby; plant hispid ; leaves with Very like ^. Americcma. 



numerous pairs of linear, obtuse, mucronate, smooth leaflets, 



Glandtdar JE^chywomene. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



which are serrated at the apex ; peduncles few-flowered, shorter 18 JE. villosa (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 76.) stem suffruticose, 



than the leaves ; bracteas ovate, cordate, cuspidate, ciliately ser- 

 rated ; loints of legume 6-8, smooth, straight on one side and 

 rounded on the dtner ; stipulas semisagittate. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guayaquil, ^.scbynomene species, Guayaquil, Ruiz et Pav. 

 in Kerb. Lamb, along with the two following. 

 Guayaquil vEschynomene. Slirub 2 to 3 feet. 



terete, villous; leaflets linear, obtuse, nearly glabrous ; racemes 

 axillary, divaricate ; legumes clothed with glandular pili» v- ' 



Corolla small, white. Perhaps not 



ary, aivaricate ; leg 

 Native of Porto Rico, 

 sufficiently distinct from JE. glandulosa. 



Villous iEschynomene. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



19 JE. mspiDA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1163.) stem herbaceous* 



10 iE. i'luriarticula'ta; plant herbaceous, smooth, erect; erect, hispid; leaves with 20-25 pairs of linear obtuse leanei*| 

 iflets linear, obtuse. Glabrous ; peduncles few-flowered : ininfc rflremps simnlp. 5?-.^-flnwAr^/1 . lorr.,Tv,oc /li'ctmrtlv stipitate, C-J'' 



leaflets linear, obtuse, glabrous ; peduncles few-flowered ; joints 

 of legume 14-18, smooth; bracteas large, serrated. 0, S. j 

 Native of Guayaquil. Stipulas large, semisagittate. 

 . il/a?u/-jom/erf-legumed jEschynomene. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



11 M. scA BKA ; plant herbaceous, hispid ; leaves with nume- 

 rous pairs of linear leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends ; 

 peduncles few-flowered ; bracteas serrated; joints of legume 

 murlcated in the centre. ©. S. Native of Guayaquil. 



Scabrous iEschynomene. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



12 M. pa'tula (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 78.) stem suffVuticose ; 

 branches spreading, hispid at the apex ; leaves with 10-15 pairs 

 of glabrous, linear, obtuse, hardly mucronulate leaflets ; racemes 

 simple, few-flowered; joints of legume 4-5, semi-orbicular, pu- 

 berulous. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Perhaps a variety 

 of yE. Americana. 



Spreading iEschynomene. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 trailing. 



. 13 JE. ru'MiLA (Lin. spec. 1061.) stem herbaceous, smooth, 

 rather difluse ; leaflets linear, obtuse, mucronulate, 10-15 pairs; 

 racemes few-flowered ; legumes glabrous, having a few joints 

 which are straight on one side and rounded on the other, and 



13 



racemes simple, 3-5-flowered; legumes distinctly stipitate," 

 jointed, hispid. ©. H. Native of North America, f'^^'"**"]^' 

 delphia to Carolina. Hedysarum Virginicum, Lin. ex ""^| ' 

 Flowers yellow, veined with red. Nutt, gen. amer. 2. p* ' 

 The hairs on the legume are scattered, and tubcrculariy g 

 dular at the base. * 



Hispid ^schynomene. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. Ph 2 toj i^ 

 . 20 iE. LATiFOLiA, (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 322.) leaflets obU^^ 

 mucronate, glabrous ; racemes many-flowered, bracteate, ^" ,^J 

 as well as the legumes hispid. G-S. Native of Munte >> 

 . Broad-leaved iEschynomene. PI. 1 to 2 feet. i 



21 JE. pube'rula (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) stem, leaves, «»J 

 peduncles beset with scabrous down; leaves with ^^ P^^^^ 

 elliptic-linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; racemes short, braflc • 



I, many-flowered ; stipulas linear-subulate, striated i 

 gumes with few joints. ^ . S. Native of South ^^!" 

 Branches terete, and probably suffVuticose. Calyxes and or 

 teoles small. 



PuU rulo us JEschynomene, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. . 



22 JE. hy'strix (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 77.) stem terete, •'^"^^^^^ 

 well as the petioles and peduncles rough from long, yellow br»i 



crowded 



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