LEGUMINOS^. CL. ^Eschynomene. 



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ties ; leaves with 1 pairs of oval-linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; cinereous down ; branches angular ; leaves with 20 or more pairs 

 peduncles compound, many-flowered, shorter than tlie leaves ; 

 pedicels recurved ; legumes glabrous, having few joints. Tj • ? S. 

 Native of Cayenne, JE. cassioides, Desv. 

 Porcupine ^schynomene 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



of linear, acute, mucronate leaflets, which are almost glabrous 

 above; racemes short, axillary; flowers in fascicles, on short 



Native of 

 Leaves 



pedicels ; legume on a short stipe, 4-jointed. T? . S. 



Mexico, between La Laguna verde and Actopan. 



small. Legumes large. Stipe of legume hardly exserted from 



23 -S;. PAUci'jUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 32L) stem terete, beset ^ ^ _ _ 



with bristly, rather glandular hairs, as well as the petioles, pe- the calyx. Stipulas lanceolate, acuminate, nerved. Flowers 



duncles, and bracteas; leaves with 4-5 pairs of obovate, obtuse, yellow. 



rather mucronate leaflets, wbich are hardly pubescent; racemes /a^cfcw/ar-flowered ^schynpmene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



many-flowered, compound ; stipulas and bracteas ovate, acute, 

 striated ; legumes smoothish. Tj .? S. Native of Cayenne. 



Var. (i, subscabra (D. C. 1. c.) legume scabrous from short 

 stiff down. Native of South America. 



Fcw-paircd']e3.Retted -^schynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



•f Little known or doubtful species. 



31 JE. Divi'sA (Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 31.) 

 stem shrubby, smooth; petioles strigose ; leaves w^ith 12-15 



24 ^. micra'ntha (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) stems herba- pairs of linear acute leaflets; peduncles 2-3-flovvered, shorter 

 ceous, procumbent, pubescent; leaves with 2-4 pairs of small than the leaves; joints of legume semi-orbicular, hispid ; vexil- 

 obovate-roundish, rather mucronate leaflets, which are scarcely lum of 2 petals. T? . S. Native of Brazil. The vexillum is 



pubescent; pedicels axillary, 1-2-flow^ered, length of leaves ; 

 joints of legume glabrous, compressed, nearly orbicular. It. S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Hedysarum micranthos, Poir. diet. 6. 

 p. 446. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



Small-flowered -^schynomene. PI. prostrate. 



25 IE. visci'dula (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 75. but not of 

 ^^illd.) plant clothed with clammy pubescence; steins herba- 

 ceous, slender, prostrate ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of obovate leaf- at the apex ; leaves with 10-11 pairs of linear, obtuse, glabrous 



said to be obcordate, and constantly composed of 2 petals, which 

 is a circumstance not to be found in any other papilionacedus 

 flower, but perhaps the vexillum is only profoundly bipartite, or 

 perhaps the flower is resupinate, and the 2-petalled keel has 

 been taken for the vexillum. 



Divided .Eschynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



^. hone'sta (Nees et Mart. 1. c. p. 32.) branches hispid 



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lets; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; legumes pubescent, with 2 oval- 

 roundish joints. O. H. Native of Florida and Cumberland 

 Island, in sandy places. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 111. M. pros- 

 trata,Poir. suppL 4. p. 76. This plant has very much the habit 

 of a species of Smithia. 



leaflets ; legumes disposed in something like a corymb, when 

 young clothed with hispid pubescence, but glabrous in the adult 

 state ; vexillum broad, entire. 12 • S. Native of Brazil. Said 



ly allied to ^. sensittva. Flowers yellow. 

 jEschvnomene. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



33 JE 



Viscid iEschynomene. Fl. July, Aug. Clt."181G. PL pros. 



26 JE. falca'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 322.) stem much branched, 

 villous ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of obovate, cuneated, villous leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles usually 2-flowered, elongated; legumes falcate, 



with roundish pubescent joints.— Native of Brazil, at Rio leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed down on both^ sur- 

 Janeiro. Hedysarum falcatum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 448. 



Falcate-ipodded ^Eschynomene. PI. 1 foot. 



27 ^. Brasilia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 322.) stems diffuse, 

 clothed with glandular pili ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of ovate-elliptic. 



plant diffuse ; branches elongated, twiggy, straight, angular, and 

 are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with silky-silvery down ; 

 leaves with 10-14 pairs of oblong, mucronulate, half-cordate 



, which are clothed with adpressed down on both sur- 

 faces ; peduncles axillary, twin, few-flowered; legumes puberu- 

 lous, usually 3 -jointed. Ij . S. Native of Peru, near Guanca- 

 bamba. Flowers yellow. 



Shrub diffuse. 



piihescent, rather ciliated leaflets ; racemes divaricate, loose ; 



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^scl, 

 JE. MOLLi'cuLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) sufl\uticose 



joiuts of legume rather inflated, hispid, and clammy.— Native of branches elongated, clothed with yellowish-silky down; leaves 



A^razil, at Rio Janeiro. Hedysarum Brasilianum, Poir. diet. 6. with 18-20 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate, semi-cordate leaf- 



P' 448. lets, which are pubescent on both surfaces, as well as the rachis 



Brazilian ^schynomene. PL diflfuse. and calyx ; peduncles axillary, short, few-flowered ; legumes 



28 JE. wicrophy'lla (Desv. ined. in herb. mus. paris. D. C. falcate, 1-6-jointed, pubescent. ^. S. Native of South Ame- 



Prod. o, p^ 322.) stem terete, clothed with stiff villi; leaves 



With 20-30 pairs of pubescent, oblong, obtuse, much crowded, Soft JE 



rica, in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Flowers yellow. 



small leaflets ; racemes much longer than the leaves ; legumes 



JE 



glabrous, having 1-2 semi-ovate joints. . ^ «. __„». 



l^racteas 3, permanent at the origin of the pedicels, and 3 times 



snorter than them. Bracteoles 2, adpressed under the bilabiate 

 calyx. ^ 



SmalUleaved iEschynomene. PL 1 foot. Pilose 



29 ;E. e'legans (Schlecht. et Cham, m Linnaea. 5. p. 583.) 3Q JE. 



Native of Brazil. compressedly tetragonal at the apex ; leaflets oval, retuse, mu- 

 cronate, glabrous; racemes hairy, many-flowered ; joints of le- 

 gumes scabrous in tlie centre. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Nerves of leaves blackish. 



jEschy 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



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plant herbaceous ; stems diffuse, weak, terete, beset with spread- 

 S pdi at the apex; leaves with 5-8 pairs of elliptic, obtuse, 

 "iucronate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed pili ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolate, ciliately-serrated ; racemes 5-7-flowered, much 

 i^"p^[ ^\^^ the leaves ; legume on a long stipe, which is one- 

 - ." ^^^ '^^gth of the legume, puberulous, and usually with 6 

 joints. 0. S. Native of Mexico, on hills near Jalapa, and at 

 Hacienda de la Laguna. 



Sterns rather flexuous. 



£/e^^«^ iEschynomene. PL 3 feet, 

 r^g": . •^- fascicula'kis (Schlccht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 

 •) shrubby, erect, clothed with somewhat strigose, adpressed, 



glabrous ; branches spreading ; leaflets elliptic, retuse, mucro- 

 nate, pubescent; racemes terminal, glabrous, many-flowered; 

 calyx 5-cleft ; joints of legume rather scabrous. 0. ? S. Na- 



tive of the East Indies. 



;Esc1 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



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dwarf; stems filiform; leaves with 2 pairs of roundish, mucro- 



M. mimosoides, Sesse et Moc. mss. nate, glaucous leaflets ; peduncles l-2-flowcre(I ; calyx ^-toothed; 



legumes on long stipes, having 3-4 ratlicr remote joints.— Nativ 



of Madagascar. 



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Flowers small, yellow. 



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PI. l foot. 



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