LEGUMINOSiE. CLXII. Ebenus. CLXIII. Flemingia. 



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1 to the corolla. Corolla with minute wings, almost shorter than name). Flowers naked, or propped with small deciduous brae- 



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the tube of the calyx. Stamens monadelphous. Legume 

 roundish, 1-2-seeded. — Plants with usually pinnate leaves, hav- 

 ing the terminal or odd leaflet sessile. Stipulas distinct from simple, straight; leaflets feather-nerved, broad-lanceolate, gla- 



teas. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets sessile. 



1 F. sTRi'cTA (Roxb. 1. c. t. 248.) stem herbaceous, almost 



the petiole. Peduncles axillary, elongated, bearing dense spikes 

 of reddish flowers. This genus differs from Anthyllis in the 

 wings of the flower being small, and in the calycihe segments 

 being longer. The plants have the habit of Onobri^chis. 



brous ; racemes axillary, solitary, length of petioles ; bracteas 



Native of Coronian- 



very long, acuminated, deciduous, 

 del. 



%.S. 



Crotalaria macrophylla, Puer. herb. Flowers purple. 



Clt. 1798. 



1 E. Cre'tica (Lin. spec. 1076.) shrubby; leaves rarely tri- PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



Slratght-stemmed Flemingia. 



Fl. July, Sept. 



foliate, usually impari-pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets and an 



2 F. semiala'ta (Roxb. I.e. t. 249.) stem shrubby, branched; 



odd sessile one ; leaflets oblong-linear ; stipulas connected, and* branches silky, ercctish ; leaflets .^-nerved, elliptic, acuminated, 



therefore bifid at the apex and opposite the leaves; spikes of glabrous above, but clothed with silky pubescence beneath; 



flowers ovate-cylindrical. ^J.F. Native of Candia. Anthyl- petioles winged at the apex; spikes branched, panicled, ter- 



lis Crctica, Lam. diet. 1. p. 203. Sims, bot. mag. 1092. — Alp. minal, and axillary ; bracteas ovate, mucronate, villous. P^ • ^» 

 cxot. t. 278.— Barrel, icon. t. 377. and 913. Flowers large, 



reddish, or purple. Staminiferous tube elegantly striated. 



Cretan Ebony. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1737. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 E. PINNA TA (Desf. act. soc. hist. nat. par, 1. p. 21. t. 3. fl. 

 all. 2. p. 152.) plant herbaceous ; leaves pinnate, with 4-5 pairs 

 of linear or oblong leaflets, with an odd one ; stipulas distinct, 

 acuminated ; stem beset with soft hairs ; spikes of flowers 

 ovate. $ . F. Native of Barbary, on imcultivated hills. Lher. 



Native of Nipaul. 

 Dietr. ex Steud. 



sericea, Willd. spec. 3. 

 Shaw, spec, no. 431. Onobr. 



stirp, nov. t. 38. Hedys. serlceum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 83. t. 41. 

 Anthyllis sericea, Willd. spec. 3. p 



, ^ _. — ^„., sericea, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 205. 



Bracteas ovate, acute, concave, one under each flower, 

 reddish, shorter than the calyx. 



Pin7io(eAeaved Ebony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. PL 1 ft. 



S E. SiBTHORpii (D. C. legum.mem. vii. t. 53.) plant herba- 

 = • leaves impari-pinnate, with 4-5 pairs of oblong-linear,' 

 mucronate leaflets ; stipulas distinct, acuminate, bifid : stem 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence ; spikes spherical. 

 Native of Mounts Atlas and Parnassus, 



D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 242. F. paniculata, 

 Flowers pale red. 

 Haff-wtnged'petio\ed Flemingia. Fi. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 F. conge'sta (Roxb. inhort. kew. 4. p. 349.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets broad-lanceolate, lateral ones 2-nervcd, terminal 

 one 3-nerved ; racemes axillary, crowded, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles. Pj . S. Native of the East Indies. Branchlets, petioles, 

 and racemes villous when young. Flowers purple. Perhaps 



1014. Onobrychis, &c. the same as F. trinervia^ Desf. 



CVo/^'Jerf-flowered Flemingia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1802. 



Corolla Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



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4 F. na'na (Roxb. in hort. kew. 4. p. 350,) stem shrubby, 

 much branched ; leaflets obovate ; petioles winged ; racemes 

 crowded ; legumes covered with viscid glands. ^2 • S- Native 

 of the East Indies. 



Z>war/' Flemingia. C]t. 1808. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 F. LiNEA^TA (Roxb. 1. c.) Stem suflfruticose, erect, branched; 



E. pinnata. Smith, fl. leaflets oblong-cuneated, 3-nerved, linear, clothed with canes- 

 cent velvety down ; racemes axillary, elongated, pedunculate, 



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graec. prod. 3, p. 92. exclusive of the synonyme of Desf. and 

 >> illd. Onobrychis orientalis, &c. Tourn. cor. 26. Leaves rather 

 silky. Bracteas 3-4, broad, ovate, appearing like an involucrum 

 at the base of each head of flowers. Corolla purplish, about equal 

 m length to the calyx. 



SibthorpyEhony. PL 1 foot. 



Curt. The species of this genus are propagated by seeds, 

 ^hich should be sown in pots in autumn, and placed in a frame 

 o'" greenhouse, and in the month of May, when the plants will 6 F. Rothia na (D.'C, prod. 2. p. 351.) stem shrubby, erect, 



ave attained a proper size, they should be planted singly in rather tomentose ; leaflets roundish-ovate, with the nerves rusty 

 ^JI^^'P^^s, filled with a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, and on the under side; racemes axillary, crowded, loose, 5-6-flowered; 



e plants shifted into larger pots as they grow, some of them legumes compressed, pubescent, 1 -seeded. Tj . S. Native of 

 '"ay be planted out into the open border, in a sheltered situation, the East Indies. Ilallia trifoliata. Roth, spec. 352^ 

 Where they will probably survive the winter with a little protec- Jloth's Flemingia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet, 



"on, if not too severe. 



dichotomous ; legumes clothed with glandular pili. 

 Native of the islands of Ceylon and Timor, and on the moun- 

 tains called Nelligery, in India. Hedys. lineatum, Lin. spec. 

 1054. Burm. ind. t. 53, f. 1. Lespedeza line'^ta, Pers. ench. 2, 

 p. 318. Onobrychis lineata, Desv. in journ. bot, 1814. vol. 1, 



p. 80. Flowers purple. 



Zm^J-leaved Flemingia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1793. PI. 2to3ft. 



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p^ Sect. II. Ostryo'dium (from oorpvo^y ostryos, a scale, and 



; R ft ^; FLEMFNGIA (in honour of John Fleming, M.D. o^ovc, odous, a tooth ; in reference to the large leafy scale-like 



«^,i T^ r rx « " bracteas). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 119. t. 4. f. 2. D. C. prod. 



2. p. 351. — Lourea, Jaume, journ. bot. 3. p. CI. Flowers fur- 

 nished with a large, leafy, concave, permanent bractea each. 

 Leaves simple, feather-nerved. 



7 F. sTROBidFERA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 350.) 

 stem shrubby, erect ; leaves simple, entire, ovate, acuminated; 

 spikes strobile-formed; bra(;tea$ cucuUate, leafy, reticulated. 



Native of the East Indies. • 



of 1 * ^ F.L.S., &c., an acute botanist, formerly President 

 in R "f^ourable East India Company's medical establishment 

 in ^engal). Roxb. cor. 3. p. 44. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 



P- 343. D. C. prod. 2. p. 351.. MiUingtonia, Roxb. mss. 



^^INSYST. Diadtlphia, Decundria. Calyx acutely 5-defl, 



o the segments almost equal, but the lowest one is much 



onger than the rest. Corolla papilionaceous. Vexillum striated. 



oiamens diadelphous. Legume sessile, oval, turgid, 2-valved, 



-ceiled^ 2-seeded. Seeds snbprJraV Hprhs or shrubs, nativps 



f tlie East Indies. 

 Leaves petiolate. 



T?.S. 



spec 



Lin. fl. zeyl. 287. t. 8. 

 Burm. ind. 164. Zornia 



Stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, deciduous. strobilifera, Pers. ench. 2. p. 319. Flowers purple. 



" Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1788. 



Flowers red or purple, disposed in axillary 



Sh. 



^i ^ racemes. This genus is perhaps more nearly allied to 

 Ps,^"- n""' *"*^ therefore perhaps referrible to tribe Phasedlece^ 

 *«Fcially ,n the seeds being spherical. . 



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SirohUe-hearing Flemingia. 



5 to 10 feet. 



8 F. Guinee'nse; shrub glabrous; leaves with 5, obovate, 

 obtuse leaflets ; stipulas about the size of the lateral leaflets, 

 nerved ; peduncles axillary, racemose ; bracteas large, round, 

 nerved, crowded, one to each flower. ^ . S, Native of Sierra 



