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^.Bonih. Fl. 62. ^schynomene bispinosa, Jiicy. 7^. t. 564. '^. spimxlosa, 

 Moxb. Fl Ind. iii. 333. Ooronilla aculeata, WiUd. Sp. PL iii. 1147. 



; Pkins from the West Himalayas to Ceylon and Siam.— Disteib. Cosmopolitan 

 m tropics of old world. ^ * 



Suffruticose, reaching several feet high, the branches and leaf-rachlses armed with 

 «nial veak prickles. Leaves reaching ^1 ft. long; leaflets glabrous, 41-81, 

 jailer and narrower than in 8, mgyptiaca, Bacemes laxly 3-6-ilowered, distinctly 

 I^uncled. Calyx ^ in., glabrous. Corolla f-^ in., pale yellow ; standard dotted with 

 gfr ^^.^^ ^"' ^y^ i^-» straight or rather falcate, beaked with the persistent 



VAR. 1. paludosa; more robust, unarmed, leaves rfabrous. JE. paludosa and ulfei- 

 ^o^^Soxb. FLInd. iii. 333-4. 



Vah. 2. sericea ; branches robust unarmed, leaflets more or less silky even when 



«iature racemes subsessile.'^S, sericea. DC, Prodr. ii. 266— Plains of Ceylon, Fergus- 

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AR. 3. cannabina ; branches obscurely muricated, racemes subsessile 3-4- 



ower^, corolla and calyx smaller, the form'er not more than | in. long. S. canna- 



^na, Pers. ; BC Prodr. ii. 215 ; W, ^' A. Prodr. 215 ; Wall Cat 5657. iEschynomene 



^nnabina^^^if^. Obs. v. 26. Coronilla cannabina, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 1148. S.affinis. 



■^^rad,; DC. loc. cit. 



^3. S, procumbens, XT. (S|- ^. Prodr. 215 ; annual, obscurely muricated, 

 f^ siiort flexible torulose not twisted. Dalz. 4' Gibs. Bomb. FL 02. ^schy- 

 ^omene procumbens, Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 337. M. diffusa, i2o.r&. iMW^S. 



^XKs of the Western Peninsula. 



'31-41 T ^^^^^ ^^^ "^^^® slender than in the last. Leaves 2-3 in. long ;^ leaflets 

 "com * ™^^^-QWong, glabrous, glaucous. Flowers solitary or geminate, without a 

 ^^on peduncle, Ca/?/x ^ in. long. <>r(?/;^ 3 times the calyz, P^rf straight, 2-3 in. 

 . "St u in. thick, 15-20-seeded, distinctly torulose. 



■ ^®^- 2- -^ffati, J>esi\ J'/o?cers large ; "bud falcately recurved. 



•Jri" i^L&randiflora, Pers. Si/n. ii. 316; Bedd. Fl. Si/lv. 86; 5rffw7. For. 

 Awf; -^8cIi>Tiomene grandiiflora, Xe«w. A>;. lOoO ; J?o.?-6. i^/. Jml iii. 331. 



^ fjn ^ndiflora, Desi-. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 266 ; Wall. Cat. 5654 ; TF. .§• ^. P;Wr. 

 '^oroniUa grandiflora, Willd. Sp. iii. 1145— i2/^ee^e JTo/'if. Mai. i. t. 51. .;, 



AnstJ!^-^^, *^^ *® Western Peninsula, a doubtful iiative.— Disteib. Mauritius to N. 



T'jf- but often cultivated. 

 Wm i^i*^"^'"^^ soft-MTooded tree, 20-30 ft. high, with virgate terete branches. 

 ■^4 !n\ ^^' ^'^^^'' leaflets 41-61, linear-oblong, pale green, glabrous. Flowers 

 3^'i ^"''^t axillary racemes. Cali/.rl in. deep, glabrous, shallovvly2-lipped. Carolld 

 moTP ^ 1^' '^^^^^ or. in jE. coccinea, Desv. : DC. he. cit. (.(Eschjromene coccinea, />.), 



' ^ ..^ ^^itures much thickened. 



Pod 1 io<it or more long, falcate, firm, not toru- 



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 Jau^eol +^^'^^ly ^^ ^^^ pedicel, produced on the upper side ; teeth 5, deltoid or 

 Hotatau\" ^^''^^^^' much exserted ; standtuxl broad, with reflexed edgos ; keel 

 ona- / beaked, usually as long as the wings and standard. Stamem diadelpb- 



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