136 XLVII. § PAPILIONACE® (BAKER). [ Sesbania. 
9. S. tetraptera, Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Nub. 131. Stems suffruti- 
cose, erect, the branches glabrous, terete, glaucous, somtimes with a 
few weak prickles like those of S. aculeata. Leaves subsessile, rachis 
2-4 in. long, sometimes densely prickly like the branches towards the 
base; leaflets in 15-20 pairs, linear-oblong, }—3 in. long, 2 lines 
broad; apex rounded, mucronate, texture firm, both sides glabrous and 
glaucous. Racemes 4—6-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 
slender, glabrous, exceeding the calyx, which is 2 lines deep, the teeth 
deltoid, reaching a quarter of the way down. Corolla yellow, } im. 
deep, the standard orbicular. Pod 5-6 in. long, glabrous, narrowed 
into a short pedicel, the body of the pod and each of the four wings 
a quarter of an inch broad. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! 
The species is also in Kotschy’s Ethiopian set, No. 83. 
26. COLUTEA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 505. 
Calyx-teeth subequal or the two upper ones shorter. Standard sub- 
orbicular, spreading, with a short claw and two callosities above it; 
wings falcate-oblong, with short claws; keel broad, much incurved, 
obtuse, with two connate claws. Upper stamen free, the rest united 
in asheath; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, multiovulate; style m- 
curved, longitudinally bearded upwards on the inner side, the point m- 
flexed, the stigma thickened below the apex. Pod stalked, membranous 
inflated, not dehiscent or opening at the point.—Shrubs. 
A small genus, principally distributed round the Mediterranean. 
1. C. haleppica, Lum.; DC. Prod. ii. 270. A copiously branched 
shrub with glabrous subterete branches. Petiole 3—? in. long ; rachis 
13-2 in. long; leaflets in 4—6 pairs and a terminal one, short-stalked, 
obovate or oblong, 3-6 lines long by more than half as broad, ape* 
rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or slightly silky, pale-gree?- 
Racemes 2—-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Calyx glabrous, cam- 
panulate, 2 lines deep, the teeth very short. Corolla yellow, §—-? 12 
deep. Pod oblong, narrowed at both ends, distinctly stalked, glabrous, 
2-24 in. long, lin. thick—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 192. €. Pocockit, 
Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 55, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon! Petit! Roth! 
Native name, Quaequaeta. 
Inhabits also Asia Minor, Persia, and Arabia. 
27. LESSERTIA, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 503. 
Calyx campanulate with 5 subequal teeth. Petals all unguiculate ; 
standard suborbicular, spreading or reflexed; wings oblong, shorter 
than the other petals; keel incurved obtuse. Stamens diatel hous 5 
tube slit along the top; anthers uniform. Ovary stipitate, multiova- 
