152 XLVIL. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). | Smithia. 
filiform, incurved; stigma small, terminal. Pod plicate-retracted 
within the calyx; articulations two or many, finally separating.—Herbs 
or shrubs. 
A small genus, restricted to the Tropics of Asia and Africa. 
§ Eusmithia.—Stipules with an appendage below the point 
where they are attached 1. S. sensitiva. 
§§ Kotschya, (Endl.).—Stipules not peltate. 
Stems herbaceous, annual. . . . . . . - . «+ 2. & capitulifera. 
Stems woody. 
Corolla much exceeding the calyx; racemes few-flowered, 
distinctly stalked. ; 
Keel 3 in. long, exceeding the standard and wings . 
Keel 4 in. long, equalling standard and wings . 
Corolla scarcely exceeding calyx. 
. 3. S. nodulosa. 
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S. ceschynomenoides. 
Articulations of pod two. 
Leaflets 3-4jugate, § in. long . 
ce S. strobilantha. 
Leaflets 10-12-jugate, under jin. long 
S. strigosa. 
1. S. sensitiva, Aiton; DC. Prod. ii. 323. Stems herbaceous, 1-2 
ft. high, copiously and diffusely branched, the branches firm, slender, 
glabrous, terete. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, scariose, with a large acu- 
minate spur. Leaves sessile, the rachis about an inch long ; leaflets 
in 6-8 pairs, linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, the apex 
rounded, surfaces glabrous except a row of bristles on the edge and 
midrib beneath. Flowers in heads of 4~6 on glabrous erecto-patent 
peduncles an inch long from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels 2 lines 
long, glabrous. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, adpressed to the calyx 
Calyx-lobes persistent, becoming 8—4 in. long, scarious and marked 
with fine close longitudinal lines, the upper one entire, the lower some- 
times 3-toothed. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx when 
in flower. Pod included, glabrous, 2—4-jointed, papillose—A. Rich. 
Fl. Abyss. i. 203. 8. abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1838. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 
A common East Indian species. 
2. S. capitulifera, Welw. mss. Stem herbaceous, annual, diffuse, 
reaching a foot high, very much branched, the branches ascending; 
weak, straw-coloured, finely bristly. Stipules 2 lines deep, persistent, 
adnate to the petiole, the free points lanceolate. Petiole 2-3 lines 
long, finely bristly, articulated where it joins the stipule ; rachis $$ 
in. long; leaflets in 8-9 pairs, linear-oblong, 3 lines long, texture 
rigid, midrib much nearer the upper than the lower edge, veins raised, 
the rachis bristly and veins beneath slightly so, the edge finely ciliated. 
Flowers 12-30 in very dense terminal rounded heads subtended by 
reduced leaves. Pedicels short, ciliated, with two rigid persistent lan- 
ceolate ciliated bracteoles at the apex adpressed to the calyx, which is 
1 in. deep, four-cleft to the base, the upper lobe ligulate with a pro- 
minent keel and deeply cleft at the apex, the three others ovate and 
