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oblong and 5 globose. Loment articulated, his- 
pid. . i 
Mostly herbaceous; leaves digitate in 4’s, ternate, bi- 
nate, or simple; flowers racemose, racemes axillary and 
terminal, bractes large, ovate or suborbicular. 
Species. 1. Z. tetraphylla. In Carolina—A genus of 
7 species, considerably allied to Sty/osanthes; of these 5 
are indigenous to India, and 1 to the Cape of Good Hope. 
510. AESCHYNOMENE. L. 
“© Stamina divided into 2 equal bodies.” 
Brown. Loment exserted, compressed, one of 
the sutures straight, the other lobed; articula- 
tions truncated, 1-seeded. Culia bilabiate, labia 
dentate, <7? ia 
Arborescent, shrubby or herbaceous; leaves pinnate, 
nictitant or sensitive, stipules cauline; peduncles or ra- 
cemes axillary and terminal, few-flowered; loment smooth 
or scabrous. 
Species. 1. 2. viscidula. Oss. Prostrate, stem and 
peduncles viscidly pubescent; stipules smal! and ovate; 
leaflets 7 to9 oblique, retusely obovate; peduncles fili- 
form, 1 or 2-flowered; calix bibracteate at the base, l- _. 
leaved, subcampanulate, border almost equally 5-cleft. — 
| Corolla small. Loment biarticulate, horizontally deflected , 
} pubescent, isthmus very narrow as in many Hedysarums, 
: articulations also roundigh-oval. A species =: x 
scarcely any affinity with the following, and nearly allie e 
AE ie ees oe eee eT 
to Smithia, judging by habit. Annual. 
2. hispida. Oxs. Annual. Stem erect, 2 or $ feet high, 
hirsutely scabrous in common with the loment, petiole 
and peduncle. Leaflets very smooth and numerous, often 
as.many as 49, linear-oblong and obtuse; stipules ovate, 
h acuminate, decurrent at the base; racemes simple, 3 to 5- 
. flowered, and usually bearing also a leaf. Loment con- 
} spicuously stipitate, compressed, slightly sinuated on the 
lower margin, 6 to 9-jointed. Has. In the marshes of 
the Delaware, near Philadelphia, rare; also in Carolina. 
Flowers yellow, externally reddish, and veined. 
' A tropical genus.of 13 species indigenous to India and oy 
} America, 13 ieee? 
 Calix 5-t ‘Legume elongated (terete 
