334 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. —.Aeschynomene, 
most parts, the parts above the water contract to abouta third 
the thickness of those that are immersed, and are covered 
with smooth, shining, green bark ; height of the whole plant 
from six to twelve feet, the relative proportion of the immersed 
and exposed parts depends on the height of the inundation. 
Leaves sessile, abruptly pinnate, linear, from six to twelve 
inches long, horizontal, courting the solar light through the 
day, and drooping in its absence, Leaflets generally oppo- 
site, sessile, from ten to thirty pair, tapering a little from the 
base, where they are broadest, to the apex, rounded at both 
ends, with a, bristle-like point, smooth above, and having a 
few hairs below, from an inch, to an inch and a half Jong, and 
three-eighths of an inch broad at the base. Petioles swelled at 
the glandular base, channelled ; channel hairy. Stipules half 
lanceolate, falling; those of the leaflets subulate, permanent, 
minute, Racemes axillary, peduncled, solitary drooping beau- 
tifully, from eight to twelve-flowered, longer than the leaves 
which they accompany. Flowers drooping, as large as those 
of Spanish broom, of a bright yellow, with the back of the 
banner spotted with distinct, round, purple dots, Bractes, 
those of the pedicel solitary, those of the calyx two, pressing’ 
_ on it laterally, all are boat-shaped and — — ; 
corol, $e. as in A, Cannabina, 4 
6.0. Uliginosa, Roxb. Le Set SSI ey 
Annual, diffuse; leaflets forty pate -Racemes sub-sessile, 
erect, from six to eight-flowered. Legume erect, cuspidate, 
It is a native of marshy places near Calcutta, aaa. 
and flowering in the rains. 
Stems annual, ramous, spreading. Branches sometimes 
slightly and remotely murexed, as in A. procumbens, which — 
it resembles much; leaflets from thirty to fifty pair, linear, — 
with a point, and bright red margins, smooth on both sides. 
Stipules as in the other species, Racemes axillary, sub-ses-_ 
sile, from six to eight-flowered. Flowers short-pedicelled, 
approximate, Banner and wings yellow ; keel purple. 
