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1. S. Sesban rnmb. nov. : jjabmus; branches without prickl< 

 leaflets in 10-18 pairs; tlowcrs 1 .")-! -$ cm. 1. S. :i j gvptia<.-;i 

 Pers. Sifn. it. :UG (1807) : II 'A/A/ I: t. 32 ; Grind. Fl. JJr. II'. Ll . 

 184 ; l>W/7. J7. Siil r. Anal. (fen. t. 12, /'. 3; &. m floofr. f. /<Y. 



Im/. it. Ill; Z7r&. ,s//,///>. Aw*. //. 286. Sesban Al>. /'/. 

 t. 82. . Kschynniiienc Sesban L. Sj). PL 714 (1753). 

 (Fig. 5.) Type in Herb. Linn. 



Seashore, Wilson \ March \ cult. Hope Gardens, Harris \ Fl. Jam. 



7. Cuba, Porto Rico, south-eastern America, tropical and subtropical 

 Africa, tropical Asia, northern Australia. 



Soft-wooded slirub G-10 ft. high. Leaves 1-1-5 dm. 1. ; leaflets oblong- 

 linear, 2-3 cm. 1., -5 cm. br. Racemes 3-12-flowered, 3-15 cm. 1. Ca ///./, 



A, Portion of flowering branch x > 



B, Flower partly opened x /. 



C, Stamens x ;. 



Fig. iJ.Sexbctiiia Sesban Fa we. & Eendle. 



D, Pod, partly opened to >h\v t lie- 



seeds, x '-'. 



E, Seed x -. 



tube 4 mm. 1., teeth about 1 mm. 1. Corolla : standard transversely broadly 

 elliptical, somewhat cordate, 1-5-2 cm. 1., l'7-2'3 cm. br. ; -2 large calli at 

 the base running down into the claw, above the base free, lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; wings, blade 14 cm. 1., claw about - 5 cm. 1. ; keel, blade short, 

 7--8 cm. 1., claw as long. Pod 15-23 cm. 1., slightly torulose, cornpr --*.-d, 

 at length cylindrical, beaked with the persistent style. The colour of the 

 vers is very varied ; some are creamy white with standard finely streaked 

 beneath with dark purple, some are bright yellow, others yellow or creamy 

 white with standard edged with dark red, and some variegated orange 

 and scarlet. 



2. S. exasperata If. JJ. <f- A', in Nov. G< ,i. /t- >'/<. n. "),'M 

 (1824) ; glabrous ; branches generally without any pru-kh -. l>ut 



