LEGUMINOS.E 



1. M. americana L. Sp. PL 713 (1753); hirsute; leaflets in 

 10-30 pairs, linear, 3-5-nerved ; stipules linear-lanceolate, con- 

 -inued below the attachment, the whole 1-2 cm. 1. Lam. Ilhistr. 

 t. 629, / 2 ; ILn-f. Jam. i 263; Bwtlt. in Fl. Bra*, xv. pt. 1, 61 

 Gnscl. FL Br. Jr. Lid. 185 ; Urb. S>/mb. Ant. iv. 287, Hedysaruui 

 caule tfcc. Sloanc Cat. 71 & IL',t. i. IM>, 1. 118, /. 3. ^Eschmomene 

 procumbens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 295. (Fig. 7.) Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Sloane Herb. iii. 90! "common on south side, especially about Old 

 Harbour and in the lower hills of Liguanea," Browne ! Wright ! Broughton ! 

 ^^asson\ Macfadycnl Manchester, Purdie ! King's House grounds, J.P. 1111, 



Fig. 7. jEschynomene americana L. 

 A, Portion of stein with leaf and ', Staudanl x 5. 



inflorescence x - 

 B, Flower opened out x o. 



D, Wing x 5. 



E, Keel x 5. 



Hart ! Constant Spring, Port Morant, Port Antonio, Lucea, llitchcocl; : 

 Porus, Lloyd; Hope grounds, Harris I Fl. Jam. 0625, G957. West Im! 

 tropical continental America. 



Stem somewhat shrubby, 2-3 ft., erect or ascending. Leaves 5-7 cm. 1., 

 leaflets linear, rnucronate, oblique at the base, finely toothed iirar the apex 

 of the lower margin, glabrous, -5-l'5 cm. 1., 1-2 mm. br. In 

 laxly few-ilowered. I''lirers G-S mm. 1. C'o?W/r/, standard llesh-colour 

 with a tinge of yellow. Pod shortly stalked, 4 -S-jointed, contracted between 

 the seeds; joints semicircular, about 5 mm. L, 3-J nan. in diam. 



2. IE. biflora ////*. not-.; glandular-hirsute; leaflets in 4-7 

 pairs, elliptical or obovate-elliptical, l-ncrved witli pinnate 



