214 LEGUMINOS E. SEsBANIA, 
longer than the bracteas, about 3 together: calyx pubescent ; segments seta- 
ceous, about the length of the tube: corolla 5-6 times longer than the calyx 
tube; vexillum silky, straight to near the apex: legumes almost flat, spread- 
ing, linear, elongated, straight, long-pointed, at length slightly pubescent or 
glabrous.— Pers. syn. 2. p. 329; DC. prod. 2. p. 252; Spr. syst. 3. p. 284; 
Wight! cat. n. 896.—T. Mitchelii, Graham! in Wall.! L. n. 5641,—Cracea, 
n. 300, Linn.! in herb. Herm.!; fl. Zeyl. p. 140.—Galega maxima, Linn. sp. 
p. 1063, Arid soils. 
We cannot find this in Roxburgh’s fl. Indica, although not unfrequent near 
Samuleottah, where Roxburgh resided: perhaps he may have confounded it 
with T. purpurea, to which it is so very closely allied that future discoveries 
may bring to light intermediate forms. 
665. (14) T. spinosa (Pers. :) shrubby ; branches numerous, woody, rigid, 
spreading in every direction, clothed with white soft adpressed somewhat 
cottony hairs: leaves pinnated ; leaflets 2-4 pair, cuneate, emarginate ; Up- 
per side glabrous, under clothed with adpressed white silky hairs : stipules 
subulate, patent, rigid, spinous (in the wild plant) ; flowers axillary, 1-2 to- 
gether, short peduncled : calyx hairy; segments subulate, about the length 
of the tube: vexillum hairy: legumes spreading, much compressed, linear, 
falcate, more or less clothed with somewhat adpressed hairs, 6-8-seeded.— 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 330; DC. prod. 2. p. 254; Spr. syst. 3. p. 233; Wall.! L. n. 
5651; Wight! cat, n. 900.—T. pentaphylla, Graham! in Wall.! L. n. 5650. 
—Galega spinosa, Linn.! suppl. p. 335; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 383; in E.L. C. 
mus. tab. 409,—G, pentaphylla, Rowb.! fl. Ind, 3. p. 384; in E. I. C. mus. 
tab. 1628. Arid soils. ; 
Galega pentaphylla of Roxburgh is merely the cultivated state of this spe- 
cies : the whole plant, and particularly the stipules, are less rigid, and the 
leaves much larger than in the wild specimens, which is to be imputed to the 
and richer soil of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 
+660. (15) T. subsessilis (Graham, )}—Grah. in Wall. L. n. 5969. 
XXI, SESBANIA, Pers. | 
Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed, lobes nearly equal, Corolla papilionaceous : 
vexillum larger than the keel, roundish, with an adnate callous slightly folded 
appendage on its claw: keel obtuse, the petals distinct at the base. Stamens 
diadelphous (9 and 1), the sheath slightly auricled at the base. Legume li- 
near, elongated,.slender, cylindrical or compressed, torulose, many-seeded, 
much contracted between the seeds, but not truly jointed, —Shrubs or herba- 
ceous plants. Cauline stipules lanceolate. Leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets 
many pairs: petioles ending in a bristle point. Peduncles axillary, Flowers 
racemose, usually yellow. 
667. (1) S. Ægyptiaca (Pers.:) arborescent, unarmed, glabrous: jean 
about three times longer than broad ; leaflets 10-18 pairs, oblong-linear, 9 
tuse, slightly mucronate: racemes axillary, lax, pendulous, about the len; 
of the leaves, 3-12-flowered: legumes nearly terete, twisting when pues 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 316; DC. prod, 3. p. 264; Spr, syst. 3. p. 272; Wall. io 
5656.— Mschynomene Sesban, Linn. sp. p. 1061; Rowb. fl. Ind. 8: p. 33 x 
Æ. Indica, Burm. Ind. p. 169.—Coronilla Sesban, Willd. sp. 3. p. 1147.—Ph : 
t. 164. f. 5 ; and t. 165. f. 2.— ; bicolor ; leaflets usually 15-18 pair ; vexti 
purple on the outside.— Wight ! cat. n. 906.— Esehynomene Suyminta, ree 
in E. I. C. mus. tab. 295.—Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 27 (bad).—48; concolor ; leanew. 
10-12 pairs: vexillum yellow, speckled with black dots and lines.— Wight: 
cat. n. 905.—Sesban, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 973.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 41. — 
668. (2) S. aeuleata (Pers.:) herbaceous, annual, erect, sparingly branched; : 
