216 LEGUMINOS E. ORMACARPUM: 
294.— Coronilla grandiflora, Willd. sp. p. 3. p. 1145.—Sesbania grandiflora, 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 316 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 272.—_Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 51 3 Rumph. amb. 
1. £. 76.—8 ; coccinea ; flowers red.— Wight ! cat. n. 902.—A. coccinea, Desv. 
in journ. Bot. 3. p. 120; DC. prod. 2. p. 266.— /Eschynomene coccinea, Linn. 
suppl. p. 330.—/E. grandiflora, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 294.* bis.—Coro- 
nilla coccinea, Willd. sp. 3. p. 1146.—Sesbania coccinea, Pers. syn. 2. p. 316; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 272, — Rumph. amb. 1. t. 77. ae 
We have never been able to persuade ourselves of the validity of the two 
supposed species. Willdenow, trusting to the figures in Rumphius, has 
stated the legumes of the first to be straight, of the other curved: some bo- 
tanists assert those of the white one to be compressed, and of the red terete, 
but Linnsus describes them in A. coccinea to be likewise compressed. Des- 
vaux mentions that the leaves of the one kind are puberulous, of the other 
glabrous: we find no difference in that respect ; and, in short, the only cer- 
tain character between the two that we can give is the colour of the flowers. 
SUBTRIBE IIIL.—HEDYSAREX. DC. 
Corolla papilionaceous. Stamina rarely distinct, usually either monadelphous 
or diadelphóus (9 and 1, or 5 and 5), often somewhat persistent. Legume trans- 
pce divided into several 1-seeded cells or joints, rarely 1-celled, and then always 
l-seeded. Cotyledons flattish, during germination somewhat foliaceous.—The go 
ral-seeded pag are usually readily distinguished by the above character; bu 
those with 1 seed must be examined with more caution; such have however always, 
we believe, the stamen-tube somewhat persistent. 
A. Flowers usually racemose : legume compressed.—Euhedysaree. DC. 
XXII. ORMOCARPUM.  Beauv. 
Calyx furnished with two persistent bracteoles at its base, 5-cleft, and 
more or less evidently bilabiate ; all the segments acute. Corolla papiliona- 
ceous: vexillum broad, entire: kecl obtuse, the petals slightly cohering at 
the back. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1, or 5 and 5) Legume stalked, 
composed of several joints : joints oblong, attenuated at both ends, a little 
compressed, marked longitudinally with strie and warts, separating readily 
from each other, l-seeded.—Shrubs. Leaves simple, or unequally pinnated : 
leaflets not furnished with a prickly point, glabrous. Racemes short, few- 
flowered, axillary. 
O. sulcatum, Beauv., is, according to Desvaux, the same with Pictetia ternata, DC., 
but to which genus it belongs we have not materials to decide. The caducous brac- 
teoles and want of warts to the fruit indicates a Pictetia; while, on the other hand. 
if the fruit be sulcated longitudinally, as Beauvois says, it can scarcely be — 
from Ormocarpum. We have extended the character of the genus to — 
the Indian one, the structure of the pod being very different from that of Ascheno- 
mene, with which the stamens would otherwise ally it. Perhaps it ought to form à 
genus bearing the same relation to 4Eschynomene that O. verrucosum does to 
modium. 
672. (1) O. sennoides (DC. :) young shoots, petioles, peduncles, and calyx, 
covered with soft glutinous hairs: leaves unequally pinnated ; leaflets alter- 
nate, 4-6 pair, obovate, retuse, slightly mucronulate : calyx evidently bila- 
biate: stamens equally diadelphous (5 and 5 ): legume 2-5-jointed ; joints 
striated, armed with minute prickly warts.— DC. prod, 2. p. 815; Wall. ! L. 
n. 5658; Wight! cat. n. 491.—Hedysarum sennoides, Willd. sp. 3. p. 12045 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 314; Roab. fl. Ind. 3. P. 364.—H. Nalla-Kashina, Roxb. in 
E “ine tab. 403.——Circars. Vendalore. Dre 
dolle unites to this with doubt the O. cassioides, Desv., but Desva 
asserts that they bear no relation to each other. i 
