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XXIV. ZORNIA. Gmel. 
Calyx membranaceous, campanulate, divided in the middle into 2 lips ; 
upper lip obtuse, emarginate ; lower 3-cleft. Corolla papilionaceous, inserted 
into the bottom of the calyx. Vexillum orbicular, its sides revolute: keel- 
petals lunulate, cohering at the back. Stamens monadelphous, alternately 
shorter: anthers alternately oblong and globose. Legume compressed, 2-5- 
jointed, exceedingly contracted between the joints: joints roundish, usually 
hispid.—Usually herbaceous plants. Stipules sagittate ; lower ones lanceo- 
late; upper ones larger, and supplying the place of bracteas. Leaves pe- 
tioled: leaflets 2 or 4, all springing from the apex of the petiole. Flowers 
yellow, sessile, each bracteated with two opposite stipules. 
673. (1) Z. angustifolia (Sm. :) annual, diffuse: leaflets 2, oblong or lan- 
ceolate, mucronate, glabrous, conspicuously dotted: bracteas sagittate-ovate, 
acute, ciliated, pellucid-dotted ; legumes sometimes scarcely so long as the 
bracteas, sometimes longer than them, pubescent, sprinkled irregularly with 
reverse-scabrous prickles.—Smith / in Rees’ cycl.; DC. prod. 2. p. 316; Spr. 
syst. 3. p. 311; Wall.! L. n. 5660. a—e.—Hedysarum diphyllum jz, Linn. ; 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 853.—2 ; lancifolia ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated.— 
Wight! cat. n. 812.—8 ; oblongifolia ; leaflets narrow-oblong, somewhat ob- 
tuse, with a mucro.— Wight ! cat. n. 810.—Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 82 (not good). 
We have only referred to some of the letters in Wallich's List ; of the spe- 
cimens not found in the Peninsula we feel less certain: one of them, g, from 
Nepal, has the long leaves of our 2; but they are ciliated, and the legumes 
are glabrous as in our next species ; while from both it may be distinguished 
by the legumes being beautifully marked with elevated reticulations: we 
propose to name it Z. reticulata; probably some of the Bengal plants may 
prove the same. 
674. (2) Z. Zeylonensis (Pers. :) annual, diffuse : leaflets 2, oblong or ovate, 
mucronate, glabrous, with adpressed hairs on the margin and midrib beneath, 
slightly dotted : bracteas sagittate-ovate, acute, opaque-dotted : legumes 2-3 
times the length of the bracteas, glabrous or ciliated on the sutures, sprinkled 
regularly with longish smooth glochidiate prickles—2 ; Plukenetit ; leaflets 
oblong, about 8 times longer than broad, acute, much shorter than the com- 
mon petiole.— Wight! cat. n. 811.—Z. conjugata, Smith! in Rees’ cycl— 
Pluk. t. 246, f. 6 (good).—8 ; Burmanni; leaflets oblique at the base, round- 
ish-ovate, nearly as broad as long, about the length of the petiole.— Wight ! 
cat. n.813.—7, Zeylonensis, Pers. syn. 2. p. 318 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 317 ; Wall.! 
L. n. 5661,—2, eylaniea, Spr. syst. 3. p. 311.—Hedysarum conjugatum, 
Willd. sp. 3. p. 1178.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 50. f. 15 Pluk. t. 102. f. 1 ; Rheed. mal. 
9. t. 83 (bad). 
XXV. GEISSASPIS. W.& A. 
Calyx membranaceous, cleft almost to the very base into 2 lips: lips — 
y equal, oblong-lanceolate ; upper one quite entire ; lower with a very mi- 
nute inconspicuous sharp tooth on each side near the apex. Corolla papi- 
lionaceous, inserted into the bottom of the calyx: vexillum large, at first 
Covering the other petals, afterwards reflexed: ale narrow-oblong, obtuse, 
erect, as long as the keel: keel incurved, its petals semi-oval, obtuse, united 
only for a very small space at their back. Stamens of equal length, mona- 
delphous : anthers all roundish. Ovary 2-ovuled. Style compressed. Stigma 
“imple. Legume 2-jointed (often by abortion reduced to one joint), gla- 
brous, reticulately veined, tumid in the middle, thin at both margins.—Pro- 
