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677. (1) Æ. Surattensis (W. & A.:) suffruticose, diffuse, branched ; 
branches angled, striated, and with the petioles peduncles calyx and keel 
of the corolla armed with hard sharp tubercles: leaflets 8-12-pairs, linear- 
oblong, obtuse at both ends, glabrous: racemes axillary, few-flowered: calyx 
large ; lips entire: ovary densely clothed with adpressed white hairs: style 
considerably longer than the stamens, incurved at the apex: legumes long- 
stalked, about 6-jointed, very rough all over: middle of each joint elevated 
and surrounded by a furrow separating it from the thickened margin. —/. 
aspera? Herb. Linn. Suratt. 
We have only seen this species in the Linnean herbarium, in which Lin- 
nsus seems to have considered it as the same as his Æ. aspera from the Up- 
sal garden. It appears, however, to be a distinct species. 
678. (2) Æ. aspera (Linn. :) perennial, herbaceous, erect, floating, spongy, 
sometimes slightly branched and diffuse, usually glabrous: leaflets 30-40 
pairs, linear, obtuse: racemes axillary, few-flowered, the peduncles and pe- 
dicels hispid with short horizontal bristly hairs : corolla much longer than the 
calyx, both a little hairy: legumes long-stalked, 4—7-jointed, covered when 
mature with prickly tubercles on the middle of each joint ; margins thickened, 
striated and crenulated.— Linn. ! sp. p. 1060 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 320; Spr. syst. 
3. p 322 ; Wight! cat. n. 819.—7E. Indica, Wall.! L. n. 5667.—Æ. aquatica, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 298.—4E. lagenaria, Lour. coch. 2. p. 544; Spr. 
l. c.—Hedysarum lagenarium, Rowb.! fl. Ind. 3. p. 365. 
679. (3) Æ. Indica (Linn. :) annual, diffused, branched : branches slender, 
glabrous: young shoots, petioles, and peduncles, often slightly muricated : 
leaflets 15-20 pairs, linear, obtuse at both ends: peduncles axillary, slender, 
few-flowered, often with a small leaf at the base of the pedicels : calyx and 
corolla glabrous: legumes long-stalked, 6—10-jointed ; joints at first smooth, 
afterwards with a few glandular dots, when mature rough with irregular 
confluent warts, tumid in the middle, thinner at the edge—z ; branches 
thicker, more spongy, ascending, arising from the root and along the main 
branch.— Wight ! cat. n. 821.—Æ. Indica, Linn. sp. p. 1061 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 
320; Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 299.—J&. aspera, Wall. ! L. n. 5666, c, d, f. 
—Hedysarum Nali-Tali, Rowb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 365.—Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 18; 
Pluk. t. 309. Jf. 9.—8 ; branches thinner, more twiggy, prostrate, arising near- 
ly all from the root.— Wight ! cat. n. 820.—JE. pumila, Linn. sp. p. 1061 ; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 321 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 322.—E. diffusa, Herb. Madr. ! ; Willd. 
8p.3. p. 1164 ; DC. l. c. ; Spr. l. c. ; Wall.! L. n. 5665.— Pluk. t. 432, f. 7.— 
*n wet fertile fields. 5 in poordryish soils. __ : 
Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 21, usually referred to the Linnean ZE. pumila, appears to 
us to be a species of Cassia. The above varieties are far from constant; in- 
deed their only difference seems to arise from the soil in which they are 
found. Perhaps ZE. Roaburghii, Spr. syst. 3. p. 822 (to which we refer Æ. 
aspera, Wall. E n. 5666, a. b, e—Æ. viscidula, Willd. en. p. 776—4E. cones 
cosa, DC. prod. 2. p. 321—Smithia aspera, Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. reri 
Rumph. Amb. 4. t. 24) ought also to be reduced to the present species ; t 
€ stems are said to be quite erect, and branched only towards the top: ie 
can point out, however, no other distinction. The legume in almost nee Um 
the species of the genus exhibits the warts or tubercles on its par boa ae 
advance towards maturity, so that no characters ought to ee m pe 
. 
Part until after an examination of numerous specimens in 
growth. 
* +680. (4) Æ. pilosa (Poir. :) stem herbaceous, hairy, compressed-tetra- 
Ea leaflets short, oval, emarginate, mucronate, glabrous, marked = 
lackish veins : stipules broad at the base, acute, membranaceous-margined : 
racemes axillary, hairy, many-flowered : corolla very small : legumes smooth- 
