-220 LEGUMINOSÆ. SMITHIA. 
ish ; joints tumid and scabrous in the middle.—Poir. in Lam. enc. meth. 4. 
p. 450; DC. prod. 2. p. 322 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 322. 
* + 681. (5) Æ.? pubescens (Poir.:) stem herbaceous, glabrous: branches 
patulous: leaflets oval, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, pubescent when young: 
stipules and bracteas oval, acute: racemes lax, terminal, glabrous, many- 
flowered: calyx large, membranaceous, almost angular, divided into 5 acute 
and unequal teeth: legume a little scabrous, pointed; the joints often un- 
equal, lobed or toothed on one side, truncated on the other. — Poir. in Lam. 
enc. meth. 4. p. 450 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 322 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 322. ; 
Poiret adds that the leaflets are several times larger than in ZE. pilosa. 
* + 682. (6) Æ ? hirta (Lam.:) clothed all over (except the corolla) with 
rigid hairs: stem herbaceous ; branches terete : leaflets 7-9 pairs, oval-linear, 
mucronate: stipules resembling the leaflets but twice as long: raceme termi- 
nal, many-flowered: calyx 5-partite ; segments subulate, nearly of equal 
length : corolla glabrous, a little longer than the calyx : legume hirsute ; joints 
tumid and tubercled in the middle.— Lam. ill. t. 629, f. 1; Poir. in Lam. enc. 
meth. 4. p. 450 ; DC. prod. 2. p, 323 ; Spr. syst. 8. p. 822. 
These three last are very obscure ; nor have we seen any plants from East 
India (whence they are said to have been brought by Sonnerat) that bearany 
resemblance to the above characters. AE. hirta is perhaps a species of Uraria. 
XXVIII. SMITHIA. 4it.; Lam. ill. t. 627. 
Calyx scariose, with two bracteoles at its base, bipartite: segments entire 
or slightly cleft. Corolla papilionaceous, inserted into the bottom of the ca- 
lyx: keel cleft from the base to near the apex. Stamens 10, equally mona- 
delphous (5 and 5). Legume 4—6-jointed, folded up within the calyx, very 
much contracted between the joints : joints 1-seeded, orbicular : sinus round- 
ed.—Procumbent herbaceous plants with abruptly pinnated leaves. Leaflets 
few, ciliated with adpressed bristles. Stipules semisagittate. Racemes axil- 
lary, few-flowered. Corolla yellow. 
._ S. spicata, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 323, and DC. prod. 2, p. 323, was collected by Pur 
in Guadelupe (not Senegambia as stated by these authors), and sent by our frien 
Dr Torrey to Sprengel: it is, according to Dr Torrey, ** compounded of the flowers 
of a species of Cassia, and fruit of Mimosa pudica or sensitiva, both cultivated speci- 
mens." S. Martinicensis, Spr. 1. c., must likewise be removed from the genus. 
683. (1) S. sensitiva (Ait. :) leaflets 3-6 pairs, oval, obtuse at both ends, 
glabrous except a row of bristles along the margin and midrib beneath : 
flowers forming à sessile or peduncled short raceme ; peduncles glabrous ; pe- 
dicels slightly hairy: calyx glabrous or sprinkled with a few bristles; S€E- 
ments striated, oblong-lanceolate, pointed; upper one entire, lower 0C- 
casionally 3-toothed at the apex: vexillum orbicular, much longer than the 
calyx : legume 4—6-jointed, warted,—z« ; racemes few-flowered, peduncled.— 
S. sensitiva, Ait, hort. Kew. 3. p. 496. t. 13 ; Roth, nov. sp. p. 951; DC. 
2. p. 323 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 323; Roxb. ! fl. Ind. 3. p. 342; Wall.! L. n. 5008, 
4, b, e, f, g.—Hedysarum ciliatum, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1083.8 ; y 
cemes about 2-flowered, sessile.— Wight ! cat. n. 822.—S. sensitiva, Wall.! 
L. n. 5668, c, d, i.—S. geminiflora, Roth, nov. sp. p. 852; DC. l e; Spr. & 
—Rheed. mal. 9. t. 38. 2 Courtallum. Travancore. Malabar. ee 
S. conferta, Smith! scarcely differs from our var. £ of this species: the lips 
of the calyx being sometimes toothed in the Indian as well as in the New 
Holland plant: may there not be a mistake as to the locality ?—S. pu 
Royle! mst. (from Bengal) is closely allied to our var. æ : it differs, however 
by the leaflets broader upwards ; by the calyx reticulately veined, too p 
and ciliated with bristles ; by its upper lip broader upwards and then almost — — 
