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oblong and 5 globose. Loment articulated, his- 

 pid. 



Mostly herbaceous; leaves Jig-itate in 4's, ternate, bl- 

 nate, or simple; flowers racemosei racemes axillary and 

 terminal, bractes larg-e, ovate or suborbicular. 



Species. 1. Z. tetraphyUa. la Carolina. — A genus of 

 7 species, considerably allied to S!t:losanihes; of these 5 

 are indigenous to India, and 1 to tlie Cape of Good Hope. 



510. ^SCHYNOMENE. /.. 



" Stamina divided into 2 equal bodies.'* 

 Browi«^. Loment exserted, compressed, one of 

 tbe sutures straight, the other lobed; articula- 

 tions truncated, l -seeded. Calix bilabiate, labia 

 dentate. 



Arborescent, shrubby or herbaceous; leaves pinnate, 

 nictitant or sensitive, stipules cauline; peduncles or ra- 

 cemes axillary and terminal, few-flowered; loment smooth 

 or scabrous. 



Species. 1. JE. vhcidida. Obs. Prostrate, stem and 

 peduncles viscidly pubescent; stipules small and ovate; 

 leaflets 7 to 9 oblique, retusely obovate; peduncles fili- 

 form, 1 or 2-flowered; calix bibracteate at tbe base, 1- 

 leared, subcampanulate, border almost equally 5-cleft. 

 Corolla small. Loment biarticulate, horizontally deflected, 

 pubescent, isthmus very narrow as in many Hedysarums, 

 articulations also roundisti-oval. A species possessing 

 scarcely any affinity with the following-, and nearly allied 

 XoSmithia, judging by habit. x\nnual. 



2. hispida, Obs. Annual. Stem erect, 2 or 3 feet high, 

 Lir.sutely scabrous in common with tlie loment, petiole 

 and peduncle. Leaflets very smooth and numerous,- often 

 as many as 49, linear-oblong and obtuse; stipules ovate, 

 acuminate, decurrent at the base; racemes simple, 3 to 5- 

 flowered, and usually bearing also a leaf. Loment con- 

 spicuously stipitate, compressed, slightly sinuated on the 

 lower margin, 6 to 9-jointed. Hab. In the marshes of 

 the Delaware, near Philadelphia, rare; also in Carolina, 

 riowers yellow, externally reddish, and veined. 



A tropical genus of 13 species indigenous to India and 

 America. 



51.1. SESBANIA. Foiret, 



« Calix 5'tootlied, Ze-^z^ me elongated (terete 



