Daubentonia. LEGUMINOS^. 293 



pinnate, with numerous leaflets. Stipules lanceolate, caducous. Racemes 

 axillary, 2-4-flo\vered. Flowers very large. Legumes pendulous, a toot or 

 more long. 



A. grandijlora (Desv.)— If', f Ar7i. I. c. 



a. albijlora: flowers white. W. f Am. I. c.—A. grandiflora, DC. prodr. 

 2, p. 2(36, iEschynomene grandiflora, Linn. 



(i. coccinea : flowers red. \V. d^ Am. I. c. — A. coccinea, Desv. ; DC. I. c. 

 .ffischynomene coccinea, lAnn. 



Southern Florida Dr. Perrine! Key West, Mr. Bennett! Doubtless 

 introduced : originally natives of the East Indies.— Flowers 3-4 inches long, 

 very showy. 



15. SESBANIA. Pers.; Desv. jour. hot. 3. t. 4; DC. prodr. 2. p. 264. 



Species of ^schynomene, Linn. 



Calyx with 2 caducous bracteoles at the base, campanulate, 5-toothed ; the 

 teeth nearly equal. Vexillum larger than the keel, roundish, with one or two 

 adnate callous slightly folded appendages on its claw : keel obtuse, the petals 

 distinct at the base. Stamens diadelphous, the sheath slightly auricled at 

 the base. Legume linear, very long and slender, cylindrical or compressed, 

 many-seeded, much contracted and with transverse partitions between the 

 seeds, but not truly jointed. Seeds cylindrical-oblong, with a little albumen. 

 — Shrubs or herbs. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with numerous leaflets; the 

 petioles ending in a setaceous point. Stipules small, caducous. Peduncles 

 1-several-flowered: flowers usually yellow, 



1. S. macrocarpa (Muhl.) : herbaceous, annual, glabrous ; leaflets linear- 

 elliptical (15-25 pairs), obtuse, mucronulate, slightly glaucous beneath ; ra- 

 cemes 1-4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legume compressed, somewhat 

 ■quadrangular (8-12 inches long), subulate with the narrowly cnsiformbase of 

 the style.— Muhl. cat. p. 68 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 265 ; Null. gen. 2. p. 112; Bart. 

 Ji. Am. Sept. 1. p. 99, t. 28 ; DC. prodr. 2. p. 265. 



Wet places, S. Carolina, Louisiana! Arkansas! and Texas! Aug.-Oct. 

 — Stem 2-4 (-12, Ell.) feet high. Leaves 6-12 inches long. Corolla yel- 

 lowish, dotted with purple externally : vexillum reflexed. Legume about 2 

 lines wide; the margins nearly even (not narrowed between the seeds). 



16. DAUBENTONIA. DC. mem. Leg., f prodr. 2. p. 267. 



Calyx campanulate, somewhat truncate, with 5 minute teeth. Vexillum 

 roundish, stipitate : keel very obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, with the free 

 stamen and the sheath as if geniculate at the base. Style filiform, glabrous. 

 Legume on a long stipe, oblong, compressed, coriaceous [indehiscent], Avith 

 4 wings rising from the margins of the valves and produced beyond the 

 sutures, the seeds separated by transverse partitions.— Mexican shrubs. Sti- 

 pules oblong. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Racemes simple. DC. 



1. D. longifolia? (DC): leaflets 11-12 pairs; racemes rather shorter 

 than the leaf. DC. I. c. — .^schynomene longifolia, Cav. ic. 4. t. 315. Pisci- 

 dia longifolia, Willd. 



