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XIV. SESBAN. 



Herbs or shrubs ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; flowers red 

 or yellow, in axillary racemes ; calyx equally 5-tootlied, with 

 2 deciduous bracts ; standard erect, orbicular ; stamens diadel- 

 phous ; ovary stipitate ; legume long, slender, many-seeded. 



S. MACROCARPA Mulil. LoNG-POD Coffp:e-weed. Annual; 

 stems erect, smooth, widely branched, 5-10 ft. high; leaflets very 

 numerous, oblong-linear, obtuse, nuicronate; racemes 1-4-flowered, 

 shorter tlian the leaves; flowers yellow and red; legume very slen- 

 der, knotted, pendulous, 4-angled, many-seeded, 8-12 in. long. June- 

 September. Damp soil. 



XV. STYLOSANTHES. 



Perennial ; stems slender, branching, wiry ; leaves trifoli- 

 ate ; stipules sheathing and adnate to the petioles ; flowers 

 in terminal heads or short spikes ; calyx tube slender, cam- 

 panulate, unequally 4-5-cleft, the lower lobe longer ; stand- 

 ard erect, orbicular ; stamens monadelphous, alternate stamens 

 longer; style filiform, the upper part deciduous, the lower 

 persistent and hooked at the end ; pod 1-2-jointed, the lower 

 joint empty. 



S. HiFF.oPtA (L.) B. S. P. Stems diffuse or ascending, pubescent 

 or hispid; leaflets lanceolate or ('llii)tical, rigid, veins straight, 

 nearly white; heads few-flowered; flowers yellow, brnets bristly: 

 pod ohovate, reticulate, 2-jointe(l, 1-seeded. Mav-Aui;iist. On div 

 soil. 



XVI. ZORNIA. 



l^erennial herbs ; leaves petioled, palmately 2-4-f()liate ; 

 stii)ules small, sagittate ; flowers in slender, axillary racemes; 

 floral bracts consjjicnons ; calyx 2-lipped, r)-cleft; standard 

 orbicular; stamens monadelphous, alternately shorter; legume 

 compressed, 2-5-j()inted, joints 1 -seeded, 



Z. 1U{A( TKATA (Walt.) (Jmel. Zokma. Stems from Ions; and 

 woodv roots, smooth or puhescent, decinnheut or jooslrah', widely 

 l.niu(''he<l, "J-') ft. loll-: leaves l-roliale: leaflets narrow ly elliptical 

 to oblong-ovate, acute at each end: racemes 1 L'O-tlowi'red, ln'com 



