Geissaspis.] xlvii. LEGUMiNOSiE. 6oi 



north, Kedah, Alor Sta. Perils, Kanga, common (Ridley). Distrib. 

 India, Burma, Cambodia. 



33. ZORNIA, Gmel. 



Annual herbs. Bracts large coriaceous; leaflets i to 2 pairs, 

 dotted. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx minute; upper teeth 

 short, connate, lowest shorter. Corolla exsert yellow; standard 

 broad. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary sessile ; ovules many. 

 Pod of several flattened, muricate joints, i-seeded. Species 10, 

 all but 2 American. 



(i) Z. diphylla P(?rs. Synops. ii. 318; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 147; Prain, I.e. 126. 



A diffuse prostrate annual. Branches wiry, 18 in. long. Leaves 

 •25 in. long; leaflets i pair lanceolate, "5 in. long, "12 in. wide, 

 dotted glabrous. Stipules lanceolate with a long spur. Racemes 

 3- to i2-flowered, i to 3 in. long. Bracts ovate acute, '2 in. long. 

 Corolla pale orange or yellow, very small. Pods "4 in. long, joints 

 I to 6, pubescent, prickly. Hab. Sandy places, Singapore, Changi 

 and Galang. Penang, Fort Cornwallis (Burkill). Distrib. Cosmo- 

 politan. 



34. SMITHIA, Ait. 



Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaflets many; leaf-rachis ending in 

 a bristle. Stipules scarious, large auricled. Flowers racemose 

 axillary. Calyx 2-lipped, lips entire. Corolla exsert. Standard 

 orbicular. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5. Ovary linear; ovules 

 many. Pod of several joints folded in calyx. Species 20 to 30, 

 Old World tropics. 



(i) S. sensitiva Ait. Hort. Kew, cd. 1,111.496; Baker, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I. I.e. 148; Prain, I.e. 126; Salisb. Parad. t. 92. 



Diffuse spreading herb. Base woody, glabrous. Branches i to 3 

 ft. long. Leaf "5 to i in. long, sparsely bristly ; leaflets 3 to 10 pairs, 

 •25 to -4 in. long, oblong blunt, edges and midrib bristly. Racemes 

 I- to 6-flowered; peduncles -3 in. long; pedicels -15 in. long. Bracts 

 small ovate acute, scarious. Calyx -25 to 3 in. long, lips sub- 

 acute, bristly. Corolla yellow, -4 in. long. Pod of 4 to 6 joints, faces 

 papillose. Hab. Sandy spots. Perak, Tambun near Ipoh. Perils 

 at Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. S.E. Asia, Africa. 



35. AESCHYNOMENE, Linn. 



Erect herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves with very numerous 

 odd-pinnate linear narrow leaflets. Flowers few in racemes. 

 Calyx 2-lipped, faintly toothed. Corolla thin, yellow; standard 

 orbicular, keel not beaked. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5. Ovary 

 stalked linear; style fihform incurved. Pod hnear, stalked with 

 4 to 8 flat i-seeded joiats. About 30 species, tropics generally. 



