jEschynomene.} xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 14? 



Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile, Binder. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- 

 Dilbn ! ParJcyns ! 



No. 615 of Speke and Grant's collection is probably distinct, but the specimen does 

 not furnish any character to separate it clearly. Their note upon it is — " A high busby 

 tree ; Waganda make shields of its light wood ; Wanyaro use it as trimmers and door- 

 bolts; Wanyamuezi as load-levers." 



5. JE, sensitiva, Swartz ; DC. Prod. ii. 320. A shrub with glabrous 

 or slightly viscid terete slender branches. Stipules J-f in. lanceolate 

 caducous. Petioles short, viscid, the rachis 1 J in. long ; leaflets in 15- 

 20 pairs, linear-oblong", 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, glabrous, glaucous, 

 sensitive. Flowers 2-4 in very lax corymbs with leaves from the lower 

 nodes. Bracts ovate, membranous like the stipules. Pedicels viscous. 

 Calyx 2 lines deep, cleft nearly to the base. Corolla yellow, not more 

 than \ in. deep. Pod 1J-2 in. long, 6-9-jointed, the lowest articula- 

 tion on a pedicel \ in. long, the upper suture nearly straight, lower 

 deeply indented, both considerably thickened, the face in our plant 

 with a few scattered setse. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 



A common American plant, extending from the West Indies to Brazil. 



6. JE, indica, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 320. An annual or biennial 1-3 

 ft. high, with pale glabrous or casually slightly bristly branchlets. 

 Stipules lanceolate, |— J in. with a lanceolate spur, caducous. Petioles 

 2-3 lines ; rachis 1J-3 in. long; leaflets 15-20-jugate, linear-oblong, 

 2-4 lines long, sensitive, glaucous below. Flowers 2-4 in lax short- 

 peduncled racemes. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, membranous, 1-1 J lines. 

 Pedicels 1J— 3 lines. Calyx 2— 2£ lines, cleft down to the base. Corolla 

 pale yellow, very fugacious, half as long again as the calyx. Pod 12- 

 15 lines long, J in. broad, recurved, the upper suture not at all, the 

 lower very little indented ; articulations 6-10, smooth or slightly 

 rugose on the faces ; pedicel exceeding the calyx. — JE. sensitiva, Beauv. 

 Fl. Owar. 89, t. 53, non Swartz. JE. macropoda, DC. Prod. loc. cit. 

 JE. quadrata, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 356. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot I Perrottet I Gold Coast, Beauvois, Thon- 

 ning, Vogel ! and others. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy ! In marshes generally from 5° S. to 2° N., Speke 

 and Grant I 



Lower Guinea. Ambaca, Dr. WelwiUch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



7. JE, aspera, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 320. Stems erect, annual or 

 biennial, 3-4 ft. high, herbaceous, but sometimes \ in. thick at the 

 base, filled with soft white pith, usually glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 

 J-J in. long. Petioles |-1 in. long, glabrous. Rachis 3-6 in. long, 

 the sensitive membranous leaflets in 30-50 pairs, linear-oblong, J-f 

 in. lon£, i in. broad. Flowers in lax corymbs of 2-4 each on short 

 peduncles from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels slender, glabrous, or 

 slightly bristly. Bracts ovate, membranous. Calyx bristly, J in. 

 deep, cleft nearly to the base. Corolla 8-9 lines long, yellow, hairy 

 on the outside. Pod 2-3 in. long, £ in. broad, with 6-8 articulations, 



