152 xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). [Smithia. 



filiform, incurved; stigma small, terminal. Pod plicate-retracted 

 within the calyx ; articulations two or many, finally separating". — Herbs 

 or shrubs. 



A small genus, restricted to the Tropics of Asia and Africa. 



§ Eusmithia. — Stipules with an appendage below the point 

 where they are attached 1. S. sensitiva. 



§§ Kotschya, (Endl.).— Stipules not peltate. 



Stems herbaceous, annual 2. S. capitulifera. 



Stems woody. 



Corolla much exceeding the calyx ; racemes few-flowered, 

 distinctly stalked. 

 Keel | in. long, exceeding the standard and wings . . 3. S. nodulosa. 

 Keel 5 in. long, equalling standard and wings . . . . 4. S. ceschyncmenoides. 

 Corolla scarcely exceeding calyx. 



Articulations of pod 7-8 5. S. Kot&chyi. 



Articulations of pod two. 



Leaflets 3-4-jugate, \ in. long 6. S. strobilantha. 



Leaflets 10-1 2-jugate, under 5 in. long 7. S. strigosa. 



1. S. sensitiva, Alton; DC. Prod. ii. 323. Stems herbaceous, 1-2 

 ft. high, copiously and diffusely branched, the branches firm, slender, 

 glabrous, terete. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, scariose, with a large acu- 

 minate spur. Leaves sessile, the rachis about an inch long ; leaflets 

 in 6-8 pairs, linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, the apex 

 rounded, surfaces glabrous except a row of bristles on the edge and 

 midrib beneath. Flowers in heads of 4-6 on glabrous erecto-patent 

 peduncles an inch long from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels 2 lines 

 long, glabrous. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, adpressed to the calyx. 

 Calyx-lobes persistent, becoming |-J in. long, scarious and marked 

 with fine close longitudinal lines, the upper one entire, the lower some-. 

 times 3-toothed. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx when 

 in flower. Bod included, glabrous, 2-4-jointed, papillose. — A. Rich., 

 PL Abyss, i. 203. S. cibyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp Hb. Abyss. 1838. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 

 A common East Indian species. 



2. S. capitulifera, Welw. mss. Stem herbaceous, annual, diffuse, 

 reaching a foot high, very mu6h branched, the branches ascending, 

 weak, straw-coloured, finely bristly. Stipules 2 lines deep, persistent, 

 adnate to the petiole, the free points lanceolate. Petiole 2-3 lines 

 long, finely bristly, articulated where it joins the stipule ; rachis |-f 

 in. long; leaflets in 8-9 pairs, linear-oblong, 3 lines long, texture 

 rigid, midrib much nearer the upper than the lower edge, veins raised, 

 the rachis bristly and veins beneath slightly so, the edge finely ciliated. 

 Flowers 12-30 in very dense terminal rounded heads subtended by 

 reduced leaves. Pedicels short, ciliated, with two rigid persistent lan- 

 ceolate ciliated bracteoles at the apex adpressed to the calyx, which is 

 I in. deep, four-cleft to the base, the upper lobe ligulate with a pro- 

 minent keel and deeply cleft at the apex, the three others ovate and 



