Sesbania 



LEGUMINOS^ 



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Racemes 2-flowered, very short. Calyx campanulate, toothed-wavy, about 



2 cm. 1. Corolla 6-7 cm. 1., rosy- white or red. Pod compressed, elongate, 

 linear, with swollen margins, slightly torulose, pendulous, to more than 



3 dm. 1. ; seeds separated by ingrowths from the walls.] 



§ 4. Herb sometimes shrubby below, or shrubs, not twining 

 nor climbing, or rarely shrubs, or even (in* Brya) small 

 trees. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 1-several, or digi- 

 tately 2-4-foliolate in Zornia ; petiole not bearing a 

 tendril. Stamens 10, united into a sheath, closed or split 

 above or both above and below, or sometimes the upper- 

 most stamen is more or less free. Pod jointed, not 

 or rai'ely opening along the lower margin; joints 1 -seeded, 

 usually breaking away from one another when ripe ; 

 sometimes by abortion of the ovules 1-jointed and 1-seeded. 



6. BRYA DC. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate (in B. Ebenus, 

 1-3 foliolate with scarcely any common petiole). Stipules (in 

 Jamaican species) subspinescent. Flowers in axillary or sub- 

 terminal cymes or clusters. Bracts and bracteoles small, 

 persistent. Calyx 5-lobed. Standard roundish. All the stamens 



I'ig. (Ci.—Brya Ebenus DC. 



A, Upper portion of flowering branch x 3. 



B, Flower with corolla removed X 3. 



C, Standard x 2. 



(After Bot. Mag.) 



D, Wiuf; x 3. 



E, Keel X 3. 



F, Ovary and style X 5. 



