JEschynomene 



LEGUMINOS^ 



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1. JE. amerieana L. Sp. PL 713 (1753); hirsute; leaflets in 

 10-30 pairs, linear, 3-5-nerved ; stipules linear-lanceolate, con- 

 tinued below the attachment, the whole 1-2 cm. 1. — Lam. Illustr. 

 L 629,/. 2 ; Macf. Jam. i. 263 ; BentJi. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 61 

 Grueb. Fl. Br. \V. Ind. 185 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 287. Hedysarum 

 caule &c. Shane Cat. 74 & Hist. i. 186, 1. 118, /. 3. ^schinomene 

 procumbens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 295. (Fig. 7.) Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Sloane Herb. iii. 90! "common on south side, especially about Old 

 Harbour and in the lower hills of Liguanea," Browne ! Wright ! Broughton ! 

 Massonl Macfadyenl Manchester, Pwrdie ! King'sHousegrounds, J.P. 1111, 



Fig. 7. — jEschynomene amerieana L. • 

 A,- Portion of stem with leaf and C, Standard x 5. 



inflorescence x 

 B, Flower opened out X 3. 



D, Wing X 5. 



E, Keel X 5. 



Hart ! Constant Spring, Port Morant, Port Antonio, Lucea, Hitchcock ; 

 Porus, Lloyd; Hope grounds, Harris \ Fl. Jam. 6625, 6957. — West Indies, 

 tropical continental America. 



Stem somewhat shrubby, 2-3 ft., erect or ascending. Leaves 5-7 cm. 1., 

 leaflets linear, mucronate, oblique at the base, finely toothed near the apex 

 of the lower margin, glabrous, -5-1 -5 cm. 1., 1-2 mm.br. Inflorescence 

 laxly few-flowered. Flowers 6-8 mm. 1. Corolla, standard flesh-colour 

 with a tinge of yellow. Pod shortly stalked, 4-8-jointed, contracted between 

 the seeds; joints semicircular, about 5 mm. 1., 3-4 mm. in diam. 



2. JE. biflora comh. nov. ; glandular-hirsute ; leaflets in 4-7 

 pairs, elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 1 -nerved with pinnate 



