Ormocarpiiin.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 331 



20. Aeschynomene, L. 



Erect herbs, undershrubs or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate with 

 very numerous close sensitive linear leaflets ; stipules setaceous 

 or lanceolate ; stipels 0. Flowers yellow, often purple-striate, in 

 axillary rarely "terminal racemes ; bracts stipuliform ; bracteoles 

 2 at the base of the calyx. Calyx deeply 2-lipped, the upper 

 lip entire or bifid the lower entire or trifid, sometimes the lobes 

 subequal. Corolla exsert ; standard orbicular ; wings obliquely 

 obovate, equal to or shorter than the standard, transversely 

 barred; keel petals oblong or falcate, obtuse or acute. Stamens 

 diadelphous, in 2 bundles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. Geary stipi- 

 tate, 2-maiiy-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved ; stigma terminal. 

 Pod a long-stipitate loineiitum with 2-10 flattened 1 -seeded easily 

 separating joints. Seeds subreniform. estrophiolate. 



Stems slender, woody ; flowers small, the calyx membranous, glabrous ; 

 upper suture of the pod straight, up to 1'5 in. long, joints about "15 in. 



in diam., smooth or papillose on the faces 1. indica. 



Stems stout, pith-like j flowers large, the calyx '4 in. long, hispid ; 

 upper suture of the pod indented almost as the lower, up to 2'5 in. 

 long, joints '4 in. long by '3 in. broad, echinulate opposite the seeds 



2. aspera. 



1. AESCHYNOMENE INDICA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 151 ; W. & A. 

 219; Wt, Ic. t. 405. 



In most Districts, in wet pasture land near water, up to 

 3,000 ft, in hilly country. 



A slender undershrub with numerous minute leaflets and 

 viscid inflorescence. Vem. Tel. Tiga jeluga. 



2. AESCHYNOMENE ASPERA. Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 152 ; W. & A. 

 219; Wt, Ic. t. 299. 



Borders of ponds and tanks in the Deccan and Carndtic, 

 not very common. 



A tall soft perennial shrub reaching 10 ft. in height, the 

 stems easily floating. They are used for making sun hats, 

 fishing floats, toys, and for many other purposes. Yern. 

 Hind. Sola ; Tel. Nir jiluza : Tarn. Attuneddi. 



21. Ormocarpum, Beauv. 



Shrubs. Leaves imparipiiinate or 1-foliolate; leaflets alternate, 

 exstipellate ; stipules small, striate. Flowers in short few-flowered 



