LEGUMINOS^E. CXIV. SESBANIA. CXV. AGATI. CXVI. GLOTTIDIUM. 



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glabrous; leaves having 10-30 pairs of oblong-linear, very blunt, 

 mucronate leaflets ; petioles pubescent above ; racemes many- 

 flowered ; corolla G-times longer than the calyx ; legumes com- 

 pressed, somewhat torulose, 3 or 4 times the length of the petiole. 

 Q. ? S. Native of Senegal. Flowers yellow, 8-9 lines long, 

 having the vexillum spotted with purple on the outside. 



Spotted-flowered Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



10 S. PACHYCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 

 glabrous ; leaflets oblong-linear, very blunt, and rather mucro- 

 nate ; petioles smooth ; racemes 4-6-flowered, somewhat corym- 

 bose ; corolla 3-times longer than the calyx ; legumes rather 

 terete, thick, 3-times the length of the rachis. Q.?S. Native 

 of Senegal. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum variegated 

 with purple spots. Legume acuminated, 6-8 inches long. 



Thick-fruited Sesban. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



11 S. PI'CTA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 316.) plant herbaceous, gla- 

 brous; leaves with 12-16 pairs of oblong-linear obtuse leaflets; 

 racemes many-flowered, nodding ; corolla 3-times the length of 

 the calyx ; legumes filiform, when young terete, but at length 

 becoming compressed, torulose, twice the length of the petioles. 



$ . S. Native of New Spain. .ZEschynomene picta, Cav. icon. 



4. p. 7. t. 314. Coronilla picta, Willd. 1. c. Corolla yellow, 

 having the vexillum variegated with black dotted lines. There 

 is a variety of this plant with 1-flowered peduncles, but this is 

 very rare. 



Painted-ftowered Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



12 S. MACROCA'RPA (Muhl. ex Ell. sketch. 2. p. 221.) plant 

 herbaceous, glabrous ; leaflets elliptic, glaucescent beneath, 

 many-pairs ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; legumes rather 

 terete, elongated. O- H. Native of Louisiana, and in the 

 island of Paris. Flowers yellowish. Racemes shorter than the 

 leaves. 



Long-fruited Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 3 ft. 



13 S. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 

 clothed with adpressed villous pubescence ; leaflets oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronate, about 20 pairs ; racemes 7-8-flowered ; le- 

 gumes filiform, shorter than the petiole. O- S. Native of 

 Guinea. .iEschynomene pubescens, Vahl. ined. Flowers yellow. 



Pubescent Sesban. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



14 S. PALUDOSA (Jacq. hort. vind. ex sem. miss. D. C. pi. 

 rar. jard. gen. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, glabrous ; 

 leaflets elliptic-linear, obtuse, mucronate, 10-20 pairs ; racemes 

 usually 2-flowered ; legume terete, rather compressed, and some- 

 what torulose, length of rachis. Q. S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Corolla yellow, but with the vexillum rather brownish, 

 and the top of the keel purplish. Perhaps the same as -flischy- 

 nomene paludSsa of Roxb. 



Marsh Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



15 S. GRA'CILIS (Schrad. cat. sem. goett. 1819. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 265.) plant glabrous ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronulate leaflets ; rachis of leaves smooth ; racemes 

 few-flowered ; legumes compressed, rather torulose, erect, twice 

 the length of the rachis, apiculated by the style, which is twice 

 the length of the ultimate joint. O- S. Native country un- 

 known. Very nearly allied to the following species. 



Slender Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



16 S. LEPTOCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant herbaceous, 

 glabrous ; leaves with about 20 pairs of linear, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate leaflets ; racemes few-flowered, erect ; legumes filiform, 

 terete, torulose, twice the length of the rachis ; style shorter 

 than the ultimate joint of the pod. Q. ? S. Native of Senegal. 

 Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum dotted with black, as in 



5. picta. 



Slender-fruited Sesban. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 

 VOL. u. 



17 S. XONGIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 265.) plant shrubby, 

 glabrous ; leaves with from 7-18 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, mucro- 

 nulate, glaucous leaflets ; racemes many-flowered ; legumes 

 linear, torulose, acute. T? . S. Native of New Spain. ./Eschy- 

 nomene longifolia, Ort. dec. 9. p. 70. Flowers yellow. Stems 

 and fruit purplish. 



Long-leaved Sesban. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



18 S. SERI'CEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 266.) plant herbaceous; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronate, narrowest at the base, silky 

 beneath. O- S. Native country unknown. Coronilla sericea, 

 Willd. enum. 773. Said to be nearly allied to S. canndbina. 



Silky Sesban. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



19 S.COCHIN-CHINE'SSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 266.) stem suffru- 

 ticose ; leaves with 15 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronulate leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles 3-flowered ; legumes filiform, torulose, erect. 



J? . S. Native of Cochin-china. Coronilla Cochin-chinensis, 

 Lour. coch. p. 452. Flowers yellow. 



Cochtn-China Sesban. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. All the species of this genus require a heat of 70 de- 

 grees of Fahrenheit, or they will not thrive. The shrubby kinds 

 are increased by cuttings, and the annual species by seeds, which 

 sometimes ripen in this country. 



CXV. AGA'TI (Touri or Agati is the name of A. grandi- 

 flora in the Sanscrit language). Rheed. hort. mal. t. 51. Adans. 

 fam. 2. p. 326. Desf. journ. bot. 3. p. 120. t. 4. f. 6. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, trun- 

 cate, obtusely 5-toothed, repand. Vexillum oval-oblong, shorter 

 than the wings. Wings oblong. Keel large, straightish, with its 

 petals free at the base and apex. Stamens diadelphous, some- 

 what exserted, with the sheath furnished with large auricles 

 above the base. Style filiform,, straightish. Legume tapering 

 into a stipe, compressed, linear, 2-valved, transversely many- 

 celled inside, but with the upper suture prominent and truncate, 

 not truly articulated. Seeds ovate, solitary in the cells. Indian 

 trees, with lanceolate stipulas, abruptly-pinnate leaves, having 

 many pairs of leaflets ; large flowers ; few-flowered racemes, and 

 with legumes a foot and a half long. 



1 A. GRANDIFLO' RA (Desv. 1. c.) leaflets glabrous; legumes 

 evidently compressed. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, where 

 it is called Tauri or Agati. Rheed. mal. 1. p. 95. t. 51. 

 Rumph. amb. 1. t. 76. .^Eschynomene grandiflora, Lin. spec. 

 1050. Coronilla grandiflora, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1145. Sesbania 

 grandiflora, Poir. diet. 7. p. 127. Dolichos arboreus, Forsk. 

 descr. 134. Flowers of a rusty-yellow colour according to 

 Forsk. but according to Roxb. they are white or rose-red. The 

 seeds are agreeable to domestic birds. The bark is bitter and 

 tonic. 



Great-flowered Agati. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. Tree 14 

 to 26 feet. 



2 A. COCCI'NEA (Desv. 1. c.) leaflets powdery ; legumes rather 

 terete. f? . S. Native of the East Indies and the Society 

 Islands. jEschynomene coccinea, Lin. fil. suppl. 330. Coronilla 

 coccinea, Willd. 1. c. Sesbania coccinea, Poir. 1. c Rumph. 

 amb. 1. t. 77. Flowers red, rather smaller than those of the 

 other species, but similar. 



Scarlet-fiowered Agati. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. Tree 

 20 to 30 feet. 



Cult. See Salinea for culture and propagation, p. 239. 



CXVI. GLOTTI'DIUM (from y\u,aoa or yWra, glotta, a 

 tongue ; in reference to the valves of the legume separating into 

 two membranes each, which has been compared to the superior 

 opening of the larynx). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 119. t. 1. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 266. 

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