LEGUMINOSJE. CL. ^SCIIYNOMENE. 



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ties ; leaves with 10 pairs of oval-linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; 

 peduncles compound, many-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 pedicels recurved ; legumes glabrous, having few joints. ^> . 1 S. 

 Native of Cayenne. IE. cassioides, Desv. 

 Porcupine JEschynomene. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



23 JE. PACCI'JUGA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) stem terete, beset 

 with bristly, rather glandular hairs, as well as the petioles, pe- 

 duncles, and bracteas ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of obovate, obtuse, 

 rather mucronate leaflets, which are hardly pubescent ; racemes 

 many-flowered, compound ; stipulas and bracteas ovate, acute, 

 striated ; legumes smoothish. Tj . ? S. Native of Cayenne. 



/ ar. ft, subscabra (D. C. 1. c.) legume scabrous from short 

 stiff down. Native of South America. 



Fen'-paircd-lea&etted JEschynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



24 IE. MICRA'NTIIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 321.) stems herba- 

 ceous, procumbent, pubescent ; leaves with 2-4 pairs of small 

 obovate-roundiah, rather mucronate leaflets, which are scarcely 

 pubescent; pedicels axillary, 1-2-flowered, length of leaves; 

 joints of legume glabrous, compressed, nearly orbicular. Ti. S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Hedysarum micranthos, Poir. diet. 6. 

 p. 446. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



Small-Jlowcred jEschynomene. PI. prostrate. 



25 JE. VISCI'DULA (Michx. fl. bar. amer. 2. p. 75. but not of 

 Willd.) plant clothed with clammy pubescence ; steins herba- 

 ceous, slender, prostrate ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of obovate leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles 1-2-flowered; legumes pubescent, with 2 oval- 

 roundish joints. O- H. Native of Florida and Cumberland 

 Island, in sandy places. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 111. JE. pros- 

 trata, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 76. This plant has very much the habit 

 of a species of Smithia. 



Viscid vEschynomene. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. r 1816. PI. pros. 



26 IE. FALCA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 322.) stem much branched, 

 villous ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of obovate, cuneated, villous leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles usually 2-flowered, elongated; legumes falcate, 

 with roundish pubescent joints. Native of Brazil, at Rio 

 Janeiro. Hedysarum falcatum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 448. 



Falcate-podded jEschynomene. PI. 1 foot. 



27 JE. BRASILIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 322.) stems diffuse, 

 clothed with glandular pili ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of ovate-elliptic, 

 pubescent, rather ciliated leaflets ; racemes divaricate, loose ; 

 joints of legume rather inflated, hispid, and clammy. Native of 



lini/il, at Ilio Janeiro. Hedysarum Brasilianum, Poir. diet. 6. 

 p. 448. 



Brazilian JEschynomene. PI. diffuse. 



28 IE. MICROPHY'LIA (Desv. ined. in herb. mus. paris. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 322.) stem terete, clothed with stiff villi ; leaves 

 with 20-30 pairs of pubescent, oblong, obtuse, much crowded, 

 small leaflets ; racemes much longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 glabrous, having 1-2 semi-ovate joints. Native of Brazil. 

 Bracteas 3, permanent at the origin of the pedicels, and 3 times 

 shorter than them. Bracteoles 2, adpressed under the bilabiate 

 calyx. 



Small-leaved JEschynomene. PL 1 foot. 



29 JE. E'LEGANS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 583.) 

 plant herbaceous ; stems diffuse, weak, terete, beset with spread- 

 ing pili at the apex ; leaves with 5-8 pairs of elliptic, obtuse, 

 mucronate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed pili ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolate, ciliately-serrated ; racemes 5-7-flowered, much 

 longer than the leaves ; legume on a long stipe, which is one- 

 half the length of the legume, puberulous, and usually with 6 

 joints. Q. S. Native of Mexico, on hills near Jalapa, and at 

 Hacienda de la Laguna. IE. mimosoides, Sesse et Moc. mss. 

 Stems rather flexuous. 



Elegant JEschynomene. PL 3 feet. 



30 IE. FASCICULA'RIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaca. 5. p. 

 .)S1.) shrubby, erect, clothed with somewhat strigose, adpressed, 



cinereous down ; branches angular ; leaves with 20 or more pairs 

 of linear, acute, mucronate leaflets, which are almost glabrous 

 above ; racemes short, axillary ; flowers in fascicles, on short 

 pedicels ; legume on a short stipe, 4jointed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico, between La Laguna verde and Actopan. Leaves 

 small. Legumes large. Stipe of legume hardly exserted from 

 the calyx. Stipulas lanceolate, acuminate, nerved. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Fascicular-fioviered JEschynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



{ Little known or doubtful species. 



31 IE. DIVI V SA (Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 31.) 

 stem shrubby, smooth; petioles strigose; leaves with 12-15 

 pairs of linear acute leaflets ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves ; joints of legume semi-orbicular, hispid ; vexil- 

 lum of 2 petals. T? . S. Native of Brazil. The vexillum is 

 said to be obcordate, and constantly composed of 2 petals, which 

 is a circumstance not to be found in any other papilionaceous 

 flower, but perhap.s the vexillum is only profoundly bipartite, or 

 perhaps the flower is resupinate, and the 2-petalled keel has 

 been taken for the vexillum. 



Divided JEschynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



32 /. BONE'STA (Nees et Mart. 1. c. p. 32.) branches hispid 

 at the apex ; leaves with 10-11 pairs of linear, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets ; legumes disposed in something like a corymb, when 

 young clothed with hispid pubescence, but glabrous in the adult 

 state; vexillum broad, entire. Jj.S. Native of Brazil. Said 

 to be nearly allied to /. sensitlva. Flowers yellow. 



Honest jEschynomcne. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



33 IE. SCOPA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 532.) 

 plant diffuse ; branches elongated, twiggy, straight, angular, and 

 are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with silky-silvery down ; 

 leaves with 10-14 pairs of oblong, mucronulate, half-cordate 

 leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed down on both sur- 

 faces ; peduncles axillary, twin, few-flowered; legumes puberu- 

 lous, usually 3 -jointed. Tj . S. Native of Peru, near Guanca- 

 bamba. Flowers yellow. 



Broom jEschynomene. Shrub diffuse. 



31 JE. MOLLI'CULA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) suffruticose ; 

 branches elongated, clothed with yellowish-silky down ; leaves 

 with 18-20 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate, semi-cordate leaf- 

 lets, which are puBescent on both surfaces, as well as the rachis 

 and calyx ; peduncles axillary, short, few-flowered^ legumes 

 falcate, 1-6-jointed, pubescent. t?. S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros. Flowers yellow. 



Soft JEschynomene. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



35 IE. PILOSA (Poir. diet. 4. p. 450.) stem herbaceous, pilose, 

 compressedly tetragonal at the apex ; leaflets oval, retuse, mu- 

 cronate, glabrous ; racemes hairy, many-flowered ; joints of le- 

 gumes scabrous in the centre. () S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Nerves of leaves blackish. 



Pilose JEschynomene. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



36 IE. PUBE'SCENS (Poir. diet. 4. p. 451.) stem herbaceous, 

 glabrous ; branches spreading ; leaflets elliptic, retuse, mucro- 

 nate, pubescent ; racemes terminal, glabrous, many-flowered ; 

 calyx 5 -cleft ; joints of legume rather scabrous. O- ? S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Pubescent JEschynomene. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



37 JE. BREVIFOLIA (Poir. diet. 4. p. 451.) plant glabrous, and 

 dwarf; stems filiform; leaves with 2 pairs of roundish, mucro- 

 nate, glaucous leaflets ; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; calyx 5-toothed ; 

 legumes on long stipes, having 3-4 rather remote joints. Native 

 of Madagascar. Flowers small, yellow. 



Short-leaved jEschynomene. PL -g- foot. 



38 JE. HIRSU'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 322.) stem scabrous and 



