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LEGUMINOS^E. CL. /ESCHYNOMENE. CLI. SMITHIA. CLII. LOUREA. 



hairy ; racemes 3-flowered : bracteas ciliatcly serrated ; legumes 

 hairy. Q. S. Native of New Spain. JE. hirta, Lag. nov. gen. 

 et spec. 22. but not of Lam. 



Hirsute JEschynomene. PI. 1 foot. 



39 JR. HI'RTA (Lam. ill. 629. f. 1. Poir. diet. 4. p. 450.) 

 plant hispid in every part ; stem herbaceous ; branches terete ; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of oval-linear mucronulate leaflets ; racemes 

 terminal, many-flowered ; calyx 5-parted, having the lobes 

 nearly equal, and subulate at the apex ; legumes hairy, with the 

 joints tumid and tubercled in the centre. O. S. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



Hairy jEschynomene. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



40 JE. ARBOKEA (Lin. spec. 1060.) stem arboreous, smooth; 

 joints of legume semi-cordate, glabrous. Jj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers large, copper-coloured. Perhaps a species 

 of Desmodium. Perhaps D. Mauritianum. 



Arboreous jEschynomene. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



41 JE. ? HETEROPHY'LLA (Lour, cochin, p. 446.) shrubby ; 

 branches tomentose ; lower leaves ternate, with ovate leaflets, 

 superior ones impari-pinnate, with roundish leaflets ; peduncles 

 many-flowered; calyx 4-toothed ; stamens monadelphous ; le- 

 gumes pilose, with cordate joints. T? . G. Native of the north 

 of Cochin-china. Flowers small, white. This plant ought cer- 

 tainly to be removed from the present genus. 



Variable-leaved .Slschynomene. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



42 JE. ? CRE'PITANS (Jacq. fragm. 37. t. 42. f. 2.) stem ar- 

 boreous ; leaves glabrous, young ones decompound ; legumes 

 stipitate, glabrous, linear, the seeds intercepted by cellular sub- 

 stance ; the sutures prominent, but retaining the joints. ^ . S. 

 Native of Caraccas. Perhaps a species of Mimosa. 



Rattling ,/Eschynomene. Tree. 



Cult. The species of this genus require more than an ordi- 

 nary degree of heat to preserve them through the winter, so that 

 they are seldom kept alive through the winter in this country, 

 and consequently never grow to a flowering state. Rich loam 

 suits them best, and cuttings may be rooted in sand under a 

 hand-glass in heat ; however, they are not worth growing except 

 in botanical gardens. 



CLI. SMl'THIA (in honour of the late Sir James Edward 

 Smith, M.D. F.R.S. and P.L S. founder of the Linnaean society, 

 and possessor of the Linnaean herbarium ; author of English 

 Botany, English Flora, Flora Britannica, and the botanical part 

 of Rees' cyclopaedia; died in 1829, in the 69th year of his 

 age). Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 496. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 336. 

 Lam. ill. 627. Desv, journ. bot. 3. p. 121. t. 4. f. 12. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 323. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bipartite. Corolla 

 papilionaceous. Stamens divided into 2 equal bundles. Legume 

 transversely articulated, plicate, inclosed in the calyx. This 

 genus is nearly allied to JEschynumene, but is distinguished from 

 it in the legume being inclosed with incumbent joints. The 

 calyx, stamens, and habit are that of /Eschynomene, but the pods 

 are that of Lourea, 



1 S. SENSITIVE (Ait. 1. c. t. 13. Sal. par. lond. t. 92.) lips of 

 calyx entire ; racemes pedunculate, 3-5-flowered. Q.S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Petagnana sensitiva, Gmel. syst. p. 

 1119. Coronilla Surattensis, Garc. in herb. Burm. confused 

 with Galega senticosa, Burm. fl. ind. 172. Leaves with many 

 pairs of small leaflets. Plant trailing. Flowers yellow. 



Sensitive Smithia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1785. PI. procumbent. 



2 S. CONFE'RTA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. 33. no. 2.) lips of calyx 

 toothed at the apex ; racemes sessile, shorter than the leaves. 

 O- ? S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. Smithia 

 capitals, Desv. 1. c. Flowers yellow. 



Crowded-flowered Smithia. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. PI. proc. 



FIG. 43. 



3 S. GEMINIFLORA (Roth. nov. spec. 352.) lips of calyx en- 

 tire ; racemes pedunculate, 2-flowered. O- S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers probably purple. Calyxes or bracteas 

 ending in a setose mucrone. On the pagina of the leaf the 

 supine bristles or hairs are more copious than in S. sensith-a. 



Twin-fajvered Smithia. Fl. July. Clt. 1810. PI. proc. 



( A doubtful species. 



4 S. SPICA'TA (Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 160.) spikes of flowers 

 on very short peduncles, secund, distich, very hairy ; leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate : stem shrubby ; stamens monadelphous. T; . S. 

 Native of Senegambia. In every particular this plant differs 

 from Smithia, but its legitimate genus is unknown. 



S/w'^e-flowered Smithia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Lourea for culture and propagation. 



CLII. LOU'REA (the meaning of this name is unknown to 

 us, but it is apparently the name of some person). Neck. elem. 

 no. 1318. Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 122. t. 5. f. 18. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 323. but not of Jaum. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, per- 

 manent, 5-cleft (f. 43. a.), with equal spreading lobes, when in 

 fruit inflated and conniving at the apex. Corolla papilionaceous, 

 with an obcordate vexillum (f. 43. d.), and an obtuse keel (f. 43. 

 6.). Stamens diadelphous (f. 43. c.). Legume with 4-6 flat 

 1 -seeded joints (f. 43. z.), bent backward into plaits (f. 43. .), 

 which nestle within the calyx Erect Indian plants, with seta- 

 ceous stipulas, simple or trifoliate leaves, and long terminal 

 racemes of purple or white flowers. 



1 L. VESPERTIL10NIS (DeSV. 1. C.) 



lateral leaflets wanting or very small, 

 terminal one large, transversely 

 and falcately oblong, 10-times the 

 breadth of the length. Q.S. Na- 

 tive of Cochin-china. Hedysarum 

 vespertilionis, Lin. fil. suppl. 331. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 566. Christia 

 lunata, Moench. suppl. 39. Corolla 

 white, spreading. Leaves cres- 

 cent-shaped, 4 lines long, and 2 

 inches broad, variegated with yel- 

 low, red, and green (f. 43.). 



/fa/-7i'mg-leaved Lourea. Fl. 

 July, Sept. Clt. 1780. PI. 2 to 

 4 feet. 



2 L. OBCORDA V TA (Desv. 1. c.) 

 leaves rather pubescent ; lateral 



leaflets small, ovate-obcordate, rarely wanting, terminal one 

 shorter than broad. Q. S. Native of Java and Timor. Hedy- 

 sarum obcordatum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 425. 



Obcordate-\eafietted Lourea. PL 2 to 4 feet. 



3 L. RENIFORMIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 324.) leaves simple, trans- 

 versely-reniform, others trifoliate, with the lateral leaflets smaller 

 and oval ; racemes opposite the leaves, and longer than them. 

 0. S. Native in the suburbs of Canton. Hedysarum reni- 

 forme, Lour. coch. p. 447. exclusive of the synonymes. Hedys. 

 Loureirii, Spreng. syst. append, p. 292. Flowers violaceous. 

 Very like the first species. 



Reniform-\eavct[ Lourea. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. proc. 



Cult. The species of Lourea have a rather singular appear- 

 ance from their kidney-shaped painted leaves. Being annuals 

 their seeds should be sown in pots, filled with a mixture of peat 

 and sand, with a little loam, and placed in a hot-bed, and when 

 the plants have grown 2 inches high, they should be planted into 

 separate small pots, and afterwards shifted into larger ones as 

 they grow. 



