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to the corolla. Corolla with minute wings, almost shorter than 

 the tube of the calyx. Stamens monadelphous. Legume 

 roundish, 1-2-seeded. Plants with usually pinnate leaves, hav- 

 ing the terminal or odd leaflet sessile. Stipulas distinct from 

 the petiole. Peduncles axillary, elongated, bearing dense spikes 

 of reddisli flowers. This genus differs from Anllii/llis in the 

 wings of the flower being small, and in the calycine segments 

 being longer. The plants have the habit of Onobri/chis. 



1 E. CUE'TICA (Lin. spec. 1076.) shrubby ; leaves rarely tri- 

 foliate, usually impari-pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets and an 

 odd sessile one ; leaflets oblong-linear ; stipulas connected, and 

 therefore bifid at the apex and opposite the leaves ; spikes of 

 (lowers ovate-cylindrical. fj . F. Native of Candia. Anthyl- 

 lis Cretica, Lam. diet. 1. p. 203. Sims, bot. mag. 1092. Alp. 

 exot. t. 278. Barrel, icon. t. 377. and 913. Flowers large, 

 reddish, or purple. Staminiferous tube elegantly striated. 



Cretan Ebony. Fl. June,July. Clt. 1737. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 E. HNNA'TA (Desf. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1. p. 21. t. 3. fl. 

 atl. 2. p. 152.) plant herbaceous ; leaves pinnate, with 4-5 pairs 

 of linear or oblong leaflets, with an odd one ; stipulas distinct, 

 acuminated ; stem beset with soft hairs ; spikes of flowers 

 ovate. $ . F. Native of Barbary, on uncultivated hills. Lher. 

 stirp. nov. t. 38. Hedys. sericeum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 83. t. 41. 

 Anthyllis sericea, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1014. Onobrychis, &c. 

 Shaw, spec.no. 431. Onobr. sericea, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 205. 

 Bracteas ovate, acute, concave, one under each flower. Corolla 

 reddish, shorter than the calyx. 



PinH<e-leaved Ebony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. PI. 1 ft. 



3 E. SIBTHORPII (D. C. legum. mem. vii. t. 53.) plant herba- 

 ceous; leaves impari-pinnate, with 4-5 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 imicronate leaflets ; stipulas distinct, acuminate, bifid ; stem 

 clotlu d with adpressed pubescence ; spikes spherical. $ . H. 

 Native of Mounts Atlas and Parnassus. E. pinnata, Smith, fl. 

 grace, prod. 3. p. 92. exclusive of the synonyme of Desf. and 

 Willd. Onobrychis orientalis, &c. Tourn. cor. 26. Leaves rather 

 silky. Bracteas 3-4, broad, ovate, appearing like an involucrum 

 at the base of each head of flowers. Corolla purplish, about equal 

 in length to the calyx. 



Sibthorp's Ebony. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. The species of this genus are propagated by seeds, 

 which should be sown in pots in autumn, and placed in a frame 

 or greenhouse, and in the month of May, when the plants will 

 have attained a proper size, they should be planted singly in 

 small pots, filled with a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, and 

 the plants shifted into larger pots as they grow, some of them 

 may be planted out into the open border, in a sheltered situation, 

 where they will probably survive the winter with a little protec- 

 tion, if not too severe. 



CLXIII. FLEMI'NGIA (in honour of John Fleming, M.D. 

 F.R.S. and F.L.S., &c., an acute botanist, formerly President 

 of the honourable East India Company's medical establishment 

 in Bengal). Roxb. cor, 3. p. 44. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. 

 p. 349. D. C. prod. 2. p. 351. Millingtonia, Roxb. mss. 



LIN. SYST. Diadtlphia, Decundria. Calyx acutely 5-cleft, 

 4 of the segments almost equal, but the lowest one is much 

 longer than the rest. Corolla papilionaceous. Vexillum striated. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Legume sessile, oval, turgid, 2-valved, 

 1-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds spherical. Herbs or shrubs, natives 

 of the East Indies. Stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, deciduous. 

 Leaves petiolate. Flowers red or purple, disposed in axillary 

 crowded racemes. This genus is perhaps more nearly allied to 

 Rhynchbsia, and therefore perhaps referrible to tribe Phascoleee, 

 especially in the seeds being spherical. 



SECT. I. FLEMINGIA'STRUM (an alteration from the generic 



name). Flowers naked, or propped with small deciduous brae- 

 teas. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets sessile. 



1 F. STRI'CTA (Roxb. 1. c. t. 248.) stem herbaceous, almost 

 simple, straight ; leaflets feather-nerved, broad-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous ; racemes axillary, solitary, length of petioles ; bracteas 

 very long, acuminated, deciduous. 1(1. S. Native of Coroman- 

 del. Crotalaria macrophylla, Puer. herb. Flowers purple. 



Straight-stemmed Flemingia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1798. 

 PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



2 F. SEMIALA'TA (Roxb. 1. c. t. 249.) stem shrubby, branched ; 

 branches silky, erectish ; leaflets 3-nerved, elliptic, acuminated, 

 glabrous above, but clothed with silky pubescence beneath ; 

 petioles winged at the apex ; spikes branched, panicled, ter- 

 minal, and axillary ; bracteas ovate, mucronate, villous. Tj . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 242. F. paniculata, 

 Dietr. ex Steud. Flowers pale red. 



Half-winged-petioled Flemingia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 F. coNGE'sTA(Roxb. inhort. kew. 4. p. 349.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets broad-lanceolate, lateral ones 2-nerved, terminal 

 one 3-nerved ; racemes axillary, crowded, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles, fj . S. Native of the East Indies. Branchlets, petioles, 

 and racemes villous when young. Flowers purple. Perhaps 

 the same as /'. trinervia, Desf. 



CVcwrfed-flowered Flemingia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1802. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 F. NA'NA (Roxb. in hort. kew. 4. p. 350.) stem shrubby, 

 much branched ; leaflets obovate ; petioles winged ; racemes 

 crowded ; legumes covered with viscid glands, fj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



Dwarf Flemingia. Clt. 1808. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 F. LINEA'TA (Roxb. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect, branched ; 

 leaflets oblonir-cuneated, 3-nerved, linear, clothed with canes- 

 cent velvety down ; racemes axillary, elongated, pedunculate, 

 dichotomous ; legumes clothed with glandular pili. $ . S. 

 Native of the islands of Ceylon and Timor, and on the moun- 

 tains called Nelligery, in India. Hedys. lineatum, Lin. spec. 

 1054. Burm. ind. t. 53. f. 1. Lespedeza lineata, Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 318. Onobrychis lineata, Desv. in journ. bot. 1814. vol.]. 

 p. 80. Flowers purple. 



Lined-leaved Flemingia. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt. 1793. PI. 2to3ft. 



6 F. ROTHIA NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 351.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 rather tomentose ; leaflets roundish-ovate, with the nerves rusty 

 on the under side; racemes axillary, crowded, loose, 5-6-flowered; 

 legumes compressed, pubescent, 1-seeded. J? . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Hiillia trifoliata, Roth. spec. 352. 



Roth's Flemingia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. OSTRYO'DIUM (from oarpvoc, ostryos, a scale, and 

 olovQ, odous, a tooth ; in reference to the large leafy scale-like 

 bracteas). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 119. t. 4. f. 2. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 351. Lourea, Jaume, journ. bot. 3. p. 61. Flowers fur- 

 nished with a large, leafy, concave, permanent bractea each. 

 Leaves simple, feather-nerved. 



7 F. STROBIUFERA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 350.) 

 stem shrubby, erect ; leaves simple, entire, ovate, acuminated ; 

 spikes strobile-formed ; bracteas cucullate, leafy, reticulated. 



Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Lin. fl. zeyl. 287. t. 3. 

 Hedys. strobiliferum, Lin. spec. 1053. Burm. ind. 164. Zornia 

 strobilifera, Pers. ench. 2. p. 319. Flowers purple. 



Strobile-bearing Flemingia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1788. Sh. 

 5 to 10 feet. 



8 F. GUINEE'NSE ; shrub glabrous ; leaves with 5, obovate, 

 obtuse leaflets ; stipulas about the size of the lateral leaflets, 

 nerved ; peduncles axillary, racemose ; bracteas large, round, 

 nerved, crowded, one to each flower. Jj . S. Native of Sierra 



