$8 JLeguminOSCZ. l/Eschynomene. 



rachis ^-i in., generally hispid, stip. as in the last, lflts. 2-6 

 pair, overlapping, nearly sessile, oval-oblong, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous on both sides ; fl. rather large, on slender hispid 

 ped., in large, lax, spreading, terminal panicles, bracts beneath 

 cal. short, obtuse; cal. membranous, hispid, the upper lip 

 broad, with 2 rounded lobes, the lower narrower with 3 segm., 

 the central one acute; joints of pod 1-4, nearly globular, 

 reticulated. 



Montane zone, 4-7000 ft., on patanas, common. 



Fl. September, December ; bright yellow, standard with two red spots 

 at base. 



Also in the mountains of India. 



This is a variable plant, but I cannot distinguish any well-marked 

 constant varieties. Wight's figure above quoted is very unlike our plant. 



The lflts. are sensitive, and close up on being struck or gathered. 



13. 2ESCHYNOIVIENE, L. 



Large herbs ; 1. pinnate with very numerous lflts., fl. few, 

 in axillary clusters, with 2 bracts below each; cal. deeply 2- 

 lipped, lips nearly entire or lobed ; pet. soon falling, keel not 

 beaked; stam. in 2 bundles of 5 each, anth, uniform; style 

 curved upwards ; pod long-stalked, linear, compressed, shortly 

 beaked, composed of 6-9 readily separable 1 -seeded in- 

 dehiscent joints. — Sp. 30; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Cal. glabrous ; joints of pod smooth . . .1. JE. indica. 

 Cal. hispid; joints of pod strongly muriculate . 2. JE. ASPERA. 



1. IE. indica, L. Sp. PI. 713 (1753). Diya-siyambala, S. 



Herm. Mus. 40. Burm. Thes. 120. Fl. Zeyl. in 551. JE. pumila, 

 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1061. Moon Cat. 54. Thw. Enum. 85. C. P. 1515. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 151. Wight, Ic. t. 405. 



Annual, 1-2 ft., stem erect with ascending, cylindrical, 

 slender, glabrous branches; 1. very shortly stalked, rachis 

 stout i|-4 in., glabrous, stip. linear-lanceolate, acute, auricled 

 at base, lflts. very numerous, 40-70, alternate, sessile, small, 

 io ~ h m -> set obliquely on the rachis and overlapping, linear, 

 unequal-sided, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous, thin, the upper ones 

 much the smallest ; fl. few, on slender glandular ped., small, 

 1-3, on axillary peduncles (or branches) much shorter than 

 1. ; cal. glabrous, lips very shortly toothed; pod 1-1J in., 

 narrow, slightly curved, glabrous or very slightly muriculate, 

 7-9-jointed. 



Dry region, in wet places, especially near tanks, common. Fl. July- 

 Nov., yellow. 



Throughout the Tropics of the Old World and in Japan. 



