XCIl. 
SMITHIA SENSITIVA. 
Sensitive Smithia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Leguminose, Juss. Gen. p. 345. 
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Sect. y11. Corolla papilionacea. Stamina 10, diadelpha nunc zqualiter. Pericarpium in aliis articu- 
latum. Herbe foliis conjugatis aut abrupte pinnatis, rarius nullis, petiolo in cirrhum setamve desinente. 
Stipule a petiolo distincte. 
Calyx ventricosus, 2-labiatus : labiis integris, inferiore minore, Vexillum obcordatum: Alz obtuse, 
vexillo breviores: Carina sublinearis, basi fissa, longitudine alarum. Filamenta phalangibus 2 equa- 
libus. Pericarpium calyce inclusum ; in articulos 4-7, stylo flexuoso tantum connexos, orbiculatos, 
1-spermos, divisum. Semina reniformia. Herb annue,nunc pusille. Folia 4-10-juga, sensitvoa, mar- 
gine et dorso setis, preter Stipulas grand l ductas, suffulta. Pedunculi 2-6-flort. 
Bractee 3, duabus cal. icem Fert D. 
&c. botanic inclytissimi et din mihi carissimi, genus nominavi, totd descriptione necnon icone m orto 
Kewensi a me concinnatis : in Prodromonihilominus, quo dignius ejus cotis redderem, 
auctorem citavi, qui petitus hac sold occasione haud dedignatus est, ut facete dixit, nostram : 
assumere donec fateri vellem meam. Hc tantum ob asseverationem in Smith’s Intr. to Botany, p. 378. 
S. caule decumbente : stipulis infra insertionem auriculatis : foliolis parum obovatis. 
S. sensitiva. dit. Hort. Kew. v. 3. p. 496. ¢. 13. 
Sponte nascentem in Coromandel, pascuis subuliginosis, ibi pecorum pabuum gratum, legit J.G. 
KoENIG. 
Floret apud nos Julio, Augusto, Septembri. 
Ihad the honour of naming the : 5 ae hich 
fit to quote me against myself relative to this point ina late publication; . eammupnats 
with his own heart. Not that [ ever thought the plant at alladeg Bee sda ok some ok ie WabOart, 
the most brilliant diadems in my gift: its sensitive faculty however han ether he — . 
worthy of perpetuating his name, and in my Prodromus, to dignify Larger giver to pass for his — 
or I could, Mr. Dry ANDER permitted this child of pure friendship ee 
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Hedgen ages them far more nearly allied to Vicia, Er a alia the swoln calyx, 
only ‘near mark of resemblance, its foliage being inipari-pinnate. « 
