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Aivided in the middle into 2 lips, lower lip 3-cleft: corolla papilionas 
ceous, inserted into the bottom of the calyx: vexillum orbicular, 
with revolute sides: stamens alternately shorter; anthers alternately 
oblong and globose : legume compressed, 2—5-jointed, exceedingly 
Contracted between the joints which are usually hispid. 
(1) Z. anaustirotra. (Sm.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I p. 217.—Dec. prod. IT. p: 316. 
Syn, Hedysarum diphyllum, a, Linn. Roxb. f. Ind. III. p. 353, 
Engrav. Rheede Mal, IX. ts 82. - 
Spec. Cuar. Annual, diffuse: leaflets 2, oblong or lanceolate, 
mucronate : flowers sessile, yellow, each bracteated with 2 oppo- 
site stipules: bracts sagittate-ovate, ciliated: legumes scarcely as 
long as the bracts, occasionally longer, pubescent, prickly. 
Coromandel. Bombay. Flowering in the cold and rainy season, 
(2) Z. Zzyvtonrnsis. (Pers.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 117.—Dec. prod. II. p. 317. 
Syn. Z. conjugata, Sm.—Z. Zeylanica, Spr.—Hedysarum con- 
jugatum, Willd. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 50. f. 1—Rheede Mal. IX. t, 83.— 
Pluk t. 102. f. 1. 
Sprc. Cuar. Annual, diffuse: leaflets 2, oblong or ovate, mu- 
cronate, hairy on the margin and midrib beneath: bracts sagittate« 
ovate, acute ; legumes 2-3 times the length of the bracts, prickly, 
glochidiate: flowers sessile, yellow, 
Peninsula. Coromandel. 
GENUS XXV. GEISSASPIS. 
Monadelphia Deeandria. Ser: Syst 
Deriv. From Geisson, a projection, and Aspis, a shield, allude 
ing to the vexillum which projects and covers the other petals. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx cleft deeply into 2 lips, upper one quite 
entire, lower with a small tooth on each side near the apex; co- 
rolla papilionaceous: vexillum at first covering the other petals, 
afterwards reflexed : wings narrow-oblong; keel incurved: stamens 
of equal length: anthers all roundish. 
(1) G. cristata. (W. § A.) 
Ident, W. & A. prod. I. p. 218. 
Srzc. Cuar. Procumbent, herbaceous plant: leaves equally 
pinnated ; leaflets 2 pair, cuneate-obovate, retuse: racemes axillary 
and terminal, on longish peduncles: bracts orbicular, with bristly 
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