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4 to 5, distant. In the Bangs ; very rare. Wassoorna forest, 

 Dr. Gibson. This is, perhaps, the Robinia ferruginea of Roxb. 

 Fl End. iii, 329. 



2. SESBANIA, Pars. 



1. AcuLEATA, Pers. Syn. ii, 316. — Herbaceous, annual, erect, 

 sparingly branched, glabrous ; leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets 

 20 to 40 pair, linear obtuse mucronate ; racemes axillary peduncled 

 lax, few-flowered ; flowers pretty large, on slender pedicels ; legumes 

 nearly terete, long, sharp-pointed. Very common. Syn. Aeschy- 

 nomene opinulosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii ; 333 ; ■ Ae. cannabina Roxb. 

 loc. cit. 335; Ae. bispinosa, Jacq. Ic. rar. 3, t. 564; Cbronilla 

 aculeata, Willd. sp. iii, p 1147. 



2. Procumbens, W. and A. Prod. 215. — Annual, diffuse, armed 

 with inoffensive prickles ; leaflets minute, 20 pair ; peduncles 

 axillary, short, 2 to 3-flowered ; legumes linear erect cuspidate. 

 Very common. Syn. Aeschynomene procumbens, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 iii, 337. 



III. HEDYSAREtE. 



1. GEISSASPIS,W. and A. 



1. Cbistata, W. and A. Prod. 218. — Procumbent herbaceous 

 plant; leaves equally pinnated; leaflets 2 pair, cuneate obovate, 

 retuse, dotted ; racemes axillary and terminal, on longish peduncles ; 

 bracteas large, orbicular, margins ciliated bristly ; flowers solitary 

 in each bractea, small, orange-coloured ; legume 1 to 2-jointed, 

 tumid in the middle, thin at the margins. Very common in pas- 

 ture lands. 



2. ZORNIA, Gmelin. 



1. Ajjgustifolia, Smith in Ree's Cycl. — Annual diffuse; 

 leaflets 2, oblong or lanceolate mucronate, bracteas sagittate ovate 

 acute ciliated, pellucid dotted ; legumes 2 to 5-jointed, pubescent, 

 prickly. Very common. DC. Prod. 2, 316; Syn. Hedysarum 

 diphyllum and Linn. ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 353. 



2. Zeylonensis, Pers. Syn. ii, 318. — Leaflets 2, oblong or ovate 

 mucronate ; bracteas sagittate ovate acute, opaque dotted ; legumes 

 2 to 3 times the length of the bracteas, prickly, glochidiate. Very 

 common. DC. Prod. 2, 3 17 ; Syn. Z zeylanica, Spr. ST/st. iii, 311 ; 

 Hedysarum conjugatum, Willd sp. iii, 1178. 



3. AESCHYNOMENE, Linn. 



1. Indica, Linn. sp. ]06'1. — Annual procumbent; branches 

 slender, huraifuse; leaflets 15 to 20 pair, linear obtuse; peduncles 



