184 LEGUMINOSjE. 



Legume linear, Bubsessile or shortly stipitate, impreased along both ma^ns, tardily de- 

 hiscent: seeds separated by spurious dissepiments.— Virgate shrubs or suffirutescent herbs : 

 leaves abrupth/ pinnate : leaflets often irritable; racemes axillary. 



34. S. tegyptiaca, Fers. Stem shrubby, striate ; leaflets 10-18-jugal, oblong-linear, 

 glabrous, ^laucesoent; racemes 3-12-flowered, as long as, or a little shorter than the leaves ; 

 calyx thrife shorter than the" corolla : teeth triangular ; standard dotted with purple ; legume 

 ioratee, tompressed, at length subeylindrical, the valves becoming convex: margins 

 tumid «— Cffis. le. t. 314: — S. picta, Pers. fyion lAndl.). S. punctata, DC— Leaflets 8"'-12"' 

 long, 3"' broad, not irritable; flowers 6'", legume 5"-7" long ; corolla yellow.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica I, March, Wils., on the seashore; [Guiaij^l, tropical Africa !, Egypt !, East Indies]. 



35. S. aculeata, Pers. Stem suffruteacent, prickly, cylindrical; leaflets ZQ-hQ-jugal, 

 linear, glabrous, glancescent ; racemes peduncled, few-flowered, about half as long as the 

 leaves ; calyx thrice shorter than the corolla : teeth unequal, anterior short, subulate, pos- 

 terior triangular; standard dotted with purple; legume compressed, at length biconvex, 

 not torulose, or slightly so, sharply beaked, slightly margined on both margins. — Jaeq. 

 Jc. Bar. t. 564. — S. muricata, Macf.l S. occidentalis, j3, Gr. in PI. CaWi.— Leaflets 6"'-8'" 

 long, l"'-li"' broad, irritable; flowers 6'", legume 10"-12" long; corolla yellow. -Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Jlfac/'., along roadsides ; Antigua I, Wullschl.; S. Vincent 1, Guild, [tropical Africa, 

 East Indies]. 



36. S. sericea, DC. Stem suffrutescent, unarmed, cylindrical, fubescent, leaflets 

 Vir-^Q-jugal, oblong-linear ; racemes short, few-flowered, 4 times or more exceeded by the 

 leaves ; calyx thrice shorter than the corolla : teeth subulate ; standard dotted with purple ; 

 legume compressed, at length biconvex, not torulose, shortly beaked, slightly depressed, 

 .tumid on both margins. — S. occidentalis, Gr. in PI. Carib. — Leaflets irritable, 8"'-12"' long, 

 2'''-3"' broad, blunt or retuse-mucronulate ; flowers 6'", legume 8"-10" long. — Hab, An- 

 tigua!, Wullschl. ; [Guadeloupe!]. 



37. S. occidentalis, Pers. Stem angular, suffrutescent or shrubby, glabrous ; leaflets 

 \'ir-W-jugal, oblong-linear ; racemes short, few-flowered, 4 times or more exceeded by the 

 leaves j calyx 5 times shorter than the corolla : teeth subulate, short ; standard dotted vrith 

 purple : legume compressed, at length biconvex, not torulose, shortly beaked, slightly de- 

 jressed, tumid on both margins.— PMjm. £d. Burm. 1. 125./. 1 : the flowers are not "hir- 

 sute" in the figure, but merely dotted. — Bot. Beg. t. 873. — S. picta, Lind. — Leaflets 6'" 

 long, 2'" broad, slightly irritable j flowers 10'", legume 8"-10" long. — Hab. Trinidad {Bot. 

 .E«^.); [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



38. S. exasperata, Kth. Stem angular, suffrutescent or shrubby, ^foiroB*,- leaflets 

 'Z&-50-jugal, linear; racemes peduncled, 3-8-flowered, about half as long as the leaves; 



calyx 4 times shorter than the corolla: teeth subequal, triangular; standard not dotted; 

 legume compressed, at length biconvex, slightly torulose above, channelled on both margins. 

 — Leaflets longer, and flowers larger than in S. aculeata, commonly unarmed; leaflets 

 10"'-12"' long, 14'" broad, irritable ; flowers 10"'-12"', legume 8"-10" long.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica ifienth.); Trinidad!, Or.; [Guatemala, Guiana!, Venezuela, Brazil!]. 



SuBTBiEE 4. BBDYSABBJE. — legume lomentaeeaus, i. e. transversely divided into 

 several one-seeded joints, rarely reduced to a single indehiscent joint. 



11. aiSCHYNOMENE, L. 



Calyx bilabiate, or 5-fld, bibraoteolate. Standard roundish, entire: keel oymbiform, 

 its petals distinct at the base. Staminal column divided into 2 pentandrous bundles, or 

 entire. Lomentum compressed, stipitate : joints many or several. — Shrubs or herbs ; leaves 

 irritable, impari-pinnate : stipules scarious ; racemes axillary, usually few-flowered. 



39. .ffi. sensitiva, Sw. Shrubby or suffrutescent, glabrous (or glandular); leaflets 

 15-20-jugal, oblong-linear, KM8»en>«<?; stipules semisagittate ; racemes few-flowered ; calyx 

 bilabiate ; lomentum long-stipitate, straight, 9-6-jointed : joints quadrate, rectilinear on 

 the suoerior, slightly curved on the inferior margin. — Plum: Ed. Burm. t. 149. f. 2. — 

 Branched, 6' high ; flowers whitish, 3"' long ; lomeutum-joints 2i"'-3"' diam. — Hab. Do- 

 minica!, Imr., S. Lucia ; Trinidad!, Lockh. dr., in swamps; [Guadeloupe!, Panama!, Ecuador!, 

 Venezuela I, Quiana I, Brazil !, tropical Africa]. 



