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SESBANIA MACROCARPA. 



Liadelphia decandria, Linn. Leguminosae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-toothed. Legume elongated, (terete, linear,) bi-valved, divided into many cells by 

 transverse dissepiments. R, Brown. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Glaucous ; leaves oblong-elliptical,' sub-cuspidated, margin naked ; legume very long, 

 narrow, maculated, and pitted by longitudinal depressions. B. 



Plant from three to &vq feet high, erect, every where glaucous. 

 Root annual. Stem cylindrical, bluish-green, inclining to greenish- 

 purple. Leaves larger than in ^Eschynomene, consistingof manypairs 

 of oblong, elliptical, obtuse leaflets, terminated by a short point, and 

 very glaucous beneath. Common petioles terete, swelling at base. 



