I.EGUM1NOS2E. 
2G 1 
tube ; standard revolute ; keel bilido-lunulate. Sta- 
mens monadelphous, with the anthers alternately ovate 
and globose. Legume compressed, 3-5-jointed ; 
joints suborbiculate, very frequently hispid. 
Herbaceous plants : stipules sagittate ; the inferior ones lan- 
ceolate ; the upper ones larger and fulfilling the purpose of 
braeteas : leaflets 2—4, oblong, arising from the apex of the 
petiole : flowers yellow.— Supposed to be named after Mr John 
Zorn, an apothecary at Kempten in Bavaria, author of leones 
Plantarum Medicinalium, published between 1779 and 1784. 
1. Zornia reticulata. Reticulated Zornia. 
Stems diffuse, leaflets 2 lanceolate smooth, the 
lower ones elliptic, braeteas ovate acute ciliated eglan- 
dulose 5-nerved reticulated the length of the legumes, 
legumes pubescent and furnished only with a few 
slight prickles. 
Hedysarum minus diphylluni, Sloane, I. 185. — II. herbaceum 
procumbens,foliis geminatis, spicis foliatis terininalibus,/^ro?<;«e, 
301. — H. diphylluni, Swartz, Obs. 285. 
HAB. Common in dry pastures on the South side of the 
Island. 
FL. Throughout the year, especially after rains. 
Stem filiform, procumbent, subsimple, terete, glabrous. 
Leaves distant, alternate : leaflets lanceolate, acute, glabrous 
above, slightly pubescent beneath, subciliated. Spike terminal : 
flowers yellow, 5 or more, partly concealed by the stipulary 
braeteas. Braeteas 2, ovate, sagittate, acuminate, reticulately 
nerved, pubescent, ciliated. Calyx membranaceous, 2-lipped ; 
upper lip rounded at the apex ; lower 3-fid, with the middle 
division the largest. Anthers yellow. Legume of 3 joints, 
scabrous with reverted prickles. 
XIV. Stylosanthes. 
Calycine tube very long, slender ; limb 5-partite, 
with the segments unequal. Corolla inserted on the 
throat of the tube of the calyx ; keel minute, bifid at 
the apex. Stamens monadelphous, with the tube 
cleft. Ovary sessile : style filiform, very long, straight : 
stigma capitate, hispid. Legume of two 1 -seeded 
joints ; the upper one subuncinate with the acuminate 
base of the style . — De Cand. 
