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lumn of the stamens within the keel : stigma pubescent. Le- 
gume of 2 joints ; the lower joint sometimes abortive ; the upper 
compressed, obovato-trapezoidal, villous at the base, minutely 
hispidulous, acuminate at the uppei; and outer angle with the 
hooked remains of the style : seed solitary, compressed. 
XV. ^Eschynomene. 
Calyx 2-lipped, upper lip 2-fid or 2-dentate, infe- 
rior 3-fid or 3-dentate. Stamens 10, in two rows, 
equal, concrete. Legume compressed, transversely 
articulated, exserted. Seeds solitary in each joint, 
compressed. 
Herbs or shrubs, natives of the tropics; leaves impari-pin- 
nate, many-paired ; stipules semi-sagittate ; racemes axillary ; 
bracteoles 2, opposite, under the calyx ; flowers generally yel- 
low. — The name was given by Pliny to a plant, which with- 
drew its leaves from the contact of the hand. It is derived 
from u.KSyy'iau.cu to be modest. 
1. /Eschynomene Americana. American Sensitive 
Plant. 
Stem suberect terete pilose, leaflets lineari-oblong 
mucronate 20-30-paired subciliated racemes subra- 
mose few-flowered, legumes glabrous with the arti- 
culations straight on one side and rounded on the 
other. 
Hedysarum catile hirsuto, mimosie foliis alatis, pinnis acutis 
minime gramineis, Sloane, I. 186. t. 118. f. 3. — ^Eschynomene 
Americana, Linn. Spec. 1061. — Lam. III. pi. 629. f. 2. — iE. 
sensitiva, Swartz , FI. lnd. Occ. 1276. 
HAB. Common in Lowland pastures. 
FL. Autumn. 
Stem suffruticose, about 2 feet in height, erect or ascending, 
of a reddish colour, pilose ; hairs strigose, bearing a minute vis- 
cid globule at their points. Leaves 2-3 inches in length, about 
30-jugate ; leaflets subsessile, unequal at the base, lineari-ob- 
long, mucronate, outer edge serrulato-ciliated, inner entire, 
minutely puberulous, nerved, about ^d of an inch in length. 
Stipules nearly an inch in length, lanceolate, ciliated, mares- 
cent. Racemes axillary, subsimple, dichotomously dividing, 
hispid and pilose, shorter than the leaf, .furnished, at the points 
of branching, with leaf-like ovate concave mucronate serrato- 
pilose bracteas. A pair of small lanceolate ciliated bracteoles 
below the calyx. Upper lip of the calyx oval, scarcely bidentate, 
ciliated. Standard bent back, flesh colour with a tinge of yel- 
