Qeissaspis.] * xlvii. leguminos^e. 601 
north, Kedah, Alor Sta. Perlis, Kanga, common (Ridley). Distrib. 
India, Burma, Cambodia. 
33. ZORNIA, Gmel. 
Annual herbs. Bracts large coriaceous; leaflets i to 2 pairs, 
dotted. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx minute; upper teeth 
short, connate, lowest shorter. Corolla exsert yellow; standard 
broad. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary sessile ; ovules many. 
Pod of several flattened, muricate joints, i-seeded. Species 10, 
all but 2 American. 
(1) Z. diphylla Pers. Synops. ii. 318; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
ii. 147; Prain, l.c. 126. 
A diffuse prostrate annual. Branches wiry, 18 in. long. Leaves 
*25 in. long; leaflets 1 pair lanceolate, ‘5 in. long, ‘12 in. wide, 
dotted glabrous. Stipules lanceolate with a long spur. Racemes 
3- to 12-flowered, 1 to 3 in. long. Bracts ovate acute, '2 in. long. 
Corolla pale orange or yellow, very small. Pods - 4 in. long, joints 
1 to 6, pubescent, prickly. Hab. Sandy places, Singapore, Changi 
and Galang. Penang, Fort Cornwallis (Burkill). Distrib. Cosmo¬ 
politan. 
34. SMITHIA, Ait. 
Herbs or under-shrubs. Leaflets many; leaf-rachis ending in 
a bristle. Stipules scarious, large auricled. Flowers racemose 
axillary. Calyx 2-lipped, lips entire. Corolla exsert. Standard 
orbicular. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5. Ovary linear; ovules 
many. Pod of several joints folded in calyx. Species 20 to 30, 
Old World tropics. 
(1) S. sensitiva Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. I, iii. 496; Baker, in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. l.c. 148; Prain, l.c. 126; Salisb. Parad. t. 92. 
Diffuse spreading herb. Base woody, glabrous. Branches 1 to 3 
ft. long. Leaf -5 to 1 in. long, sparsely bristly ; leaflets 3 to 10 pairs, 
•25 to -4 in. long, oblong blunt, edges and midrib bristly. Racemes 
1- to 6-flowered; peduncles -3 in. long ; pedicels ’15 in. long. Bracts 
small ovate acute, scarious. Calyx ‘25 to *3 in. long, lips sub¬ 
acute, bristly. Corolla yellow, *4 in. long. Pod of 4 to 6 joints, faces 
papillose. Hab. Sandy spots. Perak, Tambun near Ipoh. Perlis 
at Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. S.E. Asia, Africa. 
35. AESCHYNOMENE, Linn. 
Erect herbs or under-shrubs. Leaves with very numerous 
odd-pinnate linear narrow leaflets. Flowers few in racemes. 
Calyx 2-lipped, faintly toothed. Corolla thin, yellow; standard 
orbicular, keel not beaked. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5. Ovary 
stalked linear; style filiform incurved. Pod linear, stalked with 
4 to 8 flat i-seeded joints. About 30 species, tropics generally. 
