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SESBANIA MACROCARPA.
Dmdelphia decandria, Linn. Leguminosae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 5-toothed. Legume elongated, (terete, linear,) bi-valved, divided into many
cells by transverse dissepiments. R. Broxvn.
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 five feet high, erect, every where glaucous.
Root annual. Stem cylindrical, bluish-green, inclining to greenish-
purple. Leaves larger than in iEschynomene, consisting of many pairs
of oblong, elliptical, obtuse leaflets, terminated by a short point, and
very glaucous beneath. Common petioles terete, swelling at base.
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