mm,
^SCHYNOMENE HISPIDA.
FALSE-SENSITIVE-PLANT.
Diadelphia decandria, Linn. Leguminosae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Stamina divided into 2 equal bodies. Brown. Loment exserted, compressed, one of
the sutures straight, the other lobed j articulations truncated, 1-seeded.
Calix bilabiate, labia dentate.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stem .erect; petioles and stem tuberculate-hispid j leaves in many pairs ; leaflets linear*
obtuse j stipules membranaceous, semi-sagittate; racemes simple, few-
flowered; loments hispid. Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1163.
SYNONYM.
H edysarum Virginicum. Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1212.
An annual plant, from three to five feet in height. Root fibrous,
bundled. Stem erect, cylindrical, apple-green or yellow, beset with
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