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LEGUMINOS^. CIV. Tephrosia. 



pairs of lanceolate-linear, acwte, pilosely-pubescent leaflets ; pe- 

 dicels axillary, elongated, I-2-flowerecl, 1 -leaved at the apex; 

 legume terete, puberulous. ^ . G. Native of Mexico, near 

 Guanaxuato. 



opposite the leaves, sessile ; stipulas subulate ; legumes pubes- 

 cent, arched, recurved. ^ . S. Native of the south of India. 



Calyx 5-toothed. 



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Habit nearly of T. stricta. 



brous ; leaves with 4 pairs of lanceolate short leaflets. 

 Orobus-like Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Sect. IV. 



Reine'ria (in honour of Joseph Reiner Von 

 author of Botanische reisa, 1 vol. 8vo. 1796). 



D. C.prod. 2. p. 251. Leaves impari- 



Stamens sometimes 



Hohenvvartli, 

 Moench. suppl. p. 44. 

 pinnate. Teeth of calyx linear-subulate. 

 somewhat monadelphous, and sometimes diadelphous. 

 species contained in this section are disposed in an artificial 

 manner, some with many pairs of leaflets and some with few. 

 . 19 T. Carib^'a (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) shrubby, branched, 

 smootli ; leaves with 10-12 pairs of oval, awnedly-mucronate 



; peduncles axillary, rather longer than the leaves, few- 

 legume linear, deflexed, glabrous, furrowed between 

 ^ . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Galega 



Flowers scentless, vane- 



Flowers red. Stamens diadelphous. 



Silky Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



25 T. puRPu'REA(Pers.ench. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, branched; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of oblong-cuneated, somewhat mucronate 

 leaflets, hardly pubescent beneath; stipulas subulate; racemes 

 opposite the leaves or terminal ; legume linear, much compressed, 

 5-8-seeded, finely pubescent. "2/. S. Native of the East 

 Indies, and Ceylon. Galega purpiirea, Lin. amoen. 3. p. 1 9. Roxb. 

 hort. beng. 57. Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. no. 156. Burm. zeyl 

 t. 32. but this differs from the plant of Linnaeus in the legumes, 

 The which are said to be terete. Flowers purple. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. This plant is prescribed by Indian doctors in cases 



of dyspepsia, lienterig, and tympanitis. 



Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1768. PI. 2ft. 



leaflets , 

 flowered 

 the seeds. 



Caribse'a, Jacq. amer. 212. t. 125. 



Stamens diadelplious. 



Clt. 1786. 



Sh. 3 ft. 



gated with white and red. 



Caribbean Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. 



20 T. emarginaVa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. white. 

 p. 461.) arborescent; branches tomentose ; leaves with 14 pairs 

 of linear-oblong leaflets, which are deeply emarginate at the 

 apex, clothed with adpressed pubescence above, and silvery 

 silky down beneath ; racemes terminal ; flowers in fascicles ; 

 legumes straightish, clothed with silky tomentum as well as the 



"^ Native of South America, in the missions of 



Pw?'j5/e-flowered Tephrosia. 



26 T. hi'rta (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 546.) sufFruticose, 

 erect, tomentose ; branches somewhat tetragonal ; leaves with 

 4-8 pairs of cuneate, emarginate leaflets, which are glabrous 

 above, but beset with long, adpressed hairs beneath ; stipulas 

 broad from the base ; racemes opposite the leaves, leafy, pedun- 

 culate ; legume falcate, pendulous, hairy, 6-seeded. ^. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers bluish, but with the keel 



Stigma bearded. 



Hairy Tejihrosla. Shrub 1|- foot. 



27 T. LANCE^FOLiA (Link, enum. 2. p. 252.) plant suffruti- 

 cose ; leaflets obversely lanceolate, emarginate, mucronate, clothed 



with close-pressed hairs beneath ; 



stipulas subulate; racemes 



T2 • S- Na- 



calyxes. 

 Orinoco. 



I7. S, 



Stamens diadelphous. 

 used to intoxicate fish, as T. (ojcicaria, which see, no. 8. 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



The root of this species is 



E marginatcAesiRcticd Tephrosia. 



21 T. GRANDiFLOKA (Pcrs, cnch. 2. p. 329.) shrubby> erect, scarcely distinct from T, purpurea. 



terminal ; legumes terminal, straight, spreading 

 tive country unknown. This species is said to be very like /. 

 purpurea, but the flowers are cream-coloured, not purple. iJe 

 Candolle has a specimen which was sent from the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden, under the name of T. lancecefdltai which is 



glabrous ; leaves with 7-d pairs of oblong, mucronate leaflets, 

 which are pubescent beneath ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; ra- 

 cemes opposite the leaves, and somewhat terminal, straight, 

 bearing 4 flowers at the apex ; bracteas ovate, concave 

 deciduous. 



large, 

 \ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ga- 



84. Ker. hot. res. 7Gd. ceous 



l^ga grandiflora, Vahl. symb. 2. p 



Lher. stirp. 2. t. 44. Galega rosea, Lam. diet. 2. p. 599. 



Flowers rose-coloured, larger than those of any other species in 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



MBENs (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 547.) V^^]'^ 

 suflTruticose, procumbent, filiform, pilose ; leaves with 4-5 pairs 

 of stalked, cuneiform, hairy, mucronate leaflets ; stipulas seta- 



Lance-leaved I'ephrosia. 

 2 to 3 feet. 

 •28 T. 



racemes opposite the leaves, leafy ; legume straignt, 



S. Native of the East 



the genus. 



Great-flowered 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. May, Sept. Ch. 1774. Sh. 



22 T. cocciNEA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. vol. 1. t. 60.) sufFruti- obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are 



cose, erect; branches terete, flexuous, and are as well as under 

 surface of the leaves clothed with white and adpressed wool ; 

 leaves sessile, with 3-4 pairs of cuneiform-obovate, retuse 

 leaflets ; racemes axillary, on long peduncles ; teeth of calyx 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; stamens diadelphous ; style villous 

 beneath; legume linear, pendulous. Ij. S. Native of the 



East Indies, on the left bank of the Irawaddi, near Yenangheum. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



pilose, compressed, 9-seeded. Tj . ^. 



Indies. Calyx 5-cleft, with setaceous segments, length of corolla* 



Procumbent Tephrosia. PI. procumbent. 

 29 T. Dominge'nsis (Pers. ench. 5. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, 

 branched, glabrous; leaves with 7-9 pairs of linear-cuneate(^ 



clothed with adpressed 



pubescence beneath ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ^ racemes ax- 

 illary; legumes pendulous, minutely pubescent. ©• S. ^^5'Y 

 of St. Domingo, in sterile places. Galega Domingensis, >* "* * 



spec. 3. p. 1249. 



Flowers small, pale red. 



PI. 1 foot. 



branched 



i^car/eZ-flowered Tephrosia. 

 23 T. viLLosA (Pers. ench. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



St. Domingo Tephrosia 



30 T. PerrinlVna (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) plant 

 hairy ; leaflets linear-oblonjr, mucronate, ciliated, rather hairj . 



Native of South America. 



Said to be 



panicle hairy, terminal, 



2. p. 329.) plant herbaceous, like T. D 



cymose. 

 Galega Perrini^na, Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 161. 



branched, pubescent ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of obovate-cuneated, 

 retuse leaflets, which are silky-villous beneath and pilose above ; 

 stipulas setaceous ; racemes opposite the leaves, nearly ter- 

 minal, many-flowered ; ' 

 villous, 4-5-seeded. If. . S. 

 yillosa, Lin. spec. 1063. 

 33. Flowers white? 



ommgensis. 



legumes 



linear, mucronate, densely 

 Native of the East Indies. Galega 

 Pluk. aim. t. 59. f. 6. — Burm. zeyl. 



Perrin's Tephrosia. PL 1 foot ? . , 



31 T. MucRONA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) shrubby, erectisH, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves with 8 pairs of ovate, mucronate: 

 villous leaflets ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves 



G. ' ^ 



Flowers 



^ 



• than the leaves, l--' 

 Native of the Cape oi 



t. 



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Villous Tep!:rosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1779. PI. proc. 

 T. SERicEA (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 545.) leaves 

 with 8-10 pairs of cuneated leaflets, silky beneath; racemes 



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flowered ; legume pubescent. 

 Good Hope. 

 probably red. 



iV/ucronafe-leafletted Tephrosia. 



32 T. leptosta'chya (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) plant herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, hardly pubescent ; leaves with 7 p^^'", 



Galega mucronata, Thunb. fl. cap. 609 



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