LEGUMINOSyE. CIV. Tephrosia. 



331 



V 



y 



m 



of oblong, rather cuneated, retuse, mucronate leaflets, the young 

 ones silky beneath ; stipulas subulate 



40 T. CORONILL^FOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 252.) shrubby; 



racemes elongated, clothed with cinereous pubescence ; branches an<nilar ; leaves 



slender, opposite the leaves, or terminal ; flowers distant, and with 5 pairs of obovate-cuneated, obtuse, mucronate leaflets : 



areas well as the legumes erectish. ©. S. Native of Senegal. 

 Flowers purple. Stamens monadelphous. 



racemes axillary; legumes rather villous. Tj . S. Native of 

 Bourbon, Galega coronillaefolia, Desf. cat. hort. par. 194. 

 Poir. suppl. 2. p. 699- Brissonia coronillaefolia, Desv, journ. 



Sknder-spiked Tephrosia. PL 1 foot. 



33 T. MAXIMA (Pars. ench. 2. p. 329.) glabrous; leaflets 1814. vol. 1. p.>8. Perhaps distinctfrom T.reflexa. 

 oval-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, striated beneath ; stipulas Coronilla-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet, 



lanceolate ; racemes terminal, very long ; pedicels tern, rising 



„ 41 T. Coloni'la (Hamilt. Lin. trans. 13. p. 545.) legumes 



from the axils of the bracteas, which are ovate and acuminated ; glabrous, arcuately-recurved ; leaves with 8-10 pairs of smooth 



leaflets ; racemes opposite the leaves, sessile ; stipulas subulate. 



^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Stamens diadelphous. 



which is said to have short, 2-flowered pedicels and abruptly Calyx pilose, 5-toothed. Indigo is obtained from this plant in 



calyxes and legumes glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Galega 

 maxima, Lin. spec. 1063. exclusive of the synonyme of Burman, 



pinnate leaves. 



Largest Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



34 T. arge'ntea (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) suffruticose, clothed 

 widi silvery tomentum ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong, obtuse 

 leaflets, which are silky beneath ; stipulas ovate, but subulate at 

 the apex, nerved; racemes almost terminal; pedicels twin; 



calyxes 



Galega barba-jovis, Burm. ind. 



villous. Pj, S. Native of the East Indies, 

 arg^ntea. Lam. diet. 2. p. 599. 

 172.— Pluk. aim. t. 52. f. 1. Flowers purple. 



f^ar. /3, glahruscula (D. C. prod, 2. p. 252.) branches and 

 leaves sparingly pubescent. 

 Stipulas 3-nerved. 



India, and it is cultivated for that purpose. 



Colonil Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 feet. 



42 T. tinctokia (Pers. encli. 2. p! 329.) shrubby, glabrous ; 

 leaves with 5 pairs of oblong, obtuse, emarginate leaflets, silky 

 and villous beneath ; peduncles axillary, spicate, length of Laves ; 

 legumes straight, pendulous. ^. S. Native of Ceylon, where 



Galega it is called yiniL Cracca, no. 302. 



^ . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Silvery Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



35 T. CoLu TEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, branched, 

 Iioary-tomentose ; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong-obovate, retuse ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, tomentose ; peduncles axillary and termi- 

 nal; legume straight, erect. T2 . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Galega Coliitea, Burm. ind. 172.— Pluk. aim. t. 166. f. 3. Flowers 

 purple. Stamens diadelphous. 



Colulea-Vike Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



l\ T. vENu'sTULA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 459.) shrubby; leaves with 5-7 pairs of lanceolate, obtuse, 

 niucronate leaflets, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with 

 aapressed canescent pubescence ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; 

 racemes opposite the leaves, furnished with one leaf at the base; 

 ^owers m fascicles ; legume somewhat cultriform, pubescent. 



D ^^^tive of Cumana, about Borbones. Flowers red. 



pretty Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet, 

 ^^.j^j -^^ ^iscato'ria (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby ; leaves 

 1 0-6 pairs of oblong, obtuse leaflets, which are rather pilose 



neath ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles 2-edged ; legume straight, 

 ascending, rather villous. T2 • S. Native of the East Indies, 

 ana in the islands of the Pacific ocean. 



^ ' "^'£^^ ^- piscatoria. Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 71. Flowers 

 - This species is used to intoxicate fish in the East 

 inches as the T. toxkaria is in the West Indies. 

 ttsher's Tephrosia. 



bran }^' ^^^"'^^ (D. C. prod. 2. p." 252.) shrubby, pubescent ; 

 cnes rather triquetrous ; leaves with 5 pairs of oblong 

 ^^ Sj each ending in a reflexed mucrone ; peduncles axillary. 



Lin. fl. zeyl. Galega tinc- 

 toria, Lin. spec. 1063. Flowers purple or flesh-coloured. It 

 is from this plant that the inhabitants of Ceylon prepare their 

 indigo, which yields a die of a pale blue colour. 



Dyers^ Tephrosia or Ceylon Indigo. SIn'ub 1 to 3 feet. 



43 T. Cape'nsis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant suflVuticose, 

 decumbent, glabrous ; leaves Avith 4-5 pairs of oblong, mucro- 

 nate leaflets ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; peduncles opposite 

 the leaves, very much elongated ; flowers racemose, distant ; le- 



gumes erect, pubescent. 



I2 • G, Native of the Cape of Good 



Hope, 

 t. 574. 



\ 



Galega littoralis, Forst. 



purple. 



Fl. June, July. Clt, 1778. PI. 2 feet. 



leafl 



generally 1. flowered, longer than the leaves; legumes rather 

 nen 'i 1 ^^^'ve country unknown. Flowers red. Sta- 



1 



ns monadelphous. Reineria reflexa, Moench. suppl. 45. 



«|/fea:erf.pointed-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. . 



*60 , .i'^^^'^NTHA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. monadelphous. 



Ir^to' V ^^^•) slirubby ; leaves with 3-8 pairs of oblong-lr ^' "~ ^^""' " 



*^^<?. obtuse- mno..^«^l. i.„/i., ,1 *^ 1 ., 1 . ._vi. 5i., 



Galega Capensis, I'hunb. fl. cap. 602. Jacq. icon. rar. 

 Flowers purple. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ca^;^ Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. decumbent. 



44 T. TOMENTosA (Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant clothed with 

 villous tomentum ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of linear, obtuse, some- 

 what mucronate leaflets, which are glabrous above ; stipulas 

 subulate ; racemes opj)Osite the leaves ; pedicels in tlirees ; 

 legume straight, ascending. Tj . G. Native of Arabia Felix. 

 Galega tomentosa, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 84. L^thyrus tomentosa, 

 Forsk. descr. 135. but not of Cav. Flowers blue, with a white 



keel. 



Tomentose Tephrosia, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



45 T. cine'rea (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, clothed with cinereous, silky down ; leaves with 4-6 

 pairs of linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are covered 

 with silky villi beneath; stipulas lanceolate; racemes oppo- 

 site the leaves ; pedicels solitary; legumes straight, spreading. 

 0. S. Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Galega cinlrea, Lin. 

 amoen. 5. p. 403. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 575. Flowers violaceous. 



Cinereous Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. PI. decumbent. 



46 T. littora'lis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, clothed with cinereous canescent down ; leaves with 

 5 pairs oi oblong-cuneated, emarginate or obtuse leaflets ; sti- 

 pulas subulate ; racemes opposite the leaves, terminal, and 3 

 times longer than them ; pedicels aggregate ; legume straight, 

 spreading, rather pubescent. %. S. Native of Carthagena 

 and the Caribbee Islands. Galega littoralis, Lin. syst. 565. 

 Vicia littoralis, Jacq. amer. t. 124. Flowers purple. Stamens 



niiK« ^*^* n)ucronate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed 



Pubescence on both 



Shore Tephrosia. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1824. PL decunib. 

 47 T. buachystaViiia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 253) plant suflTru- 

 ticose, erect, pubescent ; leaves with 5 pairs of oblong-cuneated, 



termin 1 ' """' surfaces, but canescent beneath ; racemes , -. - , 



with tt' "^"^^'y ^win ; flowers in fascicles ; calyxes covered emarginate leaflets, which arc silky beneath, lower pairs approx- 



n.arn^^^^Sae; legume tomentose. h . S. Native of Mexico, 

 »\ar Guanaxuato. ' ^ 



Said to be allied to 7'. Virginlana. Flowers 



^hhe^fi 



owe) 



•cd Tcpl 



imating the stem ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 legume straight, spreadingly-pendulous, 9-10-seeded. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers purple. Stamens mona- 



irosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



delpbous. Jiegumes hardly pubescent even when young 



