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LEGUMlNOSiE. CIV. Tephrosia. 



Short-spiked Tephrosia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



48 T. hypargy'rea (D. C. in ann. scienc. nat. 4. p. 99.) plant 

 suffruticose, erect ; stem angular, rather velvety ; leaves with 

 2-4 pairs of leaflets, which are glabrous above but clothed 

 beneath with silky-silvery down ; the lower leaflets roundish 

 and approximating the stem, superior ones oval-oblong, terminal 

 one very large ; peduncles axillary ; legumes straight, secund, 

 rather deflexed, 10-seeded, pubescent. ^2 • S. Native of the 

 East Indies. T. heterophylla, Fisch. cat. hort. gor. This is a 

 very beautiful and distinct species. The flowers are small and 

 purple, and the stamens are monadelphous. Peduncles some- 

 times shorter, sometimes longer than the leaves. 



^y/Vt^rTz-leaved Tephrosia, Fl. June, July. Clt, 1825. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



F 



49 T. Maria'na (D- C. prod. 2. p. 253;) plant suffruticose, 

 erect ; stem terete, villous ; leaves with 4 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, and silky-silvery beneath, the 

 lower ones approximating tlie stem ; stipulas lanceolate, elon- 

 gated, villous ; flowers axillary, crowded, almost sessile, and 

 disposed in a somewhat terminal raceme, legume straight, erect, 

 velvety-villous, 10-12-seeded. ^, S. Native of the Marianne 

 Islands. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long. 



Marianne Island Tephrosia. Shrub. 



50 T. Lagasca^na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 253.) plant clothed 

 with cinereous tomentum ; branches terete ; leaves with 4 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, obtuse, rather mucronate leaflets ; lower 

 pair approximating the stem ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles op- 

 posite the leaves, almost terminal, and longer than them ; legume . 

 ascending, straight, velvety, 10-12-seeded. ^2 • S. Native 

 country unknown. 



Lagascd's Te])hrosia. 



51 T. stri'cta (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant suffruticose, 

 clothed with cinereous tomentum ; branches terete ; leaves with 

 4 pairs of oblong or cuneated leaflets, each ending in a recurved 

 mucrone, lower leaflets approximating the stem ; stipulas subu- 

 late ; flowers few, almost sessile, axillary : legumes spreading, 

 velvety, 6-8-seeded. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Galega stricta. Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 70. Galega mu- 

 cronita, Thunb. fl, cap. 60J. G, pulchella, Scop, insub. 1, 

 t. 3. Indigofera stricta, Lin. fil. suppl. 334. ex Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. t. 2G3. Flowers small, purplish. Stamens diadelphous. 



Straight Tephrosia. 



52 T. se'nna (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 458.) 

 branches rather angular, glabrous ; leaves with 4 pairs of some- 

 what obovate-oblong, emarginate, mucronate, puberulous, rather 



Shrub 1 foot. 



Native of the island of St. Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea, among 

 grass. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Flexuous-^terciTCiQdi Tephrosia. 



55 T. FALLENS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, pubescent j 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, acute leaflets, which are pubes- 



legume straight, spreading, 



Galega 



cent beneath ; stipulas subulate ; 



ciliated. h . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



G. hiimilis, Thunb. fl. cap. 



Flowers pink, 

 Clt. 1787. 



Sh. 



pallens, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 71 

 601. hut the legume is said to be recurved. 

 Pa/e-flowered Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. 



2 to 3 feet. 



56 T, sENTicosA (Pers. 1. c. 330.) shrubby ; leaves with 4 

 pairs of emarginate leaflets, clothed with fine silky down be- 



" . S. Native of 



labrous. 



^ 



amoen. 3. p. 19. Cracca 



ed 



mucrone 



Shrub 2 feet. 



ncath ; legumes twin, lateral, 

 Ceylon. Galega senticosa, Lin. 

 no. 303. Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 141, 

 Bramhly Tephrosia. Shrub. 



57 T. pu'mila (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, diP 

 fiise, rather pilose ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of cuneiform, emar 

 ginate leaflets, villous beneath, and ending each in a recurv 



stipulas subulate, villous ; peduncles axillary, very 

 short, 1-2-flowered ; legume erect, villous. 0. ? S. Native of 

 Madagascar, at Fort Dauphin. Galega piamila, Lam, diet,, 2. 



p. 599. Flowers purple. 



jDwar/* Tephrosia. PI. diffuse. 



58 T. Apollinea (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) suflTruticose, dif- 

 fuse, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves with 2-3 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, emarginate leaflets, which are silky beneath; 

 racemes opposite the leaves, length of leaflets ; legume erectly- 

 spreading, 6-7-seeded, rather pubescent. Tj . G. Native ot 

 Egypt, in corn fields. G. Apollinea, Delil. fl. seg. p. 144. t. 53, 

 f. 5. Flowers blue. Stamens diadelphous according to the 

 figure. 



ApollineanTe^\xro%\^. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh.ltoSft. 



59 T. SPINOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) shrubby ;^ branches 

 canescent ; stipulas spinose ; leaves with 3 or 4 pairs ol cu- 

 neated, emarginate, smoothish leaflets ; flowers few, aMllaOj 



nearly sessile ; legume falcate, 5-6-seeded, beset with adpresi 



Native of Coromandel, Timort 

 and Java, on the margins of fields. Galega spinbsa, Lin. nl. 



yery mmute pubescence. Tj . S. 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1774. Sh.^to3ft. 



suppl. 335. 



Stamens monadelphous. 



Shrub. 



Spiny Tephrosia. 

 ^ 60 T. Timorie'nsis (D.C. prod. 2. p. 254.) plant herbaceous^ 

 diffuse, clothed with canescent hairs; leaves with 3-4 pairs o 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse leaflets, clothed w ith silky villi beneatn, 

 glaucous leaflets ; racemes opposite the leaves, furnished at the and each terminated in a straight mucrone ; stipulas hnear- 



subulate : peduncles 2-3, axillary, very short, 1-flowerea , 

 legume erect, straight, velvety, 8-10-seeded. ©• S. Natne 

 of the Island of Timor. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from if 

 pUmila* 



base wM*th one leaf; flowers in fascicles; legumes erectish, and 

 are as well as the calyxes covered with strigose pubescence, 

 ^2 • S. Native of Popayan, on the banks of the river Cauca, 

 near Buga, where the leaves are used in place of senna by the 

 inhabitants. 



Buga Senna. 



Shrub. 



53 T-linea'his (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) branches pubescent; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of linear, narrow leaflets, which are silky 

 beneath ; stipulas filiform ; racemes axillary, much elongated ; 

 flowers distant ; braoteas conforming to the leaves ; legume 

 narrow, and is as well as the vexillum pubescent. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guinea, among grass. Galega linearis, Willd. spec. 3, 

 p. 1248- Indigofera angnstifolia, Perr. in litt. Stem flexuous. 

 Flowers red. 



LinearAeaRetted Tephrosia. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 



Shrub 1^ foot, 



54 T. FLEXUosA ; stem suffruticose, erect, flexuous, branched, 

 pubescent ; leaves with 5 pairs of linear, emarginate, mucronate, 

 soft, pilose leaflets ; stipulas subulate ; flowers somewhat spicate, 

 terminal j legume compressed, clothed with soft pili. Pj . S, 



Timor Tephrosia. PI. diffuse. 



61 T. pinna'ta (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, glabrous ; leaves with 4 pairs of oblong, acute 

 leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; stipulas ovate ; peduncle* 

 axillary ; flowers umbellate ; legumes ensiform, pubescen . 



T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega pinnata, 

 Thunb fl. cab. 602. Flowers purple. 



Pinnate'leB.xed Tephrosia. Shrub decumbent. ,, 



62 T. BiFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) plant shrubby, hardly 

 pubescent ; leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of oval-lanceolate, obtu>e 

 leaflets, which are silky beneath, lower ones smallest, terto^^^ 

 one very large ; stipulas subulate, villous ; flowers twin, aivdos 

 sessile, axillary ; legume pubescent, rather incurved at the apex- 



^ . S. Native country unknown. Galega biflora, Poir. supp- 

 2. p. 699. Flowers purple. Calyx very villous. Very lik^ ^' 

 hypargyrea^ and especially T. nervosa. 



