LEGUMINOS^. CIV. Tephrosia. 



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Trvo-flomred Teph 



72 T. digita'ta (D. C. prod- 2. p. 255.) plant suffruticose 



63 T. NERVOSA (Pers.ench. 2. p. 328.) branches angular, pu- with hispid slender branches; stipulas lanceolate, spreading; 

 bescent; leaves with 1-2 pairs of elliptic-obtuse leaflets, which leaflets 5, oblong-linear, acuminated at both ends, sparingly pu- 

 are narrowest at the base, quite glabrous above, and pinnately 

 veined, but clothed with white tomentum beneath, the terminal 

 leaflet largest ; peduncles axillary, length of leaves, furnished 

 with one leaf under the head of flowers ; legumes linear, smooth- 



bescent beneath : racemes axillary, and are as well as the pe- 

 tioles very long. Tj , S. Native of Senegal. Petioles 5 Inches 

 loner. Flowers distant, usually twin. Calyx permanent, with 



Native of Madagascar. 



ish. I2 • S. 

 Nerved'hix\edi Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



^ Species not sufficiently Jcnown. 



acuminated sej^ments. 



Corolla and stamens unknown. Legume 



* 



Leaves impari-pinnate* 



G4- T. sTiPULA^Ris (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) shrubby, quite 



smooth; leaflets oblong-linear, acute; stipulas large, almost 



opposite, connate, acute, nerved ; legume linear-lanceolate. 



^. S. Native of South America. 



journ, hot, 1814. 1. p. 74. 



Brissonia stipularis, Desv. 



Slirub. 



Stipular Tephrosia. 



65 T.trapezica'rpa(D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) stems elongated, 

 decumbent, quite smooth ; leaflets oblong, pilose beneath ; pili 

 stiff and few ; legume compressed, pilose, trapeziform. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



T2.?S. 



Shrub decumbent. 



PL 1 foot. 



Brissonia trapeziformis, Desv. 1. c. 

 Trapezium-fruited Tephrosia. 



66 T. UNIFLORA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) leaflets oblong, 

 . rather retuse, mucronate ; calyx villous ; legumes compressed, 



villous, a little arched, solitary, axillary, ' Native of Senegal. 

 ^ One-foTvered Tephrosia. 



67 T. capitulaVa (Link. enum. 2. p. 329.) leaflets obversely 

 lanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, silky beneath ; racemes terminal, 



i short, furnished with a leaf; legumes hairy. %. S. Native of 

 ^ the Island of Owhyhee. 



Headed Tephrosia PI 1 foot 



68 T. sTKiA^TA (Pers. 'ench. 2. p. 328.) herbaceous, erect, P^^^'?,' flowers lateral, pedunculate, solitary; legume elliptic. 



glabrous below, villous above ; leaflets alternate, oblong, obtuse, ©; ^ ^- ^^''''^J'J '^'^ ^'P^ ^^ ^^^^ "^P"' ^"^"-^ P"'^"'' 

 rnucronate, finely pubescent ; racemes terminal, drooping. 0. ? "^^J"^- V^P" ^^r 



linear, compressed, pubescent, 5-6-seeded. 

 Digitate-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * * Glycinotdece (from glycine and idea^ similar ; the plants 

 contained in this division agree with Glycine in having trifoliate 

 leaves). Leaves either pinnately or palmately trifoliate. 



73 T. ToTTA (Pers. ench. 2. p. S2%.) plant herbaceous, clothed 

 with hairs like tomentum, ascending ; leaflets oblong, mucro- 

 nate, longer than the petiole ; stipulas ovate, opposite the leaves ; 

 flowers terminal, tern, somewhat umbellate. 0. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Galega Totta, Thunb. fl. cap. 601. 



Hottentot Tej^hrosia. PI. ascending. 



74 T. sERicEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) stem suffruticose, very 

 short ; branches tomentose, as well as the leaflets, which are 

 ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary ; legumes lanceolate, villous. 

 T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega sericea, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 603. but not of Lam. 



Silky Tephrosia. Shruh \ foot. 



75 T. FALCA TA(Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, erect, 

 hairy ; branches fiUform ; leaflets sessile, oblong, acute ; flowers 

 terminal, solitary ; legumes falcate, erect, silky. ©.? G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Galega falcata, Thunb. fl. cap. 602. 



i^a/ccf/e-podded Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



76 T. pusiLLA (Pers. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, erect, pubescent ; 

 leaflets sessile, ovate, mucronate, silky beneath, longer than the 



^ _. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ «■ * A 



G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega striata, Thunb. 

 fl- cap. 602. 



^^^''^ed Tephrosia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



^J 1. MYRTiFouA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) plant herbaceous, 

 nexuous, glabrous ; leaves with 3 pairs of elliptic-oblong, ob- 



Small Tephrosia. PI. \ foot? 



77 T. TUiFOUA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 256.) plant frutescent, 

 erectish, pubescent; leaflets sessile, ovate, silky, convolute ; ca- 

 lyx, corolla, and legume tomentose ; flowers terminal, on very 

 short peduncles. \ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. So- 



tuse, somewhat Z^or^^.r T' a fa\ ^\\'P^^^^-"^^7^; ""^ ph6ra trifoliata, Thunb. prod. p. 79. Galega trifoliata, Thunb. 



* ^""lewnat mucronate, striated leaflets; stipulas subulate; ^ .^^ ' ,.^, , , ^ ° 



acemes opposite the leaves ; legumes lineal, glabrous, spread- ^' ^«P>6()0 Stamens d.adelphous. 

 ine. (T) n xt„.-.- _/..,' z^*' ^ ^ ', ?^ >. ^ ^^^ Trifoliate Tenhrosxa. Shrub. 



^ TV,. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Coronilla 



•nyrtifoha, Burm. cap. 22. 



Myrtle-leaved Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



Trif( 



78 T. tern/ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 25G.) shrubby, erect ; 



branches villous ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, silky ; flowers axil- 

 Native of 



'^O T. RiirVmi /'A r ,. 4 o' orc'\ ir r u ^i.^A lary, sessile ; calyxes and corollas tomentose. ^ 



*• jxji£EDii^u. C. prod. 2. p, 255.) suffruticose, branched, ,, •'J^ r V- i u c u- ^ ^k^^ ti 



ffuse ; leaves wJfh A...lr..',r. S ^ui J„ ..^.,„i,„f ^^.r..r.J the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora tern^ta, Tl 



dlffu 

 obtu 



leaves wifh' TT V V X^'^ i\ ZZ. the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora ternka, Thunb. prod. 79. 



leaves with 4-5.pairs of oblong, somewhat obovate, f...J,_.,^ Ti..,.i^ fl .J an^ Sf.mpn, mon.,rlpInhnus. 



fewT' "^"''T^"^^^ leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves 



Man T^Ti ^ ' ^* Native of Malabar, in sandy places. 



^^an-lodda-vaddi, Rheed, mal. 9. t. 22. Rochea, Scop, introd. 



tCQup^' ^ f *^" -Prowers apparently with only 3 petals, in con- 

 >?a"^5 ? r^^^ ^^^'"^ ^eJng very short, pale yellow. 



n 



Tephrosia. Sh. 1 foot. 



I 



idea i'/ ^^""^"'^^^ (from Oepfiog, thermos, a lupine, and icta, 

 Leatpt ^ ',P "*^ resembling the lupine in having palmate leaves). 

 ^^e petfolT'^^^ 5-/o/i«fe, havmg 2 little stipulas at the top of 

 eafUt ^}'p^las and stipels becoming hard and spinescent. 



Pfri,^ '^'^'P'^^oie, margined with a nerve. Flowers unknown. 

 '/'"P' « proper genus. 



pubesclm''"'^''^?'^ ^^- ^- P'^'l- 2- P- ^^^•) P^^"' shrubby, 

 «uneated ' if ^'P"'^^ lanceolate, spreading ; leaflets 5, oblong, 

 h G 'J^°}^^^' clothed beneath with adpressed silky down. 

 Burch n ^^T °^ ^^^ ^^Pe of Good Hope. Galega lupinif olia, 



^^ptne-kaved Tenhrn«;, si 



^ot. u. 



fephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Galega tern^ta, Thunb. fl. cap. 601. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ternate-lea\ed Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



79 T. FiLiFoLiA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, 

 erectish, glabrous below ; leaflets filiform, glabrous ; flowers 

 2-3 in an umbel, terminal ; calyx hairy, l^.l G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Galega filif olia, Thunb. fl. cap. G02. 



TA read- ^eaiec? Tephrosia. PL 1 foot. 



80 T. ULiGiNOSA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 232.) shrubby, climbing ; 

 leaflets oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers racemose ; pedun- 

 cles 3-flowered. ^ . ^- S. Native of the East Indies. Robi- 

 nea uliginosa, Roxb. and Willd. 



Bog Tephrosia. Shrub cl. 



81 T. VELUTiNA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 232.) shrubby, twining; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, villous on both surfaces ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; legumes lanceolate, pubescent. Tj . '^. S. Native of 



St. Domingo. 



Velvety Tephrosia. Shrub tw. 



82 T. toNGiFOLiA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant shrubby, 

 twining; leaflets lanceolate, obtuse; racemes few-flowered; 



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