Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 203 
linear-lanceolate, longer than the petiole, acute, flat, midribbed, setoso- 
strigose, the terminal petioled ; stipules subulate ; racemes spicate, sub- 
sessile, shorter than the leaf, several flowered ; calyx segments setaceo- 
subulate, longer than the pubescent vexillum; legumes compressed, 
falcate, strongly wrinkled, 4—5 seeded, hispid. 
Has. Thaba Uncka and Vet Rivier, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth.) 
Root subsimple, with few fibres. Stem much branched from near the base, the 
branches angular, subsimple, spreading, 6-12 inches long, coarsely strigose. Petioles 
4-5 lines long. Leaflets 14 inches long or more, 1-2 lines wide, strigose on both 
sides, pale green. Flowers small, hidden among the leaves. Legumes $ inch long, 
13 line wide, compressed between the seeds, curved upwards, pale, 
XXXII. TEPHROSIA, Pers. 
Calyx ebracteolate, campanulate, subequally 5-toothed or cleft. Ver- 
illum suborbicular, large, patent, silky or villous externally ; ale ad- 
hering to the carina. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Qvary 
multi-ovulate ; style filiform, glabrous or bearded. Zegume linear, com- 
pressed, coriaceous, straight or curved, sessile or stipitate, continuous or 
with partitions between the seeds: seeds compressed. Endl. Gen. 6 539. 
DC. Prod. 2. p. 248. Apodynomene, E. Mey. ! Endl. No. 6538. 
Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbs common throughout the tropics and subtropical 
regions of both hemispheres. Leaves imparipinnate or digitate, rarely unifoliolate. 
Stipules free. Stipellz none. Flowers racemose, on terminal, axillary, or lateral pe- 
duncles, red, purple or white. Name from regpos, ashen ; because many of the spe- 
cies have a grey or silvery pubescence. The Cape species are conveniently grouped 
under two sections or subgenera, readily distinguished by their stipules and bracts. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Section 1. Eu-Tephrosia. Stipules 1-3 nerved, subulate. Bracts subulate, small, 
persistent, (Sp. 1-16.) 
Leaves digitate . 1. .... ie sss Gee cpnet dems wy, pe 10) A 
Leaves pinnate: style glabrous. 
Leaflets in several pairs. 
Shrubs, or rigidly ligneous : . ? 
Lfts. oblong-lanceolate, pale silky ... ... (2) suberosa. 
Lfts. narrow-linear, green, pale ben .. (8) Kraussiana. 
Suffrutices: stem erect or ascending : : 
Ped. very short, scarcely any, awillary ... (4) stricta. 
Ped. short, opposite the leaves ; whole plant 
Ped. longer than the leaves and o te them : 
Lfts. 2-4 pair, linear-lanceolate, long- 
petioled ... ... +.» + _... (11) Dregeana, 
me pair, cuneate-oblong, short- 
Racemes densel sely many flowered oe (5) pallens. 
Racemes interruptedly few flowered (6) semiglabra. 
Ped. long ; terminal and axillary : 
Lfts. cuneate-linear, pubescent beneath; 
stem slender oa wee — . 
Lfts. cuneate-oblong, pu nm e 
beneath ; stem straight ..._... (9) polystachya. 
Lfts. linear, green above, silvery white 
(7) amoena. 
beneath Soe eae (10) discolor. — 
Suffrutices ; stem procumbent or trailing... ... (12) Capensis. 
Leaflets in 1-2 pairs, linear-lanceolate (2-4 inches £. 
long) ec 0: 
