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phrosia which I saw in India, I may here give the result. In 

 my journey to Mysore, I had an opportunity of observing the 

 Securidaca Maderaspatana, siliquis falcatis fulvis et villosis, plu- 

 rlmis circa ramulos stellatim positis, of Plukenet (Aim. 339-, Phyt. 

 t. 59. f. 6.), which is the Galega villosa of Willdenow (Sp. PL iii. 

 1245.) ; and also the Coroniila zeylanica, siliquis fuscis hirsutis 

 pilosis, flore albo, of Burman (Thes. Zeyl. 78. t. 33.), which Will- 

 denow makes a variety of the former ; and in this the Encyclo- 

 pedic agrees with him (ii. 597). I must admit that the two plants 

 have a strong affinity ; but that any change of soil or culture pro- 

 duces such a difference of appearance as exists, remains to be 

 proved. The latter plant I think is probably the Galega incana 

 of Dr. Roxburgh (Hort. Peng. 57-)> but of this I am not sure. 

 In the collection which I gave to Sir J. E. Smith, from Mysore, 

 it was called Galega hirta, under which name I shall here de- 

 scribe it. 



Galega (seu Tephrosia) hirta, leguminibus falcatis pendulis hirtis, 

 racemo oppositifolio foliato pedunculato, foliolis cuneatis 

 emarginatis, caule erecto. 



Habitat in ruderis Carnatae Julio florens. 



Radix ramosa, lignosa, perpendicularis. Caulis infra lignosus, 

 cubitum altus, erectus, teres, tomentosus, ramosissimus. 

 Rami patentes, dichotomi, subtetragoni. Folia alterna, 

 subsessilia, cum impari pinnata. Foliola opposita, 4 — 8- 

 juga, cuneiformia, integerrima, emarginata, oblique striata, 

 supra glabra, subtus pilis longis incumbentibus pubescen- 

 tia. Stipulce gemina?, laterales, e petiolo distinctae, per- 

 sistentes, rigidae, e basi latissima acuminata?, patentes, in- 

 tegerrimae, mediocres. Racemi erecti, folio longiores, op- 

 positifolii, pedunculo communi villoso, angulis quatuor vel 

 quinque acutis subulato. Floret nutantes ternati. interme- 



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