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Psoralea L. 



Vsoralea odorata spec. nov. 



Herba pereunis ramosissima odoratissima quando sicca (sicut Antho- 

 xauthum odoratam), circa 60 cm. alta et amplias, ramis ascendontibus 

 formaiitibus angulum acutum cum caule. Caiilis ramique teretes, 

 striati, adpresse hirsuti, verucosi. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata. 

 Petiokis 2 cm. attingens, argento-cancescens, parce verucosiis. Sti- 

 pulye triangulares acutae, basi lata, aliquantulum falcatte, circa 3 

 ram long*, argento-canescentes, fortiber ner^^abse, par stipularum 

 decurrens et formanstres lineas elevatas in interuodio, lineis latera- 

 libas repente curvatis. Folioli oblanceolati, apice rotundi vel 

 subacuti vel apiculati,nervissuperneprofnnde dopress|i3, prominentibus 

 inferne, valde adpresse hirsuti, speciatim inferne ; foliolus terminalis 

 maximus, 22 mm. longus, 6 mm. latus, laterales vero 12 mm. longi 

 et 5 mm. lati, omnes glandulo puncbatis inferne, interdum parce 

 superne, margine irregulariter siuuati, b isi acuti. Petioluli circa ^ 

 mm. longi. 



Flores fauciculati, rarius solitarii in spicas axillares 10 cm. longas con 

 ferti. Khacliis verucosa. Pjdicelli 1 mm. attmgenbes. valde hirsuti. 

 Bractse minutfe, ovato-acutae, parce hirsubae. Calyx 3 mm. longus, 

 dense argenbo-hirsutus externe, lobi triangulares, ovati, acubi, brevi- 

 oreii tubo, intimus maximus, sed superiores attingentes altius. Co- 

 rolla alijuanbulum exserba, vexillum labe obovatum, emargitiatum, 

 margine sinuabum. album, alse oblique oblongae, lobo magno rotundo 

 munibse circa medium marginis posberioris, albae, apice caerulescentes 

 cotiserenbes cum pebalis carinte. Pebala carinae coh«rentia, ali- 

 quantulum lobata in parte posteriore, alba, apice caerulescentia. 

 Sbaman vexillarj b:i5i connatum cum caeberis. Ovarium stipitatum, 

 glabratum. Stylus tiliformis, compressns, iucurvus : stigma parvum. 



Legumen (imnaburum) dense hirsutum, stylo psrsisbenbe munitum. 

 Semina (iminatura) coiiipressa, reniformia, brunnea. 



Loc. : .Jodhpur : Banner, sand (No. 7005 !), near Kotda (No. 7003 !), 

 Jaisalmer : Devikot (No. 7004 !), near Bap (No. 7002 !). 



Fl. and fr. in Nov. 



Note : Tiiis species differs from P. plicata Del. by the colour of the 

 corolla, by the longer petioles, hairiness of the stem and branches, 

 and the shape of the stipules. 



Tephrosia Pers. 



Tephrosia tenuis Wall. Cat. (1828) 5970. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Jorlhpur (No. 6961 !), Osian (No. 6962 !), Balarwa (No. 



6963 !), Kotda near Sen. rocks (No. 6964 !). 

 Distrib : India, Laccadives. 

 Fl, in Oct., fr. i i Oct. and Nov. 



Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Syn. PI. II (1807) 329. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 6983!, 6978!), Bhikamkor (No. 69791), 

 Osian (No. 6980 !), Phalodi (No. 6981!). Jaisalmer : Vinjorai (^No. 

 6982 !). 

 Distrib. : Tropics generally. 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Tephrosia incana Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5644 ; Wight, and Arn. Prodt. 212 ; 

 Wight Ic. 371, Grab. Cat. ^1 .—Galena incam Roxb. Fl. . Ind. Ill, 

 SSi).— Tephrosia Ehrenbeiyiana Schvveinf. PI, Athiop. 18. — /'. villosa 

 Pers. var. incnna Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. il, 113 ; Cooke, Fl. 

 Bomb. Pres. 1 (1903) 32S. 



