Tt'phrosin 



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account of its intoxicating qualities.. . .Tin.- leaves and branches being well 

 pounded, and thrown into any river, pond, or creek, are observed to infect 

 the waters very soon ; by which all the fish are immediately intoxicated, 

 and rise and float upon the surface, as if they were dead ; from whence 

 they are easily taken. But most of tin- lar-e ones that are left, recover 

 from this trance after a short time, though the greatest part of the small 

 fry perish on those occa-ion-." 



Fig. 4. TephroKia toxicaria Pers. 



\. Upper portion of leaf x -;. 



B, Upper portion of raceme x L 



C, Flower with corolla removed X 2. 



D, Standard flattened x !!. 



E, Wing X . 



F, Keel x i:." 



G, Pod x n. 



(After Fl. Bra?.) 



'2. T. purpurea Pc.rs. Syn. ii. 329 (1807) ; ascending ; leaflets 

 in 6-10 pairs ; calyx 3-3 '5 mm. L, teeth as IOMLT as tin- tube, 

 acuminate; blade of standard elliptical-roundish, broader than 

 long, 6 mm. 1., 7*3 mm. br. ; claw cuneate, '2 nun. 1. ; pod 

 t>-seeded '">">-), 3-1 cm. L, glabrous or .-trigilioM'. -liol-. in 

 Hool-.f. Fl. Ur. In<1. ii. 112; J&obinson in 1lt . (in::, xxviii. -01. 

 T. leptostac-liya DC. Prodr. ii. 251 : B,-,itli. torn. cit. is : fir,'*.-!,. 

 lor. <-it. T. .-isrcndens Macf. Jam. /. L'^7 (ls;!7). Cracca pur- 

 purea L. Sj>. /'/. T52 (17."):5). Galena ])ur}>uresi L. Sp. PI. ///. _'. 

 10n." (17G.'5). Coronilla xcvlanica herbacea A-C. llurm. Zcijl. 77. 

 /. 32. Ci'acca leguminibus strictis adscendentibus glabris race 

 mosis ttc. L. FL Zcyl. IK'. Tyi'<- in Herb. Hermann in H<T!>. 



s. Brit. 



Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. s; 1 , ! ]ldustoun\ Shdk9pear\ Mm-fath/cii ! 

 Clermont, St. David, McXnb ! Hope River Mouth ; Liguanea Ridge, 



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