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subpenicillatum. Legumen lineare v. rarius ovatum, compressum, 2-valve. Semina compressa 
v. angulata, sepe strophiola minuta donata.— Arbores, frutices, suffrutices v. herbe; plerumque 
pube sericea; foliis imparipinnatis co- v. raro 1-jugis, racemis terminalibus, oppositifoliis et axilla- 
ribus; floribus fasciculato-congestis, rarius pedicellis axillaribus solitariis, 1—9-floris; floribus albis 
carneis v. violaceis, ebracteatis. 
l. T. piscatoria, Pers. Ench. vol. ii. p. 329; suffruticosa, glabra pubescens v. villosa; foliolis 
7-11 oblongo-cuneatis v. linearibus obtusis v. acutis, supra glabris, subtus villosis v. sericeis; racemis 
terminalibus v. oppositifoliis, inferioribus sepe brevioribus, superioribus 6 unc. longis ; calycis minute 
pubescentis lobis subulatis; stylo valde compresso, legumine glabro v. pubescente, plus minusve 
faleato oc-spermo.— 7. purpurea, Pers. Ench. vol. ii. p. 329. T. toxicaria, Gaud. in Freye. p. 93, 
T. Baueri, Benth. in A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 408. Galega littoralis, Forst. Prodr. n. 277, et 
Icon. (ined.) t. 200. G. piscatoria, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 229, et in Parkins. Drawings of 
Tahit. Plants, t. 76 (ined.). Nomen vernac. Tahitiense, “ Hora."—Common on the seaside through- 
out Viti (Seemann! n. 107). The plant has also been collected in the Society (Banks and Solander ! 
Barclay!), Sandwich (Barclay! Macrae! Nuttall!), Samoan (U. S. Expl. Exped., and Tongan 
Islands (Forster! Sir E. Home! Barclay!), as well as in Uvea or Wallis Island, and in tropical 
America and New Holland. 
Used in many tropical countries, including Tahiti and other Polynesian islands, for stupefying fish for 
the purpose of catching them, but I did not observe this to be the case in Viti, though, like Derris uliginosa, 
it may possibly be thus employed. 
As the flowers of this plant are often almost white, it seems desirable to adopt the name Z. pisca- 
toria instead of purpurea, as the general name for a species including so many varieties.* 
IV. Ormocarpum, Beauv. Flor. Owar. vol. i. p. 95. t. 58; Endl. Gen. n. 6593; Benth. Fl. 
Austr. vol. ii. p. 225. Calyx bracteolis 2 persistentibus, 5-fidus, subbilabiatus, laciniis omnibus 
acutis. Vexillum orbiculatum, carinz obtuse petala dorso leviter cohzrentia. Stamina 10, mona- 
delpha; anthers conformes. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis; stigma obtusum. 
Legumen lineare, compressum, 2—cc-articulatum, articulis oblongis v. elongatis, utrinque angustatis 
longitudinaliter striatis, plerumque 1-spermis, distincte secedentibus. Semina compressa.—Frutices ; 
foliis 1-foliolatis v. imparipinnatis, foliolis glabris acuminatis v. retusis; racemis axillaribus brevibus 
paucifloris, floribus flavis albidis v. purpureo striatis. 
1, O. sennoides, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 315; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 226; foliis impari- 
pinnatis 6—7-jugis, foliolis obovatis retusis mucronatis ; leguminis articulis striatis aculeato-verrucosis. 
—Hedysarum sennoides, Willd. Spec. vol. iii. p. 1207. — ZEschynomene coluteoides, A. Rich. Sert. | 
Astrol. 87, t. 32.—On the leeward ‘coasts of Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected in Queens- ` 
land (Banks and Solander !). 
V. Desmodium, DC. Mem. vol. vi.; Endl. Gen. n. 6615; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 229. 
Calycis tubo levi, lobis 2 superioribus plus minusve coalitis. Vexillum oblongum v. orbiculatum, 
basi attenuatum ; ale oblongs, carine obtuse plerumque medio adherentes. Stamina 10, fila- 
mento vexillari libero diadelpha, rarius monadelpha; antherz conformes. Ovarium sessile v. stipi- 
tatum, 2—oc-ovulatum. Stylus subulatus, incurvus. Legumen o-articulatum, articulis seceden- 
tibus compressis l-spermis indehiscentibus v. vix apertis. Semina compresso-reniformia.— Herbze 
frutices v. arbuscule ; foliis 3- v. 1-foliolatis stipellatis; stipulis szepe scariosis, striatis membranaceis ; 
_ * Sesbania coccinea, Poir. (ZEsehynomene coccinea, Linn. fil., Forst. Icon. (ined.) t. 198, 199; Æ. spe- 
ciosa, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pac. p. 291, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Pl. (ined.) t. 75), may be expected 
to occur in Viti, it having been found in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Forster!) and in the Botanists’ 
Island, off New Caledonia (Forster!) - aN 
