LEOUMIXOS.E. 523 



JEu-hjnomene cannabina and spinulosa, Roxb. 

 S. aculeata, I'ers. 



Pods rather convex on botli sides, 1 i-2 lines broad ; standard I inch long. Seeds 

 cylindrical. 



S. CociriN-CHnrExsis, DC. Swamps in Arakau and Pegu. 



JEschxjnomene 2>aludosa, Eoxb. 

 S. cannuhina, Pers. 



Dunchi, or Dbancbi hemp, of Bengal. 



Pods rather flat, 2-3 lines broad, narrowly bordered ; standard I inch long, 

 seeds more or less eoinpresscd-rhomboid. 



Sesbania is a genus of no great utility save as yielding a coarse fibre, an 

 excellent charcoal for the manufacture of gunpowder, and a hedge or trellis plant 

 in gardens and betel plantations, as near Maulraaiu (Parish). The hemp is coarse, 

 but durable, and resists wet better than many otliers. 



X X Pods not chambered within, many-seeded. 



Tephrosia, PersooH. 



VexiUary stamen only at the middle adnate to the staminal tube. Puds thin 

 coriaceous. Herbs, under slirubs, or rarely shrubs. Leaves pinnately mauy-1-foliolate. 



* Flowers in axillary or leaf-opposed racemes, rarely reduced to 2 or a few only. 

 Leaves unpaired pinnate, rarely simple. 



X Calyx-teeth short, deltoid [Brissonia, Kech.). 



T. CANDIDA, DC. Chittagong and Tenasserim. 



Kicsera sericea, Rwdt. 



Shrub, silky pubescent. Corolla |-1 inch long, white. Racemes terminal and 

 lateral. Pod appressed silk-liairy. 



X X Calyx-teeth narrow, cuspidate, as lony as the calyx-tube {Eeineria, Munch.). 

 -\- Flowers in racemes. 

 ° Racemes peduncled, leaf -opposed, and terminal. 



T. (Galega) rTrRPTiuEA, L. All over 13urma. 



G. lanceafolia, Roxb. 

 Almost glabrous or verj' thinly appressed silk-hairy. Pods glabrous or nearly so. 



° ° Racemes axillary ami terminal, sometimes reduced. 



T. rATTCiFLORA, Grab. Pagli'i-niyo. 



Similar to the preceding, but racemes short or reduced to a few (2) flowers oidy. 



T. (Galega) tixctoeia, L. var. /3 only near Ava. 



G. lluyneana, Roxb. 



Racemes long-pcduncled, many-flowered. Leaves pinnate, leaflets in 3-6 pairs, 

 appressed silvery silk-hairy. Pods glabresccnt. 



var. o genuina. The indument more or loss tawny. Leaflets oblong, 

 var. (i coccinea, Wall. The indument silvery-wliite. Leaflets short and more 

 or less obovatc, the base usually cuneatc. Tliis plant yiekls a blue dye like indigo. 



T. IIOOKERIANA, KurZ. 



Racemes long-peduncled, mnny-flowcrcd. Leaves pinnate, leaflets in 6-9 pairs, 

 thinly appressed silk-liairy. Pods densely brownish silk-hairy. 



T. Grahamii, Wall. Prome. 



Racemes long-peduneled, few-flowered at the apex. Leaves simple, or with a 

 pair of diminutive basal leaflets. Rest as in T. tinctoria. 



