582 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Tephrostu. 



wings inside rosy, 35 to "5 in. long; standard silky with a rosy 

 centre. Pods 2 to 2*5 in scimitar-shaped 2 in. long, '2 in. wide, 

 brown hairy. Seeds 8 to 10. Hab. Waste ground ; Singapore, 

 Bidadari. Malacca, Bukit Sabukor ; Bukit Bruang (Derry) ; 

 Malaka Pindah (Cantley). Penang, Payah Trobong (Curtis); 

 Batu Feringhi; Jelutong; Pulau Tikus. Distrih. North India. 

 Native name : Kachang Buluh. 



(2) T. purpurea Pers. Synops. 329; Prain, I.e. 85. 



Shrubby at base, much-branched, glabrous. Leaves 3 to 6 in. 

 long; leaflets 6 to 10 pairs oblanceolate, blunt, '5 in. long, 2 in. 

 across, obscurely silky beneath. Racemes lateral 3 to 6 in. long, 

 lax; pedicels slender, -i to '2 in. long. Calyx silky "i to '15 in. 

 long; teeth linear. Corolla '25 to '3 in. long, pale mauve. Pods 

 scimitar-shaped glabrous, i"25 to i'45 in. long, "i in. wide. Seeds 6 

 to 8. Hab. Waste ground, roadsides, probably introduced. 

 Malacca, road to Sungei Hudang. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, 

 Kajang. Penang, Batu Feringhi; Telok Bahang (Curtis). Distrih. 

 Indo-Malaya. 



Excluded Species 



T. CANDIDA DC. ; Prain, I.e. 84. 



Singapore (Hullett), not native. All the specimens were from 

 a plant in the Botanic Gardens now dead. 



21. SESBANIA, Pers. 



Shrubs or small trees or herbs. Leaves narrow even-pinnate 

 with numerous linear leaflets. Flowers in racemes, axillary. 

 Calyx campanulate 2-lobed or 5-toothed. Corolla exsert; petals 

 all clawed ; standard broad, keel straight, blunt or curved beaked. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Ovary stipitate linear; style filiform 

 incurved. Pod long and narrow septate between the numerous 

 seeds. Species 40, cosmopolitan. 



Pod twisted pendulous ; flowers '75 in. long . . (i) S. paludosa 



Pod straight, ascending ; flowers -5 in. long . . (2) S. cannabina 



(i) S. paludosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56 ; Prain, I.e. 82. 



Tall annual herb up to 12 ft. tall, pithy. Leaves 4 to 12 in. 

 long, sessile ; leaflets 10 to 30 pairs, sparsely hairy. Racemes 

 drooping 8- to 12-flowered, 4 to 5 in. long. Flowers few, yellow, 

 dotted purple, 75 in. long. Pods 10 to 12 in. long, pendulous, 

 twisted. Hab. Marshy open ground, Kedah, near ricefields 

 (Kunstler). Distrih. India, Burma, China, Java. 



(2) S. cannabina Pers. Syn. ii. 316 ; Prain, I.e. 83. 



Slender herb, 3 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, sessile; 

 leaflets 8 to 20 pairs, glabrous, -3 in. long, -i in. wide, dark green. 

 Racemes about i in. long, slender ; flowers few, "4 in. long yellow ; 

 standard streaked red. Pods cylindric, 8 in. long, -i in. through. 



