74. Leguminose. [ Psoralea. 
Page 28.— 
Psoralea corylifolia Linn. Kavothi, 7. Karporgam, T. 
Nuvara Eliya Distr. (C. Drieberg). 
Page 29.— 
Mundulea suberosa Benth. Gal-burutu, S. Pilavaiam 
T. (Gamble). 
The S. name was probably given because the wood resembles satin- 
wood. 
oe 30) 
2. Tephrosia senticosa Pers. 
T. tinctoria Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 31 (1894) pp. non Pers: 
An erect shrubby plant, about 3 ft. high; leaflets 5 pairs 
and an end one, I-13 in., obovate-oblong, emarginate, 
glabrous above, thinly clothed with white, adpressed hairs 
beneath, stip. subulate; fl. shortly stalked, in few-flowered, 
crowded, pedunculate racemes; pod 2-23 in., straight, spar- 
ingly pilose, with g seeds. 
Dry region; rather rare. Jaela; Panvella. Fl. Dec. 
This is not Galega pentaphylla Roxb. as Trimen states. It re- 
sembles T. tinctoria, but the leaflets are less hairy. 
Page 31.—For Teprosia tinctoria Pers. read: 
Midrib of leaflet glabrescent or grey pubescent ; 
stems finely pubescent; leaflet usually obo- 
vate, emarginate; thinly grey pubescent; 
pods subglabrous : ; : : 
Midrib of leaflet rufous pubescent below; stems 
densely pubescent; leaflets usually oblong, 
densely silvery pubescent beneath; pods 
rufous pubescent : 
Terminal leaflet 1-23 in. long; stipulessubulate 3. T. TINCTORIA. 
Terminal leaflet 3 in. long; stipules broadly 
ovate y ; : : é . 3a. T, PULCHERRIMA. 
3. ‘TI. tinctoria Pers.; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 31 (1894) pp. 
Horton Plains; Kandy; Lunugala. Fls. Jan.; reddish orange. 
Also in S. India. 
3a. T. pulcherrima Wight ex. Bak. in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 112 
(1879). T. tinctora var. pulcherrima Bak. 1. c. 
Shrubby perennial; stem erect, 14-3 ft. high; branches 
stiff, slightly angled, densely pubescent; stipules broadly 
ovate, acuminate, subglabrous; leaflets 1-5, very unequal; 
terminal leaflet about 3 in. long; often the only one present, 
oblong, very densely silky beneath, glabrous above; midrib 
rufous pubescent; lateral veins rather conspicuous; fs. 
rather small, subsessile; bracts hairy on the margins; pod 
2-24 in. long, linear, apiculate, densely rufous pubescent. 
Matale. 
Also in S. India. 
Part II. 
2. T. SENTICOSA. 
