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pereistent. Leaflets usually 5, opposite or casually alternate, gradually 

 decreasing in size dowuwards (the terminal leaflet l|-2 by |-1 j- in.), all 

 obovate, cuneate, rounded and mucronate at the apex, quite glabrous 

 above, clothed with appressed silvery hairs beneath, base acute ; lateral 

 nerves very numerous, close, slender, conspicuous ; petiolules of the 

 lateral leaflets Jg in., those of the terminal ^ in. long. Flowers in 

 erect lax racemes; peduncles much longer than the leaves, silvery-hairy ; 

 pedicels short, hairy ; bracts scarious, lanceolate, very acute. Calyx 

 ^-^ in. long, hairy outside ; teeth subulate from a triangular base, 

 longer than the tube. Corolla thrice as long as the calyx, bright red, 

 handsome ; standard suborbicular, hairy on the back. Style flattened, 

 bearded throughout its entire length. Pods 2-2| by ^-4 in., linear, 

 flattened, mucronate, slightly curved upwards at the apex, more or less 

 silky-hairy. Seeds 8-12. Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 60. T. tmctoria, var. 

 coccinea, I3aker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 112. — Flowers : Oct. 



I have adopted Dr. Prain's suggestion, founded on a recent examina- 

 tion of a large number of specimens (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 (1898) 

 p. 3G5), as to the propriety of recognizing this as a distinct species 

 instead of a variety of T. tlnctoria. 



KoNKAN : roarl froui Poladpur to Mabableshwar, Woodrow ! ; Neral, Woodrow ! — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula and Birma). 



4. Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. Sijn. PI. v. 2 (1807) p. 329. A 

 copiously branched herbaceous perennial 1-2 ft. high ; branches 

 spreading, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Leaves 2-4 in. long ; petioles 

 |-2 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, nerved, erect or someliraes 

 reflexed. Leaflets 11-21, oblanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, 

 |-lg by Y^-h in., glabrous above, clothed with fine appressed silky 

 hairs beneath, base cuneate ; nerves close, ascending, slender, conspicuous 

 on both surfaces ; petiolules of lateral leaflets yV'To '^^•■> those of the 

 terminal g-y\ in. long. Flowers in leaf-opposed lax racemes 3-5 in. 

 long, the lower flowers of the racemes fascicled ; pedicels slender ; 

 bracts subulate. Calyx ^ in. long, thinly silky ; teeth triangular- 

 subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; 

 standard pubescent on the back. Style flattened, glabrescent ; stigma 

 penicillate. Pods 1$-1| in. long, linear, sHghtly curved, mucronate, at 

 first thinly hairy, finally glabrescent. Seeds 5-6, Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 112 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 47 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 61 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 31 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 422; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 14. — Flowers : Oct.-Jan. Veen. Unhdli ; 

 Sar20icnld. 



KoNKAN : Stocks] Deccan : Ahniednagar, Coo/i-e! Gujarat: Chnndod, IVoodrow ; 

 Baroda, Woodrow ! ; Deesa, Grahain (abundant). S. M. Country : Badanii, Cooke ! ; 

 Kuput bills, Talhot ! 



Tbe odor of the decaying plant is very offenBive. 



Vab. pumila. Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 113. Not more 

 than 18 in. high, more diffuse, persistently finely downy, sometimes 

 canescent. Stipules lanceolate, deflexed or not. Leaflets 9-15, smaller, 

 densely hairy beneath. Racemes densely hairy ; flowers smaller. Pods 

 1-1| in. long, finely downv, curved. Seeds 8-10. Tephrosia pianila, 

 Pcrs. (sp.) I.e. p. 330. T. diffusa, Wight & Arn. (sp.) Prodr. p. 213. 



GrjAEAT : Ankksbwar near Broacb, Dahelll S. M. Country : Belganm, liUchie, 

 10.3! 



