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persistent velvety pubescence. Leaves short-petioled 6-9 in. long ; 

 leaflets terminal and in 9-12 opposite paits, ligulate, acute, 1*5-2 in. 

 lonir, green and glabrous above, grey and thinly silky beneath ; stipules 

 setaceous, ascending. liacevies copious, terminal and lateral, 6-9 in. 

 long, lower flowers fasciculate ; pedicels •25--4 in., silky. Calyx densely 

 silky, •2-25 in. long, teeth muclj shorter tlian tube. Corolla '75-] in., 

 rose or white, standard densely silky. Pods 3-4 in. long, 10-15-seeded, 

 slightly recurved, clothed with adpressed brown silky hairs ; style silky, 

 flattened. Wall. Cat. 5627 ; W. & A. Prodr. 210 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind, II. 111. Bobinia candiila Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 327. Kiesera sericea 

 Reinw. in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 291. Xiphocarpiis candidus Hassk. 

 PI. Rar. Jav. 336. 



Singapore; Anderson! Hullett ! Distrib. Himalayas, Western 

 Indo-China, Malay Archipelago. 



2. Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Synops. 329. A copiously branched 

 suberect herbaceous perennial with slender firm terete glabrescent stems. 

 Leaves short-petioled S-6 in. long; leaflets terminal and in 6-10 opposite 

 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate obtuse, 5 in. long, green and glal)rescent 

 above, glaucous and obscurely silky beneath; stipules subreflexed. 

 Racemes copious all lateral, 3-6 in. long, lax fld. ; lowers flowers fascicu- 

 late ; pedicles •l-*2 in., bracteoles minute. Calyx densely silky I-'IS in. 

 long ; teeth linear as long as tube. Corolla •25-3 in. long, red, standard 

 thinly silky. Pods 1*5-2 in. long, 6-8-seeded, slightly recurved, glabres- 

 cent ; style glabrescent; stigma penicillate. DC. Prodr. II, 251 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5688; W. & A. Prodr. 213; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat I, 296; Bak. in 

 Flor. Brit. Ind, II, 112. Galega purpurea Linn. Sp. PI. ed. II, 1063; 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 386. 



MkhACCk ; Grifith f V EN AtiG ; Curtis ! I* kRXNG ; Ridley ! SelangoRj 

 roadsides, Ridley 7291 ! Distrib. S.-E. Asia. 



The form foaiid in the Malay Peninsula is the typical plant described by 

 Linnaeus and by Roxburgh as Galega purpurea. Mr. Ridley has noted on his iSelan- 

 gor specimens: — ^' Indigofera, introduced by Tamils, now established." 



3. Tephrosia HoOKERiANA W. & A. Prodr. 212 ; var. amoena Prain. 

 A slightly-branched erect herbaceous perennial with firm terete finely 

 downy branches. Leaves short-petioled 4-8 in. long; leaflets terminal 

 and in 6-9 opposite pairs narrowly oblanceolate, truncate, 1 in. lono-, 

 green and glabrous above, grey and thinly silky beneath ; stipules linear 

 erect. Racemes copious all lateral, 6-9 in. long, lax-fld. ; pedicels '1 in. 

 long: bracteoles minute. Calyx densely silky •15-'2 in. long: teeth 

 setaceous rather longer than tube. Corolla *35-'5 in. long, red, standard 

 thiidy silky. Pods 2-2*5 in. long, 8-10-seeded, slightly recurved, 

 densely clothed with persistent brownish silky hairs; style flattened 



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