ie LEGUMINOSAE. [ Tephrosia. 
One of the most common weeds on all islands. It was introduced in 1836 her Java 
by a Dr. Serriére, who is said to have manufactured a good quality of indigo from it. 
species, of American n origin, is cultivated now in many countries in preference : other 
distinguished by the looser racemes with longer and more slender pods, which are always 
straight. This too has been introduced and may possibly still be found in the country. 
4. TEHPROSIA, Pers. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Standard broad, as long as or longer than the obtuse 
keel. Upper stamen free at the very base, but basin to the sheath 
of the others in the middle. Style curved, glabrous, but sometimes with 
a tuft of hairs on the terminal stigma. Pod wie svt gent 2-valved, 
without partitions between the seeds. — Herbs or rarely shrubs. Leaves 
impari-pinnate, with several pairs of opposite leaflets, rarely reduced to a 
single leaflet, their veins oa parallel and oblique. Racemes 
terminal, leaf-opposed, n the Pade! axils, often leafy at the base. 
Flowers 2—6 together a each bra 
A widely spread tropical gen 
1. T. piscatoria, Pers. — DO. Prod. II, 252. — Stock perennial and 
often woody, with slender erect stems 1—2 ft. high, the younger shoots 
Je sateen Leaflets in 4—6 pairs, linear-oblong, 9—12‘, on petioles 
of less than 1“, obtuse or truncate and mucronulate, with tapering base 
and oblique excurrent veins, but entire. Stipules subulate, 3’. Raceme 
terminal or leaf-opposed, 8—12' long, the white-purplish flowers in distant 
clusters of 3 or 2, or single near the end, in the axils of ape plat 
bracts. Pedicels 2—3”. — 21 sisi its teeth subulate, the 2 upper 
approximate. Petals clawed, arly equal length, 3“. 3 round 
and expanded; —_— obli aS ome and slightly adherent to the keel. 
Ovary silky, sessile, linear, with 5—8 ovules. Stigma pencilled. Pod 
straight, glabrate, ey in length, the valves ayiteally twisted after opening. 
Seeds oblong, 2’, flat and somewhat kidney-shaped, s sisi d, the puneti- 
form hilum in the middle of the concave side. — T. urea, Pers. — 
T. toxicaria, Gaud. in Bot. Freye. (not Pers.). — Galega piscatoria, Sol. 
— G. littoralis, For 
all islands, rocky ground near the oe and further inland. Is u 
by the natives for inietyee fish, ng plant possessing a narcotic p — kindred to 
that of Digitalis, with a similar effect on the action of the heart. Nat. names: «Ahuhu» 
and <Auhola»; Tahitian, «Hola». The species is spread o opioat Asia 
and Australia, and probably is not wanting in any of the Polynesian island groups. 
5. SESBANIA, Pers. 
Tube of calyx truncate or 5-toothed. Standard roundish, patent or 
reflexed. Wings faleate. Keel incurved, obtuse, with long eee Stamens 
diadelphous, the free stamen geniculate at the base. Anthers uniform, 
or the alternate ones a little longer. Ovary stipitate, many-ovuled; style 
