192 LEGUMiNOs^. Galega. 



Hab. in sylvaticis regionis subalpinae totius Caucasi et prov. Transcaucasi-' 

 caruni (Ledeb. Hohen ! ^zow ! Rupr!), in Armenia RossicA (G. Koch). 

 Leguoaina poUicem vel sesquipollicem longa. 



TEPHROSIA (Pers. Syn. II, p. 328). 



Calyx carapanulatus subaequaliter 5-dentatus. Vexillum amplum in 

 nostris sericeum, carina obtusa. Stamina primum ad medium mona- 

 delpha fiiamento vexillari tandem usque>ad basin libero. OVarium 2- 

 pluriovulatum, stigma terminale glabrum vel barbatum. Legumen li- 

 neare rarius ovatum compressuxn bivalve valvis planis, seminibus 

 compressis. — Herboe vel suffrutices foliis imparipinnatis saepius 

 adpresse sericeis, florum racemis axillaribus vel oppositifoliis et ter- 

 minalibus. 



Sect. I. Reineria Msench. Suppl. p. 44. — Racemi terminales vel 

 oppositifolii. Legumen lineare polyspermim. 



1. T. Apollinea (Del. Fl. Eg. p. 144, tab. 53, fig. 5. sub Galegd) 

 adpresse canescens, basi suffrutescens ramis gracilibus erectis ramosis 

 flexuosis, foliis 2-5-jugis foliolis ovato-oblongis retusis utrinque canes- 

 centi-sericeis , stipuiis lineari-subulatis brevibus rigidis, racemis 

 oppositifoliis laxissimis paucifloris folio longioribus, calycis laciniis 

 triangulari-Ianceoiatis tubo subiongioribus, corolla caeruleo-violacea 

 tubo plus duplo loiigiore, leguminibus subfalcatis adpresse hirtis 5. 

 T. Apollima d.c. Prodr II, p. 254. 



Hab. in culti.s derelictis et ad Nili margines in ^gypto superiore ab Her- 

 monthi et Apollinopoli (Del., Sieb! Boiss! etc.), in rupestribus et arenosis val- 

 lium jugi Sinaitici (Schimp. exs. 436! Boiss!) Fl. Mart. Apr. 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia, Abyssinia. 



2. T. Persica (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 40) caulibus gracilibus 

 erectis superne adpresse canesceutibus, foliis 4-jugis foliolis lineari- 

 lanceolatis obtnsis cum mucronulo incurvosupra glabrescentibussub- 

 tus adpres.sc canescentibus, stipulis brevibus lanceolato-linearibus, 

 racemis oppositifoliis laxis strictis dernum valde elongatis, calycis 

 rufo-liirsuti laciniis lajiceolatis tubo subsequilongis, corolla violacea 

 calyce plus duplo longiore, leguminibus rectis rufescenti-tomentosis 5. 



Hab in desertis Persiie austnilis maritiniffi (Auch. exs. 4463 1) et in montibus 

 regni Mascate TAuch. exs. 4;^4!). 



Valde aflinis T ApoUincte ditTeit indumento rufescenti tomentello nec ad- 

 pressissimo partium lloralium, foliolis multo angustioribus (pollicaribus 1 Vi- 

 2 V2 lin. lati.s), legumine recto. 



