78 leguminosjE. [Tephrosia. 



others in the middle. Style curved, glabrous, excepting sometimes a tuft of 

 hairs on the terminal stigma. Pod linear, compressed, 2-valved, without par- 

 titions between the seeds. — Herbs, undershrubs, or rarely shrubs. Leaves 

 pinnate, with several pairs of opposite leaflets, and a terminal odd one, very 

 rarely reduced to a single leaflet ; the veins of the leaflets numerous, parallel, 

 and oblique. Racemes terminal, leaf-opposed or in the upper axils, often 

 leafy at the base. Flowers 2 to 6 together at each bract. 



A considerable genus, widely spread over the tropical regions of the globe. 



1. T. purpurea, Pers. ; W. and Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. i. 213. Stock 

 perennial or sometimes woody, with slender but stiff decumbent ascending or 

 even erect stems, 1 to 2 feet high, with spreading branches ; the younger shoots 

 often silky -hoary, becoming at length nearly glabrous. Leaflets in several 

 rather distant pairs, cuneate-oblong or linear, about \ in. long. Eacemes 

 terminal or leaf-opposed, the lower ones often very short, the upper ones 6 in. 

 or more, with distant fascicles of 3 or 4 pinkish flowers, each about 4 lines 

 long ; the broad standard scarcely exceeding the fine subulate calyx-teeth. 

 Pod rather more than 1 in. long, glabrous or nearly so, with 6 to 8 seeds. 



East Point, Champion. Common all over tropical Asia. 



5. MILLETTIA, % and Am. 



Calyx campanulate, truncate, or with very short teeth. Standard broad, 

 without the inflected appendages above the claw of Wisteria and allied genera. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Ovary surrounded by a small cup-shaped disk, shortly 

 stalked ; style glabrous, with a terminal stigma. Pod thick, coriaceous, or 

 almost woody, usually flattened, opening when quite ripe in two valves. — Trees 

 or more frequently tall woody climbers. Leaves pinnate, with opposite leaflets 

 and a terminal odd one, usually stipellate. Eacemes usually simple, in the up- 

 per axils, forming a terminal panicle. Flowers 2 or more together, in fascicles 

 or on short common peduncles. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. 



Leaflets about 5. Standard purple, 1 in. long, silky-tomentose outside. 1. M. nitida. 

 Leaflets 9 to 13. Standard white or yellowish, near 1 in. long, glabrous 2. M. speciosa. 

 Leaflets 5 or 7. Standard, not i in. long, glabrous 3. M. Championi. 



1. M. nitida, Benih. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 484. A tall woody 

 climber, the younger shoots covered with, a close rusty tomentum, becoming 

 at length glabrous. Leaflets usually 5, shortly petiolulate, ovate or oval- 

 oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 and shining, the common petiole 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers large, purple, in 

 dense terminal panicles. Calyx rusty-tomentose. Standard an inch long, 

 elegantly veined and silky-tomentose outside. Keel long and incurved. Pod 

 villous, 3 to 4 in. long, and 6 to 8 lines broad at the seeds, narrowed between 

 them. — Marquartia tomeniosa, Vog. in PL Meyen. 35, t. 1, 2 ? 



Very common from the level of the sea to the summit of Victoria Peak, Champion and 

 others ; also on .the adjacent continent, but not known out of China. 



2. M. speciosa, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 73. A tall woody 

 climber, the younger branches, petioles, and panicles covered with a dense white 

 tomentum, the older branches glabrous. Leaflets 9 to 13, usually 11, oblong, 



