Tephrosia.~\ L. LEGTTMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) Ill 



SUBGEN-. 1. 3Hacronyx (Dalzell). Annual. Leaves simple. 



1. T. tenuis, Wall. Cat. 5970; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 61. Macronyx 

 strigosus, Dalz. in Ifooh. Kcw Journ. ii. 35. 



Plains of SCINDE, tho PUNJAB and CONCAN. 



Stems filiform, densely csespitose, |-1 ft. long with a few short adpressed hairs. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, linear, 1-2 in. long, narrowed suddenly or gradually at the 

 point, glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath ; stipules minute, setaceous, ascending. 

 Flowers 1-2 together in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels filiform, ^-| in. Calyx 

 i in. ; teeth lanceolate, much. shorter than the tube. Corolla in., all the petals- 

 \vlth very long claws. Pod linear, ^1 in. long, 6-10-seeded, thinly clothed with 

 adpressed hairs. Style short, glabrous, filiform. 



Ey. 2. Brissonia (Neck.y. Shrubby. Leaves odd-pinnate. Calyx- 

 teeth short, deltoid. 



2. T. Candida, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Wall. Cat 5627 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 210. Robinia Candida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 327. Galega arborescens, Herb. 

 Madras. Kiesera sericea, Reinw. in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 291. Xiphocarpus 

 candidus, Httssk. PI. Rar. Jav. 336. 



HIMALAYAS, tropical zone, from KUMAON eastward to KHASIA and ASSAM, ascending 

 to 5000 ft. in Sikkim. SILHET, CHITTAGONG, MARTABAN, and TENASSERIM. DISTRIB. 

 Malay-isies. 



A low shrub, with slender woody grooved branches clothed with brown or grey 

 persistent velvety pubescence ; stipules setaceous, ascending ; leaves short-petioled, 

 reaching 6-9 in. long ; leaflets 19-25, ligulate, acute, 1^-2 in. long, green 

 glabrous above, grey and thinly silky beneath. Hacem.es copious, terminal and lateral, 

 elongated, 6-9 in. long ; lower several to a fascicle ; pedicels silky, ^-| in. Calyx 

 ^ r \ in., densely silky; teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla f-1 in., reddish or 

 white; standard densely silky. Pod 3-4 in. long, 10-15-seeded, slightly recurved, 

 clothed with adpressed brown silky hairs ; style flattened, silky. 



3. Heinesria (Moench.'). Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves odd- 

 pinnate or simple. Calyx-teeth narrow, cuspidate, as long as the tube. 

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3.- T. calophylla, Bedd. Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. t. 166; herbaceous, 

 glabrous, leaves simple, flowers in lax long terminal racemes. 



East slope of the NILGIIIBIS, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. 



Branches slender, angular, tough. Leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at the base; veins beiow and edges distinct, brown; 

 stipules linear, minute; petiole angular, 1-1|- in. Racemes 6-9 in. long; bracts- 

 linear, very minute ; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla f-^ in. ; standard downy on the back. Pod 

 in. long, recurved, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. 



4. T. tinctoria, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 252 ; shrubby, branches densely 

 velvety, leaflets large 3-13 casually simple, flowers in copious long-peduncle d 

 congested racemes. W. fy A. Prodr. 211 ; Wt. Ic. t. 388 ; non Wall. Cat. 

 5643. T. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 5631. Galega Heyneana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 384. T. hypargyraea, DC. Prodr. ii. 253. T. nervosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr, 

 ii. 254. 



WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON, ascending to 5000 ft. 



An undershrub, with flexuose woody twiggy branches, densely clothed with brown 

 or grey velvety pubescence. Leaves subsessile, very variable ; leaflets usually 3-G- 



