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LEGUMINOSjE. CII. GAIECA. CIII. CALLOTROPIS. CIV. TEPHROSIA. 



equal teeth. Vexillum obovate-oblong. Keel obtuse. Stamens 

 monadelphous, liaving the tenth one concrete, with the others 

 one-half of its length. Style filiform, glabrous, crowned by a 

 terminal dot-formed stigma. Legume rather terete, torulose, 

 obliquely-striated. Seeds cylindrical. Smooth, erect, perennial 

 herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, ovate or lanceolate, somewhat 

 sagittate stipulas, and axillary, simple, many-flowered racemes. 

 Flowers blue and white. 



1 G. OFFICINA'LIS (Lin. spec. 1063.) leaflets lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, glabrous ; stipulas broad-lanceolate ; racemes longer 

 than the leaves. If. . H. Native of the south of Europe, in 

 gravelly soils ; also of Tauria and Barbary. Mill. fig. t. l."7. 

 G. vulg&ris, Blackw. icon. t. 92. Moris, hist. 2. p. 91. sect. 2. 

 t. 7. f. 9. Flowers blue. Goat's-rue was formerly accounted 

 cordial and sudorific ; but is now out of repute. Mr. Boyle 

 celebrated its virtues in pestilential and malignant fevers. 



I'm: /:>', albijlbra ; flowers white. 



Far. y, Afrlcana (Mill. diet. no. 2.) leaflets broader and 

 blunter ; racemes longer. 



Officinal Goat's-rue. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1568. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



2 G. PE'RSICA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) leaves usually with 

 5 pairs of ovate-oblong, rather retuse, mucronate, glaucescent 

 leaflets ; stem angular, flexuous ; stipulas narrow-lanceolate, 

 sagittate ; bracteas linear-subulate, longer than the pedicels. I/ . 

 H. Native of Persia. Sweet, fl. gard. 244. Flowers white. 



Persian Goat's-rue. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



3 G. BI'LOBA (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 159.) stem angularly striated, 

 rather flexuous ; leaves usually with 5-8 pairs of oblong, silky, 

 pubescent leaflets, which are mucronate and 2-lobed at the apex ; 

 stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acute, acutely-serrated, sagittate ; 

 flowers crowded ; bracteas subulate ; twice the length of the pe- 

 dicels. If. . H. Native country unknown. Flowers bluish lilac. 



Two-lobed- leaved Goat's-rue. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. S to 4 feet. 



4 G. ORIENTA'LIS (Lam. -diet. 2. p. 596.) leaflets ovate, acu- 

 minated, smooth ; stipulas broad-ovate ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes pendulous ; roots creeping. If. . H. Native 

 of Caucasus, and on all the oriental mountains. Sims, bot. mag. 

 2192. Ker. bot. reg. 326. G. montana, Schultes, obs. 154. 

 Flowers blue. The creeping roots and simple flexuous stems 

 are sufficient to distinguish this species from all the others. 



Oriental Goat's-rue. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. PI. 2 to 4 ft. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are very elegant, and well 

 adapted for ornamenting flower borders. They are all easily 

 increased by dividing the plants at the root in spring, or by seeds. 



CIII. CALLOTROPIS (from KaXXoc, kallos, beauty, and 

 TpoTrri, trope, a keel ; in reference to the keel being beautifully 

 variegated). Galega species, Hooker. 



LIN. SYST. Diade'phia, Decdndria. Calyx with 5 equal filiform 

 teeth. Vexillum erect, ovate. Wings shorter than the keel. 

 Keel incurved. Style incurved, tipped by a hairy stigma. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous, joined ones incurved, the free one straight. 

 Legume stipitate, compressed, rather terete, tapering to both 

 ends, many-seeded. A herb, clothed with pubescent pili, with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, having 6-7 pairs of oblong-cuneated, pu- 

 bescent, retuse, mucronulate leaflets, axillary racemes of droop- 

 ing flowers, and lanceolate-subulate semisagittate stipulas. 



1 C. TRI'COLOR. 1C- G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 north coast. Galega tricolor, Hook. exot. fl. t. 185. Flowers 

 pale blue, with the base of the wings and vexillum white, the 

 latter tipped with yellow. 



Three-coloured-fiowered Callotropis. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 

 1823. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. An elegant plant when in flower. For its culture and 

 propagation see Galega. It requires to be protected in winter. 



CIV. TEPHRCVSIA (from rtppor, tepJtros, ash-coloured; in 

 allusion to the colour of the foliage of some of the species, as 

 those of T. cincrea, &c.) Pers. ench. 2. p. 328. Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 458 Cracca, Lin. fl. zeyl. 139. amoen. 3. p. 

 18. Needhamia, Scop, but not of R. Brown, nor Ca.ss. 



LIN. SYST. Monadclpliia or Diadllphia, Decdndria. Calyx 

 bractless, nearly equal, 5-toothed (f. ,'37. a.). Vexillum large 

 (f. 37. 6.), roundish, silky or pubescent on the outside, spread- 

 ingly reflexed. Wings adhering to the keel, which is obtuse. 

 Stamens variously connected, monadelphous or diadelphous. 

 Style filiform. Stigma terminal. Legume usually sessile, com- 

 pressed, linear (f. 37. c.), -many-seeded, with the valves flat. 

 Seeds compressed. Shrubs or herbs, with usually impari-pin- 

 nate leaves, lanceolate or subulate stipulas, which are distinct 

 from the petiole, not sagittate. In the true Tcpltrbsias the 

 leaves are impari-pinnate ; in the spurious ones trifoliate or 

 palmate. Racemes axillary, rarely opposite the leaves. Flowers 

 white or purplish. This genus will hereafter probably be divided 

 into several genera, when the characters are better known. 



SECT. I. MuNDU 1 LI A (from mundulus, delicate, handsome ; ap- 

 pearance of plants). D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 219. 

 Robinia, Roxb. hort. beng. 56. but not of Lin. Leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate. Racemes axillary, erect, usually panicled. Calyx 

 truncate, or with 5 short teeth. Stamens monadelphous. Style 

 glabrous, or as in T. candidum, bearded. 



1 T. SUBF.RO'SA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 249.) leaves with 7-10 

 pairs of elliptic-oblong mucronulate leaflets, which are glabrous 

 above, and clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; carina 

 straightish ; style glabrous ; legume canescent, irregularly co- 

 arctate between the seeds. Tj . S. Native of Bengal. Robinia 

 subcrosa, Roxb. 1. c. Flowers rose-coloured. Vexillum hardly 

 pubescent. 



CorA-y-barked Tephrosia. Fl. Ju.Aug. Clt.1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 T. CHINE'NSIS (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 38.) shrubby ; 

 leaves with 9-10 pairs of oblong, obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; 

 racemes axillary, horizontal, compressed, many-flowered ; calyx 

 bibracteolate ; corolla pubescent ; style glabrous ; stigma capi- 

 tate. Jj . G. Native of China. Stamens diadelphous. Flowers 

 bright rose-coloured. Like T. suberbsa. 



'China, Tephrosia. Fl. June. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 T. FRUTICOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 249.) leaves with 4 or 5 

 pairs of ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets, but are rather 

 villous on the nerves beneath ; petals and style glabrous ; legume 

 broadly oblong, compressed, velvety, drawn out downwards into 

 a short acumen. Tj . ^\ S. Native of the East Indies. Robinia 

 fruticosa, Roxb. 1. c. Racemes panicled, short. Flowers small, 

 red. Legume rusty. 



Shrubby Tephrosia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



4 T. SOPHOROI'DES (D. C. in ann. sci. nat. 4. p. 99.) leaves 

 with 3-5 pairs of elliptic-oblong, glabrous, acuminated leaflets ; 

 petals and style glabrous, fj . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers 

 apparently white in a dry state, small. 



Sophora-Hl-e Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



5 T. BRACHYSTA'CHYA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with 7-8 pairs of 

 elliptic, obtuse leaflets, the young ones clothed with adpressed 

 silky pubescence on both surfaces, adult ones glabrous on the 

 upper surface, but pubescent beneath ; racemes panicled, shorter 

 than the leafless part of the petiole ; petals and style glabrous. 

 Tj . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers probably red. 



Short-spiked Tephrosia. Shrub. 



6 T. SERI'CEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 249.) leaves with 6 pairs of 

 oblong-lanceolate obtuse leaflets, which are glabrous above, but 

 clothed with silky tomentum beneath ; racemes nearly terminal. 



T? . S. Native of Tranquebar. Cytisus sericeus, Willd. nov. 



