LEGUMINOS/E. CIV. TEPHROSIA. 



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act. nat. cur. berl. 4. 1803. p. 204. spec. 3. p. 1121. Flowers 

 red. Legume 2 inches long, compressed, silky. 



Silky IVplirosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 2 to 4 ft. 



7 T. CA'NDIUA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 249.) leaves with 8-11 pairs 

 of elliptic-oblong nmcronate leaflets, which are glabrous above, 

 and pale and covered with silky pubescence beneath ; legume 

 linear, much compressed, clothed with adpressed pubescence, 

 apiculated by the long style. fj . S. Native of Bengal. Ro- 

 1/inia Candida, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 56. Style curved into an 

 angle, and the keel as if it were truncate. Vexillum silky on 

 the outside. Flowers pale rose-coloured in a dried state. 



White-leaved Tephrosia. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



SECT. II. BRISSO'NIA (in honour of M. Brisson, a French orni- 

 thologist). Neck. elem. no. 1348. D. C. prod. 2. p. 249. 

 Erebinthus, Mich. gen. 210. Leaves impari-pinnate. Lobes 

 of calyx broadest at the base, but ending in an elongated acu- 

 men. Stamens monadelphous. Style bearded laterally. Le- 

 gumes more or less velvety, or hispid. 



* flowers in fascicles, disposed in terminal racemes or panicles. 

 Peduncles axillary. 



8 T. TOXICA'RIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant suffruticose, 

 erect; leaves with 18 or 20 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 somewhat mucronate leaflets, which are pubescent on the 

 upper surface, but clothed with silvery-silky pubescence beneath ; 

 the down adpressed on both surfaces ; legumes linear, rather 

 terete, clothed with velvety villi, ending each in a short mucrone. 

 Tj . S. Native of the West Indies and Cayenne, and said by 

 Tussac to have been first imported from Africa. Plum. icon. t. 

 135. Galega toxicaria, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1278. Tuss. ant. 

 t. 20. Lam. diet. 2. p. 596. Galega sinapon, Buchoz, nat. hist. 

 10. dec. 10. t. 4. Flowers pale-red. The stamens, according 

 to Swartz, are diadelphous, and the legume stipitate within the 

 calyx, but in Plumier's specimen examined by De Candolle, the 

 stamens are monadelphous, and the legume sessile ; therefore, 

 perhaps 2 distinct plants are here confused. The leaves and 

 branches of this shrub well pounded, and thrown into a river or 

 pond, very soon affects the water, and intoxicates the fish, so as 

 to make them float on the surface as if dead ; most of the large 

 ones recover after a short time, but the greater part of the small 

 fry perish on those occasions. It has been introduced to Jamaica 

 and cultivated there on account of its intoxicating qualities. 



Poison Tephrosia. Clt. 1791. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



9 T. VIRGINIA' NA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant herbaceous 

 and erect ; leaves with 8-11 pairs of oval-oblong acute leaflets, 

 clothed beneath with white villi ; calyxes woolly. If. . F. Na- 

 tive from Canada to Florida, in dry sandy woods. Galega 

 Virginiana, Lin. spec. 1062. but not of hort. Cliff". Pluk. t. 23. 

 f. 2. Flowers reddish, handsome. Plant covered with hoary villi. 

 This species is considered in America as a powerful vermifuge. 



Virginian Tephrosia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 17G5. PI. 1 to 3 ft. 

 * * Peduncles opposite the leaves. 



10 T. HISPI'DULA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 489.) plant her- 

 baceous, trailing, slender, and pubescent ; leaves having 6 or 7 

 pairs of oblong-oval, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; peduncles elon- 

 gated. 3-5-flowered ; legume oblong, falcate, rather hispid. If. . 



F. Native from Virginia to Georgia, in pine woods, and on 

 slate hills. Galega hispidula, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 68. 



G. spicata, Walt. Flowers pale red, and yellowish white. 

 Hispid Tephrosia. PI. trailing. 



11 T. GRA'CILIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 119.) plant herba- 

 ceous, erect, slender, smoothish, dichotomous ; leaves with 6-7 

 pairs of oblong-elliptic, acute, mucronated leaflets, the lower pair 

 approximating the stem; peduncles length of leaves, usually 3- 

 flowered ; legume linear, hairy, rather incurved. If.. F. Na- 

 tive of Carolina and Georgia. Flowers pale red. 



Slender Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



12 T. PAUCIFO'LIA (Nutt. gen. amer. I.e.) plant herbaceous 

 and erect, simple, velvety, and pilose ; leaves with 6-9 pairs of 

 remote, cuneate-oval, very obtuse leaflets, which are villous on 

 both surfaces ; peduncles length of leaves, usually 3-flowered. 

 If. F. Native of Georgia and Florida. Flowers purple. The 

 leaves are far apart upon the stem. 



Fern-leaved Tephrosia. PI. 2 feet. 



13 T. PROSTRA'TA (Nutt. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, prostrate, 

 pubescent ; leaves with only 1 or 2 pairs of cuneate-obovate, 

 coriaceous leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed with 

 silky villi beneath, the lower ones approximating the stem ; pe- 

 duncles 3-flowered, longer than the leaves ; legume linear, almost 

 straight. 1. F. Native of Georgia. Common about Savan- 

 nah, in dry and sandy woods. Galega villosa, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 2. p. 67. T. ehrysophylla, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 489. 

 Flowers purple. 



Prostrate Tephrosia. PI. prostrate. 



14 T. HI'SPIDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 250.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, dichotomous ; stem and petioles beset with stiff ferrugi- 

 nous hairs ; leaves with 5 pairs of cuneate-obovate leaflets, which 

 are villous on both surfaces; peduncles 7-10-flowered, much 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers spicate, lower ones distant ; 

 legume linear, straight, rather hispid. 1. F. Native of Ca- 

 rolina. Flowers purplish ? 



Hispid Tephrosia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. III. CRACCOI DES (Cracca and idea, similar ; plants hav- 

 ing the aspect of Vic'ui cracca). D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 

 250. Leaves impari-pinnate. Lobes of calyx broadest at the 

 base, ending in an elongated acumen. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Style bearded. Disk in flower not manifest. 



15 T. OCHROLEUCA (Pers. ench. FIG. 37. 

 2. p. 329.) plant suffruticose, erect, 

 pubescently-villous ; stipulas su- 

 bulate ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of 



ovate leaflets ; peduncles axillary, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 racemose ; legume straight, quite 

 smooth, and very narrow, contain- 

 ing from 14 to 18 seeds. Jj . S. 

 Native of the Caribbee islands. 

 Galega ochroleuca, Jacq. icon. rar. 

 t. 150. Galega pubescens, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 597. Flowers cream- 

 coloured, changing to reddish be- 

 fore fading. Legumes toruloser 



Cream-coloured-flowered Teph- 

 rosia. Clt. 1799. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



16 T. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 462.) herbaceous, clothed with soft pubes- 

 cence ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of stipellate elliptic-oblong leaflets, 

 which are rounded at the apex, and mucronate, clothed with ad- 

 pressed pubescence above, and silky-silvery down beneath ; 

 racemes axillary. Tj . S. Native of New Andalusia. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



Soft Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



17 T. ASTRAGALI'NA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stem shrubby, 

 tomentose ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of stipellate, oblong, somewhat 

 mucronate leaflets, which are rounded at both ends, and covered 

 with adpressed pubescence above, but with canescent tomentum 

 beneath, as well as the legumes ; racemes axillary ; flowers scat- 

 tered. T? . S. Native about Quito. Flowers white. 



Milk-l' etch-like Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 

 1ST.? OROBOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 462. t. 578.) plant erect, shrubby, branched ; leaves with 4-6- 



