330 



LEGUMINOSJB. CIV. TEI-HROSIA. 



pairs of lanceolate-linear, acute, pilosely-pubescent leaflets ; pe- 

 dicels axillary, elongated, 1-2-flowered, 1 -leaved at the api'x ; 

 legume terete, puberulous. 17 . G. Native of Mexico, near 

 Guanaxuato. Habit nearly of T. stricta. 



J'ur. p, Iciocarpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) young legumes gla- 

 brous ; leaves with 4 pairs of lanceolate short leaflets. 



Orobus-like Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. IV. REINE'RIA (in honour of Joseph Reiner Von 

 Hohenwarth, author of Botanische reisa, 1 vol. 8vo. 1796). 

 Mcench. suppl. p. 44. D. C. prod. 2. p. 251. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate. Teeth of calyx linear-subulate. Stamens sometimes 

 somewhat monadelphous, and sometimes diadelphous. The 

 species contained in this section are disposed in an artificial 

 manner, some with many pairs of leaflets and some with few. 



19 T. CARIB* K A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) shrubby, branched, 

 smooth; leaves with 10-12 pairs of oval, awnedly-mucronate 

 leaflets ; peduncles axillary, rather longer than the leaves, few- 

 flowered ; legume linear, deflcxed, glabrous, furrowed between 

 the seeds. Ij . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Galega 

 Caribfe'a, Jacq. amer. 212. t. 125. Flowers scentless, varie- 

 gated with white and red. Stamens diadelplious. 



Caribbean Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1786. Sh. 3 ft. 



20 T. EMARGIXA'TA (H. B. et K until, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 461.) arborescent ; branches tomentose ; leaves with 14 pairs 

 of linear-oblong leaflets, which are deeply emarginate at the 

 apex, clothed with adpressed pubescence above, and silvery 

 silky down beneath ; racemes terminal ; flowers in fascicles ; 

 legumes straightish, clothed with silky tomentum as well as the 

 calyxes. J? . S. Native of South America, in the missions of 

 Orinoco. Stamens diadelphous. The root of this species is 

 used to intoxicate fish, as T. toxicuria, which see, no. 8. 



Jtiiiargiiiaie-leafietted Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



21 T. GRANDIFLORA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of oblong, mucronate leaflets, 

 which are pubescent beneath ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; ra- 

 cemes opposite the leaves, and somewhat terminal, straight, 

 bearing 4 flowers at the apex ; bracteas ovate, concave, large, 

 deciduous. lj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ga- 

 lega grandiflora, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 84. Ker. bot. reg. 769. 

 Lher. stirp. 2. t. 44. Galega rosea, Lam. diet. 2. p. 599. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, larger than those of any other species in 

 the genus. 



Great-jlon'cred Tephrosia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1774. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



22 T. COCCINEA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. vol. 1. t. 60.) nuffruti- 

 cose, erect ; branches terete, flexuous, and are as well as under 

 surface of the leaves clothed with white and adpressed wool ; 

 leaves sessile, with 3-4 pairs of cuneiform-obovate, retuse 

 leaflets ; racemes axillary, on long peduncles ; teeth of calyx 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; stamens diadelphous ; style villous 

 beneath ; legume linear, pendulous. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, on the left bank of the Irawaddi, near Yenangheuin. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



Scarlcl-Rovfered Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 T. VILLOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant herbaceous, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of obovate-cuneated, 

 retuse leaflets, which are silky-villous beneath and pilose above ; 

 stipulas setaceous ; racemes opposite the leaves, nearly ter- 

 minal, many-flowered ; legumes linear, mucronate, densely 

 villous, 4-5-seeded. 2/.S. Native of the East Indies. Galega 

 villosa, Lin. spec. 1063. Pluk. aim. t. 59. f. 6. Burm. zeyl. 

 t. 33. Flowers white ? 



J'illous Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1779. PI. proc. 



24 T. SERICEA (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 545.) leaves 

 with 8-10 pairs of cuneated leaflets, silky beneath ; racemes 



1 



opposite the leaves, sessile ; stipulas subulate ; legumes pubes- 

 cent, arched, recurved. ij . S. Native of the south of India. 

 Flowers red. Stamens diadelphous. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Silky Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



25 T. ruRi-u'REA(Pers.ench. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, branched; 

 leaves with 7-9 pairs of oblong-cuneated, somewhat mucronate 

 leaflets, hardly pubescent beneath ; stipulas subulate ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves or terminal ; legume linear, much compressed, 

 5-8-seeded, finely pubescent. I/ . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, and Ceylon. Galega purpurea, Lin. amcen. 3. p. 1 9. l?oxb. 

 hort. beng. 57. Sieb. fl. maur. exsic. no. 156. Burm. zeyl. 

 t. 32. but this differs from the plant of LinnEeus in the legumes, 

 which are said to be terete. Flowers purple. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. This plant is prescribed by Indian doctors in cases 

 of dyspepsia, lienterig, and tympanitis. 



Ptt?7J/e-flowered Tephrosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1768. PI. 2 ft. 



26 T. HI'RTA (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 546.) suffruticose, 

 erect, tomentose ; branches somewhat tetragonal ; leaves with 

 4-8 pairs of cuneate, emarginate leaflets, which are glabrous 

 above, but beset with long, adpressed hairs beneath ; stipulas 

 broad from the base ; racemes opposite the leaves, leafy, pedun- 

 culate ; legume falcate, pendulous, hairy, 6-seeded. Ij . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers bluish, but with the keel 

 white. Stigma bearded. 



Hairy Tephrosia. Shrub Ij foot. 



27 T. LANCE-EFOLIA (Link, enum. 2. p. 252.) plant suffruti- 

 cose ; leaflets obversely lanceolate, emarginate, mucronate, clothed 

 with close-pressed hairs beneath ; stipulas subulate ; racemes 

 terminal ; legumes terminal, straight, spreading. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive country unknown. This species is said to be very like T. 

 purpurea, but the flowers are cream-coloured, not purple. De 

 Candolle has a specimen which was sent from the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden, under the name of T. lancecefblia, which is 

 scarcely distinct from T. purpurea. 



Lance-leaved Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



28 T. PROCU'MBENS (Hamilt. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 547.) plant 

 suffruticose, procumbent, filiform, pilose ; leaves with 4-5 pairs 

 of stalked, cuneiform, hairy, mucronate leaflets ; stipulas seta- 

 ceous ; racemes opposite the leaves, leafy ; legume straight, 

 pilose, compressed, 9-seeded. Jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Calyx 5-cleft, with setaceous segments, length of corolla. 



Procumbent Tephrosia. PI. procumbent. 



29 T. DOMINGE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 5. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, 

 branched, glabrous ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of linear-cuneated, 

 obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence beneath ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; racemes ax- 

 illary ; legumes pendulous, minutely pubescent. Q. S. Native 

 of St. Domingo, in sterile places. Galega Domingensis, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 1249. Flowers small, pale red. 



St. Domingo Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



30 T. PERRINIA NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) plant branched, 

 hairy ; leaflets linear-oblong, mucronate, ciliated, rather hairy ; 

 panicle hairy, terminal, cymose. Native of South America. 

 Galega Perriniana, Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 161. Said to be 

 like T. Domingensis. 



Perrin's Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot ? 



31 T. MUCRONA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) shrubby, erectish, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves with 8 pairs of ovate, mucronate, 

 villous leaflets ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 1-2- 

 flowered ; legume pubescent. '7 . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Galega mucronata, Thunb. fl. cap. 609. Flowers 

 probably red. 



A/crcHaie-leafletted Tephrosia. Shrub. 



32 T. LEPTOSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 251.) plant herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, hardly pubescent ; leaves with 7 pairs 



