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of oblong, rather cuneated, vetuse, mucronate leaflets, the young 

 ones silky beneath ; stipulas subulate ; racemes elongated, 

 slender, opposite the leaves, or terminal ; flowers distant, and 

 are as well as the legumes erectish. Q. S. Native of Senegal. 

 Flowers purple. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Slender-spiked Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



33 T. MA'XIMA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) glabrous; leaflets 

 oval-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, striated beneath ; stipulas 

 lanceolate ; racemes terminal, very long ; pedicels tern, rising 

 from the axils of the bracteas, which are ovate and acuminated ; 

 calyxes and legumes glabrous. 17.8. Native of Ceylon. Galega 

 maxima, Lin. spec. 1063. exclusive of the synonyme of Barman, 

 which is said to have short, 2-flowered pedicels and abruptly 

 pinnate leaves. 



Largest Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



34 T. ARGE'NTEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) suffruticose, clothed 

 with silvery tomentum ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of oblong, obtuse 

 leaflets, which are silky beneath; stipulas ovate, but subulate at 

 the apex, nerved ; racemes almost terminal ; pedicels twin ; 

 calyxes villous. Pj . S. Native of the East Indies. Galega 

 argentea, Lam. diet. 2. p. 599. Galega barba-jovis, Burm. ind, 

 172. Pluk. aim. t. 52. f. 1. Flowers purple. 



Var, ft, glabruscula (D. C. prod. 2. p. 252.) branches and 

 leaves sparingly pubescent. fj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Stipulas 3-nerved. 



Silvery Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



35 T. COLD' TEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, branched, 

 hoary-tomentose ; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong-obovate, retuse ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, tomentose ; peduncles axillary and termi- 

 nal ; legume straight, erect. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Galega Colutea, Burm. ind. 172. Pluk. aim. t. 166. f. 3. Flowers 

 purple. Stamens diadelphous. 



Colutea-like Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



36 T. VENU'STULA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 459.) shrubby ; leaves with 5-7 pairs of lanceolate, obtuse, 

 mucronate leaflets, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with 

 adpressed canescent pubescence ; stipulas ovate, acuminated ; 

 racemes opposite the leaves, furnished with one leaf at the base; 

 flowers in fascicles ; legume somewhat cultriform, pubescent. 



1? . S. Native of Cumana, about Borbones. Flowers red. 

 Pretty Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



37 T. PISCATO'RIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby ; leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of oblong, obtuse leaflets, which are rather pilose 

 beneath ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles 2-edged ; legume straight, 

 ascending, rather villous. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 and in the islands of the Pacific ocean. Galega littoralis, Forst. 

 prod. no. 277. G. piscatoria, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 71. Flowers 

 purple. This species is used to intoxicate fish in the East 

 Indies, as the T. toxicaria is in the West Indies. 



Fisher's Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1778. PI. 2 feet. 



38 T. REFLE'XA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 252.) shrubby, pubescent ; 

 branches rather triquetrous ; leaves with 5 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, each ending in a reflexed mucrone ; peduncles axillary, 

 generally 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves ; legumes rather 

 hairy. 17 . S. Native country unknown. Flowers red. Sta- 

 mens monadelphous 1 . Reineria reflexa, Moench. suppl. 45. 



Reflexed-pomted-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



39 T. LEUCA'NTHA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 460. t. 577.) shrubby ; leaves with 3-8 pairs of oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence on both surfaces, but canescent beneath ; racemes 

 terminal, usually twin ; flowers in fascicles ; calyxes covered 

 with silky strigse ; legume tomentose. !? . S. Native of Mexico, 

 near Guanaxuato. Said to be allied to T. Virginiana. Flowers 

 white. 



WInte-Jlowered Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



40 T. CORONILLAIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 252.) shrubby; 

 clothed with cinereous pubescence ; branches angular ; leaves 

 with 5 pairs of obovate-cuneated, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; 

 racemes axillary ; legumes rather villous. Tj . S. Native of 

 Bourbon. Galega coronillaafolia. Desf. cat. hort. par. 194. 

 Poir. suppl. 2. p. 699. Brissonia coronillaefolia, Desv. journ. 

 1814. vol. 1. p. 78. Perhaps distinct from T. reflexa. 



Coronilla-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



41 T. COLONI'LA (Hamilt. Lin. trans. 13. p. 545.) legumes 

 glabrous, arcuately-recurved ; leaves with 8-10 pairs of smooth 

 leaflets ; racemes opposite the leaves, sessile ; stipulas subulate . 

 1? . S. Native of the East Indies. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Calyx pilose, 5-toothed. Indigo is obtained from this plant in 

 India, and it is cultivated for that purpose. 



Colonil Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 feet. 



42 T. UNCTORIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, glabrous ; 

 leaves with 5 pairs of oblong, obtuse, emarginate leaflets, silky 

 and villous beneath ; peduncles axillary, spicate, length of leaves ; 

 legumes straight, pendulous. T? . S. Native of Ceylon, where 

 it is called Anil. Cracca, no. 302. Lin. fl. zcyl. Galega tinc- 

 toria, Lin. spec. 1063. Flowers purple or flesh-coloured. It 

 is from this plant that the inhabitants of Ceylon prepare their 

 indigo, which yields a die of a pale blue colour. 



Dyers' Tephrosia or Ceylon Indigo. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



43 T. CAPE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant suffruticose, 

 decumbent, glabrous ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, mucro- 

 nate leaflets ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate ; peduncles opposite 

 the leaves, very much elongated ; flowers racemose, distant ; le- 

 gumes erect, pubescent. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Galega Capensis, Thunb. fl. cap. 602. Jacq. icon. rar. 

 t. 574. Flowers purple. Stamens monadelphous. 



Cape Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. decumbent. 



44 T. TOMENTOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant clothed with 

 villous tomentum ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of linear, obtuse, some- 

 what mucronate leaflets, which are glabrous above ; stipulas 

 subulate ; racemes opposite the leaves ; pedicels in threes ; 

 legume straight, ascending. Tj . G. Native of Arabia Felix. 

 Galega tomentosa, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 84. Lathyrus tomentosa, 

 Forsk. descr. 135. but not of Cav. Flowers blue, with a white 

 keel. 



Tomentose Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



45 T. CINE'REA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, clothed with cinereous, silky down ; leaves with 4-6 

 pairs of linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are covered 

 with silky villi beneath ; stipulas lanceolate ; racemes oppo- 

 site the leaves ; pedicels solitary; legumes straight, spreading. 

 0. S. Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Galega cinerea, Lin. 

 amcen. 5. p. 403. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 575. Flowers violaceous. 



Cinereous Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. PI. decumbent. 



46 T. LITTORA'LTS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, clothed with cinereous canescent down ; leaves with 

 5 pairs of oblong-cuneated, emarginate or obtuse leaflets ; sti- 

 pulas subulate ; racemes opposite the leaves, terminal, and 3 

 times longer than them ; pedicels aggregate ; legume straight, 

 spreading, rather pubescent. 1. S. Native of Carthagena 

 and the Caribbee Islands. Galega littoralis, Lin. syst. 565. 

 Vicia littoralis, Jacq. amer. t. 124. Flowers purple. Stamens 

 monadelphous. 



Shore Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. decumb. 



47 T. BRACHYSTA V CHIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 253.) plant suffru- 

 ticose, erect, pubescent ; leaves with 5 pairs of oblong-cuneated, 

 emarginate leaflets, which are silky beneath, lower pairs approx- 

 imating the stem ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 legume straight, spreadingly-pendulous, 9-10-seeded. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers purple. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Legumes hardly pubescent even when young. 



