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LEGUM1NOS.E. CIV. TEPHROSIA. 



Short-spiked Tepbrosia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



48 T. HYPAROY'REA (D. C. in ann. scienc. nat. 4. p. 99.) plant 

 suffruticose, erect ; stem angular, rather velvety ; leaves with 

 2-4 pairs of leaflets, which are glabrous above but clothed 

 beneath with silky-silvery down ; the lower leaflets roundish 

 and approximating the stem, superior ones oval-oblong, terminal 

 one very large ; peduncles axillary ; legumes straight, secund, 

 rather deflexed, 10-seeded, pubescent, fj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. T. heterophylla, Fisch. cat. hort. gor. This is a 

 very beautiful and distinct species. The flowers are small and 

 purple, and the stamens are monadelphous. Peduncles some- 

 times shorter, sometimes longer than the leaves. 



Silrcri/-\eaved Tephrosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



49 T. MARIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 253.) plant suffruticose, 

 erect ; stem terete, villous ; leaves with 4 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, and silky-silvery beneath, the 

 lower ones approximating the stem ; stipulas lanceolate, elon- 

 gated, villous ; flowers axillary, crowded, almost sessile, and 

 disposed in a somewhat terminal raceme, legume straight, erect, 

 velvety-villons, 10-12-seeded. F? . S. Native of the Marianne 

 Islands. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long. 



Marianne Island Tephrosia. Shrub. 



50 T. LAGASCA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 253.) plant clothed 

 with cinereous tomentum ; branches terete ; leaves with 4 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, obtuse, rather mucronate leaflets ; lower 

 pair approximating the stem ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles op- 

 posite the leaves, almost terminal, and longer than them ; legume 

 ascending, straight, velvety, 10-12-seeded. Tj . S. Native 

 country unknown. 



Lagasca's Tephrosia. Shrub 2 feet. 



51 T. STUI'CTA (Per;, ench. 2. p. 329.) plant suffruticose, 

 clothed with cinereous tomentum ; branches terete ; leaves with 

 4 pairs of oblong or cuneated leaflets, each ending in a recurved 

 mucrone, lower leaflets approximating the stem ; stipulas subu- 

 late ; flowers few, almost sessile, axillary : legumes spreading, 

 velvety, 6-8-seeded. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Galega stricta, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 70. Galega inu- 

 cronata, Thunb. fl. cap. 601. G. pulchella, Scop, insub. 1. 

 t. 3. Indigofera stricta, Lin. fil. suppl. 334. ex Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. t. 263. Flowers small, purplish. Stamens diadelphous. 



Straight Tephrosia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



52 T. SE'NNA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 458.) 

 branches rather angular, glabrous ; leaves with 1 pairs of some- 

 what obovate-oblong, emarginate, mucronate, puberulous, rather 

 glaucous leaflets ; racemes opposite the leaves, furnished at the 

 base with one leaf; flowers in fascicles ; legumes erectish, and 

 are as well as the calyxes covered with strigose pubescence. 

 Tj . S. Native of Popayan, on the banks of the river Cauca, 

 near Buga, where the leaves are used in place of senna by the 

 inhabitants. 



Buga Senna. Shrub. 



53 T. LiNEA v Ris(Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) branches pubescent; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of linear, narrow leaflets, which are silky 

 beneath ; stipulas filiform ; racemes axillary, much elongated ; 

 flowers distant ; bracteas conforming to the leaves ; legume 

 narrow, and is as well as the vexillum pubescent. Fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guinea, among grass. Galega linearis, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1248. Indigofera angustifolia, Perr. in litt. Stem flexuous. 

 Flowers red. 



Zinear-leafletted Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



54 T. FLF.XUOSA ; stem suffruticose, erect, flexuous, branched, 

 pubescent; leaves with 5 pairs of linear, emarginate, mucronate, 

 soft, pilose leaflets ; stipulas subulate ; flowers somewhat spicate, 

 terminal ; legume compressed, clothed with soft pili. ^ . S. 



Native of the island of St. Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea, among 

 grass. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



JFteeuottSrstemmed Tephrosia. Shrub 1 foot. 



55 T. PA'LLENS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) shrubby, pubescent; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong, acute leaflets, which are pubes- 

 cent beneath ; stipulas subulate ; legume straight, spreading, 

 ciliated. \j . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega 

 palli-ns, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 71. G. humilis, Thunb. fl. cap. 

 601. but the legume is said to be recurved. Flowers pink. 



Pfl/e-flowered Tephrosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1787. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



56 T. SENTICOSA (Pers. 1. c. 330.) shrubby ; leaves with 4 

 pairs of emarginate leaflets, clothed with fine silky down be- 

 neath ; legumes twin, lateral, glabrous. Jj . S. Native of 

 Ceylon. Galega senticosa, Lin. amcen. 3. p. 19. Cracca, 

 no. 303. Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 141. 



Brambly Tephrosia. Shrub. 



57 T. PU'MILA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, dif- 

 fuse, rather pilose ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of cuneiform, emar- 

 ginate leaflets, villous beneath, and ending each in a recurved 

 mucrone ; stipulas subulate, villous ; peduncles axillary, very 

 short, 1-2-flowered ; legume erect, villous. Q. ? S. Native of 

 Madagascar, at Fort Dauphin. Galega purnila, Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 599. Flowers purple. 



Dn-arf Tephrosia. PI. diffuse. 



58 T. APOLLINEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) suffruticose, dif- 

 fuse, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves with 2-3 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, emarginate leaflets, which are silky beneath ; 

 racemes opposite the leaves, length of leaflets ; legume erectly- 

 spreading, 6-7-seeded, rather pubescent. fj . G. Native of 

 Egypt, in corn fields. G. Apollinea, Delil. fl. eeg. p. 144. t. 53. 

 f. 5. Flowers blue. Stamens diadelphous according to the 

 figure. 



Afollmean Tephrosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



59 T. SPINOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) shrubby ; branches 

 canescent ; stipulas spinose ; leaves with 3 or 4 pairs of cu- 

 neated, emarginate, smoothish leaflets ; flowers few, axillary, 

 nearly sessile ; legume falcate, 5-6-seeded, beset with adpressed 

 very minute pubescence. ^ . S. Native of Coromandel, Timor, 

 and Java, on the margins of fields. Galega spinosa, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 335. Stamens monadelphous. 



^lnij Tephrosia. Shrub. 



60 T. TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) plant herbaceous, 

 diffuse, clothed with canescent hairs ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse leaflets, clothed with silky villi beneath, 

 and each terminated in a straight mucrone ; stipulas linear- 

 subulate : peduncles 2-3, axillary, very short, 1 -flowered ; 

 legume erect, straight, velvety, 8-10-seeded. Q. S. Native 

 of the Island of Timor. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from T. 

 putmla. 



Timor Tephrosia. PI. diffuse. 



61 T. PINNA'TA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, glabrous ; leaves with 4 pairs of oblong, acute 

 leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; stipulas ovate ; peduncles 

 axillary ; flowers umbellate ; legumes ensiform, pubescent. 

 T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega pinnata, 

 Thunb fl. cab. 602. Flowers purple. 



Pinnate-le&veti Tephrosia. Shrub decumbent. 



62 T. BIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) plant shrubby, hardly 

 pubescent ; leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of oval-lanceolate, obtuse 

 leaflets, which are silky beneath, lower ones smallest, terminal 

 one very large ; stipulas subulate, villous ; flowers twin, almost 

 sessile, axillary; legume pubescent, rather incurved at the apex. 



Jj . S. Native country unknown. Galega biflora, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 699. Flowers purple. Calyx very villous. Very like T. 

 hypargyrca, and especially T. nervusa. 



