LEGUMINOS^E. CIV. TEPHROSIA. 



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werf Tephrosia. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. Ito2ft. 



63 T. NERVOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) branches angular, pu- 

 bescent; leaves with 1-2 pairs of elliptic-obtuse leaflets, which 

 are narrowest at the base, quite glabrous above, and pinnately 

 veined, but clothed with white tomentum beneath, the terminal 

 leaflet largest ; peduncles axillary, length of leaves, furnished 

 with one leaf under the head of flowers ; legumes linear, smooth- 

 ish. Jj . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Nerved-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



j- Species not sufficiently known. 

 * Leaves import-pinnate. 



64 T. STIPULA'RIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 254.) shrubby, quite 

 smooth ; leaflets oblong-linear, acute ; stipulas large, almost 

 opposite, connate, acute, nerved ; legume linear-lanceolate. 



tj . S. Native of South America. Brissonia stipularis, Desv. 

 journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 74. 

 Stipular Tephrosia. Shrub. 



65 T. TRAPEZICA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) stems elongated, 

 decumbent, quite smooth ; leaflets oblong, pilose beneath ; pili 

 stifF and few ; legume compressed, pilose, trapeziform. T? . ? S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Brissonia trapeziformis, Desv. 1. c. 



Trapezium-fruited Tephrosia. Shrub decumbent. 



66 T. UNIFLORA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 329.) leaflets oblong, 

 rather retuse, mucronate ; calyx villous ; legumes compressed, 

 villous, a little arched, solitary, axillary. Native of Senegal. 



One-flowered Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



67 T. CAPITULA'TA (Link. enum. 2. p. 329.) leaflets obversely 

 lanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, silky beneath ; racemes terminal, 

 short, furnished with a leaf ; legumes hairy. T^.S. Native of 

 the Island of Owhyhee. 



Headed Tephrosia. PL 1 foot. 



68 T. STRIA' TA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) herbaceous, erect, 

 glabrous below, villous above ; leaflets alternate, oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, finely pubescent ; racemes terminal, drooping. 0.? 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega striata, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 602. 



Striated Tephrosia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



69 T. MYRTIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) plant herbaceous, 

 flexuous, glabrous ; leaves with 3 pairs of elliptic-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, somewhat mucronate, striated leaflets ; stipulas subulate ; 

 racemes opposite the leaves ; legumes linear, glabrous, spread- 

 ing. O- G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Coronilla 

 myrtifolia, Burm. cap. 22. 



Myrtle-leaved Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



70 T. RHE'EDII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) suffruticose, branched, 

 diffuse ; leaves with 4-5-pairs of oblong, somewhat obovate, 

 obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 few-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Malabar, in sandy places. 

 Man-Todda-vaddi, Rheed, mal. 9. t. 22. Rochea, Scop, introd. 

 296. no. 1340. Flowers apparently with only 3 petals, in con- 

 sequence of the carina being very short, pale yellow. 



Rheede's Tephrosia. Sh. 1 foot. 



* * Thermoldece (from Otpfiog, thermos, a lupine, and iSta, 

 idea, like ; plants resembling the lupine in having palmate leaves). 

 Leaves palmately 5-foliate, having 2 little stipulas at the top of 

 the petiole, Stipulas and stipels becoming hard and spinescent. 

 Leaflets complicate, margined with a nerve. Flowers unknorvu. 

 Perhaps a proper genus. 



71 T. LUPINIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) plant shrubby, 

 pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate, spreading ; leaflets 5, oblong, 

 cuneated, obtuse, clothed beneath with adpressed silky down. 



f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega lupinif dlia, 

 Burch. cat. afr. austr. no. 2488. 



Lupine-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



VOL. II. 



72 T. DIGITA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 255.) plant suffruticose 

 with hispid slender branches ; stipulas lanceolate, spreading ; 

 leaflets 5, oblong-linear, acuminated at both ends, sparingly pu- 

 bescent beneath : racemes axillary, and are as well as the pe- 

 tioles very long. \i . S. Native of Senegal. Petioles 5 inches 

 long. Flowers distant, usually twin. Calyx permanent, with 

 acuminated segments. Corolla and stamens unknown. Legume 

 linear, compressed, pubescent, 5-6-seeded. 



Digilate-lescveA Tephrosia. Shrub 1 foot. 



* Glycinoidece (from glycine and idea, similar ; the plants 

 contained in this division agree with Glycine in having trifoliate 

 leaves). Leaves either pinnately or palmately trifoliate. 



73 T. TOTTA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, clothed 

 with hairs like tomentum, ascending ; leaflets oblong, mucro- 

 nate, longer than the petiole ; stipulas ovate, opposite the leaves ; 

 flowers terminal, tern, somewhat umbellate. Q. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Galega Totta, Thunb. fl. cap. 601. 



Hottentot Tephrosia. PI. ascending. 



74 T. SERICEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) stem suffruticose, very 

 short ; branches tomentose, as well as the leaflets, which are 

 ovate ; flowers axillary, solitary ; legumes lanceolate, villous. 



Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Galega sericea, 



Thunb. fl. cap. 603. but not of Lam. 



Silky Tephrosia. Shrub 4- foot. 



75 T. FALCATA(Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, erect, 

 hairy ; branches filiform ; leaflets sessile, oblong, acute ; flowers 

 terminal, solitary ; legumes falcate, erect, silky. 0.? G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Galega falcata, Thunb. fl. cap. 602. 



.Fa/ca<e-podded Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



76 T. PUSILLA (Pers. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, erect, pubescent ; 

 leaflets sessile, ovate, mucronate, silky beneath, longer than the 

 petiole ; flowers lateral, pedunculate, solitary ; legume elliptic. 

 . ? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Gale"ga pusilla, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 602. 



Small Tephrosia. PI. J foot ? 



77 T. TRIFOLIA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 256.) plant frutescent, 

 erectish, pubescent ; leaflets sessile, ovate, silky, convolute ; ca- 

 lyx, corolla, and legume tomentose ; flowers terminal, on very 

 short peduncles. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. So- 

 phia trifoliata, Thunb. prod. p. 79. Galega trifoliata, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 600. Stamens diadelphous. 



Trifoliate Tephrosia. Shrub. 



78 T. TERNA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 256.) shrubby, erect; 

 branches villous ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, silky ; flowers axil- 

 lary, sessile ; calyxes and corollas tomentose. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora ternata, Thunb. prod. 79. 

 Galega ternata, Thunb. fl. cap. 601. Stamens monadelphous. 



Ternate-leaved Tephrosia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



79 T. FILIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant herbaceous, 

 erectish, glabrous below ; leaflets filiform, glabrous ; flowers 

 2-3 in an umbel, terminal ; calyx hairy, y.. 1 G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Galega filif olia, Thunb. fl. cap. 602. 



Thread-leaved Tephrosia. PI. 1 foot. 



80 T. ULIGINOSA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 232.) shrubby, climbing ; 

 leaflets oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers racemose ; pedun- 

 cles 3-flowered. Tj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Robi- 

 nea uliginosa, Roxb. and Willd. 



Bog Tephrosia. Shrub cl. 



81 T. VELUTINA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 232.) shrubby, twining ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, villous on both surfaces ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; legumes lanceolate, pubescent. Tj . r ^. S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. 



Velvety Tephrosia. Shrub tw. 



82 T. LONGIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 328.) plant shrubby, 

 twining ; leaflets lanceolate, obtuse ; racemes few-flowered ; 



