BOTANY OF THE L ACQ J DIVES. Ul 



Cultivakd universally throughout India. Here not cultivated, 

 though perhaps originally inteutionally introduced. Native of 

 India, but not known truly wild, except in this and similar localities, 

 where it cannot possibly be '' indigenous." 



•37. T^phrosia tenuis Wall., Cat. n. 5970; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind., ii., 111. 



Kadamum ; Fleming ! Akati ; Fleming ! 



A weed of cultivation hitherto known only from Scinde, Panjab, 

 and Concau. 



38. Tephrosia purpurea Pers. : Baker in Hook, f., Flor. Brit. 

 Ind., ii., 113. 



VAR. pumila Baker. T. pumila Pers., Synops., ii., 330. T. 

 diffusa W. & A., Prodr. 213. Galega diffusa Roxb., 

 Flor. Ind., iii., 387. 

 Kadamum ; Fleming ! Kiltan ; Fleming ! 



A cosmopolitan tropical weed ; very distinct from typical 

 T. purpurea, and never exhibiting any intermediate states; probably 

 quite deserving specific rank. 



39. Sesbania aculeata Pers., Synops., ii., 316; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind., ii., 114. Goronilla acideata Willd., Sp. PL, iii., 1147. 

 ^schynomene spinulosa Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 833. 



Kalpeni ; Alcock ! 



A weed of wet places and rice-fields throughout the tropics of 

 the Eastern Hemisphere. 



40. Sesbania grandiflora Pers., Synops., ii., 316; Hook, f., 

 Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 115. Seshan grandiflorus, Poir., Encycl. Meth., 

 vii., 127. ^schyuomene grandiflora Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.), 1050; 

 Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 331. Agati grandiflora Desv., Jour. Bot., iii., 

 120. The Agati Tree. 



Kiltan; Kadamum; Akati; Minikoi; in all four islands planted 

 as a support for the Pepper-vines which the people cultivate 

 carefully, Fleming. 



Mauritius ; India and Ceylon ; Malaya, N. Australia ; generally, 

 if not always, planted in India, and usually (especially in South 

 India) grown for the purpose for which the tree is used in 

 these islands {Boxh., Fl. Ind., iii., 332). Native apparently of 

 Malaya. 



