Tepkrosia.] Leguminoscs . 3 1 



clothed with adpressed soft white hair beneath, stip. subulate ; 

 fi. shortly stalked, solitary or 2 in the axils ; pod i|-2 in., 

 spreading, linear, much curved, sparingly pilose, 6-8-seeded. 



Very rare. I have seen no specimens but those in Hermann's 

 Herbarium ; the pods of these are very sparingly pilose, but there are no 

 flowers. The plant is perhaps only a cultivated state of T. spinosa; some 

 of Hermann's specimens have 7-9 lflts. 



Also in S. India. 



The above description mainly from Roxburgh {Galega pentaphylla, 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 384). 



3. T. tinctoria, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 329 (1807). Alu-pila, 5. 



Herm. Mus. 34. Fl. Zeyl. n. 302. Cracca tinctoria, L. Sp. PI. 752. 

 Galena tinctoria, L., Moon Cat. 55. Thw. Enum. 84. C. P. 1449. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. in. Wight, Ic. t. 388. 



Perennial, somewhat shrubby below, 1J-3 ft, stem and 

 ascending branches stiff, slightly angled, more or less clothed 

 with yellow or brownish pubescence ; l.-rachis 1-2 in., pubes- 

 cent, stip. small, triangular, acuminate, lflts. 7-1 1 (3-5 pair 

 and an end one), unequal, decreasing in size towards base of 

 1. very variable in width, obtuse at both ends, often retuse at 

 apex, mucronate, glabrous above, more or less densely silvery- 

 silky beneath, lat. veins numerous, parallel, conspicuous ; fl. 

 rather small, on slender, short, hairy ped., in short, erect 

 racemes, on stiff hairy peduncles exceeding the 1., bracts 

 setaceous, hairy ; cal. - segm. long, setaceous, hairy ; pod 

 2-2| in., linear, very slightly curved upwards at end, apiculate, 

 more or less densely covered with soft silky hair, seeds 7-10, 

 distant. 



Var /3, pulcherrima, Baker in Fl. B. Ind., I. c. 



Lflts. 1-5, very unequal, the terminal one much the longest 

 (3 in. or more) and often the only one present, more densely 

 silky beneath and with lat. veins more prominent, stip. larger; 

 pods more thickly velvety. 



Upper zone of moist low country and lower mountain zone, rather 

 common; abundant in the patanas of" Uva. Var. (3, Matale. Fl. Jan., 

 Feb.; bright pink. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



Very variable in foliage; when the terminal lflt. is not larger than the 

 rest, it is T. intermedia, Grah. An inferior Indigo is obtained from this, 

 and is or was in use by the Sinhalese (see Herm. Mus. 1. c.) 



4. T. purpurea, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 329 (1807). Pila, S. Kolin- 

 chi, T. 



liurm. Thes. 77. FI. Zeyl. n. 301. Cracca purpurea, L. Sp. Plant. 

 752. Gait 1 purpurea, L., Moon Cat. 55. Thw. Enum. 84. C. P. 1445. 

 Fl. Ii. Ind. ii. 112. Burm. Thes. t. 32. 



