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D. Pram — Some additional Leguminosse. 



[No. 2, 



Burma; Prorne, Wallich! Kurz n. 2529! South Mingyin, Prazer ! 



General habit of T. tinctoria but more slender, leaves 2^ in. by f in. Peduncles 

 l-3-fld.,'2-3 in. long. Calyx, corolla and pod as in T. tinctoria. 



As represented by the large suites of specimens collected by Kurz and Prazer 

 this is very uniform and distinct ; the writer therefore has preferred Mr. Kurz's 

 view to that expressed in the Prodromus and in the Flora of British India which are 

 both based on the examination of Dr. Wallich's solitary gathering. 



76. Tephkosia pumila Pers. Synops. ii. 330. T. diffusa W. fy A. 

 Prodr. i. 213. Galega diffusa Eoxb. Flor. hid. iii. 387. T. purpurea var. 

 pumila Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. J13 ; Prain, Bot. Laccad. 35. 



Further examination of the very extensive material in Herb. Calcutta serves to 

 confirm the writer in the opinion expressed by him in 1892 that this plant must be 

 re-accorded speoific rank. 



23. SESBANIA Pers. 

 Key to the Indian Species. 

 Flowers small, bud straight (Subgen. I. Eusesbania) : — 

 Pods twisted, pendulous; flowers i in. long or upwards ; 

 (unarmed) : — 

 Perennial ; stems woody ; flowers £ in. ; pods 6 in. x | 

 in., sutures undulate and valves widely depressed 

 between the seeds; a small tree ... ... 1. S. segyptiaca. 



Annual ; stems pith-like ; flowers £ in. ; pods 10-12 

 in. x T 3 5 in., sutures straight, valves slightly abrupt- 

 ly depressed between the seeds ; a swamp species 

 with tree-like habit ... ... ... 2. 8. paludosa. 



Pods not twisted, erect or ascending (except at times in S. 

 cannabina) ; flowers never exceeding | in. ; all annuals 

 with woody stems : — 

 Leaves and branches sericeous-tomentose ; (unarmed) ; 



pods not tornlose ... ... ... 3. 8. sericea* 



Leaves and branches glabrous : — 



Stems and rachises of leaves smooth : — 



Stems erect, very tall ; pods with straight sutures 

 and undepressed valves oftenest spreading or 

 pendulous, 4-8 in. x | in. ... ... 4. 8. cannabina. 



Stems diffuse procumbent; pods subtorulose erect 



3-4 in. X^in. ... ... ... 5. S. uliginosa. 



Stems and rachises of leaves armed with weak 

 prickles : — 

 Stems erect; fruiting raceme several-podded; 

 flowers f in. ; pods 9-12 in. x | in., sutures 

 slightly undulate, valves widely depressed ... 6. S. aculeata. 

 Stems prostrate : fruiting raceme usually 1-podded, 

 flowers i in. ; pods 3 in. x ^ in. distinctly 

 lorulose ... ... ... ... 7. 8. procumbens. 



Flowers large (3 in. long) ; bud faleatoly recurved (Subgen. 



II. Agati)... ... ... ... ... 8. 8. grandifiora. 



