T&phrosia.] l. LEGiTMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) Ill 



SuBGBK. 1. SEacronyz (Dalsell). Annual. Leaves simple. 



1. T. tenuis, Wall. Cat. 5970 ; JDak. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 61. Macronyx. 

 strigosus, Dah. in Hooh. Kew Joum. ii. 35. 



Plains of Soinde, the Punjab and Concajst. 



Stems filiform, densely csespitose, |-1 ft. long 'with a few short adpressed hairs.. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, linear, 1-2 in. long, narrowed suddenly or gradually at the 

 point, glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath ; stipules minute, setaceous, ascending. 

 Mowers 1-2 together in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels filiform, ^-f in. Calyx 

 ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla J in., all the petal* 

 ■with very long claws. Fod linear, ^1 in. long, B-lO-seeded, thinly clothed with 

 adpressed hairs. Style short, glabrous, filiform. 



Stjbgen. 2. Srlssonia (Neck.). Shrubby. Leaves odd-pinnate. Calyx- 

 teeth short, deltoid. 



2. T. Candida, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Wall. Cat ^627 ; W. ^ A. P)-od>:. 

 210. RoWnia Candida, JRoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 327. Galega arborescens, Het-h. 

 Madras. Kiesera sericea, Seimo. in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 291. Xiphocarpus 

 candidus, Sassh. PL Mar. Jav. 336. 



HmAiATAS, tropical zone, from Ktimaon eastward to Khasia and Assam, ascending' 

 to 5000 ft. in Sikkim. Silhet, Chittagong, Maetaban, and Tenasseibim:. — Disteib. 

 Malay isles. 



A low shrub, with slender woody grooved branches clothed with brown or grey 

 persistent velvety pubescence ; stipules setaceous, ascending ; leaves short-petioled, 

 reaching 6-9 in. long ; leaflets 19-25, ligiJate, acute, l|-2 in. long, green 

 glabrous above, grey and thinly silky beneath. Saoemes copious, terminal and lateral, 

 elongated, 6-9 in. long ; lower several to a fascicle ; pedicels silky, |-^ in. Calyx 

 |-f in., densely silky; teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla J-1 in., reddish or 

 white; standard densely silky. Pod 3-4 in. long, 10-15-seeded, slightly recurved, 

 clothed with adpressed brown silky hairs ; style flattened, silky. 



StTBGEN. 3. Reineria (Moench.). Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves odd- 

 pinnate or simple. Calyx-teeth narrow, cuspidate, as long as the tube. 



3. T. calophylla, Bedd. Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. t. 166; herbaceous, 

 glabrous, leaves simple, flowers in lax long terminal racemes. 



East slope of the Nilghieis, alt. 3000 ft,, BeddoTne. 



Branches slender, angular, tough. Leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, rigidly coria-' 

 ceous, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at the base ; veins below and edges distinct, brown ; 

 stipules linear, minute ; petiole angular, 1-1|- in. Bacemes 6-9 in. long ; bracts' 

 linear, very minute ; pedicels 2-3 times the calyx. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla |-J in. ; standard downy on the back. Pod 

 2^3 in. long, recurved, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. 



4. T. tinctoria, Pers. ; DC. P-odr. ii. 252 ; shrubby, branches densely 

 velvety, leaflets large 3-13 casually simple, flowers in copious lohg-peduncled. 

 congested racemes. W. ^ A. Prodr. 211 ; Wt. Ic. t. 388 ; n<m Wall. Cat. 

 5643. T. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 5631. Galega Heyneana, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 384. T. hypargyrffia, DC. Prodr. ii. 253. T. nervosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 254. 



Westeen Peninsula and Cbyxon, ascending to 5000 ft. 



An undershrub, -with flexuose woody twiggy branches, densely clothed with brown 

 or grey velvety pubescence. Leaves subsessile, very variable ; leaflets usually 3-6- 



