112 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) ITephrosia. 



jugate (reduced to one in T. Grahami, Wall. Cat 5652), oblong, obtuse, sub- 

 coriaceous, the end one much larger than the others, 2-3 in. long, J-1 in. broad, 

 green, glabrous above, doihed with persistent -white silky pubescence beneath, 

 the nerves prominent; stipules lanceolate, ascending. Peduncles often exceeding 

 the leaves ; racemes closely 3-12-flo'wered ; flowers casnally also in the axils of 

 the leaves; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ra., densely silky ; teeth long, setaceous. 

 Corolla |-J in., pale red, silky. Pod slightly recurved, 2-2J in. long, 10-12-seeded, 

 glabreseent. Style flattened, bearded throughout. 



Vae. 1. jmlcherrima ; leaflets large (end one 3 in. long) coriaceous often solitary, 

 veins below very prominent, bracts ovate-lanceolate, flowers few close, pod per- 

 •sistently velvety. T. pulcherrima, Wight MSS. Nilghiris and Ceylon. 



Vae. 2. coccinea; leaflets 1—5 J-1 in. broad cuneately narrowed in the lower 

 ■half, branches closely argenteo-canescent, bracts linear minute, racemes elongated. 

 T. coccinea. Wall. Cat. 5633 ; PI. As. Bar. t. 60. Birma, Wallich. 



Vab. 3. intermedia, W. ^ A.; branches velvety, leaflets much smaller 9-13 

 J- J in. broad the end one not much larger than the others, the veins less pro- 

 minent ; racemes not so close as in the type. T. intermedia, Grah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5632. Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 



5. T. spinosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 254 ; shrubby, branches closely 

 ^argenteo-canescent, stipules spiny, flowers 1-2 all in the axils of the leaves. 



WaU. Cat. 5651. W. 8c A. Prodr. 214 {excl. syn.) ; Wight Ic. t. 372. Galega 

 spinosa, lAnn. ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 383. 



Plains of the "Western Pesixsuia and Cetlon-. — Distblb. Java. 

 . A low shrub, with very numerous terete flexuose ascending branches. Spines 

 •spreading, ^— i in. Leaves short-petioled, J-1 in. long; leaflets 5-7, narrow- 

 oblanceolate, rigidly subcoriaceous, truncate, often emarginate, glabrous above, 

 -glaucous, nearly glabrous below. Flowers all axillary ; 1-2 rarely 3 from the nodes ; 

 pedicels i— J in. Calyx J in., teeth linear-acuminate, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 red, twice the calyx. Pod j— 1 in., nearly glabreseent, recurved, 5-6-seeded. StyU 

 Tnuch incurved, flattened, glabrous. 



6. T. senticosa, Pi?ra. ; DC. Prodi: ii. 254; shrubby, branches closely 

 •^irgenteo-canescent, stipules not spiny, flowers 1-2 all in the axils of the 

 leaves. W. ^ A. Prodr. 211 ; Wight Ic. t. 370 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 61. 

 Oalega senticosa, I/inn. Amosn. iii. 19. G. pentaphylla, Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 384. 

 T. pentaphylla, Grah: in Wall. Cat. 6650. T. elegans, Wall. Cat. 5634. 



Plains of the Western Peninsui.a and Cexion ; Biema, Wallich. 



A low shrub, with copious erecto-patent terete slender branches ; petiole very 

 -short ; stipules minute, ascending, setaceous ; leaflets usually 5, rarely 3, nar- 

 row-oblanceolate, 1-lj in. long, truncate or emarginate, green, glabrous above, 

 thinly silky beneath, cuneately narrowed in the lower half. Flowers usually geminate ; 

 pedicels |^ in., argenteous. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 more than t-ndce the calyx, argenteous. Pod l|-2 in. long, 6-8 seeded, much 

 reciurved, persistently thinly canescent. 



7. T. purpurea, Pe7-s. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems glabreseent 

 or finely downy, racemes elongated, pod glabreseent or finely do-wny slightly 

 Tecurved e-lO^eeded. WaU. Cat. 5638 ; W. §• A. Prodr. 213 ; Dalz. flsibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 61. T. leptostachya, DC. loc. cit. Galega purpurea, Linn. ; Boxb. 

 Fl. Did. iii. 386. G. lancesefolia, Bo.vb. Fl. Ind. iii. 386. G. Colonila and 

 sericea, Mam. in Linn. Trans, xiii. 544^5. G. tinctoria, Lamk. ; Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 386, non L. T. stricta, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5639. T. Taylorii, 

 Grah. in. Wall. Cat. 5637. T. "Wallichii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5640. ' T. lobata' 

 Grah. in WaU. Cat. 6646. T. tinctoria, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5643. T. gale^ 



