Te^hrosia.J h. LEGTiMiNOSiB. (J„ G. Baker.) 113 



goides, &ra7i. in Wall. Cat. 5649. T. lancesefolia, Imk ; JDC. loo. cit. T. indi- 

 gofera, Bert. Misc. xix. 9, t. 5. T.lanceolata, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5636. 

 Indigofera flexuosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5473 — Rheede Sort. Mai. i. t. 65. 



Tropical zone, spread universally from the Himalitas to Ceylon, Malacca and 

 SiAM, ascending to 4000 ft. in the north-west.— Bistkib. Everywhere in the Tropics. 



A copiously-branched suberect perennial, 1-2 ft. high, with slender firm terete 

 stems. Leaves short-petioled, 3-6 in. long ; stipules linear-subulate, ascending or 

 reflexed ; leaflets 13-21, narrow oblanceolate, obtuse, green, glabrescent above, 

 glaucous, obscurely silky below. Eaoemes copious, all lesif-opposed, 3-6 in. long, lax ; 

 bwer flowers fascicled ; pedicels J-^ in. ; . bracts minute. Calyx ^-^ in., closely 

 silky ; teethe linear-subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla \-i in., red, thinly silky. 

 Pod 1^-2 in. by i in. broad ; style subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 



Vas. 1. maxima; taller, suberect, stipules lanceolate reflexed, racemes many- 

 flowered elongated, corolla | in. long, pod glabrescent 2-2^ in. long 10-12- 

 seeded. T. maxima, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 252. W. S[ A. Prodr. 213. Galega 

 maxima, Linn. Sp. PI. 1063. T. Mitchellii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5641. — Plains of the 

 JVestern Peninsula and Ceylon. 



Vab. 2. pumila; lower, more diffuse, persistently finely downy, stipules linear- 

 setaceous, leaflets 9-11 smaller more downy, corolla rather smaller, pod 1-1^ in. 

 long finely downy . T. pumila, Pers. ; DC. Proton ii. 254. I.timanen&is, DC. Frod/r. 

 ii. 254. T. diffusa, W. # A. Prodr. 213. Galega diffusa, Eoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 387. 

 G. procumbens. Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 547. T. parviflora, Wight in Wall. 

 Cat. 5642. — Distribution of the type. 



8. T. Kookeriana, W. Sp A. Prodr. 212 ; herbaceous, stems finely 

 downy, racemes elongated, pod sliglitly recurved 8-10-seeded clothed vfith 

 persistent Ijrownish siliy hairs. T. Cofutea, Wight. ; Wall. Cat. 5647.' Galega 

 liirta. Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 546. T. amoena, Sort. Calc. nan Pers. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca. 



Closely allied to T. purpurea, from which it scarcely differs except in the vestiture 

 of the pod. Stipules linear; leaflets 13-19, narrow oblanceolate, f-1 in. long, 

 truncate or emarginate, glabrescent above, thinly persistently silky below. Sacemes 

 all lateral, reaching 6-9 in. long ; pedicels Jj-^ in. Calt/x densely silky, ^-J in. ; 

 teeth setaceous, exceeding the tube. Corolla |-| in. Pod 1^2 in. by ^ in. ; style 

 flattened, subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 



9. T. villosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems finely downy, 

 racemes elongated, pod much recurved 6-8-seeded densely clothed with white 

 sill^ hairs. Wall. Cat. 6645 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 212. Galega villosa, Linn. ; 

 Havb. Fl. Ind. iii. 385. T. argentea, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 252 ; W.^A. Prodr. 

 212. Galega argentea, Lamh. Diet. ii. 599. G. Barha-jovis, Bwm. Fl. Ind. 

 172. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Cbtlok. — Disteib. Mauritius, Trop. Africa. 



Habit of T. purpurea, but stems somewhat firmer and more woody, clothed with 

 short adpressed white hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long; stipules linear,, 

 ascending or reflexed; leaflets 13-19, grey-green, glabrescent above, persistently 

 silky below, narrow oblanceolate, often emarginate. Baoemes half a foot or more 

 long ; lower flowers in distant fascicles, lowest often in the axils of the leaves ;. 

 pedicels very short ;, bracts setaceous, plumose. Cak/x \-\ in. deep, densely silky ; 

 teeth setaceous, lower exceeding the tube. Corolla pale red, not much exceeding 

 the calyx. Pod 1-1| in. long, 1-1 in. broad, densely persistently velvety; styla 

 glabrous, flattened, densely penicillate at the tip, 



Vae. 1. incana; stems clothed with short spreading pubescence, leaflets rather 

 broader, pod still more densely silky. T. incana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5644; 

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