LEGUMINOSiE. 407 



resembling that of the other species, 3 lines long. Stamens diadel- 

 phous. Ovules usually 3. Legume smooth, minutely glandular, moni- 

 liform, so constricted between the joints as to appear lomentaceous, 

 commonly linear, and of three turgid, one-seeded joints, when it is 8 or 

 10 lines long, sometimes shortened and of one or two joints, not in the 

 least prickly or hispid, tardily if at all dehiscent. Seeds subglobose. 

 with a small hilum. 



The fruit of this plant has not before been described. Its lomen- 

 taceous form is peculiar, and the seeds are nearly spherical; — cha- 

 racters, however, insufficient to separate it from GlycyrMza, of which 

 it is the sole known representative in the southern hemisphere. 



40. TEPHROSIA, Pers. 



1. Tephrosia bracteolata. Guill. & Perr. 

 Tephrosia bracteolata, Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. p. 194; Webb. Spic. Gorg. p. 121. 



Hab. St. Jago, Cape de Verde Islands. (A diminutive specimen.) 

 2. Tephrosia piscatoria, Pers. 



Tephrosia piscatoria, Pers. Each. 2, p. 329; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 252; Guill. Zeph. 



Tait. p. 62. 

 Galega littoralis, Forst. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr. p. 52, non Linn. 



Hab. Sandwich, Society, Samoan, Tonga, Feejee, and Coral 

 Islands : " intrusive." Also Luzon, near Manilla. 



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3. Tephrosia hirta, Hamilt. 



Tephrosia hirta, Hamilt. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13, p. 546 ? 



Hab. Singapore. 



