44 LEaUMINOSM. [Tephbosia. 



31. Tephrosia. Pers. ; Fl. Drit. Ind. ii, 110. 



Herbs or underslirubs witli odd-pinnate or rarely simple leaves ; 

 /e(3f/?e^5 opposite, trlate-veiaed, subcariaaeou^ Flowers in terminal 

 and leaf-opposed racemes, or solitary or in pairs in tte leaf -axils. 

 Calyx campanulate, -witli distinct subequai teeth. Petals clawed, 

 5^a%c?(3!r6^ snborbicular ; ^ee^ incurved, not beaked. Stamens 2-adel- 

 pbous ; anthers uniform, obtuse. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; 

 style much incurved, flattened or filiform, glabrous or bearded ; stigma 

 capitate, often peniciliate. Pod linear, flattened, many-seeded, conti- 

 nuous or obscurely septate between the seeds. —Species about 120, 

 spread over the tropics of both hemispheres. 



Leaves simple , , l.T. tenuis. 



Leaves odd-pinnate. 



Calyx-teeth short, deltoid A shrub . . 2. T. Candida, 



Calyx-teeth narrow, cuspidate. Perennial 

 herbs. 



Pod glahrescent or finely downy. 



A suberect, nearly glabrous herb . 5. T. 'purpurea. 



A diffuse downy herb . . . 4:.T,'pumila. 



Pod densely white-velvety . . , 5. T. villosa. 



1. T. tenuis. Wall, Cat. 5070; D. <&• G. Bomh. Fl. 61; F. B, I.ii 111 ; 

 Watt E.D. 



An annual with filiform densely caespit 'se stems, 6-12 in. long, with a few 

 short appressed hairs. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, 1-2 in. Icng, linear, 

 narrowed suddenly or gradually at the apex, glabrous above, obscurely 

 silky beneath ; stipules minute, setaceous, ascending. Flowers 1-2 

 together in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels filiform. Oalyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, much shorter than the tube. Petals with very long claws. Style 

 short, glabrous, filiform. Pod linear, |-1 in. long, thinly clothed with 

 appressed hairs, 6-10-seeded. 



DehraDun (Gamble), Agra district (Duthie) , Distbib.: Plains of the 

 Punjab and Sind, Konkan ; also in Burma and in the Laccadive Islands. 



2. T. Candida, DQ. Prod, ii, 249; W. & A. Prod. 210; Royle HI, 191 ,• 

 Brand. For. Fl. 138 ; F. B.I. ii, 111. Robinia Candida, Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 

 327. 



A ow shrub. Branches grooved, clothed with brown or grey parslstent 

 velvety pubescence. Leaves odd-pinnate, 6-9 in. long, shortly stalked; 

 stipules setaceous; leaflets 19-25, narrowly elliptic, cuspidate at the 

 apex, 2-3 in, long, dark-green and glabrous above, pale an! silky beneath ; 

 stalks short, densely silky. Racemes 6-9 in. long, terminal and lateral, tho 



