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is manifestly a Tephrosia, and it is probably a form of the 

 widely distributed T. purpurea Pers. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel 

 (1866) 176, considers that it represents a species near Tephrosia 

 timoriensis DC, but de Candolle's species is generally considered 

 to be a synonym of T. purpurea Pers. 



Phaseolus moxitanus alter Rumph., 1. c. 146, may also represent 

 a species of Tephrosia. The description, however, is too short 

 and imperfect to warrant an identification of it with the data 

 now available. 



SESBAN I A * Persoon 



SESBANIA SESBAN (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 235. 



Aeschynomene sesban Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 714. 

 Coronilla sesban Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1806) 1147. 

 Sesban aegyptiacus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 128 (type!). 

 Aeschynomene moluccana Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Flora 4 (1835) 

 1285. 



Emerus sesban O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 180. 

 Gajatus niger Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 64, t. 2U- 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 The Rumphian figure was erroneously reduced by Linneaus to 

 Aeschynomene indica Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 16, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1158, Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1061, in which he was generally followed by 

 the older authors. Wight and Arnott, Prodr. (1834) 219, placed 

 it under Aeschynomene roxburghii Spreng., a synonym of A. 

 indica Linn. It is apparently the type of Aeschynomene moluc- 

 cana Kostel. (publication not seen by me). Miquel, Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I 1 (1855) 287, thought it might be referable to Sesbania 

 cochinchinensis (Lour.) DC, which is probably a synonym of 

 Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merr. Teysmann correctly placed it 

 as a synonym of Sesbania aegyptiaca Pers., which manifestly is 

 a synonym of Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merr. From Rumphius's 

 description it is exactly the form described by Wight and Arnott, 

 Prodr. (1834) 214, as Sesbania aegyptiaca Pers. var. bicolor 

 W. & A.f 



SESBANIA CAN N ABI N A (Retz.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316. 

 Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 26. 

 Agati cannabina Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120. 

 Gajatus luteus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 64. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Sesban Adans. and Agati Adans. 

 (1763) are older. 



f See Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 367. 



