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Racemes elongated, lax, much exceeding the leaves, 10 to 15 cm long; pods 
6- to 8-seeded ..... : — 2. T. purpurea 
Racemes short, congested, less than 5 cm in length. 
Leaflets narrowly oblong, 5- to 10-jugate; pods 8- to 10-seeded, usually 
densely arranged, their pedicels 2 to 3 mm long * 3. T. dichotoma 
Leaflets obovate or narrowly obovate, 4- or 5-jugate; pods 5- to 8-seeded, 
few, laxly arranged, their pedicels 5 to 7 mm long 4. T. obovata 
1. Tephrosia vestita Vog. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 
1 ; 15; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
Bot. 23 (1886) 158; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. (1886) 106; Schum. & Lauterb. FI. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Siidsee (1901) 353. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Cuming 1621 : Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, 
Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
Southern China, Java, New Guinea. 
2. Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Per£. Syn. PI. 2 (1807) 329; Baker in Plook. 
f. FI. Ind. 2 (1876) 112; Trimen FI. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 31; Prain ex King in Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. 66 = (1897) 85. 
Cracca purpurea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 752. 
Luzon, Province of Cavite, Bur. Sci. 1315 Mangubat, August, 1906. 
This species, as interpreted by most authors, is exceedingly variable, and 
includes a number of forms; what I take to be the typical form, that is, the 
Ceylon plant, for the type of the species was from that island, seems to extend 
from India and Ceylon to southern China,' more or less throughout Malaya, to 
northern Australia; some authors give its range as the tropics of the world. 
3. Tephrosia dichotoma Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 9 (1826) 415; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 
I 1 (1855) 298. 
Tephrosia luzoniensis Vog. Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1 : 15; 
Miq. 1. c. 299; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 59; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 17. 
Indigofera hirsuta Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 591, non Linn. 
Indigofera senegalensis Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 412, ed. 3, 2: 392; Naves 1. c. 
pi. 162, non Lam. 
Tephrosia piscatoria A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 407, 
quoad pi. Philip., non Pers. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 1121 Ramos: Province of Ilocos Norte, For. 
Bur. 15545 Merritt & Darling, Bur. Sci. 2296 Mearns: Province of Zambales, 
Merrill 327, For. Bur. 5851 Curran: Manila, Merrill 369, Elmer 5535, Millares 58, 
Milaor 328: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1391 Ramos: Province of Laguna, 
Williams 2044, Eallier s. n. 
This is undoubtedly the form credited to the Philippines by Vidal 37 as 
Tephrosia purpurea Pers. It seems, however, to be distinct from that species, 
and is well characterized by its short, rather dense racemes, usually densely 
arranged pods, and more numerous seeds. The type of Tephrosia luzoniensis Vog., 
in the Berlin Herbarium, has been examined by me and found to agree with the 
specimens above cited. The identification of T. dichotoma Desv. is based on the 
description, which applies closely, except that the leaflets are described as being 
4-jugate, while in the material before me they vary from 5- to 10-jugate. 
4. Tephrosia obovata sp. nov. § Reineria, Pinnatae. 
Fruticosa, diffusa, 20 ad 40 cm alta, ramulis junioribus, subtus foliolis, 
inflorescentiisque plus minus adpresse argenteo-pubescentibus ; foliis 1.5 
37 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 106. 
