Tephrosia.] 
XLIII. LEGUMINOSflE. 
395 
12. T. purpurea (flowers purple), Pers.; W. and Am. Prod. 218 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 209. A perennial or undershrub of 1 to 2ft., with spreading or decum- 
bent branches, glabrous, hoary or pubescent. Leaflets usually 7 to 11, oblong- 
cuneate or linear, obtuse or with a small recurved point, J to lin. long, glabrous 
above, hoary or silky underneath. Racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, the lower 
ones often very short, the upper ones 6in. long or more, with distant fascicles of 
2 to 4 pinkish flowers. Calyx minutely pubescent, the tube about 1 line long, 
the lobes subulate-pointed, variable in length. Standard about 4 lines diameter, 
keel obtuse. Upper stamen slightly cohering with the others in the bud, but 
very soon quite free. Style much flattened. Pod glabrous or pubescent, about 
lfin. long, more or less falcate. Seeds transversely oblong. — T. Baueri, Benth. 
in A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 408. 
Hab.: Bowen River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Denison, Fitzalan. 
This species is very common in tropical Asia and E. tropical Africa, where it varies consider- 
ably as to stature, length of raceme, indumentum, &c., but where the calyx-lobes are always 
subulate and longer than the tube. Among the Australian specimens, those above quoted are 
the only ones I have seen agreeing in this respect as well as in foliage with the Asiatic ones. 
The following forms, which are probably varieties of the same species, do not nevertheless 
appear to be represented out of Australia. — Benth. 
Var. brevidens. More shrubby and erect, with the habit of the Pacific Island variety usually 
named T. piseatoria, Pers.; hoary with a minute appressed pubescence. Leaflets mostly 9 to 
15. Racemes usually very long. Calyx-teeth very short or the lowest nearly as long as the 
tube. — Various points of the N. and E. coasts, islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 
Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; Cape Upstart, M'Gillivray; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Percy 
Island, A. Cunningham. 
Var. rufescens. Habit of the var. brevidens , but the branches densely and softly rusty-villous. 
Leaflets more numerous, often above 20. Racemes long and many-flowered. Calyx-teeth short 
as in the var. brevidens . — Rocky hills, Gorman Creek, Moreton Bay, Enoggera, C. Stuart; Port 
Bowen, A. Cunningham; Archer’s Hill, Leichhardt. 
Var. longifolia. Leaflets very narrow, obtuse acute or mucronate, often 1 to 2in. long. 
Racemes long. Calyx-teeth subulate, but rather short.— Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Lands- 
borough ; Depot Creek, F. v. Mueller ; Albert River, Henne. 
Var. sericea. Leaflets numerous, narrow, acute, silky underneath. Calyx-teeth short.- - 
Broadsound, R.'Broicn, Bowen; Charters Towers, C. F. Plant. 
Var. (?) laxa. Stems loosely decumbent. Leaflets few, broad, loosely pubescent or villous, the 
veins parallel above, almost reticulate underneath. Calyx-teeth subulate, but very short. — - 
Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne. 
13. T. Bidwilli (after J. C. Bidwill), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 210. Rootstock 
woody, with ascending or erect stems of 1 to 2ft., more or less pubescent. Leaflets 
in the lower leaves 3 or 5, oblong or lanceolate, in the others 7 to 11, linear or 
linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 1 to 2 or even 3in. long, narrowed at the 
base, in distant pairs along a slender rigid petiole, green on both sides, but slightly 
pubescent underneath. Racemes usually on long peduncles, the lower pairs of 
flowers distant. Calyx densely rusty-pubescent, the tube about 1| line long, the 
lobes longer, incurved, narrow, but not subulate, the 2 upper ones united above 
the middle. Standard fully 5 lines broad ; keel much incurved, almost acute. 
Style much flattened. Pod 1J to 2in. long, slightly incurved, softly pubescent. 
Seeds transversely oblong. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Burnett River, F. v. Mueller ; Darling Downs. 
Var. (?) densa. Leaflets shorter and more silky ; inflorescence dense, but with the calyx of 
T. Bidwilli. 1 
14. T. rosea (Rose-coloured), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 211. A 
perennial or undershrub, with ascending branches, closely but rather densely 
silky-tomentose. Leaflets usually 5 or 7, oblong-cuneate or obovate-oblong, very 
obtuse or retuse, green and slightly pubescent above, silky underneath. Racemes 
long and rather rigid. Flowers small, in clusters of 2 or 3. Pedicels usually 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx silky tomentose, the tube about 1 line long, the 
