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XXX. LEGUMINOSiE 
Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 112. A perennial, 
pubescent herb ; stems erect, 1-2 ft., woody. Leaves odd-pin- 
nate, 2-5 in. ; leaflets 9-21, oblong-lanceolate, J-l xj-^ in., 
entire, obtuse, bristle-tipped, upper surface nearly glabrous, lower 
silky, veins straight, parallel. Flowers red, J-J in. long, in leaf- 
opposed racemes. Calyx silky, bell-shaped ; the 3 lower teeth 
about as long as the tube, 2 upper longer. Standard orbicular, 
silky outside ; keel incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free, others 
united. Style strongly curved, glabrous ; stigma capitate. Pod 
sessile, pubescent, flat, lj-2xj in. ; seeds 6-10. 
Simla, in meadows, July-September. — Throughout India, ascending to 
6000 ft. — Widely spread throughout the tropics. 
14. CARAGANA. The Mongolian name for C. arborescens. — 
Central and Eastern China, Japan. 
Caragana brevispina, Royle ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 116. A tall, erect 
shrub, more or less hairy or pubescent. Leaves equally pinnate, 
2-3 in.,* clustered on short, thick branchlets ; leaflets 8-16, oppo- 
site, ovate, obovate or oblong-ovate, J-l in., entire, upper surface 
glabrous, lower silky-pubescent, paler ; leaf-rachises usually per- 
sisting as long, thick spines, naked or bearing 1 or 2 leaflets ; 
stipules spinescent. Flowers bright yellow, nearly 1 in. long, in 
stalked few-flowered umbels shorter than the leaves. Calyx 
pubescent, oblique, tubular ; teeth 5, nearly equal, shorter than 
the tube, spine-tipped. Standard orbicular, erect, shortly clawed, 
sides reflexed ; keel straight, obtuse. Upper stamen free, others 
united. Ovary hairy ; style short, hairy, nearly straight ; stigma 
minute. Pod flattened, pubescent, in., woolly inside; 
seeds 3 or 4. 
Matiana, Narkunda ; June-August. — W. Himalaya, 6000-9000 ft. — Chinese 
Tartary, Afghanistan. 
15. ASTRAGALUS. The classical name of a shrub supposed 
to be of this affinity. — A very large genus, widely distributed over 
the temperate regions of the northern Hemisphere ; one species 
in S. America and one in S.E. Africa. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets many, usually 
opposite, entire. Flowers in stalked, axillary racemes or heads. 
Calyx bell-shaped or tubular ; teeth 5, nearly equal. Petals 
narrow, clawed : standard erect ; wings about equal to the in- 
curved, obtuse keel. Upper stamen free, others united. Ovary 
sessile or stalked ; style incurved, glabrous ; stigma small, 
capitate. Pod usually more or less divided length-wise by the 
infolding of the lower suture ; seeds 3-12. 
Densely hairy or tomentose. Stems trailing. 
Flowers in racemes. Leaflets 13-17 . . .1. A. Amker stianus. 
Flowers in heads. Leaflets 21-31 . . . 4. A. leucocephahis. 
