16 ELOBTJLA ADENENSIS. 



mentis subulatis, setaceis ; vexillo oblique obovato, breviter unguicu- 

 lato, dorso sericeo, intus glabro, carina oblonga, biunguiculata ; le- 

 guminibus planis, oblongis, cuspidato-acuminatis, valvis carinatis. 



Hab. Aden, in saxosis (Hook.Jil. !). 



Distr. In Yemen, provincia Arabia? Felicis ! ad ' Wade Katte " in Ara- 

 bia Petrsea ! 



Suffruticulus decumbens, 2-5-pollicaris, omnino sericeus. Folia petio- 

 lata ; petiolus 3 lin. longus. Foliola 1-2 lin. longa. Racemi breviter 

 pedunculati. Flores conferti, fructu deflexi. Corolla eoceinea. Cap- 

 sula-2-5-s\>erm&. Semina lrevia, nitida. 



This plant is described by Jaub. and Spacb as being sometimes one foot 

 long ; the specimens I have seen are all small and stunted, ranging from 

 two to five inches in length. 



3. Pogonostigma, Boiss. 



P. Arabicum (Boiss. Diag. PI. Or. ii. p. .39). Ramis adscendentibus ; 

 foliis petiolatis, stipulates, plerumque bijugis, foliolis oppositis, lineari- 

 oblongis vel lauceolatis, mucronatis, supra molliter pubescentibus, 

 subtus sericeo-tomentosis, racemis elongatis ; calycis segmentis subula- 

 tis, acutis; leguminibus suborbicularibus, acutis, stylo persistente longe 

 apiculatis, monospermis. — Psoralea Arabica, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. 

 Arab. n. 775. Catacline sericea, Edgew. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. xvi. p. 1214. 



Hab. Aden (Edgew., Madden ! Hook.Jil. et T. ! T. Anders.). 



Suffrutex 1-2-pedalis, sericeo-tomentosus. Folia \-\\ unc. longa ; 

 foliola 2-6 lin. longa, terminate geminum, fere duplo longius. Racemi 

 subaphylli. Flores solitarii vel gemini ; pedicellus 1-2 lin. longus. 

 Calyx sericeus. Corolla calyce longior ; vexillum extus sericeo-hir- 

 sutum, purpureum. Semen olivaceum, 1-J lin. longum. 



4. Tepiieosia, Pers. 



T. Apollinea (DC. Prod. ii. p. 254). Suffruticosa, diffusa, amulis 

 suberectis ; foliis petiolatis, 3-4-jugis ; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 cuneato-oblongis ; floribus racemosis vel 3-4 axillaribus, pedunculis 

 brevibus ; calyce campanulato, dentibus subulatis ; corolla calyce 

 longiore ; leguminibus patulis, linearibus, rostratis, planis, pubes- 

 centibus, 5-12-spermis — Galega Apollinea, Delil. Fl. .*Eg. p. 144, 

 t. 53. f. 5. 



Hab. Aden, in nipibus (Hook.Jil. !). 



Distr. In Arabia Felici et Petrsea ! Scinde ! Abyssinia ! zEgypto supe- 

 riore ! 



Suffrutex incano-tomentosus, stipulis subherbaceis, acute subulatis. 

 Folia 1-2 unc. longa; foliola |— 1^ unc. longa, l£-4 lin. lata, petiolo 

 longiora. Corolla vexillum extus sericeum, purpureum. Legumen 

 H-3 unc. longum, 2-3 lin. latum. 



