76 MR. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE BOTANICAL RESULTS 
petiolulatis; foliis quam racemi glabri duplo longioribus (4. 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. i. p. 445). 
A straggling shrub 10 feet high on dolerite near Buyabuya, 
Scarcies, Feb., no. 4769. 
LEGUMINOSA. 
INDIGOFERA SCARCIESII, Sp. nov. 
Fruticulus parvus, ramis luteis glaucis 10-15 cm. long. ; foliis 
3-7-foliolatis 1-1-5 cm. long. ; foliolis crassis oblongis vel obovato- 
oblongis apice apiculatis petiolulatis subtus albis 3-5 mm. long. 
et 2-3 mm. lat. 
Pedunculi axillares terminalesque 2-3 em. long. plurime 3-4- 
flori; floribus sessilibus dissitis; bracteis parvis linearibus; 
bracteolis 2 minutis; calycis lobis linearibus acutis 2 mm. ; 
petalis rubris calycem paullo superantibus; legumine parvo 
glabre 1-seminato ; semine oblongo, olivaceo. 
[Ceteris §Spheridiophore (vide Baker, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. 
Afr. ii. p. 66) diversa foliolis 3-7, 2 lineas longis et pedunculis 
3—4-floris axillaribus. ] 
On road near Buyabuya, Scarcies River, on hard laterite, 
Feb. 6, no. 4765. 
InDIGOPERA SOFA, sp. nov. 
Frutex 7-pedalis, ramis striatis sepe 6 mm. diam. dense pilis 
albis hirsutis ; foliis 2-4 cm. long. ; foliolis 1-7 plurime 8, obovato- 
oblongis vel lanceolatis utrinque dense albo-pilosis junioribus 
aureo-sericeis 1-2 em. long. et 6-8 mm. lat., petiolis supra cana- 
liculatis petiolulis hirsutissimis; stipulis linearibus setaceis 
c. 5 mm. 
Pedunculi axillares penduli graciles 1-10 plurime 5-7-flori; 
pedicellis 5-10 mm.; bracteis linearibus 3-8 mm.; calycis lobis 
dense birsutis parvis; vexillo dorso sparse piloso calycem 2-3plo 
superante; leguminibus cylindricis suturis paullo elevatis fere 
glabris c. 15 mm. long. et 2 mm. diam.; seminibus 4-8 oblongis 
glabris lucentibus. 
Ceteris § Dissitiflore (vide Baker, 1. c.) diversalegumine 4-8- 
seminato, pedunculis 1-10-floris, foliolis 4 unc. longis. 
Lower slopes of Kofiu Mountain, Jan. 27, no. 4618 ; alluvium 
near Falaba, c. 3600 feet, March 12, no. 5083; in grass near 
Musaia, Falaba, March 9, no. 5080. 
