Argyrolobium.| —- XLVII. § PAPILIONACEEZ (BAKER). 45 
A-herbaceous annual . . .>. 2+, 6s ceva. + » oh A. abyssinionm: 
More or less shrubby perennials. 
Lower hp of calyx. entire -... . . ws 4s 3 CLE es 
Lower lip of calyx 3-cleft. 
Flowers many in a head. 
Pedicels very short ; bracteoles setaceous . . . . 3. A. dorycnoides. 
Pedicels 14—4 lines long; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. 
Leaflets blunt, 9-12 lines long . . 4. A. Schimperianum. 
__ Leaflets acute, 12-18 lines long . 5. A. equinoctiale, 
Flowers 1-4 in lax heads. 
Flowers usually terminal on leafy branches . 6. A. ramosissimum. 
Flowers all on naked lateral peduncles . . 7. A. virgatum. 
Flowers solitary . 8. A. Petitianum. 
1. A. abyssinicum, Jun). et Spach, Illustr. Pl. Or.i.115. Annual, 
herbaceous, 6-18 in. high, copiously and diffusely branched, silky up- 
wards. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles }—} in. long, 
slender, silky. Leaflets linear or oblanceolate, central }—? in. long, 
narrowed to both ends, the upper surface glabrous, the lower thinly silky. 
Flowers 1-8 in short-stalked axillary racemes. Bracts small, linear. 
Pedicels 1-2 lines, silky. Calyx } in. deep, silky, the lower lip cleft 
one-third down, the two teeth of the upper one lanceolate-acuminate. 
Corolla pale yellow, equalling the calyx. Pod 1-1} in. long, } in. 
broad, mucronate, thinly clothed with adpressed silky grey-hairs, 6—9- 
seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 162. 4. modestum, Hochst. in Schimp. 
Hb. Abyss. No. 1326. Tephrosia modesta, Steud. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 
No. 809, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit! Nubia and 
Sennaar, Schweinfurth! 
2. A. remotum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1324. A copiously 
branched shrub with stiff erecto-patent subglabrous twigs. Stipules 
minute, linear, persistent. Petioles } in. long. Leaflets obovate, trun- 
cate mucronate or emarginate, 3—4 lines long, subcoriaceous, glabrous 
when mature, green on both sides. Flowers 2-4 terminal on stiff leafy 
branches. Pedicels a line long, with large ovate scariose bracteoles. 
Calyx 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the lower lip entire. Corolla not 
Seen. Pod 12-15 lines long, 2 lines broad, densely clothed with fine 
Spreading grey hairs.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 162. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
3. A. dorycnoides, Baker. A diffuse shrub with slender woody 
branches densely clothed with tawny silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, 
persistent, equalling the petioles, scarcely over a line long. Leaflets 
3, oblong or oblanceolate, pale green, acute, subcoriaceous, clothed 
especially beneath with silky hairs like those of the branches ; central 
o—6 lines long, 23-3 lines broad. Flowers 3-12 in copious dense 
terminal heads. Bracteoles setaceous, persistent, exceeding the ver 
Short pedicels. Calyx 24 lines deep, thinly silky, two upper teet 
linear- anceolate, reaching more than halfway down. Coro a yellow, 
half as long again as the calyx; standard 2 lines broad, thinly silky on 
