na | 
Psoralea. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE® (BAKER). 6: 
elliptical, densely grey-silky, equalling the calyx.—Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 
156. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
A Cape species. 
3. P. andongensis, Wel. mss. A herbaceous perennial, branched 
at the crown of the root with many stiff erect subsimple finely grey- 
downy stems a foot high. Stipules } in., lanceolate, persistent. Pe- 
tioles 1 line. Leaves few, simple, ovate-oblong, reaching 24-3 in. 
long, 15-18 lines broad, blunt, coriaceous, dull green on both sides, 
finely grey-silky beneath. Flowers subsessile in many dense small 
close round or oblong peduncled terminal heads, the lower ones with a 
linear bract and three setaceous bracteoles. Calyx } in., tubular, 
densely grey-silky, teeth linear, densely ciliated, as long as the tube. 
Corolla whitish, ‘slightly exceeding the calyx. Ovary densely grey- 
silky, subsessile. Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 feet, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Habit and leaves of the Cape P. Thomii, Harv. 
17. CYAMOPSIS, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 493. 
Calyx broad, oblique, the lowest teeth the longest. Standard ob- 
ovate, sessile; wings oblong, free from the keel, which is slightly up- 
curved, obtuse, not appendiculate. Stamens all connate in a closed 
tube; anthers uniform, the connective projecting so as to form an 
apiculus. Ovary sessile, oo-ovulate; style upcurved; stigma capitate. 
Pod linear, subtetragonous, cuspidate, many-seeded, 2-valved, with 
dissepiments between the seeds.—Erect herbs with pinnate leaves and 
small flowers in lax axillary racemes. 
Two species, the other E. Indian. 
1. C. senegalensis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 174, t. 45. Stems 
herbaceous, 6-12 in. long, terete, copiously and diffusely branched 
from the base, slightly silky. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 
3-1 in. long. “Leaflets 3—7, subsessile, linear or oblanceolate, }—1 in. 
long, 2-3 lines broad, thinly silky beneath., Flowers in’ short-stalked 
lax axillary racemes of 4-6 each. Lower pedicels 6, lorry the calyces, 
subtended by small linear bracts. Calyx campanulate, } in. deep, the 
lower teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the upper broader and 
shorter. Corolla reddish, twice as long as the calyx, the wings and 
keel exceeding the standard. Pod 1-1} in. long, 2-24 lines broad, 
linear, cuspidate, glabrous, horizontally striated, 6—9-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet! : 
Arabin Iaand. Kordofan, Kotschy! (A form with narrow linear leaves also found in 
abia. 
18. INDIGOFERA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 494. 
Calyx small, oblique, campanulate or tubular, teeth equal or the 
lowest longer than the rest. Standard ovate or orbicular, sessile or 
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