76 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Indigofera. 
Wile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! Cienkowsky. Banks of the White Nile, Von 
Harnier. » Abyssinia (teste Schweinfurth). 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Yorbes! 
A very distinct and remarkable species. 
22. I. Brassii, Baker. Stems shrubby, copiously branched, branches 
densely clothed with grey spreading pubescence. Stipules 4 in. long, 
linear-subulate. Leaves subsessile. Leaflets 13-17, oblanceolate, 
4—5 lines long, } in. broad, greyish-green, and densely clothed, espe- 
cially below, with strong grey pubescence. Flowers in copious panicles 
crowded towards the end of the branchlets. Bracts like reduced leaves, 
simple or trifoliolate. Calyx } in. deep, densely clothed with ferru- 
vinous pubescence, teeth lanceolate, reaching down to the base. Corolla 
reddish, equalling the calyx. Pod equalling the calyx, linear, densely 
ferruginous-pubescent. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Brass! 
A very distinct species. 
23. I. sericea, Benth. mss. Stem 1-2 ft. high, scarcely more than 
herbaceous, copiously branched, the branches erecto-patent, terete, 
clothed with fine loose pale brown silky pubescence. Stipules large, 
ovate or cordate acuminate. Petioles very short, erecto-patent. Leaflets 
5, oblanceolate or obovate, 3-3 in. long, 2-8 lines broad, mucronate, 
the lateral ones opposite, distant, nearly sessile, both sides permanently 
clothed with dense pale brown silky pubescence. Flowers in copious 
panicles, crowded towards the end of the branchlets, 1-3 from each 
node. Calyx 4 in, deep, silky, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly 
to the base. Corolla red, not more than equalling the calyx. Pod 
linear, mucronate, } in. long, 1 line thick, finely silky, about 4-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Bidjem! Niger, Nupe, Barter! 
Pekoore Central. In the interior, near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman an 
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24. I. pulchra, Vail; DC. Prod. ii. 230. An undershrub with at 
erect stem 2-5 ft. high, with copious erecto-patent firm angular 
branches, the silvery hairs erecto-patent, moderately thick. Stipules 
minute, setaceous, silky. Petiole erecto-patent, varying from 4 1 
long to nearly obsolete. Leaflets 3-7, opposite, oblanceolate, 3-3 1 
long, the apex rounded, mucronate, both sides, especially the under 
one grey-green and finely pubescent. Flowers in a copious panicle 
formed of terminal clusters and smaller ones on short stalks from the 
axils of the upper simple leaves of, the branchlets, the lower flowers 
sometimes solitary and nearly sessile. Calyx } in. deep, densely clothed 
with ferruginous silky pubescence, the teeth linear-acuminate, sub- 
equal, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla not mue 
exceeding the calyx, scarlet, silky externally. Pod oblong, mucronate, 
2-24 lines long, § in. thick, finely villose, 2-seeded.—JZ. rufescens; 
Poiret, Encycl. Suppl. iti. 148. 2. Doryenium, Fenzl in Flora, 1344. 
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