84 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Indigofera. 
thinly silky upwards. Stipules setaceous. Petioles erecto-patent, 
4-1 in. long. Leaflets 11-13, linear, narrowed to both ends, 1-1} 
in. long, 1-1} lines broad, the lateral ones opposite, sessile, }—j in. 
apart, both sides with short adpressed grey hairs. Flowers in nearly 
sessile lax axillary racemes 2-3 in. long. Pedicels very short, erecto- 
patent. Calyx thinly silky, more than 2 lines deep, teeth seta- 
ceous, reaching down nearly to the base, lowest the longest. Corolla 
rose-coloured, half as long again as the calyx. Pod linear-mucronate, 
14-2 in. long, 1 in. broad, erecto-patent, slightly upeurved, thinly 
silky, 12-15-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 179. 8. I. brachypoda, 
(Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1711) leaflets oblanceolate, 2 to 3 
lines broad, racemes reduced to half-an-inch long and under a dozen 
flowers. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! Banks of the Niger, Barter! 
North Central. Udgé, H. Vogel! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Banks of the White Nile, Petherick! Abyssinia, Schimper! 
Quartin-Dillon! Madi, Speke and Grant! 
47. I. Prieureana, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 187. Stem herba- 
ceous, 12-18 in. high, erect, sparingly branched, subglabrous. Sti- 
pules linear-subulate, } in. long. Petioles erecto-patent, 4—} in. long. 
Leatlets 19-21, oblanceolate, $—? in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, the apex 
rounded and mucronate, the lateral ones opposite, }—-3 in. apart, both 
sides thinly silky. Flowers in nearly sessile lax axillary racemes 
which ultimately about equal the leaves. Calyx 14—2 lines es very 
silky, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base, the lowest 
much the longest. Corolla rose-coloured, slightly exceeding the calyx. 
Pod linear-mucronate, 1-14 in. long, } in. broad, erecto-patent, sub- 
tetragonous, thinly silky, 12—15-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Perrottet! 
48, I. Welwitschii, Buker. A diffuse copiously branched annual 
with very slender subglabrous stems reaching a foot long. Stipules 
1—2 lines, setaceous persistent. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 3, coria- 
ceous, linear, pale green, narrowed gradually to an acute point, both 
sides with a few inconspicuous adpressed grey bristles, the terminal 
one short-stalked, 6—9 lines long, under a line broad, the side ones 
opposite, leaflets of a few of the primordial leaves oblong. Flowers 
4— in very lax short-stalked often subsecund racemes 1-2 in. long. 
Bracts minute setaceous. Pedicels 1-1} lines rigidly patent or deflexed. 
Calyx 1 line long, densel ey-hispid, the linear-setaceous teeth ex- 
ceeding the tube. Corolla bright red, twice the calyx, the standard 
glabrous on the outside. Pod linear, 8-9 lines long, 4 line broad, 
much upeurved, grey, glabrescent, 12—-15-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Habit of the Cape J. filipes, Benth., which has 3-4 jugate leaflets. 
49. I. psilostachya, Welw. mss. A moderately-branched erect annual, 
2-4 it. high, with erecto-patent slender angular branches with a few 
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