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lines long, blunt with a distinct mucro, green above, glaucous beneath, 
both sides scabrous with short adpressed grey bristles, all distinctly 
stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 6-10, in very lax distinctly 
peduncled erecto-patent racemes 1-1} in. long, some of the bristles of 
the rachis gland-tipped. Pedicels $line. Calyx 1 line, densely grey- 
bristly, the spreading setaceous teeth exceeding the campanulate tube. 
Corolla violet, nearly twice the cal yx, the standard thinly grey-bristly 
on the outside. Pod linear, 6-7 fines long, finely grey-hispid, many 
of the bristles gland-tipped, 8-10-seeded. 
aoe Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Wel- 
witsch | 
67. I. torulosa, Baker. A copiously branched shrub with slender 
firm terete glabrous branches. Stipules setaceous. Petioles slender, 
firm, erecto-patent, elabrous, 4 in. long. Leaflets 5—9, the terminal one 
considerably larger than the others, sometimes more than 2 in. long by 
half as broad, ovate or oblong, rounded at both ends, the apex mucro- 
hate, the lateral ones opposite, distinctly stalked, upper surface green, 
lower glaucous, the hairs on both very thin and short, scarcely visible 
in the mature plant without a lens. Flowers in sessile slender racemes 
2 in. long. Bracts linear, deciduous. Calyx obliquely campanulate, 
half a line deep, subglabrous, the teeth shallow, deltoid. Corolla 4-6 
times as long as the calyx, probably yellow when fresh, but turning to 
dark brown when dried. Pods detlexed, linear, mucronate, slender, 
glabrous, nearly straight, 14-2 in. long, very distinctly torulose, 
4-8-seeded. ae 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, between Tette and Lupata, and banks of the 
Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk! 
68. 1, subcorymbosa, Baker. A copiously branched shrub 2-4 ft. 
high, the very slender branchlets thinly coated with short grey pubes- 
fence. Stipules minute setaceous. Petioles 2~3 lines. Leaves 18-21 
lines long. Leaflets 5-7, obovate, blunt with a minute mucro, 6-9 
thes long, both sides with a few adpressed grey bristles, all distinctly 
stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 6-12 in close abbreviated 
Short-stalked racemes shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 4 line, densely 
rown-silky. Calyx 4 line, densely brown-silky, the linear-lanceolate 
teeth equalling the tube. Corolla 2 lines long, scarlet, turning brick- 
red, the oblong standard subglabrous externally. Ovary linear, sub- 
glabrous, multiovulate. Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
69. I. Binderi, Kotschy Pl. Binder. xv.t. 6 B. Stem suftruticose, 
*rect, the whole plant scabrous with short rough hairs, the branches 
angular and striated. Stipules } in. long, rigid, subulate. Petiole 
in. long. Leaflets 3-7, obovate, $~2 in. long, the apex emarginate 
and mucronate, both sides, especially the under one, scabrous, the 
lateral ones opposite and distinctly stalked. Flowers in moderately 
