Indigofera. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACE® (BAKER). 93 
mucronate, ?-1} in. long, 1 line thick, tetragonous, subglabrous, 6—10- 
seeded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon! Nubian coast, Schweinfurth! 
73. I, semitrijuga, Forsk.; DC. Prod. ii. 230. Stem fruticose, a 
foot or more high, copiously and diffusely branched from the base, the 
branches erecto-patent, firm, terete, glaucous-silvery. Stipules minute, 
setaceous. Petioles $ in. long. Leaves } in. long or rather more, 
with usualiy 3 pairs of close sessile obovate leaflets, which are 14-2 
lines long, the end one stalked, base cuneate, apex rounded mucronate, 
texture firm, both sides silvery. Flowers in short-stalked lax racemes 
of 6-12 flowers each exceeding the leaves. Calyx short-stalked, very 
silky, a line deep, the lower teeth linear, reaching half way down, the 
others shorter. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, thinly 
silvery on the outside. Pods spreading, linear-mucronate, 2 in. long, 
1 line broad, terete, finely silky, 2-4-seeded.—Z. argentea, Burm. F'. 
Ind. 171 non Linn. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia (teste Schweinfurth), Nubia, Kordofan and Sennaar, 
Kotschy ! Schweinfurth ! 
Extends from Egypt through Arabia to Scinde. 
74. I, pruinosa, Welw. mss. A shrub 2 ft. high with strong terete 
woody branches which like the rest of the plant are densely argenteo- 
Canescent. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaves 6-12 lines. Leaflets 5-7, 
very thick, rigidly coriaceous, densely silvery on both sides, often com- 
Plicate, very deciduous in the dried plant, the end one short-stalked or 
Sessile, the side ones opposite. Flowers about a dozen in dense short- 
stalked racemes which exceed the leaves a little. Pedicels very short. 
Calyx } in, long, argenteous, oblique, the lanceolate teeth much shorter 
than the tube. Corolla violet-purple, nearly twice the calyx, glabrous 
externally. Pod straight, coriaceous, terete, 15-16 lines long, } in. 
broad, brown, slightly canescent, many-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
75. I, Schimperi, Jaub. et Spach, Ilust. Pl. Or. t. 484. A much- 
branched shrub reaching a height of 10 ft., the branches ascending, 
silvery, flexuose, woody. Stipules linear from a dilated base. Petioles 
in. long, erecto-patent. feates 5-7, obovate, $—2 in. long, the 
4pex rounded, often emarginate, the lateral ones alternate, distinctly 
stalked, both sides densely argenteous. Flowers in rather close axillary 
Tacemes at first about an inch long, finally 4 or 5 in. long, on short 
rrecto-patent peduncles. Calyx a line deep, silvery, the teeth subequal, 
anceolate, acuminate, not reaching more than halfway down. Corolla 
ip lish, three or four times as long as the calyx, silky on the outside. 
0d deflexed, linear, mucronate, 1 in. or more long, straight, thinl 
silky when young.—J, tettensis, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 51. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, Schimper ! : 
se" ne Distr. Zambesi land, Peters!’ Banks of a stream in 7°20 S. lat, 
» Jong., Speke and Grant ! ( 
As silvery as J. paucifolia aud argentea, and formerly cultivated in Zambesi land. 
