104 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Sylitra. 
pressed yellow silky hairs, the lanceolate teeth rather shorter than the 
tube. Corolla yellowish, nearly twice the calyx. Pod 9—10 lines long, 
4 lines broad, inconspicuously silky. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in dry places near Maiaabo, Dr. Wel- 
witsch ! 
Near the Cape species in everything but its compound leaves. 
20. TEPHROSIA, Pers.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 496. 
Calyx-teeth subequal, or the lower longer than the rest, varying from 
deltoid to subulate. Petals unguiculate ; standard suborbicular ; wings 
obliquely obovate or oblong, adhering a little to the keel; keel in- 
curved, obtuse or subacute. Upper stamen free to the base or middle ; 
anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, uni- or bi- or multiovulate. Style up- 
curved, often flattened, naked or bearded; stigma terminal, penicillate 
or naked, Pod linear, rarely oblong or ovoid, flattened, two-valved, 
continuous or slightly septate within —Undershrubs or herbs, the leaves 
usually pinnate, casually digitate or simple. 
A large genus dispersed through the Tropics of both hemispheres; occurring also in 
South Africa, subtropical Australia, and North America. 
* Brissonia (Neck.). Upper calyx-teeth at most only equalling the tube, deltoid 
or lanceolate. Pods many-seeded, in sp. 7 2-seeded. Leaves usually compound. 
Leaves simple. 
Leaves linear, }-2 in. broad. Racemes reaching down amongst : 
Phe ee a ee eo 1 eee 
Leaves lanceolate, 4-3 in. broad. Racemes peduncled . . 2. J. melanocalys. 
Leaves digitate. 
pete Beret Sie Oe ae 3. T. laevigata. 
ceeiets S-Tivarely $<. 4. T. lupinifola. 
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate . : 5. T. sericea. 
Leaves pinnately multifoliolate : 
Flowers 1-3 in the axils of the leaves; leaflets 2-3-jugate . 6. T. emeroides. 
Flowers in racemes; leaflets 4-10-jugate. 
vias slender annuals, with stems rarely exceeding a foot 
ong. 
Leaflets linear, 14-3 lines broad. 
Seeds 2 Fin ee pic Cattle 2 7 ee Cee 
Seeds 4-5 . T. capillipes. 
Leaflets oblanceolate, 3-6 lines broad. 
Pod glabrescent; seeds 8-9 . .. ..... . 9. DV. platycarpa. 
Pod downy ; seeds 12-15. 
Standard } in. broad pits detrei esa ote eo ce kO 
Standard 4 in. broad pie ie shee 1 
Shrubs, or tall robust usually perennial herbs. 
Bracts round or ovate acuminate. 
Standard an inch broad 6.6 ee et I ee 
Standard § inch broad. 
leafleta 5~7-jugate. 0 Ss AB ichreocaae: 
Leaflets 12-13-jugate . . . . . 14. TF. elongata. 
Bracts minute, linear or lanceolate, 
Leaflets 4—7-jugate. 
Racemes very short. : 
Racemes 3-4-flowered, lateral . . . . . . . 15. T. fulvinerves. 
. T. humilis. 
. T. nana. 
