106 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Tephrosia. 
Pod linear, many-seeded. 
Style bearded along inner edge. 
Racemes close, few-flowered . . . . . ~ . 45. T. huillensis. 
Racemes elongated, many-flowered . . . . . 46. T. reptans. 
Style glabrous, faintly penicillate at the point. 
Leaflets 3-7, densely pubescent beneath . . . 47. T. paniculata. 
Leaflets 9-11, thinly grey-silky beneath . . . 48. 7. brunnea. 
Corolla small, }—2, or at most half an inch long. 
Pod persistently velvety. 
Pubescence of stem thin and adpressed . . . . 49. T. villosa. 
Pubescence of stem dense and spreading. 
Racemes 6-12 in. long; lower flowers in fas- 
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Racemes short, all lateral, distinctly stalked . 51. J. coronilloides. 
Racemes short, mostly terminal, stalked or 
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Pod at first slightly downy, finally glabrescent. 
Pod 3-1 in. long, much recurved, 4-6-seeded . . 53. T. drepanocarpa. 
Pod 13-2 in. long, slightly recurved, 6—9-seeded. 
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*** Pogonostigma (Boiss.). Pods 1-seeded. Leaves compound. 
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**** Requienia (DC.). Pods 1-seeded. Leaves simple. 
Pods and leaves beneath finely downy .. . . . . . 57 T. spherosperma. 
Pods and !eaves beneath densely villose . . . . . . . 58. TL. obcordata. 
1. T. acacizefolia, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub, 3-4 ft. 
high, with several ascending densely grey-downy branches from the 
upper part. Stipules linear-setaceous, 1-14 lines. Leaves subsessile, 
linear, ascending, 4-5 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, 
bluntish with a mucro, grey glaucous green, upper surtace glabrous, 
lower densely downy, the midrib ferruginous. Racemes reaching down 
amongst the leaves, sometimes a foot long, lax, most of the flowers 
pairs. Pedicels very short, densely downy. Bracts setaceous, very 
minute. Calyx }in., densely brown-silky, the upper teeth deltoid 
acuminate shorter than the tube, the lower lanceolate, equalling 1 
Corolla 3 in. long, reddish, the standard 3 in. broad, densely brow2- 
silky on the back. Pod linear, densely silky, 10—12-seeded, not see” 
mature. Style penicillate at the point. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Very near a Madagascar plant, Lyall, 372, but apparently distinct specifically. 
2. T. melanocalyx, Welw. mss. Root thick perennial. Stems 
spreading from it in a circle, ascending outwards, copiously branched, 
firm, slender, inconspicuously grey-silky. Petioles under a line long: 
Stipules minute setaceous. Leaves simple, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long; 
6—9 lines broad, bluntish with a mucro, narrowed at the base, rigidly 
coriaceous, both sides pale glaucous green, upper quite, lower nearly 
glabrous. Racemes terminal only, peduncled, reaching 6—9 in. long; 
ax downwards, most of the flowers in pairs. Pedicels very short 
densely silky. Bracts linear, very minute. Calyx } in. long, densely 
