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eo with a little adpressed shining grey-silky pubescence beneath. 
acemes copious, very lax, terminal and leaf-opposed, reaching 6—9 in, 
long, the lowest pair of flowers often from the axil of a leaf. Pedicels 
finely downy, very slender, reaching 4—6 lines long, often spreading or 
decurved. Calyx 1 line long, with a little adpressed grey pubescence, 
the lanceolate teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla rose-purple, 
more than twice the calyx. Pod linear, 9-10 lines long, } in. broad, 
finely grey-downy, much upcurved, 4—5-seeded. Style glabrous. 
Lower Guinea. Loanda, frequent in dry grassy places, Dr. Welwitsch! 
General habit like that of 7. gracilipes. 
9. T. platycarpa, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 195. Stems firm-her- 
baceous, branched from the base, 1-1} ft. high, the branches ascend- 
ing, slender, thinly adpressed-silky. Stipules } in. long, linear-subu- 
late. Leaves subsessile, the rachis 3 in. long, the leaflets in 5—6 pairs, 
linear, 14-2 in, long, 2-8 lines broad, apex rounded, mucronate, upper 
surface glabrous, lower thinly adpressed-silky. Racemes leaf-opposed, 
sessile, 6—12-flowered, moderately dense. Bracts linear, equal- 
ling the pedicel and calyx, which is 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the 
lower tooth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the others shorter. 
Corolla not seen. Pod linear-oblong, 14 in. long, 4 lines broad, 
straight, subglabrous, 8—9-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Ingram! Bidjem. 
10. 'T. humilis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Sencg.196. Stems annual, under 
a foot high, branched from the base, the branches ascending, slender, 
finely grey-silky. Petioles 1 in. or more long, the rachis 2—3 in., 
eaflets in 4 or 5 pairs, 1-13 in. long, } in. broad, upper surface glabrous, 
lower finely erey-silky, apex rounded, mucronate. Racemes leaf-op- 
ag subsessile, densely 6-12-flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, 2 in. 
ong. Calyx 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the teeth unequal, the lowest 
linear teaching halfway down, the others shorter. Corolla rose, 
} in, deep, the standard + in. broad. Pod linear, slightly upcurved,” 
2-2 in. long, 2 lines broad, silky, 12—14-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! 
ll. T. nana, Kotschy ; Schweinf. in Rel. Kots. xvi. t.20. Stem annual, 
hot more than a foot high, copiously branched from the base, the 
ranches slender, ascending, angular, moderately thickly clothed with 
spreading grey silky hairs. Stipules linear, } in. long. Leaves short- 
stalked, the rachis 1~4 in. long. Leaflets in 4—5 pairs, oblanceolate, 
~2 in. long, 4-8 in. broad, apex rounded, emarginate, mucronate, 
Upper surface elabrous, the lower finely villous. Racemes leaf-opposed, 
ensely 6—12-tlowered, on short peduncles. Bracts linear, 4—@ in. 
ong. Pedicels densely villous, equalling the calyx, which is eampanu- 
ate, } in. deep, the lowest tooth lanceolate equalling the tube, the 
others deltoid. Corolla purple, half an inch long, the standard half an 
