Tephrosia. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEX (BAKER). 111 
14. T. elongata, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 298. An erect undershrub 
about 8 ft. high, the branches firm, ascending, finely adpressed grey- 
silky. Stipules lanceolate, } in. long. Leaves nearly sessile, the 
rachis 6—9 in. long, the leaflets in about 12 pairs, linear, 14-3 in. long, 
2-3 lines broad, apex rounded mucronate, upper surface glabrous, 
under finely adpressed-grey-silky, midrib ferruginous. Racemes long- 
stalked, terminal, 6-12 in. long, the lower part lax. Bracts ovate- 
oblong, acuminate, } in. long, ciliated and silky on the back. Pedicels 
very silky, shorter than the calyx, which is campanulate, 2—3 lines 
deep, the lower tooth lanceolate, about equalling the tube, the others 
short, deltoid. Corolla reddish, $— in. deep, the standard 4 in. broad, 
silky on the back. Pod 2-3 in. long, }in. broad, nearly straight, 
thinly clothed with tawny silky hairs, 12—14-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Common on the banks of the Quorra, Vogel! Barter! 
T. fasciculata of the Niger Flora, appears to be a variety of the same plant, with 
an abbreviated raceme. 
15. T. fulvinervis, IHochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1939. Stem 
2-3 ft. high, terete, striated, tawny-silky. Leaflets in 4—6 pairs, linear, 
13-2 in. long, 2-8 lines broad, apex rounded mucronate rarely 
narrowed, upper surface subglabrous, lower adpressed silky, the midrib 
tawny. Flowers 3-4, distant, short-stalked, peduncle lateral, 3—4 in. 
long, tawny-silky. Calyx short, tawny-silky, teeth short, unequal, 
the lowest the longest. Pod 2 in. long, scarcely 3 lines broad, silky.— 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 187. 
vlang Land. Kordofan, teste Schweinfurth. Abyssinia, Schimper, Quartin- 
uton. 
This we have not seen. It is said by A. Richard to differ from T. bracteolata by its 
Shorter and lateral peduncles, with fewer flowers, and fewer leaflets, which are more 
silky beneath. 
16. 'T. flexuosa, G. Don, Gard. Dict. ii. 232. Stem woody, erect, a 
foot hich, the branches firm, copious, densely tawny-silky. Stipules 
liform. “Petiole 4 in. long, clothed like the branches. Leaflets 4—5, 
linear, 14-11 in. long, 2-24 lines broad, apex rounded, mucronate, tex- 
ture firm, upper surface sub2labrous, lower densely silky. Flowers in a 
short terminal raceme, with scattered flowers continued down in the 
axils of the leaves. Bracts subulate. Calyx campanulate, § in. deep, 
densely silky, the teeth deltoid-acuminate, reaching about half down. 
Corolla reddish, 4—5 lines deep, the standard densely silky on the out- 
side. Pod linear-oblong, 14 in. long, } in. broad, straight, thinly silky 
when mature, 7—8-seeded.—Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 299. 
Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! 
44, deflexa, Buker. A woody erect undershrub, with firm, 
ascending sulcate, thinly adpressed-silky branches. Stipules } in. long, 
sHear-subulate. Leaves conspicuously deflexed, the petioles very short, 
the tachis 3-4 in, long, the leaflets in 4-5 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate. 
<—2f in. long, 4 in. broad, the lower ones much shorter, emarginate, 
