112 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Tephrosia. 
upper surface glabrous, lower thinly adpressed-grey-silky. Flowers in 
rather dense terminal racemes, the main ones ultimately nearly a foot 
long, sessile. Bracts linear, half an inch long. Pedicels about equal- 
ling the calyx, which is campanulate, thinly silky, 2 lines deep, the 
lower tooth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the others deltoid. 
Corolla not seen. Pod deflexed, 14 in. long, 2 lines broad, nearly 
straight, subglabrous, 3—4-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! 
18. T. noctiflora, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 93 (name only). Stems suf- 
fruticose, copiously and diffusely branched, densely clothed upwards 
with fine short brown silky pubescence. Stipules linear-subulate, § in. 
long. Leaves subsessile, rachis 3—4 in. long, leaflets in 6—8 pairs, 
narrowly oblanceolate, 12-14 lines long, 4 in. broad, glabrous above, 
thinly adpressed grey-silky beneath, apex rounded, mucronate. Ra- 
cemes lax, terminal, the main one sometimes a foot long. Bracts 
lanceolate, very short. Pedicel equalling the calyx, which is densely 
clothed with ferruginous silky hairs, 2 lines deep, the lower tooth lan- 
ceolate, equalling the tube, the others shorter and deltoid. Corolla 
8_4 in. deep, reddish, the standard } in. broad, silky on the back. Pod 
13-13 in. long, } in. broad, curved upwards, densely clothed with fine 
brown silky hairs, 8—9-seeded. 
Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer! 
In general habit considerably resembling T. purpurea. 
19. T. rigidula, Welw. mss. An almost glabrous suffruticose peret- 
nial, several feet high, with erect or oblique firm flexuose stems wit 
long internodes. Stipules linear, 2-3 lines. Petioles 6-18 lines, rachis 
2-3 in., leaflets 7—9, linear, reaching 3-4 in. long, }—4 in. broad, blunt, 
mucronate, glabrous above, faintly silky beneath, subrigid, veins immerse¢- 
Racemes copious, both terminal and lateral, peduncled, lax, reaching 
6-9 in. Bracts rigid, linear-subulate, } in. Pedicels 1—4 lines, finely 
grey-silky. Calyx 2 lines, campanulate, finely grey-silky, teeth deltoid, 
very short. Corolla 3—3 in., purplish-violet, standard 4 in. broad, 
glabrescent on the back. Pod linear, slightly upeurved, 3-33 ™ 
long, 2 lines broad, glabrescent, 11—12-seeded. Style pubescent 
throughout. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 
20. 'T. concinna, Buker. Stems shrubby, slender, finely grey- 
downy. Stipules linear-subulate, 2-3 lines. “Petioles 0 or very short 
Leaflets 7-13, narrow-linear, reaching 14-2 in. long, $—? line proad, 
rigidly coriaceous, acute with a mucro, grey and glabrous penehcn 
sistently argenteo-ganescent below. Racemes terminal, stalked oF 
subsessile, reaching a foot long. Bracts lanceolate, 14—2 lines. Pedicels 
vrey-downy, erecto-patent, 1—3 lines. welyx 2 in., finely grey Oe 
upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate, as long as the tube. Coro 
bright reddish-purple, 4 in. long, standard 4 in. broad, densely grey 
