114 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEEH (BAKER). [ Tephrosia. 
standard half an inch broad. Pod straight, 14 in. long, } in. broad, 
clothed with fine tawny silky pubescence, 6-seeded. 
Wile Land. Karague hills, Speke and Grant 401! 
This may be distinguished from all the other species by the shape of the leaflets, 
which are distinctly rounded at the base, and less prominently veined than usual. 
24. 'T. densiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 296. A woody undershrub 
several feet high, with stiff sulcate ascending finely grey-pubescent 
branches. Stipules } in. long, lanceolate. Leaves nearly sessile, the 
rachis 4-5 in. long; leaflets in 7-9 pairs, oblong-obovate, 14-1} im. 
long, 4-3 in. broad, point distinctly emarginate, upper surface subgla- 
brous, lower adpressed grey-silky. Racemes dense, terminal, short- 
stalked, 38-4 in. long. Bracts linear-lanceolate, like the pedicels about 
equalling the calyx, which is campanulate, 2-3 lines deep, densely 
coated with spreading grey-silky hairs, the lower tooth lanceolate 
equalling the tube, the others deltoid, shorter. Corolla reddish, { in. 
deep, the standard ? in. broad, densely silky on the back. Pod 3-4 in. 
long, under } in. broad, nearly straight, densely clothed with short 
grey woolly pubescence, the valves ferruginous. 
Upper Guinea. Banks of the Quorra, Vogel! Barter! 
25, T. rigida, Buker. A woody erect undershrub with rigid as- 
cending subglabrous branches. Stipules linear, rigid, deciduous, 7 10. 
long. Leaves subsessile, the rachis rigid, 2 in. or more long, leaflets 
in 6-8 pairs, linear, 1-11 in. long, 4 in. broad, pale green and gla- 
brous above, glaucous and slightly argenteous beneath, especially when 
young, base narrowed, apex rounded mucronate, coriaceous, the veins 
beneath close and very prominent. Racemes terminal, dense, short- 
stalked, 2-4 in. long. ‘Bracts linear, } in. long, and pedicels about the 
same. Calyx campanulate, finely silky, 2 lines deep, the lowest tooth 
lanceolate, a line ‘long, the others short and deltoid. Corolla pale- 
reddish, 2 in. deep, standard 3 in. broad, very silky on the back. Pod 
2 in. or rather more long, } in. broad, slightly upcurved, subglabrous, 
9—10-seeded. 
Wile Land. Madi, Speke and Grant! 
26. T. oxygona, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched under- 
shrub 3-4 ft. high, with argenteo-canescent firm terete branches. 
Stipules } in., linear, rigid, deciduous. Petioles 6-12 lines; leaflets 
13-19, obovate-oblong, reaching 12-15 lines long, 5—6 lines broad, 
rigidly coriaceous, blunt, emarginate, mucronate, both sides persistentl 
canescent, upper grey, lower glaucous, the tawny veins slightly raise@- 
Racemes both lateral and terminal very lax, 6-12 in. long, stalked, the 
canescent axis acute-angled. Bracts linear, rigid, 1-14 lines. Pedicels 
1-2 lines, silvery, erecto-patent. Calyx campanulate, 2-24 lines, the 
upper teeth deltoid-cuspidate, the lowest lanceolate, all shorter than 
the tube. Corolla violet-purple, 7-8 lines long, standard } in. broad, 
much recurved, silvery on the outside. Pod linear, 2-23 in. long, ~ 
