118 XLVI. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Tephrosia. 
as the calyx, the standard 2 lines broad. Pod 12-15 lines long, § in. 
broad, slightly recurved, finely downy, 6—7-seeded.— 7. decidua, Steud., 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 189 ? 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
A. Richard's short description of 7’. decidua agrees with this as far as it goes, but we 
have not seen specimens. 
36. T. anthylloides, Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Zithiop. No. 8. Stems 
suffruticose, 14-2 ft. long, diffusely branched from the _ base, the 
branches angular, clothed throughout with short spreading grey silky 
hairs. Stipules linear-setaceous, 3-8 in. long. Leaves nearly sessile, 
the rachis 1-14 in. long; leaflets in 38-4 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-1; in. 
long, $4 in. broad ; apex rounded, mucronate, wpper surface glabrous, 
lower finely silky. Flowers usually axillary, 1-83 together, casually im 
4—6-flowered short racemes. Calyx silky, 1-2 in. deep, the teeth 
linear-setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla purplish, slightly ex- 
ceeding the calyx. Pod 2-24 in. long, 2 lines broad, distinctly re- 
curved, finely grey-downy, 10—12-seeded.—7. Apollinea, Guill. et Fert. 
Fl. Senee. 196; A. Rich., Fl. Abyss. i. 187, non DC. 2. Cordofant, 
Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Nub. 181. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! and others. | : ; 
Piagg Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Schweinfurth! Binder. Abyssinia, Schimper: 
elu. . 
‘This is probably the plant intended by Persoon under the name of T. uniflora (Ench. tl 
329), but the flowers are described as solitary. J’. lathyroides, Guill. and Perr. Fl. Seneg. 
193, may be this. We have seen the original specimen, but it is too imperfect to form 
a decided opinion upon. Respecting J. hirsuta, Schum. and Thonn. Pl. Guin. 377, 
we cannot form any definite opinion from the description alone. 
37. T. elegans, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 376. Stems suffruticose, 
3-4 ft. high, the branches firm, ascending, subterete, densely clothe 
with adpressed silvery hairs. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 2-3 lines. 
Leaves subsessile, the rachis 3-9 lines long, the leaflets in one or tw? 
pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, 14-2 in. long, } in. broad, narrowed from 
a third of the way down to the base, the point rounded and mucronate, 
the upper surface glabrous, lower densely grey-silky, midrib subfer- 
ruginous. Flowers 2-3 together from the axils of the upper leaves 
and a few close clusters towards the apex of the stem with their sub- 
tending leaves much reduced. Calyx subsessile, 3—4 lines deep, densely 
silvery and slightly tawny, the teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. 
Corolla yellowish, half as long again as the calyx, the standard 4 lines 
broad, very silky on the back. Pod linear-oblong, 14-2 in. long, +e 
broad, densely clothed with adpressed silvery hairs, 8—9-seeded, the 
sutures ferruginous.—Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 299. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning, Vogel! Barter! : 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
38. T. dasyphylla, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub with cwes- 
pitose branched or simple stems densely clothed with spteading an 
down, Stipules linear-subulate, 1-3 in, Petioles }-4 in., rigitY 
