122 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEZ (BAKER). [ Tephrosia. 
Nile Land. Creeping along the ground in luxuriant vegetation near water, lat. 
5° S., long. 33° E. Alt. 3800 ft., Speke and Grant! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Shupanga, Dr. Kirk! 
47. T. paniculata, Welw. mss. A much-branched undershrub, 2-3 
ft. high, the ascending branches densely clothed with short spreading 
grey pubescence. Stipules 2-3 lines, setaceous. Petioles 4—9 lines, 
rachis 12-18 lines; leaflets 5-7 (rarely 3 in uppermost leaves), ob- 
lanceolate-oblong, the end one reaching 2-24 in. long, 8-9 lines broad, 
side ones much smaller, truncate, distinctly mucronate, both’ sides dull 
erey-ereen, upper inconspicuously, lower persistently grey-downy, the 
veins brownish. Racemes copious, both terminal and from the axils of 
many of the upper leaves so as to form a thyrsoid panicle, usually 
stalked. Pedicels 1-2 lines, densely downy. Bracts setaceous, 3-4 
lines. Calyx 2 in., brownish, densely pubescent, teeth linear-setaceous, 
much exceeding the tube. Corolla reddish-purple, 5—3 in., standard 5 
lines broad, densely silky on the back. Ovary linear, densely grey-silky, 
multiovulate. Style glabrous, faintly bearded at the point. Pod not 
seen. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
48, T. brunnea, Baker. Stem suffruticose, 2 ft. high, erect, ¢0- 
pene clothed upwards with ascending brown-silky hairs. Stipules 
inear, silky on the back, 3-4 lines long. Petiole 3-6 lines long; 
rachis 14-2 in.; leaflets 9-11, oblanceolate, 12-18 lines long, 3-b 
lines broad, mucronate, green above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey- 
silky hairs, especially beneath. Racemes 12—20-flowered, moderately 
dense, sessile or nearly so, the lower flowers 2-3 together. Pedicels 
1-14 lines long, densely silky. Calyx } in. deep, densely brown-silky, 
the lower teeth linear, reaching three-quarters, the upper halfway down. 
Corolla reddish, 7—8 lines long, the standard densely brown-silky 08 
the back. Ovary linear, densely pubescent, 6—8-ovulate. Pod not seen 
Style glabrous, penicillate at the point. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
49, 'T’. villosa, Pers.; DO. Prod. ii. 213. Stems suffruticose, 2-3 ft. 
high, diffusely branched, the branches firm, angular, finely adpressed 
white-silky. Stipules linear-subulate, } in. long. Petiole 4-4 ™.i 
rachis 4—5 in. long; leaflets in 6-10 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-1} in. long; 
~3 in. broad, upper surface glabrous, lower finely adpressed grey-silky : 
Racemes lax, terminal or lateral, 6-12 in. long, on peduncles nearly ™ 
long. Bracts linear, Jin. long. Pedicels equalling the calyx, which 1s 
1 in. deep, densely silky, the lower teeth linear-subulate, reaching more 
than halfway down, the upper ones rather broader and shorter. Corolla 
twice as long as the calyx, reddish, the standard 4 lines broad, very 
silky on the back. Pods curved, about 2 in. long, 2 lines broad, densel 
silky, 6—8-seeded. Style glabrous,— Wight et Arn. Prod, 213. Klotzse 
in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 47. 
