Tephrosia. ] XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). 123 
or Wma Distr. Zambesi land, Peters!, Dr. Kirk! Island of Zanzibar, Dr. 
rk ! 
A common East Indian species. 
50. 'T. incana, Graham in Wall. Cat. 5644, Stems suffruticose, 14-3 
ft. high, but according to Dr. Welwitsch annual only, diffusely branched 
from the base, densely clothed with spreading woolly grey pubescence. 
Stipules linear, ¢ in. long’, woolly on the back. Petioles }—4 in. long; 
rachis 2-3 in, long; leaflets in 5-6 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-14 in. long, 
4-2 in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, upper surface thinly, lower 
densely grey-silky. Racemes terminal and lateral, 6-12 in. long, the 
lower Howers in Clusters of 3-4 together an inch apart. Pedicels ver 
short, densely silky. Calyx 3 in. deep, densely white-silky, the teet 
linear-subulate, reaching three-quarters of the way down, the lowest 
the longest. Corolla reddish, half as long again as the calyx, the stan- 
dard 2 in. broad, silky on the back. Pods deflexed, and then slightly 
recurved, 2 in. long, 4 in. broad, densely and permanently silky, 6—- 
seeded. Style glabrous, densely penicillate at the apex—Wight et 
Arn. Prod. i. 212. Wt. Ic. ii. 371. 7. Apollinea, Klotzsch in Peters 
Mossamb. Bot. 47, non DC. 7. Ehrenbergiana, Schweinf. Fl. Aithiop. 18. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Hhrenberg. 
Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch! ; 
Mozamb. Distr. Isle of Mombas, Bojer. Zambesi land, Peters! Dr. Kirk! 
Dr. Meller ! 
A common East Indian species. 
Ey coronilloides, Welw. mss. A diffuse ee ae branched 
undershrub, 2-21 ft. high, the stems densely clothed with short as- 
cending grey pubescence. Stipules linear, 14-2 lines. Petioles 0 or 
very short; rachis 9—18 lines; leaflets 7-13, oblanceolate, }—2 in. long, 
3-4 lines broad, truncate or slightly emarginate, mucronate, both sides 
dull grey-green, upper glabrescent, lower finely canescent. Racemes 
copious, all lateral, 6-9-Howered, 1-14 in. long. Bracts linear, 14-2 
lines. Pedicels 1-2 lines. Calyx 2 lines, densely silky, teeth linear- 
Setaceous, exceeding the tube. “Corolla reddish-purple, 4—44 lines long, 
standard 4 in, broad, densely silky on the back. Pod linear, persistently 
brown-velvety, 18-21 lines long, 24 lines broad, slightly recurved, 
10-12-seeded. Style glabrous, penicillate at the point. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
2. T. decora, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub, 2-3 ft. high, the 
slender flexuose ascending branches densely clothed with short sprea:t- 
ing brownish pubescence. Stipules setaceous, 14—2 lines. Petioles 
By lines.  Leatlets 5-13, oblanceolate, reaching 18—21 lines long, 
3-4 lines broad, blunt, mucronate, grey and glabrous above, rather 
densely argenteo-canescent beneath. Racemes copious, terminal and 
lateral, moderately dense, 2-24 in, long, usually stalked, rarely sessile. 
Bracts linear-setaceous, very minute. Pedicels 1-1} lines, densely 
Brey-downy. Calyx 2-24 lines, densely silky, teeth linear-setaceous, 
*xceeding the tube, Corolla 44-6 lines long, pale violet-purple, stan- 
