126 XLVII. § PAPILIONACER (BAKER). | Tephrosia. 
tomentum. Calyx subsessile, } in. long, densely tomentose, the teeth 
lanceolate, reaching down to the middle. Pod ovoid, } in. long, more 
than half as broad, densely and persistently grey-villous, 1-seeded.— 
Requienia obcordata, DC. Mem. Leg. 226 t. 37. Prod. ii. 168. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Lepriewr and Perrottet, Heudelot! Bidjem! 
Wile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! Cienkowsky. 
21. MUNDULEA, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 497. 
Calyx-teeth short, the two upper ones subconnate. Standard large, 
spreading, obovate, transversely callose at the base of the blade; wings 
faleate-oblong, slightly adhering to the keel; keel obtuse, the point 
incurved. Upper stamen free and geniculate at the base, united upwards 
with the rest in a closed tube, alternate filaments slightly dilated, 
anthers uniform. Ovary multiovulate; style incurved, indurated, sub- 
terete, glabrous, the apex inflexed, the stigma capitate. Pod linear, 
flat, the sutures very thick, ultimately dehiscing.—Subarborescent 
shrubs. 
Three species, the two others Mascarene. A connecting link between Tephrosia and 
Millettia. 
1. M. suberosa, Benth.; Walp. Ann. iv. 491. A shrub, 4—6 ft. high, 
with corky bark, the branches ascending, sulcate, finely grey-downy 
upwards. Rachis of leaves 4—6 in. long, leaflets in 6-10 pairs, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, 1—2 in. long’, $—? in. broad, pale green, glabrous above, 
clothed with fine yellowish-grey silky pubescence beneath. Racemes 
terminal and leaf-opposed, 4—6 in. long. Pedicels 4 in. long, slender, 
silky. Calyx campanulate, 14—2 lines deep, finely silky, the teeth very 
short. Corolla reddish, an inch deep. Pod 3—5 in. long, 1—3 in. broad, 
finely silky, torulose, 6—8-seeded.—Zephrosia suberosa, DC. Prod. ii. 249. 
Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 204. Wight Illust. t. 79. Hook. Ic. t. 120. 7 
Petersiana, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. t. 9. Dalbergia striata, 
Bojer, Hort. Maur. 111 (mame only). Tephrosia icthynica, Bert. Mise. 
xviii. 18, t. 3. 
Upper Guinea. Niger country, Abbeokuta, Irving! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
South Central. In the interior near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and Baines! 
Mozamb. Distr. Banks of Lake Ngami, McCabe ! Mozambique, Peters ! Kirk! 
Sofala, Inhambane, Fornasini. : 
A well-known East Indian species, and extending southward to Natal and Macalis- 
berg. 
22, MILLETTIA, Wight et Arn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. i. 498. 
Calyx-tube campanulate, the teeth short. Standard large, spreadi 2 
or reflexed, naked or callose above a short claw or rarely furnish 
with intlexed auricles; wings falcate-oblong, free from the keel, cohe- 
rent or free at the point; keel incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free 
