138 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Astragalus. 
calyx, which is } in. deep, rather oblique, the lower teeth lanceolate, 
reaching a third down, the upper shorter. Corolla bright yellow, three 
times as long as the calyx. od linear, 2 in. long, 2 lines broad, dis- 
tinctly stalked, the longitudinal dissepiments complete, the valves com- 
pressed, membranous, glabrous, finely wrinkled transversely, seeds 
2—4 in each cell.—A. tigrensis, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 241. 
Diplotheca venosa, atropilosula and tigrensis, Hochst. in Flora. 1846, 
596. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit ! Roth! Uganda, in 
plantain groves, Speke and Grant! 
Cultivated as food for horses. Native name Hamat quaequaeta, or hamat kochata. 
2. A. abyssinicus, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 232. Stems firm, 
erect, 3—4 ft. or more high, sparingly branched, the branches firm, gla- 
brous, terete. Stipules cordate acuminate, unequal-sided, 1-1} in. long, 
3-1 in. broad, free to the base. Leaves nearly sessile, rachis 2—6 in. long, 
leaflets in 10-15 pairs, linear-oblong, ?-1 in. long, 2-4 lines broad, 
glabrous, glaucous-green. Flowers in dense racemes ultimately 4—0 1. 
long on short erect glabrous peduncles. Bracts linear, exceeding the 
cernuous pedicels, which are 14-2 lines long. Calyx } in. deep, the 
lower teeth linear, reaching halfway down, the upper ones deltoid. Co- 
rolla bright yellow, half an inch deep. Pod as in A. venosus, but rather 
longer, the seeds 4—5 in each cell.—Diplotheca abyssinica, Hochst. 0 
Flora 1846, 595. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit ! 
3. A. prolixus, Sieb. in Pl. Ayypt. Exsiec. Stems annual, procum- 
bent, a foot or more long, copiously and diffusely branched from the 
base, the branches slender, finely grey-silky. Stipules lanceolate, + 
lines deep, free to the base. Leaves sessile ; rachis 1-1} in. long; leat- 
lets in 5—6 pairs, oblanceolate or oblong, 1 in. long by about half as 
broad, both sides densely grey-silky. Racemes 6-19-flowered, ult- 
mately equalling or exceeding the leaves. Bracts setaceous, exceeding 
the short pedicels. Calyx tubular, a line deep, silky, the teeth linear 
or lanceolate, reaching about a quarter of the way down. Corolla 
yellowish, not much exceeding the calyx. Pod oblong, very turgid, 
¢ in. long by half as broad, silky, the dissepiment produced about half- 
way through in the lower part, seeds 2-3 in each cell.—Phaca Vogelt, 
Webb in FI. Nigr. 128, t. 8. 
Nile Land. Banks of the Nile within the Tropic, Ehrenberg, Dr. Bromfield! 
Abyssinia, Schimper! 
Extends from the Cape Verde islands to Arabia. 
29. BISERRULA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 507. 
Calyx-teeth subequal. Petals shortly unguiculate ; standard erect, 
oblong ; wings falcate-oblong, free; keel equalling the wings, obtuse. 
Upper stamen free, the rest connate; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 
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