296 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
The widely diffused genus, Psoralea, has as yet no representa- 
tive in West Tropical Africa, although one species at least has 
been found in Nubia. Of the two known species of Reguienia, 
one is from Senegal, R. obcordata, DC. f 
1. Tephrosia Vogelii, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, ramulis pedunculis- 
que velutino-tomentosis, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis caducis, 
foliolis 6-10-jugis lineari-oblongis obtusis emarginatisve api- 
culatis subtus præcipue adpresse sericeis, floribus amplis, 
bracteis late ovatis acuminatis, calycis lati dentibus late ob- 
longis obtusis, vexillo emarginato dorso sericeo, alis cum carma 
basi connatis, filamento superiore basi apiceque libero, legu- 
mine breviter falcato lineari-oblongo valde compresso dense 
fulvo-villoso.— On the Quorra, and Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Frutex arborescens, 8-10-pedalis, ramis suberectis, ramulis sul- 
catis, pube conferta. Stipule 2 lin. longe. Petioli pubentes, 
6-8 poll. longi, pube fulva densé obtecti. Foliola 14-23-polli- 
caria, 1-2 poll. lata, inferne subangustata, supra grisea sericeo- 
pubescentia, subtus dense albo-sericea, venis prominulis obli- 
que parallelis striata, costa ferruginea. Racemi terminales, 
validi, erecti, pluriflori, subpyramidati. Bractee caduez. 
Flores magnitudine Pisi sativi. Calyx late hemisphericus, 
supra medium 5-fidus. Corolla purpurea; vexillum latius 
quam longum, erectum, patens, dorso argenteo-sericeum, bast 
albo-maculatum, breviter unguiculatam; ale late dolabri- 
formes, obtuse, transverse rugose. Ovarium lineare, velu- 
tinum. Legumen 5 poll. latum, planum, sub-18-spermum. 
A very handsome species of the same group as J. toxicaria, 
and which, like that species in the W. Indies, is cultivated by 
the natives and used for poisoning fish. 
2. Tephrosia densiflora, Hook. fil. ; fruticosa, ramulis peduncu- 
lisque pube tenui dense obtectis, stipulis lineari-subulatis, 
foliolis obovato-oblongis late emarginatis obcordatisve subtus 
precipue pubescenti-sericeis, racemis terminalibus, bracteis 
anguste lanceolatis, calycis villosuli dentibus 4 brevissimis 
quinto subulato revoluto, vexillo sericeo, alis liberis, legumine 
leviter arcuato late lineari dense villoso.—Pattch, Vogel. 
Frutex ramosus. Folia 3-5 poll. longa ; foliola 13-13 poll. longa, 
