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6-9 lin. lata, supra pube tenui appressa, subtus sericea, costa 
ferruginea. Racemi sub-4-pollicares. Bracte@ extus sericeo- 
tomentose, intus glabra. Pedicelli 6 lin. longi, villosuli. Calyx 
1} lin. longus, latior quam longus. Vexillum fere } poll. lon- 
gum, latissime orbiculatum, dorso dense sericeo-villosum, bre- 
vissime unguiculatum, apice emarginatum ; ale basi tranverse 
rugose. Filamentum superius basi apiceque liberum. Legu- 
men pendulum, 3-4 poll. longum, 5 lin. latum, planum, apice 
oblique et abrupte acuminatum, undique dense villosum. 
Allied to T. Vogelii, but less hairy, with much smaller flowers, 
narrower pods, broader and more emarginate leaflets, and very 
different calyx and bracts. It is said by Vogel to be a cultivated 
species. 
3. Tephrosia Ansellii, Hook. fil. ; caule erecto basi lignoso parce 
Tamoso, ramis pedunculisque laxe patentim pilosis, stipulis 
Subulato-filiformibus, foliolis sub-7-jugis _lineari-oblongis 
obtusis vix emarginatis, subtus laxe et molliter sericeo- 
pilosis, racemis terminalibus strictis elongatis multifloris, 
bracteis lineari-subulatis, calycis dentibus 4 brevissimis infe- 
riore longiore, vexillo sericeo, legumine late lineari-oblongo 
subarcuato compresso parce piloso marginibus villoso-ciliatis. 
— Savannahs on the Quorra at Stirling, Ansell, Vogel. 
Suffrutex erectus, 3-pedalis, simpliciusculus. Caulis strictus, 
griseus v. pallide rufescens, villis mollibus laxis. Stipule 
5 lin. longs, persistentes. Petioli 4-7 poll. longi, pube pal- 
lide fulva. Foliola 13-2 poll. longa, 8-5 lin. lata, basi vix 
angustata, apice retusa, pilis albidis marginata. Racemi semi- 
pedales ad pedales, floribus secus axem geminis. Bractee 
stipulis consimiles, pedicellos duplo triplove superantes. Calyx 
vix lineam longus, hemisphericus, dentibus 2 superioribus 
connatis, czeteris subulatis, inferiore longiore. —Vezillum late 
elliptico-oblongum, emarginatum, unguiculatum, dorso pilis 
fusco-brunneis dense sericeum ; alie basi cum carina connate, 
transverse rugose. Filamentum superius basi et apice li- 
berum. Ovarium dense sericeum. Legumen 14-14 poll. 
longum, 4 lin. latum, plano-compressum, basi apiceque an- 
