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faciebus pilis flavo-fuseis pubescentibus, marginibus ineras- 
satis. 
Most nearly allied to’ 7. elongata, but the leaves are longer, 
the stipules very different, and the pod broader and fewer- 
seeded, 
6. Tephrosia flexuosa, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 2. p. 282; caule 
erecto sublignoso flexuoso superne ramulisque pubescenti- 
pilosis, stipulis filiformi-subulatis, foliolis 4-5-jugis lineari- 
lanceolatis subacutis supra pubescentibus subtus argenteo- 
Sericeis, racemis terminalibus abbreviatis sericeo-villosis, flo- 
ribus confertis, bracteis subulatis, calyce brevissimo, legumine 
late-lineari subtoruloso sub-8-spermo.— St. Thomas, Don. 
Fruticulus 1-13-pedalis, caulibus sepe angulatim flexuosis basi 
denudatis stipulis polliearibus solis persistentibus. Petioli 
molliter flavo-pubescentes.  Foliola supra grisea, subtus pilis 
rufescentibus tecta. . Racemus florens sesquipollicaris, fruc- 
tifer parum elongatus. Legumen suberectum, vix arcuatum, 
faciebus torulosis sericeo-pubescentibus, marginibus incras- 
satis fulvo-tomentosis. Semina late oblonga, testa nitida, 
nigra, flavo-irrorata. 
7. Tephrosia elegans, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 376.—Sa- 
vannahs on the Quorra, Vogel; Guinea. 
Simillima T. brevipedi, e Guiana; differt foliolis plerisque bi- 
jugis, floribus minoribus, calycis laciniis latioribus petalisque 
obtusioribus. : 
8. Tephrosia pulchella, Hook. fil.; caule erecto simplici basi 
lignoso superne subfastigiatim ramoso, ramis petiolisque gra- 
eilibus adpresse puberulis, foliolis 4-5-jugis anguste lineari- 
cuneatis retusis emarginatisve supra glabratis subtus argenteo- 
Sericeis, floribus axillaribus solitariis parvis brevissime pedi- 
cellatis, calycis segmentis subzequalibus subulatis, legumine 
erecto dense villoso.—On the Quorra, at Stirling, Vogel. 
Suffrutex gracilis, tripedalis, ramulis erectis virgatis. Stipule 
minime. Petiolus 4-9 lin. longus.  Foliola sensim e basi 
angustata, 1-2 poll. longa, 2-1 lin. lata, inferiora raro sesqui- 
pollicaria, supra obscure griseo-puberula subtus argentea costa 
ferruginea. Flores parvi, pedicello 1 lin. longo bracteam sub- 
