Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 205 
jugate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, faintly penni- 
nerved ; stipules and bracts munute, toothlike ; peduncles opposite the 
leaves and shorter than them, densely racemose, many-flowered ; le- 
gumes linear, broadish, 4-6 seeded, silky. 
nae ay places near the Omsamculo, Drege. Delagoa Bay, Forbes ! (Herb. 
, Hk., D. 
Stem 2-3 feet high, terete, slender, flexuous, not much branched. Leaves distant, 
3 inches long, the first pair of leaflets nearly 1 inch from the base of petiole ; leaflets 
petiolulate, j inch long, 3-4 lines wide, densely covered with shining, white hairs, 
the veins immersed. Racemes 2 inches long, on peduncles of equal length. Flowers 
purple, 3 lines long. Legumes 13-2 inches long, 24 lines wide, strong! compressed, 
spreading or deflexed. Style glabrous. Vexillum silky, the other puberulous. 
4. T. stricta (Pers. Ench. 2, p. 329); suffruticose, erect, branching, 
pubescent; leaves subsessile, 4-5 jugate ; leaflets elliptical or oblong, 
recurved-pointed, glabrous and green above, rusty-pubescent and closely 
nerve-striate beneath; stipules and bracts subulate; peduncles very 
short, axillary, 2-4 flowered; legumes narrow, rusty-pubescent, about 
6-seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p.253. H. § Z. 1630. Indigofera stricta, Linn. f. 
Suppl. p. 334. Jacq. Schoenb. t. 236. 
HAs. Among shrubs near the Vanstaaden River and Olifant’s Hoek, Uit., E.G Z./ 
(Herb. Bth., D.) 
1-2 feet high, erect or suberect ; branches erect, angular and ribbed, rufescent 
and thinly pubescent. Leaves uncial; leaflets 1} inch long, 2-3 lines wide, blunt 
or acute, mucronulate, the points generally recurved. Flowers subsessile or on very 
short peduncles towards the ends of the branches, small, purple. Calyx-teeth subu- 
late. Legumes 1} inch long. 
5. T. pallens (Pers. Ench. p. 329); suffruticose, erect or ascending, 
pubescent; leaves shortly petiolate, 5-8-9-jugate; leaflets narrow- 
cuneate-oblong, recurved-pointed, green, striolate and thinly pubescent 
above, closely penninerved, silky and paler beneath; stipules and bracts 
subulate; peduncles opposite the leaves and longer them, rigid, 
angular, and furrowed; densely racemose ; many flowered ; legumes nar- 
row, pale and velvetty-pubescent, 6-7 seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p. 254. 
L. & Z.! 1631. T. angulata, EB. Mey.! Comm. p. 109. 
Has. Grassy hills near Olifant’s Hoek at Bushman’s River, Z. ¢ Z./ Glenfilling, 
Drege} Albany, Dr. Alexander Prior ! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk. ; 
Stem suberect, angularly bent, ribstriate, with internodes 14-2 inches apart. 
Leaves very patent or recurved, the lowest pair of leaflets within } inch of base of 
petiole. Leaflets in several pairs, } inch long, 2~3 lines wide ; somewhat thickened 
at margin. Stipules broadly subulate, } inch long or more. Peduncles strongly 
ribbed, curved, 4-6 inches long, the upper half bearing flowers. Bracts 2-3 lines 
long. Flowers 4~5 lines long ; the vexillum pubescent, the other petals glabrous. 
I have not seen ripe legumes. 
6. T. semiglabra (Sond.! in Linn. 23, p. 29) ; suffruticose, pubescent; 
stem and branches angularly-bent, ascending, rufo-tomentose below, sub- 
glabrate toward the end; angular and rib-striate; leaves on very short 
petioles, 5-7-jugate; leaflets cuneate-oblong, recurved-pointed, glabrous 
above, silky-pubescent and closely nerve-striate beneath; stipules and 
bracts subulate ; peduncles opposite the leaves and much longer, rigid, 
angular, and furrowed, interruptedly few-flowered; legumes unknown. 
Has. Magalisberg, Zeyher ! No. 459. (Herb. Sond.) 
Stem detccabeta 2h base, 2-3 feet long, flexuous, densely rufo-tomentose ; the 
