COLLECTED BY MR. ALEXANDER WHYTE, 9 
ADENOCARPUS Manni, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 8. 
Hab. Milanji, alt. 6000 ft. Nos. 57, 127. 
Collected also by J. Buchanan in Nyasa-land, No. 988. 
Distr. Kilimanjaro; Camaroons; Fernando Po. 
LOTUS ARABICUS, Linn.; Baker, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 62. 
Hab. Milanji, alt. 6000 ft. Nos. 80, 142. 
Distr. Abyssinia; Senegambia; Zambesi-land. Occurs also in the Eastern Mediter- 
ranean Region and Arabia. 
INDIGOFERA LYALLII, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 128. 
Hab. Milanji. No. 11. 
A Mascarene species, new to the Flora of Tropical Africa. Differs slightly from type 
in the pubescence on the underside of the leaflets. 
TEPHROSIA LINEARIS, Pers.; Baker, l.c. ii. p. 120. 
Hab. Milanji. 
Distr. Nubia; Upper and Lower Guinea. 
TEPHROSIA SERICEA, Baker, l. c. ii. p. 107. 
Hab. Zomba. 
Also collected on the Manganya Hills. 
TEPHROSIA WHYTEANA, Baker fil., n. sp. Fruticosa; ramis superne petiolisque ferrugineo- 
pilosis ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis oblongis, apice mucronatis, basi rotundatis, 
lateralibus 6-8-jugis, margine et subtus media vena ferrugineo-pubescente, stipulis 
lanceolatis vel ovatis acuminatis; floribus racemosis, calycis tubo campanulato 
pubescente, lobis deltoideis, cuspidatis, duobus conniventibus ; petalis (in sicco roseis 
vel purpureo-roseis) vexillo rotundato unguieulato, alis insequilateraliter obovatis, 
carinam subzquantibus; staminibus monadelphis, filamento vexillari sublibero, 
stylo applanato, incurvato, pubescente; ovario lineari-oblongo ; legumine recto 
lineari-oblongo, sessili, dense rufo-piloso, apice apiculato 6-8-spermo. 
Hab. Milanji. 
Leaflets 1-13 in. long, nearly 3 in. broad, legume 11-2 in. long. 
Near Tephrosia barbigera, Welw., which, however, is a robust annual. 
TEPHROSIA NYASA, Baker fiL, n. sp.  Caule ligneo ramoso, ramis junioribus Albo 
pubescentibus; foliis pinnatim multifoliolatis, foliolis 6-10-jugis oblongis, apice 
apiculatis, basi rotundatis vel cuneatis, coriaceis, penninervatis, superne viridibus, 
parce pubescentibus, subtus argenteo-canescentibus, vena media sspe ferrugineo- 
pubescente ; floribus ad apicem ramulorum aggregatis, bracteis ovatis acutis, 
pedicellis brevibus; calycis tubo externe ferrugineo vel albo-ferrugineo, laciniis 
lanceolato-linearibus vel lanceolatis; petalis (in sicco roseis vel purpureis) vexillis 
SECOND SERIES.—BOTANY, VOL. IV. C 
