54 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. t. 24; Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. t. 119; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 88. 
— 7. ferruginea, Schum. et Thonn. РІ. Guin. 370. I. fusca, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 211. 
Hab. Unyoro, Aug. 1862, Col. Grant ! Widely distributed in the Old-World tropics. > 
21. INDIGOFERA SCHIMPERI, Jaub. et Spach, Ill. РІ. Or. t. 484; Baker, in Fl. Trop. 
Afr. ii. 98.—1. tettensis, Klotzsch, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 51. Indigofera no. 8, in App. 
Speke’s Journ. 680. | 
Нар. Mgéta river, 7° 20 S. lat., amongst weeds and thorns, Oct. 1860, Col. Grant ! 
Found also in the Nile provinces and Zambesi-land. 
[Grows 10 feet high, amongst reeds and thorns, at 72-82 S. lat. Fruits іп October.—J. А. G.J 
22. INDIGOFERA SECUNDIFLORA, Poiret; DC. Prod. ii. 94; Baker, im Fl. Trop. Afr. 
ii. 94. | 
Hab. Unyoro, Aug. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia, Nubia, and Upper Guinea. 
23. INDIGOFERA ENDECAPHYLLA, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 570; DC. Prod.ii. 96; Bot. Reg. 
t. 789; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 96. 
Hab. Makata, 7° S. lat., Nov. 1860, Col. Grant! ‘Widely spread in Tropical and 
South Africa. 
[The root tastes of liquorice, and is deep in the hard soil. In flower at 7° S. lat. in November. | 
—4J. А. G.] | 
24. INDIGOFERA EMARGINELLA, Steud. in hb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 735; A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. 1. 184; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 99.— 7. coluteifolia, Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. 
t. 487, 488. ; 
Hab. Karagué, March 1862, Col. Grant! And in Abyssinia and Angola. 
[Stem erect and woody. Flowers in clusters from the leaf-axils in March in Karagué hills. The 
natives were not observed to use any of these indigos as dyes.—J. А. G.] 
25. TEPHROSIA Үовкілі, Hook. fil. Fl. Nigrit. 296; Baker, in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 110. 
Fruticosa, ramis petiolisque pilosis tomentosisve ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis oblongis v. 
oblanceolatis, obtusis, lateralibus 8-12-jugis; stipulis lanceolatis; floribus amplis race- 
mosis; bracteis ovatis, apiculatis, calyeis 4-fidi labio superiore subquadrato subintegro ; 
_ legumine lineari, compresso, velutino, polyspermo. 
Frutex 6—12-pedalis, ramis obtuse angulatis, velutino-tomentosis, ferrugineo-pilosis v. tomentoso-pilosis. 
Folia imparipinnata, petiolo communi 33-10 poll. longo, tomentoso v. velutino; foliolis oblanceolato- 
oblongis v. ovali-oblongis, obtectis, mucronatis, supra appresse scabrido-hirtis, subtus sericeo-pilosis, . 
venulis oblique parallelis striatis, breviter petiolulatis, 13-24. poll. longis, 3-2 poll. latis ; petiolulo 1—1; 
poll. longo. Stipule lanceolate, caducæ, 1-1 poll. longe. Racemi validi, terminales, erecti, primum 
pyramidales. Bractee caducæ, ovate, apiculate v. acuminatæ, 
Wes 3—8 poll. longe, velutino-pilosæ. Pedi- 
celli 3-1 poll. longi, pilosi. Сат pilosus, 4-fidus, bilabiatus, labio superiore late quadrato truncato, 
subintegro v. sinuato, lobis lateralibus late ellipticis obtusissimis, lobo anteriore conduplicato late ovato 
apiculato, lateralibus paullo longiore. Corolla purpurea v. alba, calyce 3-5-plo longior; vexillum 
rotundatum, 11-14 poll. diam., breviter unguiculatum, ungue concavo, dorso sericeum ; ас SE у. 
oblanceolato-cuneate, obtusissimæ, carinam obtusam subæquantes. Stamina шамда v. filamento 
уехШагі sublibero ; antheræ ellipticæ v. ovato-elliptice. Ovarium lineari-oblongum, at dense 
hirsuto-villosum ; stylus incurvatus, compressus, tenuiter pilosulus, stigma terminale, Legumen шиг 
У. curvulum, lineari-oblongum oblique apiculatum, sessile, dense veluti : 
2 " tin il 
3 poll. latum, 15-20-spermum. Е Ч 0-pllosum, 4-5 poll. longum, 
