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Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, Col. Grant ! Originally described from West Tropical Africa. 
Found also in Zambesi-land and Zanzibar. 
- [Shrub, very handsome, from its richness of foliage and its splendid clusters of pure white flowers. 
Seven feet high and bushy ; found around villages as a fence in Uganda and Unyoro; nowhere south of 
the equator. Calyx purplish. A mash is made of this plant by the natives to kill fish. The mash is 
thrown into the water; the fish float to the surface dead, and are taken for food.—J. A. G.] 
Plate XXXI. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. Sta- 
minal sheath ; fig. Ovary and calyx. 
26. TEPHROSIA AQUILATA, Baker, in PL Trop. Afr. ii. 113. Ramis petiolisque tomen- 
toso-pilosis; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis lateralibus 7-8-jugis, lineari-oblongis, obtusis, 
appresse pilosis; stipulis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis ; racemis terminalibus; bracteis 
lanceolatis acuminatis ; calyce 2-labiato, labio superiore 2-fido dentibus falcato-incurvis, 
cæteris lanceolatis, anteriore acuminato; corolla calyce 2-3-plo longiore; legumine 
lineari-oblongo, hirto-tomentoso, 1-13 poll. longo. 
Frutex? Rami teretes, breviter fulvo- v. ochracco-tomentosi. Folia 15-17-foliolata; petiolo com- 
muni 3 poll. longo, tomentoso, foliolis lineari-oblongis, obtusis, integris, breviter petiolulatis, supra ad- 
presse sericeo-pubescentibus, subtus piloso-tomentosis, 13-13 poll. longis, 5 lin. latis; petiolulo 25—7,- 
poll. Stipulæ dorso pilosæ, intus glabræ, venosæ, 3-4 poll. longe. Racemi terminales, tomentosi ; bracteæ 
lanceolate, acuminatæ, pilose, deciduæ. Pedicelli 4-1 poll. longi. -Calyz dense pilosus, 2-labiatus, labio 
superiore ad medium bifido. Corolla calyce duplo longior; vexillum late rotundatum v. reniformi- 
rotundatum, 3-3 poll. latum; ав oblique obovate, longe unguiculatæ, carinam apice obtuse incurvatam 
subæquantes. Stamina monadelpha, filamento vexillari basi libero (paullo supra basin abrupte incras- 
sato). Ovarium velutinum; stylus incurvus, transverse compressus, intus barbatus; stigma terminale. 
Legumen lineari-oblongum, sessile, apiculatum, pilosum, 5—6-spermum, 1-11 poll. longum, 1 poll. latum. 
Semina ellipsoidea, compressa, subsessilia, hilo minuto. | 
Hab. Karagué, Dee. 1861, Col. Grant ! 
[Grows in tufts upon the Karagué hills, at an elevation of 5000 feet. Im fruit December.—J. A. G.] 
Plate XXIX. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. Sta- 
minal sheath ; fig. 6. Detached filament and anther ; fig. 7. Ovary and calyx. 
27. TEPHROSIA POLYSPERMA, Baker, in Tl. Trop. Afr. ii. 118. Fruticosa, piloso-hir- 
suta ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis lateralibus 5-7-jugis, ovali- v. oblanceolato-oblongis, 
obtusis, emarginatis; floribus racemosis; bracteis subulatis caducis; calyce breviter 4-fido, 
corolla multo breviore, lobis deltoideis, acutiusculis; legumine lineari hirto, 16-20-spermo. 
Rami subteretes, sulcati, pilis fulvis patentibus v. adscendentibus piloso-hirti. Folia petiolo communi ad 
5-6 poll. longo, -piloso, foliolis breviter petiolulatis, ovali-oblongis v. oblanceolatis, retusis v. emarginatis, 
mucronulatis, supra tenuiter appresso-hirtis subparallele oblique venosis, subtus sericeo-pilosis, 11-9 
poll. longis, 5-6 lin. latis; petiolulo hirto 1-lin. Stipule subulatæ, dorso hirtæ, 4 poll. longs, deciduæ. 
Racemi terminales erecti, piloso-hirti; bracteæ lineari-subulatæ, subrigidæ, hirsutæ, caducæ. Pedicelli 
4— poll. longi, fructiferi arcte erecti. Calyx brevis campanulatus, hirsutus, breviter 4-fidus v. dentatus ; 
lobis deltoideis, posteriore latiore subintegro, anteriore acutiore. Corolla calyce multo longior; vexillum 
dorso sericeum, ale oblanceolato-oblongæ, obtuse, carina obtusiuscula paullo breviores. Stamina in 
vaginam fissam monadelpha; antheræ uniformes, late ellipticæ. Ovarium dense pilosum ; stylus pilosus. 
Legumen lineare curvulum, compressum, sessile, apiculatum, fulvo-hirtum, 16-20-spermum, 2-22 poll. 
longum, 1 poll. latum. x 
Hab. Uganda, July 1862, Col. Grant 1. The material hardly suffices for а full de- 
scription. | | | 
