56 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
[In fruit in July in the plantain-groves of Uganda under the equator.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XXX. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. Sta- 
minal sheath; fig. 6. Ovary and calyx. 
28. TEPHROSIA RIGIDA, Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 114. Fruticosa, ramis rigidis, 
teretibus, glabratis; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis lineari- v. ovali-oblongis, obtusis, 
mueronulatis, subtus appresse breviter sericeis, lateralibus 7-8-jugis; stipulis lineari- 
subulatis; racemis terminalibus; bracteis subulatis rigidulis, pedicellis subæquilongis ; 
calyce 2-labiato, labio superiore deltoideo, 2-dentato, lobis lateralibus deltoideis acutis, 
anteriore acuminato, corolla 3—5-plo breviore; legumine lineari, apice apiculato incur- 
vato, sessili, 6-10-spermo, breviter hirtello, 2-poll. longo, + poll. lato. 
Frutex 8-9-pedalis. Rami teretes, sublæves, ultimi breviter sericei, glabrescentes. Folia 18-17 -folio- 
lata; petiolo communi 3-6 poll. longo, appresse sericeo-piloso; foliolis ovali-oblongis, obtusis, muero- 
natis, parallele oblique venosis, petiolulatis, supra glabratis, venulis prominulis, subtus breviter appresse 
sericeis, 1-2 poll. longis, 1-1 poll. latis; petiolulo 4!4—L poll. longo. Stipul@ lineari-subulatæ, acutz, 
rigidiuseulæ, deciduæ, 3-1 poll. longe. Racemi terminales simplices у. basi ramosi, pubescentes v. pube- 
тай. Bractee subulata, rigidulæ, 1 poll. longæ, deciduz. Pedicelli erecti puberuli, + poll. longi. Calyx 
campanulatus 2-labiatus, labio superiore deltoideo breviter 2-dentato, lobis lateralibus deltoideis acutis, 
anteriore acuminato. Corolla calyce 3—5-plo longior; vexillum rotundatum, breviter late’ unguiculatum, 
dorso pilosum; ale oblongæ, obtuse, unguiculatz, carinam breviter subacute rostratam unguiculatam 
equantes. Stamina monadelpha, filamento vexillari basi libero; anther uniformes. Ovarium pilosum ; 
stylus compressiusculus intus barbatus. Legumen lineare apice incurvatum, longe apiculatum, 6-10- 
spermum, valvis breviter hirto-tomentosis. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col.-Grant ! 
[Grows by the burn at Madi to a height of eight or nine feet. In flower and fruit in December.— 
J. A. G.] 
Plate XXVIII. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Vexillum; fig. 3. Ala; fig. 4. Carina; fig. 5. 
Staminal sheath; fig. 6. Ovary and calyx. : 
29. TEPHROSIA LONGIPES, Meissn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843), 87; Baker, 
in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 120. 
Hab, Karagué, Col. Grant ! 
The specimen is in fruit only. It differs from Cape specimens in the somewhat shorter and more 
closely pilose-pubescent legumes. x 
(А slender plant, growing at an elevation of 4500 ft., with remarkably long flower-stalks and brown 
pods, ripe in March.—J. A. G.] 
30. TEPHROSIA REPTANS, Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 121. Fruticosa, decumbens; 
ramis subangulatis, patentim pilosis; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis ovali-oblongis, obtusis 
v. retusis, mucronatis, pilosis, lateralibus 7-10-jugis ; stipulis lineari-subulatis persistenti- 
bus; racemis terminalibus elongatis ; bracteis anguste lineari-subulatis, pedicellos æquan- 
tibus v. superantibus; calyce 5-fido, lobis subulatis, 2 posterioribus basi breviter connatis ; 
corolla calyce 3-4-plo longiora ; legumine sessile lineari recto apiculato breviter hirtello 
15-17-spermo. i 
: Frutez decumbens, interdum 4 ped. altus. Rami elongati, patentim pilosi. Folia 15-21-foliolata 
petiolo communi piloso 4—7 poll. longo, foliolis ovali- v. oblanceolato-oblongis, obtusis v. retusis usum. 
nats, supra breviter appresse hirtellis, subtus sericeo-pilosis, parallele oblique venosis, аны рейо- 
lulatis; 13-23 poll. longis, 3-1 poll. latis; petiolulo hirto, sw poll longo. Racemi elongati, subdissiti- 
