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The closest affinity of this species appears to be with 1. daleoides, Benth., a plant 
belonging to the Transvaal, Zululand, and Benguella. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 7. 
7. INDIGOFERA SPLENDENS, sp. п. (Plate ПТ. B. figs. 3-12.) 1. inermis, ramis apice 
canescentibus breviter pubescentibus subherbaceis plus minusve flexuosis, foliis 
pinnatis szepius imparipinnatis erecto-patentibus internodia ter vel quater exceden- 
tibus petiolo $—3-pollicari incluso 14-3 pollices longis, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis 
petiolum subeequantibus, foliolis 6-11-jugis oppositis ovalibus utrinque obtusis sepe ` 
mucronulatis integerrimis breviter petiolulatis -%—% poll. longis supra glabratis vel 
subglabris infra appresse canescenti-pubescentibus, stipellis brevibus glanduleeformi- 
bus rubentibus glabris, racemis spiceeformibus axillaribus et quasi-terminalibus 
breviter pedunculatis densifloris rectis rigidis breviter pubescentibus pedunculo 1-3- 
pollieari incluso 12-33 pollices longis, bracteolis caducis, floribus 3-3-роП. brevissime 
pedicellatis, calyce profunde lobato extra pubescente intra glabro lobis lanceolatis 
$-¢-poll., corolla pro genere magna splendente, staminibus diadelphis antheris uni- 
formibus parvis apiculatis, legumine (immaturo) oblongo recto appresse pubescente 
1-pollicari. 
This species is allied to Indigofera sutherlandioides, Welw., and to 7. fulgens, Baker ; 
it differs from the former by its large flowers, and from the latter by its dense racemes 
and smaller foliage. 
The principal figure in Plate III. B represents the natural size of a flowering branch; 
the portion of the leaf, the detached flower, and the separate petals are enlarged to two 
diameters or rather more; the andreecium, shown with the calyx persisting, and also the 
detached pistil, are enlarged to about four diameters; the anther, with part of the fila- 
ment, is still more enlarged ; the young legume is somewhat enlarged. 
Serpa Pinto, nos. 1 and 4. 
8. ТЕРНВОЗТА LONGIPES, Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 87 (1843) ; Harv. in 
Нагу. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 208 (1862); Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 120 
(1871); Grant et Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 56 (1872). 
This species occurs also in Natal, in grassy places at the base of the Tafelberg Moun- 
tains, at an elevation of 1500 feet; in the Transvaal; at Delagoa Bay; and in Karagué, 
about 9? S. lat., at an elevation of 4500 feet. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 2. 
9. TEPHROSIA PURPUREA, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 329 (1807); DC. Prodr. ii. ». 251, n. 12 
(1895), cum syn. ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 124(1871), cum syn. ; Baker in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 112 (1876), cum syn. T. lineata, Schum. et Thonn. in 
Schum. Beskr. Guin. Pl. p. 376 (1827), et in Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Nat. iv. p. 150 (1829). 
Our specimen, which is in young flower, is much more pubescent than most of the 
forms of this species. The type specimen of Cracca purpurea, L. Sp. Pl. edit. i. p. 752 
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