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161. Tephrosia [Reineria) graminifolia Chiov. 



Herba perennis ima basi indurata caespitosula, caulibus, numerosis 

 prostratis vel adscendentibus gracilibus a basi ramosis, patule hirtel- 

 lis. Folia heteromorpha, in speciminibus junioribus radicalia et infe- 

 riore simplicia longe petiolata, foliolo lineari 2-7 cm. longo, 2,54mm. 

 lato, apice obtusiusculo; caulina inferiora trifoiiolata, superiora 

 5-foliolata ; petioli omnes ad 3 cm. longi hirtelli graciles ; foliola 

 lateralia lineari-angustissima 2,5-5 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata; termi- 

 nalia 8-12 cm. longa, 2 3 mm. lata, omnia longitudinaliter parallele 

 multivenia, marginibus non cartilagineo -nervosis, supraglabra, 

 subtus adpresse pilosula. Flores 1-3 fascici! lati in axillis secus 

 totum caulem ; pedicelli 3-6 mm. longi tenues. Calyx tubo cam- 

 panulato basi rotundato 1,5 mm. longo et lato, hirtulo; dentes 

 subaequales e basi triangulari subulati tubum aequantes in fructu 

 longiores. Corolla rosea 7 mm. longa; vexillum subrotundum carina 

 vix longius extus hirtulum. Stylus 3 mm. longus. lateraliter com- 

 pressila undique glaberrimum. apice stygmate truncato-rotundatum 

 terminatus; o varili m dense adpresse albo-villosum. Legumen li- 

 neare sursum arcuato-falcatum -1 cm. longum, 3,5 mm. latum, valvis 

 minute adpresse strigulosis. Semina circ. 9, immatura 2 mm. longa. 



Somalia Italiana: lungo l'Uebi Scebeli fra Magdesce e Giabad- 

 gèh 26, XI, 1913, (Paoli n. 1320). 



162. Stylosanthes suborbiculata Chiov. 



Herba perennis ? ramis hurni stratis vel adscendentibus vel 

 caespitoso-erectis 5-15 cm. et amplius elogatis, gracilibus, inferne 

 circ. 1 mm. crassis, a basi divisis ; internodii inferiores abbreviati, 

 superiores elongati, illi usque 5 mm. breves, ii usque 5 cm. longi, 

 laxissime pilis lanuginosis tenuissimis vestiti. Stipulae membrana- 

 ceae, viridi-striatae, 5-6 mm. longae, apice auriculis brevibus ovato- 

 triangularibus, hirtulae et secus nervos et margines pilis setosis 

 basi bulbiferis breviusculis, hinc inde sparsae; petioli ultra stipulas 

 4-5 mm. longi minute puberali. Foliola orbiculata vel elliptica, 4-8 

 mm. longa, 3-7 mm. lata, explanata utrinque rotundata, apice mi- 

 nute emarginata, dum complicata paullo falcata et acuta; rigida, ner- 

 vis utrinque 3-4 crassis arcuatis subtus albis; supra glaberrima, subtus 

 pilosula hinc inde setulis bulbosis rigidulis nervis et marginibus 

 insidentibus praedita. Inflorescentiae terminales oblongae 10 mm. 

 longae, 5 mm. latae, foliis floralibus trifoliolatis vel interdum su- 



