364 
longe pedunculati, usque ad 20 cm. longi; rhachis conspicue 
’ angularis, cinereo-tomentella; pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi; bracteae 
caducae, filiformes, 7 mm. longae. Alabastra curvato-rostrata, 
sericeo-tomentosa. Calyx campanulatus, appresse tomentosus ; 
tubus 3-5 mm. longus; lobi subulato-lanceolati, acuti, ad 6 mm 
longi. Petala flava, glabra; carina 1-3 cm. longa, fere semi- 
lunaria, rostrata; alae oblongae, vix 1 cm. longae. Ovarium 
supra dense hirsutum. Fructus ignotus. 
NorTHERN Nigeria. Naraguta, amongst rocks near water, 
5 Aug., 1921, woody robust branching plant about 4—6 ft. high, 
Hausa “ Bekkin Bi- -rana,’ H. V. Lely No. 490. 
Crotalaria cylindrocarpa, DC.; F.T.A. ii. 40; Baker f. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. xlii. 414 (1914). 
Naraguta, grasslands, 2 Aug.; herb with woody stems 
about 1 ft. high, flowers yellow also in fruit, No. 480. 
Distrib—Senegambia and Northern Nigeria. 
‘Indigofera Dalzielii, Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1921, 246. 
Bichikki, 2200 ft., 19 May, No. 188. 
Distrib—An endemic Northern Nigerian species. 
Indigofera Seed Jacq.; F.T.A. ii. 100; E. G. Baker in 
Journ. Bot. 1903, 
ia ati ai 30 June, 1 ft. high, flowers red-brown, 
No. 337. 
Distrib.—_Senegambia to East Africa and in Angola. 
Indigofera stenophylla, G. @ P.; F.T.A. ii. 83; E. G. Baker in 
Journ. Bot. 1903, 260. 
Panyam, 4500 ft., 11 July, racemes of bright pink flowers, 
o. 408. 
Distrib—North Tropical Africa. 
Indigofera hirsuta, Linn.; F.T.A. ii. 88: E. G. Baker in Journ. 
Bot. 1903, 265; Holland, 191. 
Naraguta, 8 Aug., herb. 1—2 ft. high, amongst rocks, flowers 
pink, sepals covered with soft black hairs, inflorescence 
spicate, appearing to be smoky coloured, No. 510. 
ndigoferz phylla, Schumach.; F.T.A. ii. 100; E. G. Baker 
in Journ. Bot. 1903, 330. 
Neill’s Valley, 2 Spe east of Naraguta Gov. Station, 
15 June, No. 
Distrib. Seneca S s. Nigeria and in ae 
Tephrosia densiflora, Hook. f.; F.T.A. ii 
Naraguta, on stream banks amongst seks 5 Aug.; robust 
shrubby plant about 6 ft., large mauve flowers appearing 
one at a time, back of standard petal grey-brown, No. 488. 
First collected by Vogel near Mt. Patti, and subsequently by 
Barter at Jebba, but not gathered since then until its redis- 
covery by Mr. Lely. Evidently a species endemic to the 
Niger Basin. 
