365 
Tephrosia Ansellii, Hook. f.; F.T.A. ii. 115. 
Neill’s Valley, 2 miles East of Government Station, Nara- 
guta; stems 2-3 os — strong and wiry, branched, 
flowers mauve, No. 
Naraguta, 8 Aug., heb ; ft. high, amongst rocks, flowers 
deep crimson, No. 
Distrib —Togoland to the aia Congo. 
Tephrosia raficans, Welw.; F.T.A. ii. 121. 
Vodni, 4600 ft., 13 July, procumbent, flowers pink, No. 422. 
Distrib rig known only from Angola and North West 
Rhode 
Sesbania So ncaa DC.; Phillips & Hutch. in Bothalia, 1. 50. 
Naraguta, 8 Aug., robust plant 5-6 ft. high, on rocks in 
open country, leaflets closing up at night, flowers yellow, 
the back of = standard and the keel thickly mottled 
with black, 534. 
Distrib North Tropical Africa generally, and in Angola. 
Smithia speciosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov.; affinis S. strigosae, 
Benth., sed robustior, floribus multo majoribus, bracteolis 
latioribus et vix cuspidato-acuminatis, petalis latioribus 
differt. 
Fig. —— speciosa, Hutchinson. 1, part of leafy shoot; 2 
levflet; 3, fi 4, pair of bracteoles; 5, upper lip of calyx; 6, lower 
lip of Sen i. einndard: 8, wing pe etal; 9, keel petal; 10, stamens; 
11, pistil, 
Frutex ae 1-3-1-75 m. altus; caules numerosi, erecti, 
ramosi; ramuli teretes, pilis gracilibus mollibus basi pustulatis 
tomentosi, inferne stipulis persistentibus ornati. Folia fasci- 
culata, pinnata, usque ad 1-5 em. longa, breviter petiolata ; 
stipulae basi petiolo adnatae, oblique lanceolatae, acutissime 
acuminatae, circiter 1 cm. longae, basi circiter 3-5 mm. latae, 
conspicue nervosae, ciliatae; foliola oblongo-elliptica, subacuta, 
basi rotundata vel obtusa, 4-5 mm. longa, 1-5-2 mm. lata, 
coriacea, parce ciliata, pellucide punctata, basi circiter 5-nervia. 
