103 
Bracts 1-14 lin. long, subsetaceous, exceeding the buds and 
recurved, Calyx small ; tube 4 lin, long, obliquely cup-shaped, 5- 
toothed ; the 2 upper teeth about } lin. long, deltoid ; the 3 lower 
teeth } lin. long, subulate. Corolla glabrous, 34 lin. long ; vexillum 
ovate, acute, pale mauve, with darker veins and having two whitish 
spots at the base ; alae slightly ovate-oblong, obtuse, mauve-purple $ 
keel obtuse. Pods (immature) erect, linear-terete. Seeds several. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,400 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 128 ; Lugard, 135. 
A very distinct species, with something of the aspect of J. trita, 
L. f., but quite distinct in foliage, flowers and the erect pods. The 
toothed leaflets are very remarkable, although they do not appear 
to be quite constant, some specimens having all the leaflets entire, 
and in the examples I have seen the toothed leaflets are never so 
numerous as the entire ones, and yet are evidently quite normal. 
"Indigofera variabilis, VN. £. Br. in Journ. Bot., 1903, p. 192.t 
Fruter 90 cm. altus, ramis albidis. Folia brevissime petiolata, 
simplicia vel 3-foliolata; foliola 6-16 mm. longa, cuneato-obovata, 
obtusa, recurvato-apiculata, utrinque appresse subcanescentia, 
Racemi foliis multo breviores, 2-5-flori, subsessiles. Calyx vix 
2 mm. longus, canescens; lobi subulati. Corolla 5 mm. longa. 
Legumen 7 mm. longum, teres. 
bushy shrub, 2-3 ft. high, the young branchlets densely 
clothed with adpressed white hairs, slightly rough to the touch, 
Leaves simple or trifoliolate with petioles scarcely 4 lin. long ; 
leaflets 3-8 lin. long, 14-2} lin. long, narrowly cuneate-obovate, 
obtuse, with a recurved apiculus, longitudinally folded, adpressed- 
canescent on both sides, rather thinly in the older leaves. acemes 
about half as long as the leaves, 2-5-flowered. Calyx scarcely 1 lin. 
long, with a shallow, bowl-shaped tube, and 5 -subulate teeth, 
canescent. Corolla 24 lin. long, bright red or pink, adpressedly 
pubescent on the vexillum and keel. Legume 3} lin. long, terete, 
canescent, Seeds several. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,400 ft., Lugard, 99 ; Mrs. Lugard, 119. 
This species is, perhaps, more nearly allied to J. pungens, 
E, Mey., and J. pulchra, Vahl, than to any others ; from the first it 
18 distinguished by its variable leaves, short racemes, an q 
mentum ; and from J, pulchra by its more shrubby habit, an 
different corolla, which is about three times as long as the calyx. 
Tephrosia reptans, Buker. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 ft., Lugard, 152; Mrs. Lugard, 175. 
Annual, 14-3 ft. high ; flowers pinkish-mauve. 
Tephrosia Apollinea, DC. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 ft.. Mrs. Lugard, 150. 
Growing to 15 in. high ; flowers carmine. dy eis 
Tephrosia contorta, N. &. Br. Frutex ramosus; ram sb, io aretd 
albo-tomentosi, Folia trifoliolata, foliolis cuneato-oblongis paral ee 
apiculatis, Flores axillares, fasciculati, purpurel. nc iabugcaitil sah 
Contortum, villoso-tomentosum. : . 
A shrub with straight twig-like branches, clothed with ig ree: 
tomentum. Leaves trifoliolate, ascending ; petiole 4-1) lin. ng 
_| As only a very brief diagnosis was published at the place quoted, E Bese ce 
give @ more complete description. 
