TCONES PLANTAEUM. 1-5 



Plate 1416. 



INDIGOFERA KIRKII, Oliv. 



Leguminos2E, Tx'ibe Galege^. 



Kirkii 



foliosis, foliis simplicibus coriaceis ovali-oblongis oblanceolatisve 

 apiculatis acuminatisve hirsutis breviter petiolatis coata nervis prima- 

 riisqne subtus prominentibuSj stipulis persistentibus rigidis lanceolato- 

 Rubulatis nervosis, inflorescentia breviter ra(*emosa axillari, floribus 

 brevisslme pedicellatis v. gubsessilibus, caljce hirsuto profunde 5-fido 

 lobis lanceolatis corolla brevioribus, leguTninibns brevibus rectis 

 teretibus ellipsoideis v. cylindraceis apiculatis hirsutis 3-2- v. 1- 



spermis, 



Hab. Bagamoya, Zanzibar, Sir John KirJc. 



Folia |-1 poll longa. Eacemi foliis subsequilongi v. longiores, 

 hirsuti ; bracteis lineari-subulatis deciduis. Calyx lobia subaequalibus 

 intus glabris. Corolla 2-3 lin. longa, Vexillum obovato-rotundatum, 

 dorso hirsutum. Carina obtusa. Legumen 2-4 lin. longum. 



This curious Indigofera is but one of the many undescribed 

 Fapilionacece received from Tropical Africa since the publication of 

 the second volume of the 'Flora.' It is allied to J. erythrogramma, 

 Welw., of Angola, but differs in its shrubby habit, and, conspicuously, 

 in the legume, — ^D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Vexillum. 3 and 4. Alse and carina. 5. Anthers. 6. Pistil. 

 7. Legume. 8. Same, open. All enlarged. 



Plate 1417. 



iioeopetalitm subcoedatum, ouv. 



HAMAMELIDEiE. 



L. suhcordatum, Oliv, ; frutex 3-4-pedalis, foliis ellJpticis r. orato- 

 ellipticis breviter acuminatis obsolete glanduloso-denticulatis basi 

 rotundatis subcordatisve, floribus pentameris capitatis, capituHs breviter 

 pedunculatis axillaribus, calycis lobis ovato-ellipticis extus tomentellis, 

 petalis elongatis anguste linearibus. Tetrathi/ritim suhcordatum, Benth. 

 Fl. Hongkong, 133, 



Hab. Hongkong, on the Black Mountain: *a hush once seen/ 

 Wilford; and* several scraggy busbes, about 4 feet high, growing in 

 the rocky bed of a dry (except in rains) watercourse,' on what is 

 supposed to be the ' Black Mountain ' referred to above, Chns. Ford. 



conacca 



