Plate 1800. 



INDIGOPEBA PODOPHYLLA, Benth. 



Leguminos^. Tribe Galege^i. 



^ J. (§ JuncifolicB) podophylla, Benth. in Harv. $• Sond. Fl Capensis, 

 ii, 168; suffruticosa glabrata ramulis foliiferis virgatis, foliis unifolio- 

 Iatis folio oblongo- vel laneeolato- v. obovato-elliptico obtusiusculo 

 mucronulato cum pilis parcis albidis adpressis, breviter petiolulato, 

 stipellis stipulisque minutis, racemis paucifloris petiolo subsequilongis v. 

 brevioribus, floribus parvis brevissime pedicellatis strigillosis, calyce 

 5-fido dentibus e basi deltoidea sxibulatis corolla 2-3-plo brevioribus, 

 legumine recto subtereti suturis subprominulis 7-11-spermo. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay, Forbes ; Inhambane, Lawrence Scott. 



Folia 1-3 poll, longa, longitudinaliter striatis glabratis. Racemi 

 breviter pedunculati, cum pedunc. ^-1 poll, longi. Flores 2 lin. longi, 

 Legumen 6-10 lin. longum, cinnamomeum. 



The * petiole 9 of the above description is the rachia of the pinnate- 

 leaved Indigo/err, and I find, in at least one leaf, indication of minute 

 lateral leaflets, which not improbably became more freely developed on 

 vigorous vegetative shoots. The only specimens of this curious species 

 previously known to us were those of Forbes from Delagoa Bay. Mr. 

 L. Scott's capital collection from Nyassa and Mozambique, kindly 

 presented by him to the Royal Gardens, includes good specimens from 

 Inhambane, a little further northward. — D. Oliver, 



Fig. 1. Leaflet, stipellae and apex of leaf-rachis. 2. Peltate hair of ditto. 3. Calyx 

 and ovary. 4. Vexillum. 5. Ala. 6. Carinal petal. 7. Stamens. 8. Anther, 

 9. Valve of legume, with partial septa. 10. Seed. Enlarged. 



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