Psoralea.] xlvii. § papilionace^s (baker). 65 



elliptical, densely grey-silky, equalling the calyx. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 

 156. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 



A Cape species. 



3. P. andongensis, Welw. mss. A herbaceous perennial, branched 

 at the crown of the root with many stiff erect subsimple finely grey- 

 downy stems a foot high. Stipules \ in., lanceolate, persistent. Pe- 

 tioles 1 line. Leaves few, simple, ovate-oblong, reaching 2J-3 in. 

 long, 15-18 lines broad, blunt, coriaceous, dull green on Doth sides, 

 finely grey-silky beneath. Flowers subsessile in many dense small 

 close round or oblong peduncled terminal heads, the lower ones with a 

 linear bract and three setaceous bracteoles. Calyx \ in., tubular, 

 densely grey-silky, teeth linear, densely ciliated, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla whitish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Ovary densely grey- 

 silky, subsessile. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andons:o, Angola, 2400-3800 feet, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Habit and leaves of the Cape P. Tkomii, Harv. 



17. CYAMOPSIS, DC. ; Benth. et Hook.- f. Gen. Plant, i. 493. 



Calyx broad, oblique, the lowest teeth the longest. Standard ob- 

 ovate, sessile ; wings oblong, free from the keel, which is slightly up- 

 curved, obtuse, not appendiculate. Stamens all connate in a closed 

 tube; anthers uniform, the connective projecting so as to form an 

 apiculus. Ovary sessile, oo-ovulate ; style upcurved ; stigma capitate. 

 Pod linear, subtetragonous, cuspidate, many-seeded, 2-valved, with 

 dissepiments between the seeds. — Erect herbs with pinnate leaves and 

 small flowers in lax axillary racemes. 

 Two species, the other E. Indian. 



1. C. senegalensis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg.. i. 174, t. 45. Stems 

 herbaceous, 6-12 in. long, terete, copiously and diffusely branched 

 from the base, slightly silky. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 

 J-l in. long. Leaflets 3-7, subsessile, linear or oblanceolate, J-l in. 

 long, 2-3 lines broad, thinly silky beneath. Flowers in short-stalked 

 lax axillary racemes of 4-6 each. Lower pedicels equalling the calyces, 

 subtended by small linear bracts. Calyx campanulate, \ in. deep, the 

 lower teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the upper broader and 

 shorter. Corolla reddish, twice as long as the calyx, the wings and 

 keel exceeding the standard. Pod 1-1 \ in. long, 2-2 \ lines broad, 

 linear, cuspidate, glabrous, horizontally striated, 6-9-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur arid Perrottet I 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy I (A form with narrow'linear leaves also found in 

 Arabia.) 



18. INDIGOFERA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 494. 



Calyx small, oblique, campanulate or tubular, teeth equal or the 

 lowest longer than the rest. Standard ovate or orbicular, sessile or 



