76 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [indigofera. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! Cienkowsky. Banks of the White Nile, Von 

 Marnier. Abyssinia (teste Schwehifurth) . 

 Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes! 

 A very distinct and remarkable species. 



22. I. Brassii, Baker. Stems shrubby, copiously branched, branches 

 densely clothed with grey spreading- pubescence. Stipules \ in. long, 

 linear-subulate. Leaves subsessile. , Leaflets 13-17, oblanceolate, 

 4-5 lines long, \ in. broad, greyish-green, and densely clothed, espe- 

 cially below, with strong grey pubescence. Flowers in copious panicles 

 crowded towards the end of the branchlets. Bracts like reduced leaves, 

 simple or trifoliolate. Calyx \ in. deep, densely clothed with ferru- 

 ginous pubescence, teeth lanceolate, reaching down to the base. Corolla 

 reddish, equalling the calyx. Pod equalling the calyx, linear, densely 

 ferruginous-pubeScent. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Brass ! 

 A very distinct species. 



23. I. sericea, Benth. mss. Stem 1-2 ft. high, scarcely more than 

 herbaceous, copiously branched, the branches erecto-patent, terete, 

 clothed with fine loose pale brown silky pubescence. Stipules large, 

 ovate or cordate acuminate. Petioles very short, erecto-patent. Leaflets 

 5, oblanceolate or obovate, |-| in. long, 2-3 line's broad, mucronate, 

 the lateral ones opposite, distant, nearly sessile, both sides permanently 

 clothed with dense pale brown silky pubescence. Flowers in copious 

 panicles, crowded towards the end of the branchlets, 1-3 from each 

 node. Calyx £ in. deep, silky, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly 

 to the base. Corolla red, not more than equalling the calyx. Pod 

 linear, mucronate, \ in. long, 1 line thick, finely silky, about 4-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudeht! Bidjem! Niger, Nupe, Barter! 

 South Central. In the interior, near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and 

 Baines ! 



24. I. pulchra, Vahl ; DC. Prod. ii. 230. An undershrub with an 

 erect stem 2-5 ft. high, with copious erecto-patent firm angular 

 branches, the silvery hairs erecto-patent, moderately thick. Stipules 

 minute, setaceous, silky. Petiole erecto-patent, varying from \ in. 

 long to nearly obsolete. Leaflets 3-7, opposite, oblanceolate, f-J in. 

 long, the apex rounded, mucronate, both sides, especially the under 

 one grey-green and finely pubescent. Flowers in a copious panicle 

 formed of terminal clusters and smaller ones on short stalks from the 

 axils of the upper simple leaves of the branchlets, the lower flowers 

 sometimes solitary and nearly sessile. Calyx \ in. deep, densely clothed 

 with ferruginous' silky pubescence, the teeth linear-acuminate, sub- 

 equal, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla not much 

 exceeding the calyx, scarlet, silky externally. Pod 'oblong, mucronate, 

 2-2^ lines long, \ in. thick, finely villose, 2-seeded. — I", rvfescens, 

 Poiret, Encycl. Suppl. iii. 148. I. Dorycnium, Fenzl in Flora, 1844. 

 312. 



