Indigofera.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 81 



38. I. parvula, Belile in Caill. Voy. 38, t. 3, fig. 1. Stem 0-0 in. 

 long, suffruticose, trailing, copiously and diffusely branched from the 

 base, the branches slender, firm, terete, thinly silky. Stipules large, 

 scariose, ovate-acuminate, persistent, slightly adnate to the petiole. 

 Petiole very short. Leaflets three, obovate, mucronate, \ in. long, end 

 one short-stalked, lateral ones sessile, texture firm, both sides thinly 

 silky. Flowers in lax clusters of 2-4 each on a peduncle about \ in. 

 long. Calyx \ in. deep, thinly silky, the lower teeth lanceolate, not 

 reaching more than half way down, the upper ones shorter. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod spreading, linear, mucronate, \ in. 

 long, 1 line thick, thinly silky, subterete, 5-6-seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Sclwnper! Nubia, Caillaud. 



39. I. geminata, Baker. Stem firmly herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, 

 copiously branched, the branches ascending, firm, angular, only thinly 

 silky upwards. Stipules setaceous. Petioles erecto-patent, ^-\ in. 

 long. Leaflets 3-5, oblanceolate, J-f in. long, l|--2 lines broad, the apex 

 rounded and mucronate, terminal one close to the top pair, upper surface 

 pale green, glabrous when mature, lower glaucous, and thinly clothed 

 with strong adpressed grey hairs. Flowers usually in pairs, sometimes 

 solitary on slender glabrous rigid filiform reddish-brown peduncles -J in. 

 long from the axils of the leaves. Calyx under a line deep,, thinly 

 silky, the teeth linear, reaching three-quarters of the way. Corolla 



ale red. Pod linear, mucronate, glabrous, subtetragonous, 3-4 lines 



P 



longy 1 line broad, about 4-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Niger at Nupe, and of the Quorra at Jeha, Barter! 

 Most like I. nigritana in general habit, differing in its geminate flowers and more 

 numerous seeds. 



40. I. vicioides, Jaiib. et Spach. Blust. t. 481. Stem herbaceous, 

 6-12 in. long, copiously and diffusely branched from the base, the 

 branches slender, angular, thinly pilose. Stipules linear, minute. 

 Petioles £-J in. long, erecto-patent. Leaflets 7-9, oblanceolate, 

 J-§ in. long, l|-2 lines broad, mucronate, the lateral ones distant 

 and short-stalked, both sides glaucous-green and thinly silky. Flowers 

 in lax racemes of 3-6 flowers each on peduncles f-1 in. long from the 

 axils of the leaves. Pedicels equalling the campanulate calyx, which 

 is a line deep, thinly silky, the teeth setaceous reaching down nearly 

 to the base. Corolla pale, twice as long as the calyx. Pod linear- 

 mucronate, | in. long, | in. broad, straight, subcompressed, slightly 

 torulose, permanently pilose, 5-6-seeded. — /. agowensis, Hochst. in 

 Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 2243. /. tenuicaulis, Klotzsch in Peters' 

 Mossamb. Bot. 50. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



South Central. Highlands of Batoka country, Br. Kirk! Mozambique, 

 Peters ! 



41. I. viscosa, Lam. ; BC. Prod. ii. 227. Stems 1-4 ft. high, 

 herbaceous, diffusely branched from the base, the branches more or 



