Indigo/era.] XLVii. § papilionace2E (baker). 83 



"Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! (pod and flowers smaller; perhaps 

 distinct). 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon! Madi woods, Speke and 

 Grant ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Speke! Zambesi land, Meller! Kirk! Zan- 

 zibar, Dr. Kirk! 



A common 'East Indian species. I. pevtaphylla, Burch., Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 178, is 

 a different plant, belonging to a group with five or more leaflets digitately arranged, of 

 which we have no representatives within our limits, and of course it will have to receive 

 a new name. 



44. I. multijuga, Baiter. Stem slender, herbaceous, erect, the 

 branches weak, erecto-patent, ang-ular, subglabrous. Stipules small, 

 linear. Petioles very short. Leaflets 13-17, oblanceolate or narrowly 

 oblong, J-f in. long-, 1J-2 lines broad, apex rounded conspicuously 

 mucronate, lateral ones on short stalks, the lowest pair shorter and 

 broader than the others, upper surface green subglabrous lower glau- 

 cous and thinly silvery. Flowers in lax racemes of 4-6 each from the 

 axils of the leaves on slender glabrous peduncles 1J-2 in. long-. Bracts 

 setaceous, equalling- the pedicels. Calyx a line deep, subglabrous, the 

 teeth setaceous, reaching- down nearly to the base. Corolla reddish, 

 three times as long- as the calyx. Pod 1 in. long-, 1 line thick, linear, 

 mucronate, straight, dark brown, g-labrous, subtetrag-onous, about 10- 

 seeded. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



Very near /. pentaphylla, from which it differs principally by its more numerous 

 leaflets. 



45. I. parviflora, Heyne in Wight et Am. Prod. Fl. Ind. Or. 201. 



Stem herbaceous, 1-2 ft. long-, erect, diffusely branched, the branches 

 ang-ular, sulcate, thinly silky. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 

 \ in. long. Leaflets 5-7, narrowly oblanceolate,, J-l in. long-, 1-1 J 

 lines broad, the lateral ones distant, short-stalked, the point rounded 

 and mucronate, both sides pale-green and thinly silvery. Flowers in 

 sessile or subsessile abbreviated racemes of 6-12 flowers each from the 

 axils of the leaves. Calyx silvery, £ in. deep, the teeth linear, reach- 

 ing- more than halfway down, the lowest the longest. Corolla pale 

 lilac, twice as long- as the calyx. Pods linear-mucronate, defiexed, 

 slightly recurved towards the point, 1-1 ^ in. long-, 1 line broad, sub- 

 terete, rather densely silvery when voung, 15-20-seeded. — Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. ii. 197. /. linearis, Guill. et IPerr. Fl. Seneg. 184. I. deflexa, 

 Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Nub. 14. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 178. /. macharo- 

 carpa, Fenzl in Kotsch. PL Kord. 178. Indigastrum defiexum, Jaub. et 

 Spach, Illust. PL Or. t. 492. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! 



Nile Land. Nubia and Kordofan, Kotschy. Cienkowsky! Abyssinia, Schimper! 

 Quartin- Dillon. 

 Ranges from the Cape Verdes through Tropical Asia to North Australia. 



46. I. stenophylla, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 188, t. 48. Stem 

 1-3 ft. high, erect, herbaceous, sparingly branched, subglabrous below, 



