81 xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). [Indigo/era. 



thinly silky upwards. Stipules setaceous. Petioles erecto-patent, 

 J-l in. long*. Leaflets 11-13, linear, narrowed to both ends, 1-1J 

 in. long-, 1-1 J lines broad, the lateral ones opposite, sessile, }-§ in. 

 apart, both sides with short adpressed grey hairs. Flowers in nearly 

 sessile lax axillary racemes 2-3 in. long. Pedicels very short, erecto- 

 patent. Calyx thinly silky, more than 2 lines deep, teeth seta- 

 ceous, reaching down nearly to the base, lowest the longest. Corolla 

 rose-coloured, half as long again as the calyx. Pod linear-mucronate, 

 1|— 2 in. long, J in. broad, erecto-patent, slightly upcurved, thinly 

 silky, 12-15-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 179. (3. I. brachypoda, 

 (Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1711) leaflets oblanceolate, 2 to 3 

 lines broad, racemes reduced to half-an-inch long and under a dozen 

 flowers. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! Banks of the Niger, Barter ! 

 North Central. Udge, E. Vogel! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Banks of the White Nile, Petherichl Abyssinia, JSchimper! 

 Quartin- Dillon ! Madi, Speke and Grant! 



47. I. Prieureana, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 187. Stem herba- 

 ceous, 12-18 in. high, erect, sparingly branched, subglabrous. Sti- 

 pules linear-subulate, \ in. long. Petioles erecto-patent, \-\ in. long. 

 Leaflets 19-21, oblanceolate, J-f in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, the apex 

 rounded and mucronate, the lateral ones opposite, J-f in. apart, both 

 sides thinly silky. Flowers in nearly sessile lax axillary racemes 

 which ultimately about equal the leaves. Calyx 1J-2 lines long, very 

 silky, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base, the lowest 

 much the longest. Corolla rose-coloured, slightly exceeding the calyx. 

 Pod linear-mucronate, 1-lj in. long, J in. broad, erecto-patent, sub- 

 tetragonous, thinly silky, 12-15-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Perrottet! 



48. I. Welwitschli, Baker. A diffuse copiously branched annual 

 with very slender subglabrous stems reaching a foot long. Stipules 

 1-2 lines, setaceous persistent. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 3, coria- 

 ceous, linear", pale green, narrowed gradually to an acute point, both 

 sides with a few inconspicuous adpressed grey bristles, the terminal 

 one short-stalked, 6-9 lines long, under a line broad, the side ones 

 opposite, leaflets* of a few of the primordial leaves oblong. Flowers 

 4-9 in very lax short-stalked often subsecund racemes 1-2 in. long. 

 Bracts minute setaceous. Pedicels I-l| lines rigidly patent or deflexed. 

 Calyx 1 line long, densely grey-hispid, the linear-setaceous teeth ex- 

 ceeding the tube. Corolla bright red, twice the calyx, the standard 

 glabrous on the outside. Pod linear, 8-9 lines long, \ line broad, 

 much upcurved, grey, glabrescent, 12-15-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Hnillaj Benguela, Br. Welwitsch! 



Habit of the Cape I.filipes, Benth., which has 3-4-jugate leaflets. 



49. I. psilostachya, Welrv. mss. A moderately-branched erect annual, 

 2-4 ft. high, with erecto-patent slender angular branches with a few 



