Indigofera.] xlvh. § papilionace2E (baker). 85 



adpressed grey bristles. Stipules linear-setaceous, { in. Petioles \-\ 

 in. Leaves 2J-3 in. ; leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate, both sides pale-green 

 with a 'few adpressed grey bristles, reaching 1-2 in. long, the upper 

 leaves 3-4, the lowest 5-6 lines broad, blunt with a distinct mucro, 

 the end one short-stalked, the side ones lax opposite distinctly stalked. 

 Flowers 20-50 in lax racemes ultimately 9-12 in. long on erecto-patent 

 peduncles as long as the leaves. Pedicels very short. Bracts minute, 

 setaceous, deciduous. Calyx | in., thinly grey-silky, the linear teeth 

 much exceeding the tube. Corolla bright violet, 5 lines, the standard 

 thinly grey-hispid externally. Pod linear, 1 in. long, 1 line broad, 

 quite straight, thinly coated with adpressed grey bristles, 10-12- 

 seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 



50. I. Heudelotii, Benth. in Herb. Kew. Stem erect, herbaceous, 

 12-18 in. high, copiously branched, the branches slender, angular, 

 thinly pilose. Stipules linear, deciduous. Petioles J— J- in. long, erecto- 

 patent. Leaflets 7-13, oblanceolate, J-f in. long, 2 lines broad, con- 

 spicuously mucronate, lateral ones distant and short-stalked, both sides 

 grey-green and thinly pilose, not at all silvery. Flowers 6-12 in lax 

 racemes on erecto-patent pilose peduncles f-1 in. long from the axils of 

 the leaves. Pedicels 1-1 J lines long. Calyx campanulate, not silver v, 

 1 line deep, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base. 

 Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. Pod J-| in. long, 1 line 

 broad, chestnut-brown, glabrous, subtetragonous, 5-6-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Sierra Leone, Morton 1 



51. I. goniodes, Hochst. in Schimp. Bb. Abyss. No. 2242. Stem 

 1-3 ft. high, erect, herbaceous, copiously branched, the branches as- 

 cending, angular, sulcate, thinly silvery. Stipules linear. Petioles 

 very short. Leaflets 11-13, oblanceolate, J-l in. long, 2-4 lines 

 broad, apex rounded, mucronate, both sides pale-green and thinly 

 silvery. Flowers in lax racemes 2-4 in, long of from 20-30 flowers, 

 on erecto-patent peduncles 2-3 in. long from the axils of the leaves. 

 Flowers cernuous, finally deflexed. Calyx nearly 2 lines deep, thinly 

 silvery, the teeth linear, reaching halfway down. Corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx, pale lilac. Pod deflexed, linear, mucronate, 1-1 J in. 

 long, | in. thick, finely silvery, slightly upcurved, 12-15-seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



52. I. crotalarioides, Baker. Stem slightly shrubby, copiously 

 and diffusely branched, the young branches slender, angular, thinly- 

 silvery. Stipules a line long, linear, spreading. Leaves subsessile, 

 pinnately trifoliolate, central leaflet oblanceolate, -J-f in. long, 1 J-2 lines 

 broad, apex rounded, mucronate, its petiolule | in. long, the lateral ones 

 smaller, upper side green and thinly silky, the lower quite argenteous. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes of 8-12 flowers, at first dense, afterwards 



