90 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Lidigofera. 



with short spreading white pubescence. Stipules linear, 1-2 lines, 

 spreading-, persistent. Petioles 3-4 lines. Leaves 12-18 lines ; leaf- 

 lets 5-9, obovate-oblong, distinctly emarginate, 4-6 lines long-, all 

 distinctly stalked, side ones alternate. Racemes densely 20-30- 

 flowered, at first conical, 1 in., finally 2-3 in. long, on peduncles that 

 frequently exceed the leaves. Pedicels very short. Calyx 2 lines long, 

 densely white-pubescent like the rest of the plant, the plumose seta- 

 ceous teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla bright violet, 

 half as long again as the calyx, the standard finely pubescent on the 

 back. Pod linear, straight, 6-9 lines long, \ in. thick, finely grey- 

 downy, 8-10-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, frequent on the sands of the seashore, 

 Dr. Welwitsch! who very justly compares the vestiture to that of Medicago marina. 



64. I. heterocarpa, Welw. mss. A herbaceous perennial very co- 

 piously branched at the crown of the root and upwards with very slender 

 branches, thinly coated with adpressed grey bristles. Stipules 1-1J 

 lines, setaceous, persistent. Petioles 1-2 lines. Leaves 6-9 lines long; 

 leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate, pale green, with a few adpressed grey bristles 

 on both sides, f-J in. long, subacute, cuspidate, the end ones distinctly 

 stalked, the side ones subsessile, opposite. Flowers 6-12 in copious 

 lax racemes 12-18 lines long, on peduncles about as long as the leaves. 

 Pedicels \ line. Calyx 1 line, densely grey-hispid, teeth linear-seta- 

 ceous down nearly to the base. Corolla purplish-red, under twice the 

 calyx, the standard slightly grey-silky on the outside. Pod 3-4 lines, 

 f line thick, terete, finely grey-hispid, straight, 4-5- sometimes 1-2- 

 seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, in high pastures 5400 feet above sea-level, 

 Dr. Welwitsch! 



65. I. setiflora, Baktr. An erect copiously branched herbaceous 

 perennial 1-2 ft. high, with slender finely grey-hispid. branches. Sti- 

 pules setaceous, ciliated, very minute. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaves 

 12-18 lines long ; leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate, 6-8 lines long, bluntish 

 with a distinct mucro, grey and thinly hispid above, glaucous and more 

 densely so below, the end one distinctly stalked, the side ones opposite. 

 Flowers in racemes 2-3 in. long, dense upwards, lax after they expand, 

 on peduncles an inch long. Pedicels very short. Calyx \ in., teeth 

 setaceous, reaching down to the base, densely plumose with blackish- 

 grey bristles. Corolla purple, scarcely exceeding the calyx, the stan- 

 dard thinly hispid externally. Ovary oblong, densely grey- hispid, 

 pauciovulate. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Between I. secundiflora and the Natal /. grata, E. Meyer. 



66. I. mimosoides, Baker. A herbaceous perennial, with copiously 

 divaricately branched very slender stems, a foot long, thinly clothed 

 with short grey bristles. Stipules minute, setaceous, persistent. Pe- 

 tioles 2-3 lines. Leaves 9-12 lines long j leaflets 3-7, oblong, 3-4 



