Indigofera.\ xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 91 



lines long*, blunt with a distinct mucro, green above, glaucous beneath, 

 both sides scabrous with short adpressed grey bristles, all distinctly 

 stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 6-10, in very lax distinctly 

 peduncled erecto-patent racemes 1-1J in. long, some of the bristles of 

 the rachis gland-tipped. Pedicels J line. Calyx 1 line, densely grey- 

 bristly, the spreading setaceous teeth exceeding the campanulate tube. 

 Corolla violet, nearly twice the calyx, the standard thinly grey-bristly 

 on the outside. Pod linear, 6-7 lines long, finely grey-hispid, many 

 of the bristles gland- tipped, 8-10- seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. WeV 

 witsch ! 



67. I. torulosa, Baker. A copiously branched shrub with slender 

 firm terete glabrous branches. Stipules setaceous. Petioles slender, 

 firm, erecto-patent, glabrous, \ in. long. Leaflets 5-9, the terminal one 

 considerably larger than the others, sometimes more than 2 in. long by 

 half as broad, ovate or oblong, rounded at both ends, the apex mucro- 

 nate, the lateral ones opposite, distinctly stalked, upper surface green, 

 lower glaucous, the hairs on both very thin and short, scarcely visible 

 in the mature plant without a lens. Flowers in sessile slender racemes 

 2 in. long. Bracts linear, deciduous. Calyx obliquely campanulate, 

 half a line deep, subglabrous, the teeth shallow, deltoid. Corolla 4-6 

 times as long as the calyx, probably yellow when fresh, but turning to 

 dark brown when dried. Pods deflexed, linear, mucronate, slender, 

 glabrous, nearly straight, 1J-2 in. long, very distinctly torulose, 

 4-8-seeded. 



Mozarab. Distr. Zambesi land, between Tette and Lupata, and banks of the 

 Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk ! 



68. I. subcorymbosa, Baker. A copiously branched shrub 2-4 ft. 

 high, the very slender branchlets thinly coated with short grey pubes- 

 cence. Stipules minute setaceous. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaves 18-21 

 lines long. Leaflets 5-7, obovate, blunt with a minute mucro, 6-9 

 lines long, both sides with a few adpressed grey bristles, all distinctly 

 stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 6-12 in close abbreviated 

 short-stalked racemes shorter than the leaves. Pedicels \ line, densely 

 brown-silky. Calyx \ line, densely brown-silky, the linear-lanceolate 

 teeth equalling the tube. Corolla 2 lines long, scarlet, turning brick- 

 red, the oblong standard subglabrous externally. Ovary linear, sub- 

 glabrous, multiovulate. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



69. I. Binderi, Kotschy PI. Binder, xv. t. 6 B. Stem suffruticose, 

 erect, the whole plant scabrous with short rough hairs, the branches 

 angular and striated. Stipules \ in. long, rigid, subulate. Petiole 

 I in. long. Leaflets 3-7, obovate, §-§ in. long, the tipex emarginate 

 and mucronate, boM sides, especia *y the under one, scabrous, the 

 lateral ones opposite and distinctly stalked. Flowers in moderately 



