92 xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). [Indigofcru. 



dense racemes of about 20 each, about 2 in. long" on erecto-patent 

 axillary peduncles which equal them. Bracts linear, about 2 lines 

 long-. Calyx nearly sessile, a line long, densely clothed with short 

 hairs, the mouth oblique, the teeth subdeltoid. Corolla scarcely twice 

 the calyx, hairy on the outside, the standard and keel roundish and 

 convex, the wings much smaller. Ovary linear- oblong", with 8 ovules. 

 Pod not known. 



Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile, Binder. 



70. I. rhynchocarpa, Wehv. mss. An undershrub 3-4 ft. high 

 with strong- terete grey glabrous woody branches. Stipules setaceous, 

 1^-2 lines. Petioles 12-15 lines long. Leaves 5-6 in. long. Leaflets 

 7, rarely 9, subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous, upper dull green, lower 

 glaucous, oblong or with a slight obovate tendency, blunt with a faint 

 deciduous mucro, reaching, 2J-3 in. long, 18-21 lines broad, the end 

 one distinctly stalked, the side ones opposite, shortly stalked, all stipu- 

 late. Racemes dense, comose in bud with deciduous setaceous bracts 

 \ in. long, 2-4 in. long in flower, casually forked. Pedicels J— 1 line 

 glabrous. Calyx 1 line deep, glabrous, coriaceous; teeth very short 

 deltoid. Corolla 5-6 lines long, whitish tinged with red, the standard 

 glabrous and tinged with green on the outside. Pod coriaceous, 2J-2§ 

 in. long, I in. broad, terete, black, -glabrous, upcurved at the very 

 point, where it is curiously tumid and rugose. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft. Dr. Welwitsch! 



71. I. Spachii, Baker. An erect undershrub 1-2 ft. high, the 

 branches ascending, slender, thinly silky. Stipules linear-setaceous. 

 Petioles erecto-patent, \ in. long. Leaflets 5, oblong or obovate, 

 \— f in. long, apex rounded mucronate, lateral ones opposite, short-: 

 stalked, surfaces thinly silky. Racemes in flower about 2 in. long, the 

 upper ones sessile, the lower on erecto-patent peduncles an inch or, 

 more -long. Calyx \ in. deep, the teeth linear, unequal, reaching more 

 than halfway down. Corolla reddish, twice as long as the calyx, silky 

 externally. Pod deflexed, linear, mucronate, very slightly upcnrved, 

 1-1J in. long, J in. broad, 8-10-seeded, thinly silky, subtorulose. 

 I. coronilloides, Jaub. et Spach. 111. PI. Orient, t. 485-6 non Mart, 

 et Gal. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Ahyssinia, Schimper! 



72. I. Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 183. Stem woody erect, 

 2-3 ft. high, the branches ascending, elongated, firm, slender, sulcate, 

 thinly silky. Stipules small, slender. Petioles slender, under \ in. 

 long. Leaves with 2-3 pairs of leaflets, which are oblong, \\ in. long, 

 under half as broad, the lateral ones opposite, short-stalked, both sides 

 thinly silky. Racemes at first about an inch long* on peduncles which 

 nearly or quite equal them. Calyx 2 lines long, thinly silky, the teeth 

 linear- subulate, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla purplish, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod spreading or slightly deflexed, linear 



