Indiffqfera.] XLVil. § papilionace2E (baker). 93 



mucronate, f-1 J in. long, 1 line thick, tetragonous, subglabrous, 6-10- 

 seeded. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon! Nubian coast, Schweinfurth! 



73. I. semitrijuga, Forsk. ; DC. Prod. ii. 230. Stem fruticose, a 

 foot or more high, copiously and diffusely branched from the base, the 

 branches erecto-patent, firm, terete, glaucous-silvery. Stipules minute, 

 setaceous. Petioles \ in. long. Leaves \ in. long or rather more, 

 with usually 3 pairs of close sessile obovate leaflets, which are 1 Jr-2 

 lines long, the end one stalked, base cuneate, apex rounded mucronate, 

 texture firm, both sides silvery. Flowers in short-stalked lax racemes 

 of 6-12 flowers each exceeding the leaves. Calyx short-stalked, very 

 silky, a line deep, the lower teeth linear, reaching half way down, the 

 others shorter. Corolla more than twice as long as the calvx, thinly 

 silvery on the outside. Pods spreading, linear-mucronate, | in. long, 

 1 line broad, terete, finely silky, 2-4-seeded. — /. argentea. Burm. Fl. 

 Ind. 171 non Linn. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia {teste ScJiweinfurth), Nubia, Kordofan and Sennaar, 

 Kotschy ! Schweinfurth I 



Extends from Egypt through Arabia to Scinde. 



74. I. pruinosa, Welw. mss. A shrub 2 ft. high with strong terete 

 woody branches which like the rest of the plant are densely argenteo- 

 canescent. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaves 6-12 lines. Leaflets 5-7, 

 very thick, rigidly coriaceous, densely silvery on both sides, often com- 

 plicate, very deciduous in the dried plant, the end one short-stalked or 

 sessile, the side ones opposite. Flowers about a dozen in dense short- 

 stalked racemes which exceed the leaves a little. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx | in. long, argenteous, oblique, the lanceolate teeth much shorter 

 than the tube. Corolla violet-purple, nearly twice the calyx, glabrous 

 externally. Pod straight, coriaceous, terete, 15-16 lines long, | in. 

 broad, brown, slightly canescent, many-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. WelwitschI 



75. I. Schimperi, Jaub. et Spach. Illust. PI. Or. t. 484. A much- 

 branched shrub reaching a height of 10 ft., the branches ascending, 

 silvery, flexuose, woody. Stipules linear from a dilated base. Petioles 

 \ in. long, erecto-patent. Leaflets 5-7, obovate, J-f in. long, the 

 apex rounded, often emarginate, the lateral ones alternate, distinctly 

 stalked, both sides densely argenteous. Flowers in rather close axillary 

 racemes at first about an inch long, finally 4 or 5 in. long, on short 

 erecto-patent peduncles. Calyx a line deep, silvery, the teeth subequal, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, not reaching more than halfway down. Corolla 

 purplish, three or four times as long as the calyx, silky on the outside. 

 Pod deflexed, linear, mucronate, 1 in. or more long, straight, thinly 

 silky when young. — /. tettensis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 51. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Ptttrs! Banks of a stream in 7° 20 S. lat., 



38° E. long., Speke and Grant! 



As silvery as I. paucifolia and argentea, and formerly cultivated in Zambesi land. 



