Indigo/era.] xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). 95 



with black glands. Flowers in dense nearly sessile axillary racemes 

 an inch or more long. Calyx 1 in. deep, thinly silky, the teeth seta- 

 ceous, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla red, about equalling 

 the calyx. Pod deflexed, oblong, mucronate, \ in. long, J in. thick. 

 subterete, slightly torulose, thinly villose, 2-3-seeded. — Guill. et Perr 

 Fl. Seneg. 185. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarnbi a, Perrottet ! Heudelot! 



Very like /. endecaphylla in texture and general habit, different by its opposite leaf- 

 lets, conspicuously dotted beneath, and in its pods. 



79. I. costata, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 187. Stem herbaceous, 

 18 in. high, erect, scarcely branched, angular, scabrous, thinly hairy. 

 Stipules minute, filiform, spreading, ciliated. Petioles under \ in. 

 long. Leaves with 6-7 pairs of leaflets, oval-oblong, 8-10 lines long, 

 mucronate, the lateral ones opposite, colour pale green, both sides 

 thinly hairy. Flowers in slender axillary racemes 2-3 in. long on 

 peduncles as long as themselves. Calyx a line deep, thinly hairy, the 

 teeth linear, reaching more than halfway down. Corolla rose-coloured, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod linear, mucronate, straight, subcom- 

 pressed, deflexed, about 1 in. long, adpressedly pilose, 15-20-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! 



Very near /. parviflora, but the leaves broader, and racemes with stalks that equal 

 them. 



80. I. daleoides, Benth.; Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 200. A copiously 

 branched argenteous perennial herb with slender trailing stems 1-2 ft. 

 long. Stipules linear, minute, spreading, persistent. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, 8-12 lines long ; leaflets 7-13, obovate-oblong, 3-4 lines long", 

 blunt, minutely mucronate, very thick in texture, both sides densely 

 and persistently argenteo-canescent, the end one subsessile or short- 

 stalked, the side ones alternate. Racemes 12-30-flowered, conical, 

 6-9 lines, finally 12-18 lines long, on peduncles which usually exceed 

 the leaves. Calyx ^ in. long, subsessile, densely clothed with long 

 whitish hairs, the plumose setaceous teeth reaching down nearly to the 

 base. Corolla violet, scarcely exceeding the calyx, the standard slightly 

 grey -hairy on the Outside. Pod deflexed, linear, 6-7 lines long, 1 line 

 thick, shortly grey-pubescent, 9-10-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, in the sands of the seashore, Dr. Welaritsch I 

 A Cape species. 



81. I. enneaphylla, L. ; DC. Prod. ii. 229. Annual or biennial, 

 copiously stellately branched at the crown of the root with firm terete 

 stems a foot or more long, grey-downy upwards. Stipules setaceous, 

 1-1J lines. Petioles 2-4 lines, often patent or deflexed. Leaves 9-18 

 lines long; leaflets 7-11, oblanceolate, blunt, often emarginate, grey 

 and more or less argenteous on both sides, 3-6 lines long, the end one 

 distinctly stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers in very dense 

 racemes 1-2 in. long on very short peduncles. Calyx 1 line, densely 

 grey-silky, the linear setaceous teeth reaching down nearly to the base. 



