Indigofera.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (bakeh). 97 



bristly above, grey and more densely bristly beneath, all distinctly 

 stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 12-20 in very numerous mo- 

 derately dense nearly sessile racemes, the upper exceeding the much- 

 reduced leaves. Pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long, densely grcy> 

 hispid, the setaceous teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla 

 reddish purple, 4 lines long, grey-hispid externally. Pod oblong, 

 tipped with the persistent style, 2 lines long, 1 line thick, usually §- 

 casually 1-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Wdicitsch! 



85. I. amorphoid.es, Jaub. et Spach, Illust. PL Orient, t. 483. A 

 copiously branched shrub several feet high, the branches firm, straight, 

 deeply sulcate, thinly silky. Stipules linear, deciduous. Petioles 

 J-J in. long, firm, erecto-patent. Leaves 2—3 in. long ; leaflets 8-9 

 pairs, oblanceolate, J-f in. long, apex often emarginate, lateral ones 

 close, opposite, distinctly stalked, both sides subglaucous, thinly silky, 

 turning blackish when dried. Racemes 20-30-flowered, sessile, ulti- 

 mately 2 in. long*. Pedicel equalling the thinly silky obliquely cam- 

 panulate calyx, which is \ line deep, the lower teeth lanceolate, reach- 

 ing about halfway down, the upper deltoid shorter. Corolla yellow, 

 three or four times as long as the calyx. Pod oblong-mucronate, 2^-3 

 lines long by half as broad, glabrous and bright chestnut-brown when 

 mature, slightly compressed, 2-3-seeded. — /. abyssinica, Hochst. in 

 Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 2213. I. alta, Schweinf. Fl. ^Ethiop. 11. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



General habit of /. arrecta, but the flowers more copious, and pods quite different 

 from all the rest of the group. 



86. I. arrecta, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1023. A copiously 

 branched shrub several feet high, the brandies straight, deeply sulcate, 

 thinly silky. Stipules linear, deciduous. Petioles J— J in. long, firm, 

 slender, erecto-patent. Leaves 2-3 in. long, leaflets 0-8 pairs, oblan- 

 ceolate, J-| in. long, the lateral ones opposite, short-stalked, both sides 

 subglaucous and thinly silky, turning blackish when dried. Kacemes 

 G-12-nowered, sessile or nearly so, not more than an incji long. 

 Pedicels equalling the thinly silvery calyx, which is not more than half 

 a line deep, obliquely campanulate, the upper teeth deltoid, the lower 

 lanceolate not reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, four times as 

 long as the calyx. Pods denexed, straight, linear-mucronate, J-| in. 

 long, a line thick, terete, polished, chestnut- brown when mature, 6-8- 

 seeded.— A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 184. 



Nile Land. Sennaar, Ci.tnlowsky. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and 

 Petit! Both! Native name, J)egendeg. 



This and the preceding have more numerous, cloRer, and smaller leaves than the rest 

 of the officinal species. /. arrecta of Harvey, Fl. Cap. ii. 183, is a different plant, and 

 will have to take a new name. 



87. I. argentea, Linn. ; DC. Prod, ii.,224. A copiously branched 

 shrub several feet high, the branches firm, sulcate, silvery. Stipules 



