100 xlvii, § papilionaceje (baker). [Indigofera. 



A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 185. I. coluttifolia, Jaub. et Spach, Illust. PI. 

 Orient, t. 487-8. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Karague, Spehe and Grant ! 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



93. I. macrophylla, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Gum. 372. An erect 

 very much branched shrub 6-12 ft. high, with firm terete glabrous 

 branches. Stipules minute, linear, deciduous. Petioles J-l in. Leaves 

 3-4 in. long* ; leaflets usually 9, obovate, blunt with a minute mucro, 

 reaching 12-18 lines long*, 9-10 lines broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 

 all distinctly stalked with minute setaceous stipellae. Flowers 20-40 

 in moderately dense peduncled conical racemes an inch broad which 

 exceed the leaves. Pedicels 1 line long. Bracts minute, setaceous, 

 deciduous. Calyx \ line, subglabrous, the teeth deltoid as long as the 

 tube. Corolla 4-5 lines long, variegated with red and green, glabrous 

 externally. Pods deilexed, linear, 12-15 lines long, \ in. broad, nearly 

 straight, glabrous, terete, 6-8-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarabia, Hevdelot! Guinea proper, Thonning, Barter! 

 Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 

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



94. I. dendroides, Jaeq. ; DC. Prod. ii. 227. Stem 1-2 ft. high, 

 herbaceous, erect, copiously branched, the branches ascending, slender, 

 slightly silky. Stipules minute subulate. Leaves of the main stem 

 subsessile, 2-3 in. long, leaflets 10-15 pairs, oblanceolate or oblong, 

 3-4 lines long, apex rounded mucronate, lateral ones opposite on 

 distinct stalks about 2 lines apart, both sides glaucous, slightly silky. 

 Flowers in very lax racemes of 8-12 flowers each on slender erecto- 

 patent peduncles an inch or more long. Lower pedicels twice as long 

 as the calyx, which is thinly silky, under a line deep, the teeth linear, 

 reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla deep rose-coloured, three 

 or four times as long as the calyx. Pod linear, mucronate, 1-1| in. 

 long, 1 line broad, subtetragonous, subglabrous, 10-12-seeded. — Schum. 

 et Thonn. PI. Guin. 375. Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 181. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Guinea proper, Tkonning, Brass ! 

 Vogel! and others. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 

 Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Herbaceous, with the habit of § Dissitirlorse, but the flowers more numerous. 



95. I. viscidissima, Baker. A copiously branched erect perennial 

 herb with the main stem and all the branches very densely coated with 

 stalked brown glands. Stipules setaceous, 1 line, persistent, spreading. 

 Petioles 3-4 lines. Leaves 1 J-3 in. ; leaflets 11-19, oblong, 4-6 lines 

 long, blunt with a distinct mucro, both sides grey, densely hispid, very 

 scabrous, all distinctly stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 12-20 

 in moderately dense racemes 1 J-2 in. long on short erecto-patent 

 peduncles. Pedicels J line. Calyx ^ in. long, densely viscous, the 

 setaceous teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla purplish- 

 red, very fugacious, equalling the calyx. Pod linear, straight, grey, 

 many-seeded, densely clothed with stalked glands, not seen fully mature. 



