104 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Sylitra. 



pressed yellow silky Lairs, the lanceolate teeth rather shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla yellowish, nearly twice the calyx. Pod 9-10 lines long-, 

 4 lines broad, inconspicuously silky. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in dry places near Maianbo, Dr. Wei- 

 mtsch ! 



Near the Cape species in everything but its compound leaves. 



20. TEPHROSIA, Pers. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 496. 



Calyx-teeth subequal, or the lower longer than the rest, varying from 

 deltoid to subulate. Petals unguiculate ; standard suborbicular ; wings 

 obliquely obovate or oblong, adhering a little to the keel ; keel in- 

 curved, obtuse or subacute. Upper stamen free to the base or middle ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, uni- or bi- or multiovulate. Style up- 

 curved, often flattened, naked or bearded ; stigma terminal, penicillate 

 or naked. Pod linear, rarely oblong or ovoid, flattened, two-valved, 

 continuous or slightly septate within. — Undershrubs or herbs, the leaves 

 usually pinnate, casually digitate or simple. 



A large genus dispersed through the Tropics of both hemispheres ; occurring also in 

 South Africa, subtropical Australia, and North America. 



* Brissonia (Neck.). Upper calyx-teeth at most only equalling the tube, deltoid 

 or lanceolate. Pods many-seeded, in sp. 7 2-seeded. Leaves usually compound. 



Leaves simple. 



Leaves linear, \-% in. broad. Racemes reaching down amongst 



them 1. T. acaciafolia. 



Leaves lanceolate, 4~§ in. broad. Racemes peduncled . . 2. T. melanocalyx. 

 Leaves digitate. 



Leaflets 3, rarely 1 3. T. laevigata. 



Leaflets 5-7, rarely 3 4. T. lupinifolia. 



Leaves pinnately trifoliolate 5. T. sericea. 



Leaves pinnately multifoliolate 



Flowers 1-3 in the axils of the leaves ; leaflets 2-3-iugate . 6. T. emeroides. 

 Flowers in racemes; leaflets 4-10-jugate. 



Diffuse slender annuals, with stems rarely exceeding a foot 

 long. 

 Leaflets linear, 14-3 lines broad. 



Seeds 2 1. T. disperma. 



Seeds 4-5 8. T. capilbpes. 



Leaflets oblanceolate, 3-6 lines- broad. 



Pod glabrescent ; seeds 8-9 9. T. platycarpa. 



Pod downy ; seeds 12-15. 



Standard \ in. broad 10. T. humilis. 



Standard 4 in. broad . . 11. T. nana. 



Shrubs, or tall robust usually perennial herbs. 

 Bracts round or ovate acuminate. 



Standard an inch broad 12. I 7 . Vogelii. 



Standard 4 inch broad. 



Leaflets 5-7 -jugate 13. T. dichroocarpa. 



Leaflets 12-1 3-jugate 14. T. elongata. 



Bracts minute, linear or lanceolate. 

 Leaflets 4-7 -jugate. 

 Racemes very short. 

 Racemes 3-4-flowered, lateral 15. T. fvlvinervis. 



