106 xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). [Tephrosia. 



Pod linear, many-seeded. 



Style bearded along inner edge. 



Kacemes close, few-flowered 45. T. huillensis. 



Racemes elongated, many-flowered 46. T. reptans. 



Style glabrous, faintly penicillate at the point. 



Leaflets 3-7, densely pubescent beneath . . .47. T. paniculata. 

 Leaflets 9-11, thinly grey-silky beneath . . .48. T. brunnea. 

 Corolla small, |-§, or at most half an inch long. 

 Pod persistently velvety. 



Pubescence of stem thin and adpressed . . . . 49. T. villosa. 

 Pubescence of stem dense and spreading. 



Eacemes 6-12 in. long; lower flowers in fas- 

 cicles of 3-4 50. T. ineana. 



Eacemes short, all lateral, distinctly stalked .51. T. coronilloides. 

 Racemes short, mostly terminal, stalked or 



sessile 52. T. decora. 



Pod at first slightly downy, finally glabrescent. 



Pod f-1 in. long, much recurved, 4-6-seeded . . 53. T. drepanocarpa. 

 Pod l£-2 in. long, slightly recurved, 6-9-seeded. 



Leaflets 5-9 54. T. Apollinea. 



Leaflets 13-17 55. T. purpurea. 



*** Pogonostigrna (Boiss.). Pods 1-seeded. Leaves compound. 

 The only species 56. T. nubica. 



**** Requienia (DC). Pods 1-seeded. Leaves simple. 



Pods and leaves beneath finely downy . 57 T. sphcerosperma. 



Pods and leaves beneath densely villose 58. T. obcordata. 



1. T. acacisefolia, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub, 3-4 ft. 

 high, with several ascending densely grey-downy branches from the 

 upper part. Stipules linear-setaceous, 1-.1J lines. Leaves subsessile, 

 linear, ascending, 4-5 in. long, J-f in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, 

 bluntish with a mucro, grey glaucous green, upper surface glabrous, 

 lower densely downy, the midrib ferruginous. Racemes reaching down' 

 amongst the leaves, sometimes a foot long, lax, most of the flowers in 

 pairs. Pedicels very short, densely downy. Bracts setaceous, very ' 

 minute. Calyx J in., densely brown-silky, the upper teeth deltoid 

 acuminate shorter than the tube, the lower lanceolate, equalling it. 

 Corolla | in. long, reddish, the standard f in. broad, densely brown- 

 silky on the back. Pod linear, densely silky, 10-12-seeded, not seen 

 mature. Style penicillate at the point. 



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



Very near a Madagascar plant, Lyall, 372, but apparently distinct specifically. 



2. T. melanocalyx, Welw. mss. Root thick perennial. Stems 

 spreading from it in a circle, ascending outwards, copiously branched, 

 firm, slender, inconspicuously grey-silky. Petioles under a line long. 

 Stipules minute setaceous. Leaves simple, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 

 6-9 lines broad, bluntish with a mucro, narrowed at the base, rigidly 

 coriaceous, both sides pale glaucous green, upper' quite, lower nearly j 

 glabrous. Racemes terminal only, peduncled, reaching 6-9 in. long, 

 lax downwards, most -of the flowers in pairs. Pedicels very short 

 densely silky. Bracts linear, very minute. Calyx J in. long, densely 



