Tephrosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 107 



matted with nearly black silky hairs ; all the teeth lanceolate, equalling 

 the tube. Corolla bright red, \ in. long ; the obcordate standard 

 densely silky on the outside. Pod linear, densely silky, 15-18 lines 

 long whilst still immature, 8-10-seeded. Style densely penicillate at 

 the apex. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



3. T. laevigata, Welw. mss. A very diffuse nearly glabrous peren- 

 nial, with very slender copiously branched stems 1:2-18 in. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 1-1 J lines. Petioles 3-6 lines. Leaflets 

 3 (of the uppermost leaves rarely solitary), subsessile but stipelJate, 

 oblanceolate, 12-18 lines long, 4-5 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, 

 sometimes emarginate, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, pale green with a 

 very distinct thickened grey horny border and ribs. Racemes copious, 

 both terminal and leaf-opposed, reaching 6-9 in. long, leafy at the 

 very base. Bracts lanceolate, very minute. Pedicels 1-3 lines, ascend- 

 ing, spreading or even deflexed. Calyx | in., obscurely grey-silky ; all 

 the teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube. Corolla reddish, twice the 

 calyx. Pod linear, an inch long, 2 lines broad, faintly grey-downy, 

 5-6-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla province, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



4. T. lupinifolia, DC. Prod. ii. 255. A wide-trailing perennial 

 herb with slender branches densely clothed with spreading grey or 

 brownish pubescence. Stipules 2-3 lines, lanceolate acuminate. Pe- 

 tioles 1-5 in., densely pubescent. Leaves digitate but stipellate, 

 casually imparipinnate. Leaflets 5-7, rarely 3, narrow-oblanceolate, 

 18-24 lines long, 3-6 lines broad, bluntish, mucronate and often emar- 

 ginate, rigidly coriaceous, grey-gTeen, glabrous above, densely downy 

 beneath. Racemes both terminal a^d leaf-opposed, very lax, reaching 

 a foot long. Bracts minute lanceolate. Pedicels 1-1J lines. Calyx 

 \ in., the lanceolate acuminate teeth equalling the tube. Corolla red- 

 dish, twice the calyx. Pods linear, downy, 12-15 lines long, 2 lines 

 broad, 5-6-seeded, sometimes much shortened, oblong, not more than 

 1-2-seeded. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 204. Bhynchosia Cienkowskii, Schweinf. 

 Rel. Kots. 31, t. 24-25 (the form with the half-aborted pods). 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Nupe and by the Quorra at Jeba, 

 Barter ! 



Nile Land. Kordofan, CienJcowski. 



Lower Guinea. Congo, in the sands of the seashore, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Var. /3. T. digitata, DC. Prod. loc. cit. 



Stems more slender, less downy. Leaflets narrower, subglabrescent. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Bade! Bidjem! Perrottet! 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Extends to the Cape. * 



5. T. sericea, Baker. Stem erect, tall, firm-herbaceous, densely 

 clothed with short spreading grey pubescence. Petioles 1^-2 in. long, 

 densely silky. Leaflets 3, not fully developed in the specimens, nar- 





