108 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Tephrosia. 



rowly lanceolate, 12-18 lines long- by 3-4 lines broad, narrowed gra- 

 dually to an acute point, stipellate, the central one on a petiolule 6-8 

 lines long, both sides densely silky, the veins subferruginous. Flowers 

 20-30 or more in a terminal raceme 6-12 in. long, the lower ones in 

 clusters. Pedicel 1-1 J lines long-, densely grey-silky. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, 2 lines deep, densely clothed with grey and pale brown 

 silky hairs, the lower teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube, the upper 

 ones deltoid, considerably shorter. Bracts minute, deciduous, subulate. 

 Corolla red, f in. deep, the standard \ in. broad, the young* pod linear, 

 densely grey-villous, 10-12-ovulate, the style flattened in the lower half, 

 the stigma penicillate. 



Mozamb, Distr. Manganya hills, H. Waller! 



6. T. emeroides, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 190. Stems woody, the 

 branches firm, angular, thinly grey-silky. Stipules setaceous, \ in. 

 long. Leaves nearly sessile, the rachis under an inch long-, the leaflets 

 in 2 or 3 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, f in. long", J-f in. broad, gla- 

 brous above, thinly adpressed grey-silky beneath. Flowers 1-3 in the 

 axils of the leaves. Pedicels equalling the calyx, which is 2 lines 

 deep, campanulate, thinly silky, the teeth subequal, lanceolate -deltoid, 

 reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow. Pod 1J-2 in. long, 2 lines 

 broad, slightly arcuate, densely clothed with fine short ferruginous 

 tomentum, 10-seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! 



General habit arid leaves very like those of T. purpurea. 



7. T. disperma, Welw. mss. A diffuse prostrate annual with copi- 

 ously branched finely grey-downy stems under a foot long. Stipules 

 linear, very minute. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 7-9, narrowly 

 oblanceolate, on a common rachis 6-9 lines long, the terminal one" 

 12-18 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, the side ones 

 much shorter, texture not rigid, both sides grey-green, the under one 

 finely grey-downy, the veins inconspicuous. Racemes very lax (inter- 

 nodes often an inch long) both terminal and leaf-opposed, reaching 

 6-9 in. long, the lowest pair of flowers often from the axil of a leaf. 

 Bracts setaceous, very minute. Pedicels very slender, 1 J-3 lines long, 

 often spreading or deflexed. Calyx | in. long, finely grey-silky, the 

 lanceolate teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla purplish, fugacious, 

 half as long again as the calyx. Pod J in. long, 2 lines broad, finely 

 grey-downy, 2-, rarely 1 -seeded, the upper suture straight. Style 

 glabrous. 



Lower Guinea. Mossaraedes, Benguela, in coast sands, Dr. Welwitsch! 



8. T. capillipes, Welw. mss. A slender copiously branched diffuse 

 annual with ascending stems a foot or more long with a little fine grey 

 pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 rachis 1-2J in. long; leaflets 9-17, linear, reaching 1-J— 2 in. long, 

 1-3 lines broad, bluntish or subacute with a distinct mucro, thin for the 



