Tcphrosia.} xlvii. § papilion t ace;e (baker). 100 



genus, with a little adpressed shining- grey-silky pubescence beneath. 

 Racemes copious, very lax, terminal and leaf-opposed, reaching 6-9 in. 

 long, the lowest pair of flowers often from the axil of a leaf. Pedicels 

 finely downy, very slender, reaching- 4-6' lines long-, often spreading or 

 decurved. Calyx 1 line long-, with a little adpressed grey pubescence, 

 the lanceolate teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla ruse-purple, 

 more than twice the calyx. Pod linear, 9-10 lines long-, \ in. broad, 

 finely grey-downy, much upcurved, 4-5-seeded. Style glabrous. 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, frequent in dry grassy places, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 General habit like that of T. gracilipes. 



9. T. platycarpa, Guilt, et Pcrr. Ft. Seneg. 195. Stems firm-her- 

 baceous, branched from the base, 1-1 J ft. high, the branches ascend- 

 ing, slender, thinly adpressed-silky. Stipules \ in. long, linear-subu- 

 late. Leaves subsessile, the rachis 3 in. long, the leaflets in 5-6 pairs, 

 linear, 1J-2 in. long, 2-3 lines broad, apex rounded, mucronate, upper 

 surface glabrous, lower thinly adpressed-silky. Racemes leaf-opposed, 

 sessile, 6-12-flowered, moderately dense. Bracts linear, equal- 

 ling the pedicel and calyx, which is 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the 

 lower tooth lanceolate, reaching' halfway down, the others shorter. 

 Corolla not seen. Pod linear-oblong, 1J in. long, 4 lines broad, 

 straight, subglabrous, 8-9-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Ingram! Bidjem. 



10. T. humilis, Guill. et Pcrr. Fl. Scncrj. 196. Stems annual, under 

 a foot high, branched from the base, the branches ascending, slender, 

 finely grey-silky. Petioles 1 in. or more long, the rachis 2-3 in., 

 leaflets in 4 or 5 pairs, 1-1J in. long, \ in. broad, upper surface glabrous, 

 lower finely grey-silky, apex rounded, mucronate. Racemes leaf-op- 

 posed, subsessile, densely 6-12-flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, g in. 

 long. Calyx 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the teeth unequal, the lowest 

 linear reaching halfway down, the others shorter. Corolla rose, 

 ■J in. deep, the standard \ in. broad. Pod linear, slightly upcurved, 

 ljp-2 in. long, 2 lines broad, silky, 12-14-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! 



11. T. nana, Kotschy ; Schweinf. in Bel. Kots. xvi. t. 20. Stem annual, 

 not more than a foot high, copiously branched from the base, the 

 branches slender, ascending, angular, moderately thickly clothed with 

 spreading grey silky hairs. Stipules linear, \ in. long. Leaves short- 

 stalked, the rachis 1-4 in. long. Leaflets in 4-5 pairs, oblanceolatc, 

 1-2 in. long, J-| in. broad, apex rounded, emarginate, mucronate, 

 upper surface glabrous, the lower finely villous. Racemes leaf-opposed, 

 densely 6-12-flowered, on short peduncles. Bracts linear, J— j in. 

 long. Pedicels densely villous, equalling the calyx, which is campanu- 

 late, I in. deep, the lowest tooth lanceolate equalling the tube, the 

 others deltoid. Corolla purple, half an inch long, the standard half »n 



