110 xlvii. § papilionace^: (bakeb). [Tephrosia. 



inch broad, silky on the back. Young pod linear, falcate, densely 

 silky, 12-15-seeded. 



DTile Land. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth ! 



Var. /3. angolensis, Baker. 



Stems and leaves beneath densely downy. Pods 2-24 i n - l° n g> \ in. broad, straight, 

 finely downy. 



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



12. T. Vogelii, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 296. A shrub 8-10 ft. high, 

 the branches woody, ascending 1 , clothed with dense spreading" ferru- 

 ginous or yellowish silky tomentum. Stipules linear, |-§ in. long-. 

 Leaves short-stalked, the rachis 5-6 inches long-. Leaflets in 8-12 

 pairs, oblanceolate, l|-2| in. long, J-f in. broad, apex rounded mu- 

 cronate, upper surface subg-labrous, the lower densely clothed with ad- 

 pressed grey silky pubescence, the midrib ferruginous. Flowers in 

 dense stalked terminal racemes, the main one 20-30-flowered, 4-6 in. 

 long-. Pedicels \-\ in. long-, very silky. Bracts roundish or ovate- 

 acuminate, densely silky, § in. broad, quite hiding- the buds. Calyx 

 f — ^ in. deep, densely clothed with light or dark brown silky tomen- 

 tum, the teeth reaching halfway down, oblong-lanceolate, the lowest 

 longer than the others. Corolla violet-purple, rarely white, nearly an 

 inch deep, the standard an inch broad, silky on the back. Pods 

 straight or slightly upcurved, 4-5 in. long, J in. broad, densely grey 

 or brown velvety, 16-18-seeded. Style bearded at the apex and down 

 the inner face. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Vogel! and others. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 

 Fernando Po, Vogel! Ansell! Princes island, cultivated, Mann! 



Nile Land. Unyoro, Speke and Grant! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, and Pungo Andongo, Dr. WelwiUch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! Zanzibar, Boivin {fide Baillon). 



Much the largest and most showy species, and often used, like the allied T. toxicaria 

 in America, for the purpose of throwing into ponds to stupefy fish. Called Igongo on 

 the Gaboon. 



13. T. dichroocarpa, Stead, in Schimp. Ho. Abyss. No. 102. A 

 woody erect undershrub 4-5 ft. high, with firm ascending angular 

 thinly adpressed-grey-silky branches. Stipules linear, f in. long. 

 Leaves short-stalked, the rachis 2-4 in. long, the leaflets in 5-7 pairs, 

 oblanceolate, 1-1 J in. long, §-■ J in. broad, apex truncate or emarginate, 

 both sides subglabrous when mature. Racemes terminal, the main 

 ones 6-9 in. long, sessile or long- or short-stalked, the flowers in distant 

 clusters of 4-6 each. Bracts roundish or ovate, \ in. broad, densely 

 silky. Pedicels equalling the calyx, which is j-f in. deep, densely 

 clothed with ferruginous silky hairs, the lowest teeth lanceolate, reach- 

 ing half way down, the others shorter, subdeltoid. Corolla reddish, 

 j in. deep, standard J in. broad, very silky on the back. Pod 2 in. or 

 more long, \ in. broad, densely and persistently finely silky, 9-10- 

 seeded. — T. interrupta, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 

 No. 344. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schiniper 1 Quartin- Dillon and Petit! Both! 

 Also a plant of Madagascar. 



