Tephrosia.] xlvii § papilionaceje (baker). Ill 



14. T. elongata, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 298. An erect under shrub 

 about 3 ft. high, the branches firm, ascending, finely adpressed grey- 

 silky. Stipules lanceolate, \ in. long. Leaves nearly sessile, the 

 rachis 6-9 in. long, the leaflets in about 12 pairs, linear, 1 £-3 in. long, 

 2-3 lines broad, apex rounded mucronate, upper surface glabrous, 

 under finely adpressed-grey-silky, midrib ferruginous. Racemes long- 

 stalked, terminal, 6-12 in. long, the lower part lax. Bracts ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, \ in. long, ciliated and silky on the back. Pedicels 

 very silky, shorter than the calyx, which is campanulate, 2-3 lines 

 deep, the lower tooth lanceolate, about equalling the tube, the others 

 short, deltoid. Corolla reddish, J-f in. deep, the standard J in. broad, 

 silky on the back. Pod 2-3 in. long, \ in. broad, nearly straight, 

 thinly clothed with tawny silky hairs, 12-14-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Common on the banks of the Quorra, Vogel! Barter! 

 T. fasciculata of the Niger Flora, appears to be a variety of the same plant, with 

 an abbreviated raceme. 



15. T. fulvinervis, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1939. Stem 

 2-3 ft. high, terete, striated, tawny-silky. Leaflets in 4-6 pairs, linear, 

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

 narrowed, upper surface subglabrous, lower adpressed silky, the midrib 

 tawny. Flowers 3-4, distant, short-stalked, peduncle lateral, 3-4 in. 

 long, tawny-silky. Calyx short, tawny-silky, teeth short, unequal, 

 the lowest the longest. Pod 2 in. long, scarcely 3 lines broad, silky. — 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 187. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, teste Schvjeinfurth. Abyssinia, Schimper, Quartin- 

 Dillon. 



This we have not seen. It is said by A. Richard to differ from T. bracteolata by its 

 shorter and lateral peduncles, with fewer flowers, and fewer leaflets, which are more 

 silky beneath. 



16. T. flexuosa, G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 232. Stem woody, erect, a 

 foot high, the branches firm, copious, densely tawny-silky. Stipules 

 filiform. Petiole \ in. long, clothed like the branches. Leaflets 4-5, 

 linear, 1J-1 \ in. long, 2-2J lines broad, apex rounded, mucronate, tex- 

 ture firm, upper surface subglabrous, lower densely silky. Flowers in a 

 short terminal raceme, with scattered flowers continued down in the 

 axils of the leaves. Bracts subulate. Calyx campanulate, \ in. deep, 

 densely silky, the teeth deltoid-acuminate, reaching about half down. 

 Corolla reddish, 4-5 lines deep, the standard densely silky on the out- 

 side. Pod linear-oblong, 1J in. long, \ in. broad, straight, thinly silky 

 when mature, 7-8-seeded— Jlook. f. Fl. Nigr. 299. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don I 



17. T. deflexa, Baker. A woody erect undershrub, with firm, 

 ascending sulcate, thinly adpressed-silky branches. Stipules J in. long, 

 linear-subulate. Leaves conspicuously deflexed, the petioles very short, 

 the rachis 3-4 in. long, the leaflets in 4-5 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate. 

 2-2£ in. long, \ in. broad, the lower ones much shorter, emarginate, 



