112 xlvii. § PAPILIONACE.3E (baker). [Trphrosio . 



Tipper surface glabrous, lower thinly adpressed-grey-silky. Flowers in 

 rather dense terminal racemes, the main ones ultimately nearly a foot 

 long", sessile. Bracts linear, half an inch long. Pedicels abo*ut equal- 

 ling the calyx, which is campanulate, thinly silky, 2 lines deep, the 

 lower tooth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the others deltoid. 

 Corolla not seen. Pod deflexed, 1^ in. long-, 2 lines broad, nearly 

 straight, subglabrous, 3-4-seeded. 

 Upper Guinea. Senegarabia, Heudelot! 



18. T. noctiflora, Bojcr, Hort. Maur. 93 (name only). Stems suf- 

 fruticose, copiously and diffusely branched, densely clothed upwards 

 with fine short brown silky pubescence. Stipules linear-subulate, f in. 

 long. Leaves subsessile, rachis 3-4 in. long-, leaflets in 6-8 pairs, 

 narrowly oblanceolate, 12-14 lines long-, \ in. broad, glabrous above, 

 thinly adpressed grey-silky beneath, apex rounded, mucronate. Ra- 

 cemes lax, terminal, the main one sometimes a foot long. Bracts 

 lanceolate, very short. Pedicel equalling the calyx, which is densely 

 clothed with ferruginous silky hairs, 2 lines deep, the lower tooth lan- 

 ceolate, equalling the tube, the others shorter and deltoid. Corolla 

 f-J in. deep, reddish, the standard \ in. broad, silky on the back. Pod 

 lj-lf in. long, \ in. broad, curved upwards, densely clothed with fine 

 brown silky hairs, 8-9-seeded. 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojcr! 



In general habit considerably resembling T. purpurea. 



19. T. rigidula, Wclw. mss. An almost glabrous sufTruticose peren- 

 nial, several feet high, with erect or oblique firm flexuose stems with 

 long internodes. Stipules linear, 2-3 lines.. Petioles 6-18 lines, rachis 

 2-3 in., leaflets 7-9, linear, reaching 3-4 in. long, J-J in. broad, blunt, 

 mucronate, glabrous above, faintly silky beneath, subrigid, veins immersed. 

 Racemes copious, both terminal and lateral, peduncled, lax, reaching 

 6-9 in. Bracts rigid, linear-subulate, \ in. Pedicels 1-4 lines, finely 

 grey-silky. Calyx 2 lines, campanulate, finely grey-silky, teeth deltoid, 

 very short. Corolla |-| in., purplish-violet, standard J in. broad, 

 glabrescent on the back. Pod linear, slightly upcurved, 3-3^ in. 

 long, 2 lines broad, glabrescent, 11-12-seeded. Style pubescent 

 throughout. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welicitsch! 



20. T. concinna, Baker. Stems shrubby, slender, finely grey- 

 downy. Stipules linear-subulate, 2-3 lines. Petioles or very short. 

 Leaflets 7-13, narrow-linear, reaching l-J-2 in. long, -J- j line broad, 

 rigidly coriaceous, acute with a mucro, grey and glabrous above, per- 

 sistently argenteo-canescent below. Racemes terminal, stalked or 

 subsessile, reaching a foot long. Bracts lanceolate, 1 J-2 lines. Pedicels 

 grey-downy, erecto-patent, 1-3 lines. Calyx | in., finely grey-downy, 

 upper teeth deltoid, lower lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 bright reddish-purple, \ in. long, standard \ in. broad, densely grey- 



