Tephrosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 113 



silky on the back. Pod linear, 2 in. long, 2 lines broad, slightly 

 recurved, glabrescent, 10-12-seeded. Style pubescent throughout, 

 bearded along the inner edge. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Niger, Dr. Baihie ! 



21. T. barbigera, Welw. mss. An erect robust annual, 2-4 ft. high, 

 with flexuose stems, densely clothed with spreading tawny pubescence. 

 Stipules 3-6 lines, linear or lanceolate acuminate.. Petioles 6-12 lines ; 

 rachis 2-4 inches ; leaflets 11-15, narrowly oblanceolate, 1J-2J in. 

 long, 5-7 lines broad, blunt, mucronate, often emarginate, grey-green, 

 glabrescent above, permanently grey-silky below, the midrib and border 

 tawny. Racemes usually terminal, long-stalked, close upwards, reach- 

 ing 4-6 in. long, rarely a pair of flowers from the axil of the top leaf. 

 Bracts linear, 2-3 lines. Pedicels ^-J in., erecto-patent. Calyx £ in. 

 long, obliquely campanulate, very densely clothed with rather stiff 

 spreading tawny hairs, the upper teeth short deltoid, the lowest lanceo- 

 late, twice as long-. Corolla purplish violet, J—j in. long, standard 4-5 

 lines broad, densely brown-silky on the back. Pod linear, slightly 

 falcate, 2 in. long, 2-2J- lines broad, finely grey-downy, 15-16-seeded. 

 Style bearded throughout, especially along the upper side. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwltschl 



22. T. polysperma, Baker. An erect suffruticose perennial, with 

 stems densely clothed with spreading tawny pubescence. Stipules 

 linear, 4-6 lines. Petioles 1 in.; rachis 3-4 inches; leaflets 11-13, 

 narrowly oblanceolate, lJ-2^ in. long, 5-6 lines broad, blunt, mucro- 

 nate, subcoriacepus, glabrescent above, persistently grey-silky below, 

 the midrib tawny. Racemes terminal and lateral, peduncled, reaching 

 6-9 in. long. Bracts linear, | inch. Pedicels densely silky, 1J-2 lines, 

 erecto-patent. Calyx 2 lines, finely silky, the upper teeth deltoid, the 

 lowest lanceolate, ^-J the tube. Corolla reddish, g in. long, the stan- 

 dard \ in. broad, densely velvety on the back. Pod linear, slightly 

 falcate, 2 \ in. long, \ in. broad, finely downy, 18-20-seeded. Style 

 flattened upwards, slightly downy. 



Nile Land. Uganda, in plantain groves, Spehe and Grant! 



23. T. aequilata, Baker. Stems woody, the branches firm, subterete, 

 densely clothed upwards with spreading grey- silky hairs. Stipules 

 lanceolate, silky, soon scarious, J in. long, half as broad. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, the densely silky rachis 3 in. long; leaflets in 7-8 pairs, linear- 

 oblong, 1J- If in. long, 4-5 lines broad, sides nearly parallel, apex 

 and base rounded, upper surface pale green, glabrous, lower densely 

 clothed with short grey-silky hairs. Racemes subsessile, terminal, 

 dense, about 12-flowerea. Bracts small, linear. Pedicel equalling the 

 calyx, which is densely clothed with tawny silky hairs, 3-4 lines deep, 

 the lower teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down, the upper rather 

 broader and shorter. Corolla reddish, twice as long as the calyx, the 



