114 xlvii. § papilionace^j (baker). [Tephrosia. 



standard half an inch broad. Pod straight, 1| in. long, \ in. broad, 

 clothed with fine tawny silky pubescence, 6- seeded. 



Nile Land. Karague hills, Spehe and Grant 401 ! 



This may be distinguished from all the other species by the shape of the leaflets, 

 which are distinctly rounded at the base, and less prominently veined than usual. 



24. T~ densiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 296. A woody undershrub 

 several feet high, with stiff sulcate ascending finely grey-pubescent 

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

 rachis 4-5 in. long; leaflets in 7-9 pairs, oblong-obovate, 1^—1 \ in. 

 long, \-\ in. broad, point distinctly emarginate, upper surface subgla- 

 brous, lower adpressed grey-silky. Racemes dense, terminal, short- 

 stalked, 3-4 in. long. Bracts linear-lanceolate, like the pedicels about 

 equalling the calyx, which is campanulate, 2-3 lines deep, densely 

 coated with spreading grey-silky hairs, the lower tooth lanceolate 

 equalling the tube, the others deltoid, shorter. Corolla reddish, f in 

 deep, the standard f in. broad, densely silky on the back. Pod 3-4 in. 

 long, under \ in. broad, nearly straight, densely clothed with short 

 grey woolly pubescence, the valves ferruginous. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Quorra, Vogel ! Barter I 



25. T. rigida, Baker. A woody erect undershrub with rigid as- 

 cending subglabrous branches. Stipules linear, rigid, deciduous, ± in. 

 long. Leaves subsessile, the rachis rigid, 2 in. or more long, leaflets 

 in 6-8 pairs, linear, 1-1 £ in. long, £ in. broad, pale green and gla- 

 brous above, glaucous and slightly argenteous beneath, especially when 

 young, base narrowed, apex rounded mucronate, coriaceous, the veins 

 beneath close and very prominent. Racemes terminal, dense, short- 

 stalked, 2-4 in. long. Bracts linear, J in. long, and pedicels about the 

 same. Calyx campanulate, finely silky, 2 lines deep, the lowest tooth 

 lanceolate, a line long, the others short and deltoid. Corolla pale- 

 reddish, | in. deep, standard f in. broad, very silky on the back. Pod 

 2 in. or rather more long, \ in. broad, slightly upcurved, subglabrous, 

 9-10-seeded. 



Nile Land. Madi, Spehe and Grant ! 



26. T. oxygona, Welw. mss. An erect copiously branched under- 

 shrub 3-4 ft. high, with argenteo-canescent firm terete branches. 

 Stipules | in., linear, rigid, deciduous. Petioles 6-12 lines ; leaflets 

 13-19, obovate-oblong, reaching 12-15 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, 

 rigidly coriaceous, blunt, emarginate, mucronate, both sides persistently 

 canescent, upper grey, lower glaucous, the tawny veins slightly raisea. 

 Racemes both lateral and terminal very lax, 6-12 in. long, stalked, the 

 canescent axis acute-angled. Bracts linear, rigid, 1-1J lines. Pedicels 

 1-2 lines, silvery, erecto-patent. Calyx campanulate, 2-2J lines, the 

 upper teeth deltoid-cuspidate, the lowest lanceolate, all shorter than 

 the tube. Corolla violet-purple, 7-8 lines long, standard j- in. broad, 

 much recurved, silvery on the outside. Pod linear, 2-2J in. long, 2-J 



