Tephrosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 115 



lines broad, glabrescent, much recurved, 8-10-seeded. Style glabrous, 

 slightly penicillate at the apex. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in sandy ground near the Bero, Dr. 



Welwitsch ! 



27. T. Kirkii, Baker. Stems shrubby, slender, flexuose, with a 

 few inconspicuous adpressed grey hairs. Stipules linear, |-| in. Pe- 

 tioles 3-4 lines ; rachis 2£-3J in. ; leaflets 15-17, oblanceolate, 9-12 

 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, blunt, emarginate, mucronate, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, grey and glabrous above, glaucous and thinly clothed with 

 adpressed grey hairs below, the fine veins slightly raised. Racemes 

 terminal, long-stalked, moderately lax, reaching 6-9 in. long, the axis 

 acute-angled and sulcate. Bracts linear-subulate, 1J- 2 lines. Pedicels 

 downy, ascending, 1-3 lines. Calyx 2 lines, finely downy, the upper 

 teeth lanceolate-deltoid, the lowest lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla purplish-violet, f in. long ; standard J in. broad, densely silky 

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

 glabrescent, 16-18-seeded. Style subterete, finely pubescent through- 

 out. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk I 



28. T. secunda, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 3-4 ft. high, with 

 strong glabrous flexuose branches. Stipules linear, J-f in. Petioles 

 6-18 lines ; leaflets 13-19, linear, reaching 3-4 in. long, ^-| in. 

 broad, bluntish, distinctly mucronate, upper surface grey glabrescent, 

 lower glaucous, faintly grey-silky, the veins fine raised. Racemes 

 copious, terminal and lateral, peduncled, reaching a foot long, very 

 lax, subsecund, the axis acute-angled sulcate. Bracts linear, 1-1 J 

 lines. ' Pedicels 1-3 lines, erecto-patent. Calyx 2 lines, finely silvery, 

 the teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla purplish, f in. 

 long, standard f-j in. broad, grey-silky on the outside. Pod linear, 

 3-3J in. long, 2-J- lines broad, glabrescent, nearly straight, 16-18- 

 seeded. Style faintly pubescent throughout. 



. Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsoh 1 



29. T. Ansellii, Hook.f. Fl. Nigr. 297. A robust annual reaching 



3 ft. high, with copious firm flexuose branches densely clothed with 

 spreading grey or ferruginous silky pubescence. Stipules linear-subu- 

 late, \-\ in. long. Leaves nearly sessile, rachis 4-5 in. long ; leaflets 

 in 6-9 pairs, linear or oblanceolate, J-f in. broad, truncate or emargi- 

 nate with a mucro, upper surface glabrous, lower densely clothed with 

 grey silky pubescence, midrib ferruginous. Flowers in lax terminal 

 racemes sometimes a foot long, usually sessile, sometimes with flowers 

 from the axils of the leaves. Bracts linear, \ in. long. Pedicel 

 equalling the calyx, which is densely ferruginous- silky, 2 lines* deep, 

 campanulate, the lower tooth lanceolate, about equalling the tube, the 

 others deltoid, shorter. Corolla reddish, A in. deep, the standard 



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



