118 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Teph 



as the calyx, the standard 2 lines broad. Pod 12-15 lines long, | in. 

 broad, slightly recurved, finely downy, 6-7-seeded. — T. decidua, Steud., 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 189 ? 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



A. Richard's short description of T. decidua agrees with this as far as it gees, but we 

 have not seen specimens. 



36. T. anthylloides, Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. ^thiop. No. 3. Stems 

 suflruticose, 1^-2 ft. long, diffusely branched from the base, the 

 branches angular, clothed throughout with short spreading grey silky 

 hairs. Stipules linear-setaceous, f-f in. long. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 the rachis 1-1^ in. long; leaflets in 3-4 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-1^ in. 

 long, J-J in. broad j apex rounded, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, 

 lower finely silky. Flowers usually axillary, 1-3 together, casually in 

 4-6-flowered short racemes. Calyx silky, J-f in. deep, the teeth 

 linear-setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla purplish, slightly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx. Pod 2-2J- in. long, 2 lines broad, distinctly re- 

 curved, finely grey-downy, 10-12-seeded. — T. Apollinea, Guill. et Perr. 

 Fl. Seneg. 196 ; A. Rich., Fl. Abyss, i. 187, non DC. T. Cordofana, 

 Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Nub. 181. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot ! and others. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy I Schweinfurth ! Binder. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 

 Petit. 



This is probably the plant intended by Persoon under the name of T. uniflora (Ench. ii. 

 329), but the flowers are described as solitary. T. lathyroides, Guill. and Perr. Fl. Seneg. 

 193, mav be this. We have seen the original specimen, but it is too imperfect to form 

 a decided opinion upon. Respecting T. hirsuta, Schum. and Thonn. PI. Guin. 377, 

 we cannot form any definite opinion from the description alone. 



37. T. elegans, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 376. Stems suflruticose, 

 3-4 ft. high, the branches firm, ascending, subterete, densely clothed 

 with adpressed silvery hairs. Stipules linear- lanceolate, 2-3 lines. 

 Leaves subsessile, the rachis 3-9 lines long', the leaflets' in one or two 

 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, 1J— 2 in. long, \ in. broad, narrowed from 

 a third of the way down to the base, the point rounded and mucronate, 

 the upper surface glabrous, lower densely grey-silky, midrib subfer- 

 ruginous. Flowers 2-3 together from the axils of the upper leaves 

 and a few close clusters towards the apex of the stem with their sub- 

 tending leaves much reduced. Calyx subsessile, 3-4 lines deep, densely 

 silvery and slightly tawny, the teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. 

 Corolla yellowish, half as long again as the calyx, the standard 4 lines 

 broad, very silky on the back. Pod linear-oblong, 1J-2 in. long, \ in. 

 broad, densely clothed with adpressed silvery hairs, 8-9-seeded, the 

 sutures ferruginous. — Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 299. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning, Vogel! Barter! 



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



38. T. dasyphylla, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub with caes- 

 pitose branched or simple stems densely clothed with spreading grey 

 down. Stipules linear-subulate, £-§ in. Petioles J—J in., rigidly 



