Tephrosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 121 



44. T. radicans, Wdw. mss. A wide-trailing- perennial herb with 

 copiously branched slender flexuose prostrate stems 2-3 ft. loh«, 

 densely clothed with fine spreading- pubescence. Stipules ovate, 1-1-J 

 lines. Petioles 2-3 lines; rachis 2-4 lines; leaflets 5-7, obovate- 

 oblong, 6-9 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, truncate, mucronate, above 

 grey-green glabrous, persistently grey-silky below, the midrib tawny. 

 Racemes copious, usually terminal, stalked, 6-15-flowered, 1-2 in. 

 long, rarely running down among the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, very 

 minute. Pedicels densely downy, 1-3 lines, lower often patent. Calyx 

 '2 lines, finely downy ; teeth lanceolate cuspidate, longer than the tube. 

 Corolla reddish-purple, -J in. long ; standard § in. broad, silky on the 

 back. Pod oblong, 6-8 lines long, \ in. broad, thin, finely grey- 

 downy, 2-3-seeded. Style pubescent throughout, especially along the 

 inner edge. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 



45. T. huillensis, Wdw. mss. A diffuse moderately branched lax 

 perennial, 1-2 ft. high, the stems densely clothed with fine spreading 

 tawny hairs. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, 4-6 lines. Petioles 12-18 

 lines ; rachis 2-3 inches; leaflets 7-11, oblanceolate, reaching 1J-2 in. 

 long, §-§ in. broad, blunt, distinctly mucronate, glabrous above, finely 

 grey-canescent below. Flowers 1-2 from the axils of the upper leaves, 

 and in stalked close 6-12-flowered racemes. Bracts linear, 3-4 lines. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines, ascending. Calyx | in. densely silky, teeth linear- 

 setaceous, much exceeding the tube. Corolla J-| in., reddish-purple, 

 keel pale, standard | in. broad. Pod linear, 2-2J in. long, 3J-4 lines 

 broad, glabrescent, 12-14-seeded. Style bearded along inner edge. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Var. /3. grandl flora, Baker. 



Bracts lanceolate. Calyx 4 i Q - kmg. Corolla §-§ in. long;, standard J in. broad. 

 Immature pod densely sjlky. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch I 



46. T. reptans, Baker. Stems suffruticose, wide-trailing, the 

 branches firm, angular, clothed with dense pale brown spreading silky 

 pubescence. Stipules \ in. long, linear-subulate. Leaves subsessile, 

 the rachis 4-7 in. long ; the leaflets in 7-10 pairs, oblanceolate, 2-2J 

 in. long, %-\ in. broad, emarginate and mucronate, upper surface gla- 

 brous, lower clothed with thin loose grey pubescence, the midrib 

 ferruginous. Racemes terminal and lateral, lax, 6-12 in. long, on 

 peduncles as long, the flowers of the lower part generally in pairs about 

 an inch apart. Bracts linear- subulate, ^-f in. long. Lower pedicels 

 \ in. long, villose. Calyx \ in. deep, densely grey- silky, the teeth 

 linear-subulate, the lower ones reaching more than halfway down, 

 the upper rather shorter. Corolla purplish, f in. deep, the standard 

 \ in. broad, very silky on the back. Pod 2-2J in. long, 2 lines broad, 

 glabrescent, straight, 16-18-seeded. Style pubescent throughout, 

 especially along the inner edge. 



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