122 xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). [Tephrosia. 



Nile Land. Creeping along the ground in luxuriant vegetation near water, lat. 

 5° S., long. 33° E. Alt. 3800 ft., Speke and Grant! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Shupanga, Dr. Kirk! 



47. T. paniculata, Welw. mss. A much-branched undershrub, 2-3 

 ft. high, the ascending* branches densely clothed with short spreading 

 grey pubescence. Stipules 2-3 lines, setaceous. Petioles 4-9 lines, 

 rachis 12-18 lines ; leaflets 5-7 (rarely 3 in uppermost leaves), ob- 

 lanceolate-oblong, the end one reaching 2-2J in. long, 8-9 lines broad, 

 side ones much smaller, truncate, distinctly mucronate, both sides dull 

 grey-green, upper inconspicuously, lower persistently grey-downy, the 

 veins brownish. Racemes copious, both terminal and from the axils of 

 many of the upper leaves so as to form a thyrsoid panicle, usually 

 stalked. Pedicels 1-2 lines, densely downy. Bracts setaceous, 3-4 

 lines. Calyx f in., brownish, densely pubescent, teeth linear-setaceous, 

 much exceeding the tube. Corolla reddish-purple, -J-| in., standard 5 

 lines broad, densely silky on the back. Ovary linear, densely grey-silky, 

 multiovulate. Style glabrous, faintly bearded at the point. Pod not 

 seen. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



48. T. brunnea, Baker. Stem suffruticose, 2 ft. high, erect, co- 

 piously clothed upwards with ascending brown-silky hairs. Stipules 

 linear, silky on the back, 3-4 lines long. Petiole 3-6 lines long ; 

 rachis \\- 2 in. ; leaflets 9-11, oblanceolate, 12-18 lines long, 3-6 

 lines broad, mucronate, green above, thinly clothed with adpressed grey- 

 silky hairs, especially beneath. Racemes 12-20-flowered, moderately 

 dense, sessile or nearly so, the lower flowers 2-3 together. Pedicels 

 \-\\ lines long, densely silky. Calyx \ in. deep, densely brown-silky, 

 the lower teeth linear, reaching three-quarters, the upper halfway down. " 

 Corolla reddish, 7-8 lines long, the standard densely brown- silky on 

 the back. Ovary linear, densely pubescent, 6-8-ovulate. Pod not seen. ' 

 Style glabrous, penicillate at the point. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



49. T. villosa, Pers.; DC. Prod. ii. 213. Stems suffruticose, 2-3 ft. 

 high, diffusely branched, the branches firm, angular, finely adpressed 

 white-silky. Stipules linear- subulate, \ in. long. Petiole \-\ in. ; 

 rachis 4-5 in. long; leaflets in 6-10 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-l^in.long, 

 J-f in. broad, upper surface glabrous, lower finely adpressed grey-silky. 

 Racemes lax, terminal or lateral, 6-12 in. long, on peduncles nearly as 

 long. Bracts linear, \ in. long. Pedicels equalling the calyx, which is 

 J in. deep, densely silky, the lower teeth linear-subulate, reaching more 

 than halfway down, the upper ones rather broader and shorter. Corolla 

 twice as long as the- calyx, reddish, the standard 4 lines broad, very 

 silky on the back. Pods curved, about 2 in. long, 2 lines broad, densely 

 silky, 6-8-seeded. Style glabrous. — Wight et Am. Prod. 213. Klotzsch 

 in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 47. 



