Tephrosia.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 123 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Peters! Dr. Kirk! Island of Zanzibar, Dr. 

 Kirk! 

 A common East Indian species. 



50. T. incana, Graham in Wall Cat. 5644. Stems suffruticose, 1 £-3 

 ft. high, but according* to Dr. Welwitsch annual only, diffusely branched 

 from the base, densely clothed with spreading woolly grey pubescence. 

 Stipules linear, J in. long*, woolly on the back. Petioles \-^ in. long-; 

 rachis 2-3 in. long; leaflets in 5-6 pairs, oblanceolate, 1-1^ in. long, 

 ^-f in. broad, apex rounded, mucronate, upper surface thinly, lower 

 densely grey-silky. Racemes terminal and lateral, 6-12 in. long, the 

 lower flowers in clusters of 3-4 together an inch apart. Pedicels very 

 short, densely silky. Calyx § in. deep, densely white-silky, the teeth 

 linear- subulate, reaching three-quarters of the way down, the lowest 

 the longest. Corolla reddish, half as long again as the calyx, the stan- 

 dard f in. broad, silky on the back. Pods deflexed, and then slightly 

 recurved, 2 in. long, \ in. broad, densely and permanently silky, 6-9- 

 seeded. Style glabrous, densely penicillate at the apex. — Wight et 

 Arn. Prod. i. 212. Wt. Ic. ii. 371. T. Apollinea, Klotzsch in Peters' 

 Mossamb. Bot. 47, non DC. T. Ehrenbergiana, Schwei'nf. Fl. iEthiop. 18. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ehrenberg. 

 Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Weluritsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Isle of Mombas, Bojer. Zambesi land, Peters! Dr. Kirk! 

 Dr. Mtller! 

 A common East Indian species. 



51. T. coronilloides, Welw. mss. A diffuse copiously branched 

 undershrub, 2-2J ft. high, the stems densely clothed with short as- 

 cending grey pubescence. Stipules linear, 1J— 2 lines. Petioles or 

 very short ; rachis 9-18 lines ; leaflets 7-13, oblanceolate, \- § in. long, 

 3-4 lines broad, truncate or slightly emarginate, mucronate, both sides 

 dull grey-green, upper glabrescent, lower finely canescent. Racemes 

 copious, all lateral, 6-9-flowered, 1-1J in. long. Bracts linear, 1J-2 

 lines. Pedicels 1-2 lines. Calyx 2 lines, densely silky, teeth linear- 

 setaceous, exceeding the tube. Corolla reddish-purple, 4-4J lines long, 

 standard \ in. broad, densely silky on the back. Pod linear, persistently 

 brown- velvety, 18 7 21 lines long, 2J lines broad, slightly recurved, 

 10-12-seeded. Style glabrous, penicillate at the point. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Pungo Andongo, Dr. Wehvitsch! 



52. T. decora, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub, 2-3 ft. high, the 

 slender flexuose ascending branches densely clothed with short spread- 

 ing brownish pubescence. Stipules setaceous, 1J-2 lines. Petioles 

 3-6 lines. Leaflets 5-13, oblanceolate, reaching 18-21 lines long, 

 3-4 lines broad, blunt, mucronate, grey and glabrous above, rather 

 densely argenteo-canescent beneath. Racemes copious, terminal and 

 lateral, moderately dense, 2-2J in. long, usually stalked, rarely sessile. 

 Bracts linear-setaceous, very minute. Pedicels 1-1 J lines, densely 

 grey-downy. Calyx 2-2J lines, densely silky, teeth linear-setaceous, 

 exceeding the tube. Corolla 4J-5 lines long, pale violet-purple, stan- 



