126 xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). [Tephrosia. 



tomentum. Calyx subsessile, \ in. long, densely tomentose, the teeth 

 lanceolate, reaching- down to the middle. Pod ovoid, \ in. long, more 

 than half as broad, densely and persistently grey-villous, 1 -seeded. — 

 Bequienia'obcordata, DC. Mem. Leg. 226 t. 37. Prod. ii. 168. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet, Heudelot ! Bidjem I 

 Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy ! Cienkowsky. 



21. MUNDULEA, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 497. 



Calyx-teeth short, the two upper ones subconnate. Standard large, 

 spreading, obovate, transversely callose at the base of the blade ; wings 

 falcate- oblong, slightly adhering to the keel ; keel obtuse, the point 

 incurved. Upper stamen free and geniculate at the base, united upwards 

 with the rest in a closed tube, alternate filaments slightly dilated, 

 anthers uniform. Ovary multiovulate ; style incurved, indurated, sub- 

 terete, glabrous, the apex inflexed, the stigma capitate. Pod linear, 

 flat, the sutures very thick, ultimately dehiscing. — Subarborescent 

 shrubs. 



Three species, the two others Mascarene. A connecting link between Tephrosia and 

 Millettia. 



1. M. suberosa, Benth.; Walp.Ann. iv. 491. A shrub, 4-6 ft. high, 

 with corky bark, the branches ascending, sulcate, finely grey-downy 

 upwards. Rachis of leaves 4—6 in. long, leaflets in 6-10 pairs, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, J-| in. broad, pale green, glabrous above, 

 clothed with fine yellowish-grey silky pubescence beneath. Racemes 

 terminal and leaf-opposed, 4-6 in. long. Pedicels \ in. long, slender, 

 silky. Calyx campanulate, \\ -2 lines deep, finely silky, the teeth very 

 short. Corolla reddish, an inch deep. Pod 3-5 in. long, \-% in. broad, 

 finely silky, torulose, 6-8-seeded. — Tephrosia suberosa, DC. Prod. ii. 249. 

 Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 204. Wight Illust. t. 79. Hook. Ic. t. 120. T. 

 Petersiana, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. t. 9. Dalbergia striata, 

 Bojer, Hort. Maur. Ill (name only). Tephrosia icthynica y Bert. Misc. 

 xviii. 18, t. 3. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country, Abbeokuta, Irving! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Wdwitsch! 



South Central. In the interior near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and Baines ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of Lake Ngami, McCabe! Mozambique, Peters! Kirlc! 

 Sofala, Inhambane, Fornasini. 



A well-known East Indian species, and extending southward to Natal and Macalis- 

 berg. 



22. MILLETTIA, Wight et Arn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, i. 498. 



Calyx-tube campanulate, the teeth short. Standard large, spreading 

 or reflexed, naked or callose above a short claw or rarely furnished 

 with inflexed auricles ; wings falcate-oblong, free from the keel, cohe- 

 rent or free at the point ; keel incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free 



