Sesbania.} xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). 135 



reaching 12-15 lines long, glaucous, glabrous. Racemes more elon- 

 gated -and narrower than in the other species, and bracts more 

 persistent. Lower pedicels 2-3 lines, usually ascending. Peduncles 

 reaching 3-4 in., often muricated. Calyx ± in. ; the teeth very short. 

 Corolla pale yellow j J in. long, concolorous or faintly dotted. Pod not 

 seen in a mature state. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 212. S. mossambicmsis, 

 Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 45 (a slender unarmed form). 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet ! Guinea proper and Niger 

 country, Thonning, Dr. Vogel! and others. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters ! Tette, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Eec-ches Natal, and extends through Tropical Asia to Australia. 



6. S. pubescens, DC. Prod. ii. 265. A firm erect annual reaching 

 a height of 2-4 ft. with densely grey-silky branches. Leaves short- 

 stalked, the upper 3-4 in., the lower 8-10 in. long ; leaflets 16-30- 

 jugate, 12-15 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, densely grey-silky. Racemes 

 1J-2 in. long, 6-15-flowered on short silky peduncles. Pedicels 2-3 

 lines. Calyx 2 lines, subglabrous, the deltoid teeth J-| of the tube. 

 Corolla f in. Pod 5-6 in. long, 1 line thick, falcate, 20-30-seeded, not 

 torulose when mature ; valves thick, coriaceous. — Klotzsch in Peters' 

 Mossamb. Bot. 44, t. 8. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet ! Brunner ! and others. Guinea proper, 

 Thonning. 

 Nile Land. Sennaar, teste Schiveinfurth. 

 Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters. 



7. S. leptocarpa, DC. Prod. ii. 265. A slender erect glaucous 

 glabrous annual, 2-3 ft. high. Petioles 2-3 lines unarmed. Upper 

 leaves 2-3 in. long ; leaflets 20-30-jugate, reaching J in. long, gla- 

 brous, very glaucous. Flowers 1-3 on slender peduncles 6-12 lines 

 long. Pedicels and glabrous calyx J in. Corolla 4J-5 lines, the stan- 

 dard blotched and finely dotted with purple. Pod 5-6 in. long, torulose, 

 20-24-seeded, with thin valves and dissepiments ; style short. — S.Jili- 

 ftrrmis, Hochst. in Kotschy, Hb. Nub. No. 47. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Heudelot! 

 Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy. 

 Also a plant of Arabia. 



8. S. sphaerosperma, Welw. mss. A glabrous shrub 4-6 ft. high. 

 Petioles very short, like the rachis slightly muricated. Leaves 4-5 in. ; 

 leaflets 25-30-jugate, reaching an inch long, glaucous, glabrous. 

 Eacemes 4-6-flowered, subsessile in the axils of the leaves, under an 

 inch long. Pedicels 2-3 lines very slender. Calyx 1 line deep ; teeth 

 very short, deltoid. Corolla 4 lines long, paler than in the other 

 species, the standard not dotted. Pod reaching 8-9 in. long, \ in. 

 thick, the valves and dissepiment very thick, the latter angular on the 

 back and marked with a distinct keel; seeds 40-50; style acutely 

 conical. 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch 1 



