136 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [Scsbania. 



9. S. tetraptera, Hochst. in Kotsch. Hb. Nub. 131. Stems suffruti- 

 cose, erect, the branches glabrous, terete, glaucous, somtimes with a 

 few weak prickles like those of 8. avuleata. Leaves subsessile, rachis 

 2-4 in. long-, sometimes densely prickly like the branches towards the 

 base ; leaflets in 15-20 pairs, linear-oblong, J-j in. long, 2 lines 

 broad ; apex rounded, mucronate, texture firm, both sides glabrous and 

 glaucous. Racemes 4— 6-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 

 slender, glabrous, exceeding the calyx, which is 2 lines deep, the teeth 

 deltoid, reaching a quarter of the way down. Corolla yellow, \ in. 

 deep, the standard orbicular. Pod 5-6 in. long, -glabrous, narrowed 

 into a short pedicel, the body of the pod and each of the four wings 

 a quarter of an inch broad. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! 



The species is also in Kotscby's Ethiopian set, No. 83. 



26. COLUTEA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 505. 



Calyx-teeth subequal or the two upper ones shorter. Standard sub- 

 orbicular, spreading, with a short claw and two callosities above it ; 

 wings falcate-oblong, with short claws ; keel broad, much incurved, 

 obtuse, with two connate claws. Upper stamen free, the rest united 

 in a sheath ; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, multiovulate ; style in- 

 curved, ]ongitudinally bearded upwards on the inner side, the point in- 

 flexed, the stigma thickened below the apex. Pod stalked, membranous 

 inflated, not dehiscent or opening at the point. — Shrubs. 



A small genus, principally distributed round the Mediterranean. 



1. C. haleppica, Lam. ; DC. Prod. ii. 270. A copiously branched 

 shrub with glabrous subterete branches. Petiole J-f in. long ; rachis 

 li— 2 in. long ; leaflets in 4—6 pairs and a terminal one, short-stalked, 

 obovate or oblong, 3-6 lines long by more than half as broad, apex 

 rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or slightly silky, pale-green. 

 Racemes 2-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Calyx glabrous, cam- 

 panulate, 2 lines deep, the teeth very short. Corolla yellow, |-| in. 

 deep. Pod oblong, narrowed at both ends, distinctly stalked, glabrous, 

 2-2J in. long, 1 in. thick. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 192. C. Pocockiij 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 55. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon I Petit ! Roth ! 



Native name, Quaequaeta. 



Inhabits also Asia Minor, Persia, and Arabia. 



27. LESSERTIA, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 503. 



Calyx campanulate with 5 subequal teeth. Petals all unguiculate ; 

 standard suborbicular, spreading or reflexed; wings oblong, shorter 

 than the other petals ; keel incurved obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; 

 tube slit along the top ; anthers uniform. Ovary stipitate, multiovu- 



