138 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [Astragalus. 



calyx, which is | in. deep, rather oblique, the lower teeth lanceolate, 

 reaching- a third down, the upper shorter. Corolla bright yellow, three 

 times as. long as the calyx. Pod linear, f in. long, 2 lines broad, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, the longitudinal dissepiments complete, the valves com- 

 pressed, membranous, glabrous, finely wrinkled transversely, seeds 

 2-4 in each cell. — A. tigrensis, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 241. 

 Diplotheca venosa, atropilosula and tigrensis. Hochst. in Flora. 1846, 

 596. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and Petit ! Both! Uganda, in 

 plantain groves, Speke and Grant! 



Cultivated as food for horses. Native name Hamat quaequaeta, or hamat kochata. 



2. A. abyssinicus, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 232. Stems firm, 

 erect, 3-4 ft. or more high, sparingly branched, the branches firm, gla- 

 brous, terete. Stipules cordate acuminate, unequal-sided, 1-1 \ in. long, 

 j-1 in. broad, free to the base. Leaves nearly sessile, rachis 2-6 in. long, 

 leaflets in 10-1*5 pairs, linear-oblong, f-1 in. long, 2-4 lines broad, 

 glabrous, glaucous-green. Flowers in dense racemes ultimately 4-6 in. 

 long on short erect glabrous peduncles. Bracts linear, exceeding the 

 cernuous pedicels, which are 1J-2 lines long. Calyx \ in. deep, the 

 lower teeth linear, reaching halfway down, the upper ones deltoid. Co- 

 rolla bright yellow, half an inch deep. Pod as in A. venosus y but rather 

 longer, the seeds 4—5 in each cell. — Biplotheca abyssinica, Hochst. in 

 Flora 1846, 595. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and Petit ! 



3. A. prolixus, Sieb. in PL JEgypt. Exsicc. Stems annual, procum- 

 bent, a foot or more long, copiously and diffusely branched from the 

 base, the branches slender, finely grey-silky. Stipules lanceolate, 2 

 lines deep, free to the base. Leaves sessile; rachis 1-1 J in. long; leaf- 

 lets in 5-6 pairs, oblanceolate or oblong, \ in. long by about half as 

 broad, both sides densely grey-silky. Racemes 6-12-flowered, ulti-' 

 mately equalling or exceeding the leaves. Bracts setaceous, exceeding 

 the short pedicels. Calyx tubular, a line deep, silky, the teeth linear 

 or lanceolate, reaching about a quarter of the way down. Corolla 

 yellowish, not much exceeding the calyx. Pod oblong, very turgid, 

 ^ in. long by half as broad, silky, the dissepiment produced about half- 

 way through in the lower part, seeds 2-3 in each cell. — Phaca Vogelii, 

 Webb in Fl. Nigr. 123, t. 8. 



Nile Land. Banks of the Nile within the Tropic, Ehrenberg, Dr. Bromfidd! 

 Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Extends from the Cape Verde islands to Arabia. - 



29. BISEBRULA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 507. 



Calyx-teeth subequal. Petals shortly unguiculate ; standard erect, 

 oblong ; wings falcate- oblong, free ; keel equalling the wings, obtuse. 

 Upper stamen free, the rest connate ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 



