206 XLIV. LEGUMINOS.E. [LottCS 



flowers of a bright-rose colour ; peduncles 1-2-flowered, supported 

 by a 1 -3-f oliolate bract ; stipules almost exactly equal to the leaflets 

 and rather to be considered as being the lowest pair of leaflets ; keel 

 subcartilaginous-indurated ; standard obovate-keeled. Very plentiful 

 in moist sandy places, at the banks of the rivers Bero and Giraiil, near 

 their mouths ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 1899- 



2. L. dumetorum Webb in Herb. Canar. Bourgeau n. 803 (1846) 

 and nn. 1321, 1322 (185.5); Lowe, Fl. Madeira, i. p. 176 (1862). 



L. arenarius var. Wehhii Ball in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 423 ( 1 878). 



Cape de Verde Islands. — In rocky maritime stations in the island 

 of St. Vincent ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 1898. 



8. PSORALEA Eoyen, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 491. 



L P. obtusifolia DC. Prodr. ii. p. 221 (1825); Baker in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 64. 



MossAMEDES. — A prostrate herb, apparently perennial, hoary, with 

 the aspect of a Medicago, smells like Trigondla ; leaves trifoliolate, 

 strong-smelling when rubbed, at length when dry sweetly aromatic 

 like Mel/lotxs ; flowers blue-violet ; calyx sub-campanulate, 5-cleft, the 

 larger lobe opposite the keel ; standard obovate, clawed, embracing the 

 wings and keel ; wings as long as the standard, longer than the keel ; 

 stamens diadelphous ; pod ovate-ellipsoidal, 1-seeded. In sandy 

 moist situations along the banks of the river Bero ; fl. and fr. July 

 1859. No. 1988. 



2. P. andongensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 65. 

 PuNGO AxDoxcio. — A perennial herb ; stems several from the thick 



woody rootstock, erect, a foot high ; leaves simple (or unifoliolate), 

 entire, broadly ovate-elliptical, shortly tomentose beneath, not 

 glandular ; petiole very short ; stipules 2, linear, comose-hispid at the 

 apex, double as long as the petiole ; flowers racemose-capitate, white ; 

 bracts narrow ; bracteoles 2, lying close to the calyx ; calyx tubular, 

 lax ; teeth 5, subequal, as long as the tube, erect, ciliate ; standard 

 oblong, not appendiculate, longer than the appendiculate wings and 

 than the straight not appendiculate petals of the keel ; stamens 

 diadelphous, 9 of them united in a tube cleft above ; ovary 2-ovuled, 

 pilose, subsessile ; stigma thick, capitate, terminating the rather thick 

 style which is incurved at the apex. Very sparingly in the sandy 

 forests of Mata de Panda, composed of Cussoiiki (nifjoJensis Hiern, 

 and Ptcrocarpu^ anrjolensii< DC. ; at the banks of the river Lutete ; 

 fl. 18 Oct. 185G. No. 1987. 



3. P. bituminosa L. Sp. PI. edit. 1. p. 763 (1753); Lowe, Fl. 

 Madeira, i. p. 134 (1862). 



Madeira. — In rough maritime situations near Camara dos Lobos ; 

 fl. and fr. August 1853. No. 1989. 



4. P. americana L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 763(1753); Lowe, /.c, 

 p. 135 (1862). 



Madeira. — In damp rocky situations in the Funchal district ; fl. 

 August 1853. No. 1990. 



9. INDIGOFERA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 494. 

 1. I. congesta Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl, Trop. Afr. ii. p. 70. 

 AniJ{a) conrjesta O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. p. 939 (1891). 



