Cracca] xliv, leguminos.e. 221 



10. C.oxygonaO. Kuntze,Rev.Gen.Pl.i. p. 175(1891) (oa;?/(/em). 

 Tephrosia oxygoiui AVelw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 114. 

 MossAMEDES. — An erect undershrub, 3 to 4 ft. high, dispersedly and 



sparingly branched, with glaucous indumentum and habit nearly of 

 Indigofera \ stem cylindrical; leaflets 15 to 21, obovate-cuneate, 

 emarginate, rather fleshy in the living state ; stipules broadly lanceo- 

 late ; racemes elongated, usually a foot long, leaf -opposed and quasi- 

 terminal ; rachis very acutely 2- or 3-angular, occasionally sub-alate, 

 2-edged ; flowers violet-purple. In sandy thickets along the banks of 

 the river Bero ; fl. and young fr. beginning of August 1859. No. 2104. 

 A perennial rock-herb or undershrub, 1 to 2 ft. high, decumbent, 

 glaucous-pruinose throughout, hard, slightly fleshy, brittle ; stems 

 several from a thick rootstock, oblique or decumbent, acutely angular 

 above, hoary-pruinose with highly appressed hairs ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, rather thick ; leaflets about 7, oblanceolate-oblong, A to IJ 

 by i to ^ in. ; pod (unique) recurved-subfalcate, 2^ in. long, ^ in. broad, 

 scattered with short appressed hairs. Rare, at the red-sandy rocks 

 called Boca do Hio Bero : ripe fr., the older and longer stems (2 ft.) 

 already dead, July 185'J. Determination doubtful. No. 2110. 



11. C. secunda O. Kmitze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 175 (1891). 

 Tephrosia secunda Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 115. 



PuNGo Andoxoo. — An erect undershrub, 3 to 4 ft. high ; stem 

 somewhat angular ; leaflets secund in the living state, narrowed 

 at the base ; bracts lanceolate-subulate ; flowers violet-coloured ; in 

 wooded sandy meadows between Condo and Quisonde ; fl. and young 

 fr. March 3857. No. 2107. In sandy places with tall and scattered 

 bushes near Banza do Soba Quitage ; with ripe fr. and sparingly fl. 

 March 1857. No. 2108. 



12. C. bracteolata O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. i. p. 174 (1891). 

 Tephrosia bracteolata Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent, (i.) p. 194 



(1832); Baker, ;.c., p. 116. 



Cazengo. — Flowers violet-coloured ; standard purple ; wings trans- 

 versely rugose. In sandy-stony places with scanty bush, on poor soil, 

 between Caculo and Dalatanda, at an elevation of about 1800 ft. ; 

 sparingly fl. and in young fr. June 1855. No. 2109. 



13. C. andongensis O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 174 (1891). 

 Tephrosia andongensis Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 116. 



PuNGO Andongo. — An erect undershrub, 2 to 3 ft. high, with purple 

 flowers. In sandy thickets on the right bank of the river Cuanza, 

 between Condo and Quisonde ; fl. March 1857- No. 2070. 



14. C. dimorphophylla 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 175 (1891). 

 Tejihrosia ditnorphophylla Wehv. ex Baker, I.e., p. 116. 

 HuiLLA. — A herb, 3 ft. high ; stem erect or oblique ; branches 



elongated, patent-ascending, usually 2 ft. long ; leaves sometimes 

 simple, sometimes on one and the same branch trifoliolate ; flowers 

 dark-purple. In the wooded meadows of Monino, but observed in 

 only one place ; fl. end of March 1860. No. 2073. 



15. C. elegans 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL i. p. 175. 

 Tephrosia elegans Sebum. Guin. PI. p. 376 (1827); Baker, I.e., 



p. 118. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An erect silky-white undershrub, 2 to 2h ft. high ; 



