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11. I. pemtssa Taubert in Engl. Pl. Ost. Africa, Theil c. p. 209 
(1895). 
ab. Hast Troprcan Arrica. Zanzibar, Stuhlmann. Barrrise 
CenrraL Arrica. Nyassaland, 2 eluamet no. 1163! East ‘ant 
of Lake Nyassa, 4. W. P. John 
§§§ mage His ha mits terete or subtetragonous, unarmed, 
-seeded, rarely sometimes 1-seeded.* 
Group I. “Te te 2. Pato filiform, either loaflaes or bearing 
solitary eaflet 
PODOPHYLLA ae ex oe & Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 168 
asta); "ie Plant. t. 1800. 
Hast Tropican Arrica, Inhambane, L. Scott ! 
od -seeded. 
The district of Inhambane - is just on se borders of Tropical 
Africa, and is cut by the Tropic of Caprico 
Group II. eigenen simple. 
A. Inflorescence copiously panicled. 
(a) Pod terete, glabrous, 4-seeded. 
18. I. pantcunata Pers. aoe li. 825 (1807) ; Baker, J. c. p. 71. 
Hab. Upper Guinea, Vahl 
(b) Pod Gilsoranecceed, villose, + 2-seede 
14. I. procera Schum. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 365 (1828) ; ‘Bonde C5 
Hiern, /.c. p. 2 
Hab. Uppzr Gumea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Guinea proper. 
Thonning, Vogel, Barter! Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot. Limba 
2 
Region, Kisantu, J. Gillet , ho. 408. Britisn Cenrran AFRICA. 
Nyassaland, Buchanan (1891), no. 481! 
B. Racemes axillary, dense at the apices, or inflorescence sub- 
errs Legumes 1-2-seeded. 
I. Dewe M. Micheli in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 
(1898), 46 nomen) Sinai Fl. Congo, t. Xxx. (1899) ; Wildem. & & 
Durand i erb. Boiss, p. 12 (1901). 
Hab. Lower Gurnza. Congo, Dewevre, no. 197; Hens, no. 275! 
c. a Lualaba, Deschamps. Kisantu, = Gillet, nos. 854, 
Leaves narrow, lanceolate, shortly petioled. A more poate 
form of this Epeciet is I. djurensis Schweinf. in herb., Kew B 
1895, p. ws ( lame 
Ha Lanp. Bongoland, Gir, Schwein furth, no.2244! Herb. 
Mus. Brit 
C. Flowers 1-2. -pedicellate in axils of leaves. 
eos I. Banesn Baker in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 71 (1871). 
* The plants in which I have noticed 1-seeded pods are I. bracteolata DC., 
i hoides dita Zz * 
Dower Mi sath. Ae ES Sorte Oliver, I. Gurensis Schweinf., I 
