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ann 3-4 cm. long, often about 8 mm. broad at the broadest 
point which is about the middle, apex Mae aoe lamina perigee 
Reey. petiolate, petiole +3 mm. long. Stipules + 5 
acemes many flowered, axillary, 4-5 cm.long. Rachis pabelmae 
Sepals linear, much longer than the tube, shorter than the petals. 
Standard 6 mm. long, 4:5 mm. broad at the broadest point. Keel 
+5 mm. long. Ovary linear. 
G. Flowers in lax racemes, or occasionally subdense towards 
e apic 
* Leaves linear, subsessile. 
© Racemes short. 
+ Legume 5-6-seeded. Racemes short, 3-4-flowered. 
. I. suvericrronia A a ie Aperel: ili. 251 (1789); Baker, l.c. 
p- 73: Hiern, Welw. 
Hab. Upper eae ated Leone, Smeathmann! Afzelius | 
Sierra Leone, near Kambia, Scott Elliot, no. 4198! Lower GumnEa. 
stag Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, no. 2008! Ambaca, Welwitsch, 
003 b ! 
++ Legume 9-11-seeded. Racemes 2-4-flowered. 
24. I. porysperma De Wild. & Dur. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1900, p.1 
Hab. Lower Guinea. Congo Region, Kisantu, J. Gillet, nos. ee. 
736, 919. 
a — 12-15-seeded. Racemes 6-12-flowered. 
25. I. Lepr: 
I. macrocarpa pataee ex Baker, l.c. p. 72, non Desvaux 
I. simplictfolia Guill. & Perr. Fl, Seneg. p. 178 ( 1833), non ‘Lam. 
Hab. Urerr Guinea, Perrottet! Guinea proper, Vogel! Barter ! 
© Racemes very elongate. 
: 26. I. Bucuyeri aioe: in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. p. 180 
896 
Hab. Lower Guinea. Angola, near Malandje, Buchner, no. 644. 
** Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, subsessile, or shortly stalked. 
Legume 2 -s : 
27. I. Pretapor Harm. in Engler Bot. Jahrb. 1899, p. 2 
a Troprcan East Arrica. Near Beira, R. Scie. 
Cabeceira Grande, Prelado, no. 20. 
*** Leaves oblong or lanceolate, shortly stalked. 
+ Herbaceous, with soft spreading pubescence. 
(0) ae Bt mm. Racemes 2-10-flowered. Legume 8-10-seeded. 
28. I. raMMA Welw. ex Baker, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 78 
(1871) ; ; Hiorn. ¥ Welw. Cat Cat. i. 207. 
Hab. Lower Gutnza. Angola, re Andongo, Welwitsch, 
no. 2006! Loando, Welwitsch, no. eoaddd 2005. Huilla, Wel- 
witsch, no. 2008! ngo Region, Kisantu, J. Gillet, no. 785. 
East Tropican Arnica, Bane ay Kirk. 
©© Petiole 1-1-5em. Racemes 15-20-flowered. 
