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brevissime petiolulata, lateralibus oppositis terminalibus fere 
zequalibus. it filiformes persistentes. Pedunculi sepissime 
patuli filiformes 1-2-flori foliis equilongi ‘vel paullo longiores. 
Calyx brevis saris lobi acuti quam tubus paullo longiores. Legu- 
men rectum sparse strigosum vel glabriusculum polyspermum 
mucronatum. J. sparse Baker affinis, differt radice subcrassa 
lignosa, caulibus multioribus diffusioribus foliolis multioribus et 
minoribus 
Hab. Nite Lanp. Abyssinia, Dembea, alt. 6000 ft., Schimper, 
no. 1897, Oct. 27th, 1863. 
oot stout, woody, entirely different from that of I. sparsa, 
which is a slender annual. Leaf-rachis 5-8 mm. long. Leaflets 
gon generally SA. mm. long, 1- re 50 mm. broad. Peduncles 
8 mm.-1°2 cm. long. Calyx 1:5 mm. long. Legume 8 mm.- 
is 6 sia long. 
I append a description of a eae which has been referred by 
Dr. Vatke to I. suaveolens Jaubert & Spach. It appears to differ in 
several important particulars, and may be an undescribed species, 
but I have not seen flowers :— 
Suffruticosa ? I, sparse Baker et I. ambelacensi Schwf. accedens. 
Caulis ramosus superne incano-strigosus. Folia trifoliolata vel 2-4- 
jugata rarissime folia simplicia petiolus brevis foliola oblonga 
sl b s. Pedunculi graciles tenues filiformes 
1-2-flori pedicelli brevissimi quam calyx breviores. Calycis tubus 
incano-strigosus lobi setacei quam t m longiores. Caly 
q 
dense incano-strigosum. Legumen rectum subcylindricum mucro- 
a sparse strigoso-pubescens + 10-spermum spermis pallide 
r 
Hab. Nitze Lanp. Abyssinia, Bogos, Hildebrandt, no. 587. 
Herb. Mus. Brit. 
I have plac a this plant in the Trichopode on account of its 
inflorescence ; the leaves, however, are to some extent hetero- 
phyllous. 
Group XI. Szsstuirtorez. Leaves neyo eae Flowers in 
: sessile gs in the axils of the leay 
© Legume + 6-seede 
a I. sessmirtora DO. Prod. ii, p- 208 (1825) ; Baker, J. ¢ 
p- 79. 
Hab. R GuINEa. Sy iiss Perrottet, n. 1831! Heudelot, 
no, 421! Sanus Lepri 
(OKO) pias 2-3-seeded. 
65. 1. rRIGonELLowes Jaubert & § Illustr. t. 482 (1853-57); 
Baker, 1. c. p. 79 (1871). 2% : 
I. asperifolia Hochst. in in Schimp. Hb. erring no, 2272. 
ae ee — Fl. Aeth. p. 11 
—_ 2972 1 (13 alge Sllieres Near Gageros; 
