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leaflets are generally 5-7, more rarely 3, oblong elliptical, + 2 cm. 
1 +1 cm. iva uae type is from Madagascar, Grandidier, 
no, 14, Herb. Mus. 
*** Suffruticose. Saat pinnately trifoliolate, oblong or narrow 
obova Legumes straight, curved at the ends. 
111. I. pseudosubulata, sp. nov. Species ts trite, I. subu- 
late, et. Jc vetre oflewe affinis. Suffrutex. Sass li herbacei adscen- 
dentes. Folia subsimilia iis I. subulate tens cient strigoso- 
hirta oblonga vel anguste obovata petiolata. Racemi multiflori 
apicem versus confertiflori inferne magis laxiflori axillares quam 
folia seepissime multoties longiores. Pedunculus albo-hirtus. Calyx 
albo- oe calycis lobi angusti quam tubus multoties longiores. 
‘* Carina alba ale rubre.” Legumen rectum a apicem recurvum 
hirtum iis ne? oe subsimile seepissime 6-7-spermum, seminibus 
pallide brunnei 
Hab. Nutz eae Dp. Niamniam Land, Nabambisso, Schweinfurth, 
Ser. ii. no. 77! and no. 2994! Bongoland, Schweinfurth, no. 2703 ! 
iffers from J. trita in its much longer racemes, and from I. 
subulata, and I. Aca in the much stouter legume. Racemes- 
sometimes 8-10 cm. long, pedicels short. Legume 1-7-2-0 cm 
long, patent or dailexed: 
**** Suffruticose or subherbaceous. Leaflets 8, aber or ellip- 
tical. Racemes longer than in J. trita. Legume deflexed. 
a» es tes aaa Schinz in Verhandl. at Brand. xxx. 
p. 164 (1888 
I. trita Hiern, Welw. Cat. i. 211, partim, non L. 
Hab. LowerGuinea. Angola, Welwitsch, nos. 2027-2029 ! 
The type is from Olukonda and Uvkuambi in Amboland. 
**** Annual or biennial. Leaflets generally 8, ovate elliptical. 
Racemes rather long. Legumes linear, subtetragonous, 
subulate, 8-10- nee 
eas UINEA, Guinea, Thonni Se sescats OFR Leprieur 
& Perrottet | tg Lanp. Uganda, Scott “Eliot. Lower GUINEA. 
Congo, Chr. Smi 
(d) An sania perennial. Leaflets 8-5, narrow obovate. 
Legume linear, canescent, ‘oe ded. 
ee I, senevgtiensis Baker, 1. c. p. 87 (1871); Hiern, /. ¢. i. 
Pp. 
Hab. Lower Gunga. Mossamedes, Welwitsch, no. 2061! 
(¢) “ csr branched shrub. Leaflets ong § — 
me linear, densely grey, silky, 3- 
rs 
é ce ee NSIS Klotzsch i in MSEAE ee ee p. 48 
, ee et lc. p. 87. 
= "Base cat Arrica. Sofala, Inhambane, Peters. 
