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(/) Argenteous cane shrub. Leaflets 3- fe spine oblong. 
Legume torulose, glaucous, 6-8-se 
116. I. opstoneroxia Forsk. Pl. Aeg.-Arab. p. 1 87 (1775 ). 
rf paueifolia Delile, Fl. Aegypt. p. 107, t. 87, fig. 22 (1812) ; 
Baker, J. c. p. 8 
i: sonia Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. raph no. 2178. 
Hab. Widely spread i ~ Tropical Afric 
Dr. Bohwalntinde (Bull. Herb. Boiss. ‘Wi. ii. 1896, p. 240) 
describes a var. car posphigma from Aden, of which the legume is 
6- fete and torulose, and the leaves 1 -2. foliolate. I. desmodioides 
Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, p. 831, from Hadramaut, must be 
very clogels allied to this variety. 
(9) eeasggercs Pine generally 5, beret eS many 
losely flowered. Legume + 7-s 
117. 1. tae Taubert in Pl. “Ost xbads ae c. p. 210 
(1895). 
ast Tropica Arrica. Kilimanjaro, Volkens, no. 1788! 
Madschame, alt. 1000 metres, Volkens, no. 1648! Marangu, alt. 
11,000 metres, Volkens, no. 2124! Nairobi, 4. Blayney Percival ! 
Dr. Donaldson Smith ipa a closely allied plant at Naita. 
(hk) Herbaceous, at the woody. Le onde gst : ibe” 
narrow oblong, pirat rae Racemes 6-20 ¢ 
118. I. Phillipsie, sp.nov. Species J. sdternailiitas! macreé vapid 
Volkensii affinis. Caules herbaceiad basin lignosi. Foliaimparipinnata 
foliola petiolata apice acuta utrinque strigoso-hirta subtus pallidiora 
supra costa impressa —e ——— foliolis lateralibus quam ter- 
folio alternantis longiori ribus. Stipule 
lineares persistentes. " Racemi longi vel Riri multiflori apicem 
versus ape inferne magis laxiflori. Calyx externe griseo- 
hirtus. Calycis tubus brevissimus lobi lineares quam tubus 
multoties tl petalis subequilongi. Vexillum externe albo- 
hi Carina naviculariformis obtusa quam ale paullo longior. 
Legumen immaturum griseo-strigosum rectum plurispermum. 
Hab. So p. Adda Gallah, Darror, James ¢ Thrupp! 
Herb. Kew. Upper Sheik, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. In flower, Jan. 
1897, ‘ red flower, very bright.” Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Stems flavescent or hoary, strigose. Leaflets 3-7, term inal 
leaflet 2°5-3-5 cm. long, + 6 mm. broad, lateral leaflets smaller, 
1:2-2-0 cm. long. Racemes 6-20 cm. long, longer than the leaves. 
Calyx 5 mm. long 
(¢) Annual or biennial herbs, pep I. hirsuta L. var. pumila 
s suffruti with soft spreading pubescence. 
Lonkiet 5-11, tatecal epost 
© Le -seeded. 
119. I. pmsura L. “ee Pl. rs 751 (1758) ; Jacq. Icones, t. 569 
1786-93); Baker, 1. ¢. 
Aan 370 (1829). 
a Bel in : Sena & Thonn. Pl. Guin. p. 
i sehbacr Dia; Gard. Dict. ii. p. 211 (1832). 
Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
