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. Hast Troprrcan Arrica. Usambara, Holst, no. 8987! 
This 8 was distributed as I. secundiflora Poir., but it differs from 
the typical form of that species in the smaller leaflets and in the 
inflorescence not being so markedly secund, but more Seestéa 
towards the apices of the peduncles. 
ets 4-5 mm. long, 1°5-2°0 mm. broad. Ripe pod 4-5 mm. 
(o') Annual or biennial. Leaflets 7-11, oblanceolate, lateral op- 
posite. Legume torulose, 2-3-seeded. 
150. I. microcarpa Desy. — " get iii. p. 79 (1814). 
I, Perrottetit DC. Prod. ii. p. 2 
I. enneaphylla Baker, 1. c. p. 95, on L. 
I. Richardiana Baillon in Bull. Soe. Linn. Par. (1883), p. 398. 
Hab. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet, no. 181! Hide. 
Lower Guinea. Loanda, Welwitsch, nos. 2011! and 20116! 
(c') Cinereo-canescent base frutescent. Leaflets 7-18, alternate or 
ig opposite, oval or obovate. Legume tetragonal, + 1:3 
m. long, o-seeded. 
7 ao Fic. & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 
li, 18 (1881 
Hab. ale Trortcat Arrica, Upper course of the river Ninda. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 7. 
(d?) dias perennial herb. Leaflets 7-13, obovate. oblong. 
Legume 1-5-1-7 cm. long, 9-10-seeded. 
. L. patzowss Benth. ex ea Fl. Cap. ii. p. 200 (1861-62) ; 
Boker & ce. p. 95; Hiern, l.c. p. 214. 
Hab. Lower Guinea. Fla Benguella, sei: no. 2060! 
Var. nov. dammarensis. Caulis ramosus griseo- vel cinereo- 
pubescens. 'Foliola alternantia 7-11 elliptica vel elliptioo- obovata 
quam ea typi latiora utrinque griseo-strigosa. Racemi axillares 
apices versus ge meee Calycis lobi subulati quam flos breviores. 
d vi 
Legumen hau 
Hab. Damar T. G. Een. Herb. Mus. Brit 
Branches 10-14 cm er ong. ein 5-6 mm. oe generally 
about 4 mm. broad at the broadest poin 
(e) Te on biennial. ak s 7-9, el oblong, lateral 
Legum n dates, subglabrous, 6-8-seeded. 
‘b. Le ENDECAPHYLLA Jacq. Collect. Bot. i. p. 358 eos Ic. 
Pl. Rar. ay 570 (1786-93) fet ae Baker, J. c. p. 9 
I. anceps Vahl ex Poir. Encyc. Supp. iii. p. 147 (dis). 
i Seheanpartiies Hochst. i n Schimp. Hb. Abyss. no. 366. 
I. pusilla Lam. Encye. iii. p. 248 (1789). 
E. ponecanale were Boivin ex H. Baillon in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i. 
p- 398 (1883). 
Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
Var. ig paws "e he ex a Ee 
Hab. Angola, Pungo ‘Andongo, Welwitsch, 
no. 4150! Huilla, oe no. 2089 
