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Var. angustifolia A. Rich. ". . Abyons i. p. 182 (1847). 
Hab La Abyssi 
Var) acutifolia Chiov. in He 1 st. Bot. Roma, 1903, p 
I. parvula Beast et pe Pl. Abyss. no. 1076, file Chiov. 
b. Nite Lan 
Var. parvula Chiov 
parvula Sehweing i cin 1872, no. 1752. 
AND. Aby 
(/?) Cadena, pelle 9- oe iba or ret pans lateral 
osite. Legume n 
154. I. puynuanrnomwss Baker, l.c. p. oi ‘(as7i); Hiern, /. c. 
p. 215. 
Hab. Lower Guinea. Huilla, ote aga no. 2044 
I have not followed Dr. Taubert (in Engler, ri Ost Afrika, 
Theil ¢. p. 210) in considering this a as synonymous with I. dendrotdes 
Jacq. It differs in the shape of the leaflets and in the ¢ alyx. 
(7) Shrub. Leaflets 5-7, oboval, lateral opposite. Legume 
straight, coriaceous, + 6-seeded. 
155. I. Sepezwioxiana Vatke & Hildebr. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. 
1878, p. 202. 
ab. Somanianp. coin near Meid, Hildebrandt, no. 1388 ! 
Allied to preceding speci 
(h') Copiously branched stay shrub. Leaflets 9, obovate, lateral 
opposite. Legume sickle-shaped, slightly torulose, 3-4- 
seeded, or, in var. brachycarpa (Vatke), 2-8-seeded. 
156. I. arrtcunata —— Bee p. 49 (1772); Prain & Baker 
fil. in Fourie Bot. 1902, p. 141, Hoh 
Ei. agentes Mant. ii. p. a8, excl. syn. non Burm 
Hab pb. Nubia, Kotsthy, ee " Abyssinia, 
Schimper | jentine, Schweinfurth. Somaumanp, Robecchi-Bricchetti. 
ar. brachycarpa Vatke in Oesterr. ol: Zeit. p. 218 (1878) (sub 
1. argentea), 
Hab. Somanmanp, Lasgori, Hildebrandt, no. 887. 
(*) tao or subherbaceous. Leaflets 7-18, oblong or ob- 
an €, lateral opposite. Legume oblong, 2- seeded, or 
‘avallty: 1's eeded. 
157. Hey suBuLirera Welw. ex Baker, /. c. p. 96 (1871); Hiern, 
6. pod 
Hab. Lows Guiza. Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, ee 2048 ! 
20485! 2049! I Huila, 1 Welwitsch, nos. 2050! and 20508 
(7') Shrubs with 9-19 opposite leaflets, turning meee when dried. 
Calyx short. The indi igo-yielding species. 
© Leaflets oblong or obovate. Legume sickle. pisces 6-8-seeded. 
. I. surrruticosa Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. viii. no. 5 
7. Ant Lin. Mant. ii. p. 272 (1771); Baker, lc. p. 98; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6506, 
ae : =. 
A, uncinata G. Don, Gard. Dict. ii. p. 208 (1832). 
