110 1. LEGTJMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [^Mundiilea. 



DouBTFui. Species. 



The following are probable species of MUlettia, of which either flowers or pods are 

 unknown. 



Leaflets and pod as in M. atropurpnrea, but the latter 6—7 in. long, 2-2J in. 

 broad, smooth, woody, flat, perhaps indehiscent. — JVTat.acca, Griffith, 183.5. 



Leaflets 7, snbcoriaceous, oboyate, very obtuse, opaque, 3-4 in. long, obscurely 

 grey-caneseent below. Pod linear, 4—5 in. long, flat, J in. broad, several-seeded, with 

 similar vestiture. Pegu, McClelland. May be Padbrtjqqia DASYPHyu:,A, Miq. 

 Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 150. 



M. Maingayi, Baker. Lsaflets 15 or more, oblong, coriaceous, lJ-2 in. long, 

 rounded at both ends, pubescent below. Fod oblong, woody, indehiscent, rounded at 

 both ends, 4 in. long, 2^ in. broad, an inch thick, turgid, densely clothed with short 

 brown velvety pubescence, the surfaces traversed by deep longitudinal grooves. 

 SiNCAPOEE, Maingay. 



PoNQAiffTA ANQUSTH'oi.iA, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5917. Leaflets 9, exstipeBate, 

 not coriaceous, glabrous, oblaneeolate-oblong, ' acuminate, 2-3 in. long. Inflorescence 

 and separate flowers just as in M. glaucescens. Nip At, Hamilton. 



21. laUXTDUIiEi^, DC. 



Shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers in dense termiiial racemes. Calyx 

 campaniilate ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla much exserted ; standard obovate, 

 with a long claw ; wings oblanceolate, adhering to the incurved keel, which 

 has a short obtuse point. Stamens monadelphous ; alternate filaments slightly 

 dilated ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 glabrous, much incurved; stigma capitate. Pod large, linear, subindehis- 

 cent. DiSTRiB. Species 3, the two others plants of Madagascar. 



1. SK. suberosa, Senth. PI. Jung. 248; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 85; Anal. Gen. 

 t. 12, %. 2. Tephrosia suberosa, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Sooh. Ic. Pl.t. 320 • 

 Wall. Cat. 6628; W. SfA. Prodr. 210; Wt. Ml. t. 79 ("82"); Balz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 60. Robinia suberosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 327. R. sennoides, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 328. Tephrosia sericea, DC. Prodr. ii. 249; Wall. Cat. 

 6629. Oytisus sericeus, Willd. Sp. iii. 1121. T. Petersiana, Klotzseh in Peters 

 Mosscmb. Bot. t. 9. T. icthynica, Beirt. Misc. xviii. 18, t. 3. 



Hill-valleys of the Westekn PBNmsimA and Cbyion. — Distkib Trop Africa 

 Natal. 



A stout erect shrub, with thick corky bark. Branches, rachises, pedicels and 

 leaves beneath densely sericeous. Leaflets 6-10-jugate, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 1^-2 in. long. Flowers in close terminal racemes. Pedicels 2-3 times the oam- 

 panulate calyx. Corolla }-l in. long, reddish, thinly silvery. Pod 3-4 in. long, 

 densely sericeous, 6-8-seeded, both sutures thickened so as to form prominent borders! 



22. TEFKROSZA., Pers. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves usually odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, sub- 

 coriaceous. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes or solitary or in pairs in the axils of 

 the leaves. Cahjx-tah6 campanulate ; teeth distinct, subequal. Petals clawed • 

 standard suborbicular ; keel incurved, not beaked. Stamens diadelpkous; 

 anthers obtuse, uniform. Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style much . 

 incurved, filiform or flattened, glabrous or bearded ; stigma capitate often peni- 

 cillate. Pod linear, flattened, many-seeded, 2-valved, continuous or obscurely 

 septate between the seeds. Disibib. Species about 100, spread thiough the 

 Tropics of both hemispheres. 



