206 xliv. leguminos^e. [Lotus 



flowers of a bright-rose colour ; peduncles 1-2-flowered, supported 

 by a 1-3-foliolate bract ; stipules almost exactly equal to the leaflets 

 and rather to be considered as being the lowest pair of leaflets ; keel 

 subcartilaginous-indurated ; standard obovate-keeled. Very plentiful 

 in moist sandy places, at the banks of the rivers Bero and Giraul, near 

 their mouths ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 1899. 



2. L. dumetorum Webb in Herb. Canar. Bourgeau n. 803 (1846) 

 and nn. 1321, 1322 (1855); Lowe, Fl. Madeira, i, p. 176 (1862). 



L. arenarius var. Webbii Ball in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 423 ( 1 878). 



Cape de Veede Islands. — In rocky maritime stations in the island 

 of St. Vincent ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 1898. 



8. PSORALEA Koyen, L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 491. 



1. P. obtusifolia DC. Prodr. ii. p. 221 (1825) ; Baker in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 64. 



Mossamedes. — A prostrate herb, apparently perennial, hoary, with 

 the aspect of a Medicago, smells like Trigonella ; leaves trifoliolate, 

 strong-smelling when rubbed, at length. when dry. sweetly aromatic 

 like Melilotus ; flowers blue- violet ; calyx sub-campanulate, 5-cleft, the 

 larger lobe opposite the keel ; standard obovate, clawed, embracing the 

 wings and keel ; wings as long as the standard, longer than the keel ; 

 stamens diadelphous ; pod ovate-ellipsoidal, 1-seeded. In sandy 

 moist situations along the banks of the river Bero ; fl. and fr. July 

 1859. No. 1988. 



2. P. andongensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 65. 

 Pungo Andongo. — A perennial herb ; stems several from the thick 



woody rootstock, erect, a foot high ; leaves simple (or unifoliolate), 

 entire, broadly ovate-elliptical, shortly tomentose beneath, not 

 glandular ; petiole very short ; stipules 2, linear, comose-hispid at the 

 apex, double as long as the petiole ; flowers racemose-capitate, white ; 

 bracts narrow ; bracteoles 2, lying close to the calyx ; calyx tubular, 

 lax ; teeth 5, subequal, as long as the tube, erect, ciliate ; standard 

 oblong, not appendiculate, longer than the appendiculate wings and 

 than the straight not appendiculate petals of the keel ; stamens 

 diadelphous, 9 of them united in a tube cleft above ; ovary 2-ovuled, 

 pilose, subsessile ; stigma thick, capitate, terminating the rather thick 

 style which is incurved at the apex. Very sparingly in the sandy 

 forests of Mata de Panda, composed of Cussonia angolensis Hiern, 

 and Pterocarpus angolensis DC. ; at the banks of the river Lutete ; 

 fl. 18 Oct. 1856. No. 1987. 



3. P. bituminosa L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 763 (1753); Lowe, Fl. 

 Madeira, i. p. 134 (1862). 



Madeira. — In rough maritime situations near Camara dos Lobos ; 

 fl. and fr. August 1853. No. 1989. 



4. P. amerieana L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 763 (1753) ; Lowe, I.e., 

 p. 135 (1862). 



Madeira. — In damp rocky situations in the Funchal district ; fl. 

 August 1853. No. 1990. 



9. INDIGOFERA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 494. 

 1. I. congesta Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 70. 

 Anil(a) congesta 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. p. 939 (1891). 



