16 FLORTJLA ADENENSTS. 



mentis subulatis, setaceis ; vexillo oblique obovato, breviter ungiiicu- 

 lato, dorso sericeo, intus glabro, carina oblonga, biunguiculata ; le- 

 guminibus planis, oblongis, cuspidato-acuminatis, valvis carinatis. 

 Hab. Aden, in saxosis (Hook.fil. !). 



Distr. In Yemen, provincia Arabia? Felicis ! ad ' Wade Katte " in Ara- 

 bia Petraea ! 

 Suffruticulus decumbens, 2-5-pollicaris, omnino sericeus. Folia petio- 

 lata ; petiolus 3 lin. longus. Foliola 1-2 lin. longa. Racemi breviter 

 pedunculati. Flores conferti, fructu deflexi. Corolla coccinea. Cap- 

 swZa-2-5-sperma. Semina lsevia, nitida. 

 This plant is described by Jaub. and Spach as being sometimes one foot 

 long ; the specimens I have seen are all small and stunted, ranging from 

 two to five inches in length. 



3. POGONOSTIGMA, Boiss. 



P. Arabicum (Boiss. Diag. PI. Or. ii. p. 39). Ramis adscendentibus ; 

 foliis petiolatis, stipulatis, plerumque bijugis, foliolis oppositis, lineari- 

 oblongis vel lanceolatis, mucronatis, supra molliter pubescentibus, 

 subtus sericeo-tomentosis, racemis elongatis ; calycis segmentis subula- 

 tis, acutis; leguminibus suborbicularibus, acutis, stylo persistente longe 

 apiculatis, monospermis. — Psoralea Arabica, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. 

 Arab. n. 775. Catacline sericea, Edgew. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. xvi. p. 1214. 



Hab. Aden (Edgew., Madden ! Hook.fil. et T. ! T. Anders.). 



Suffrutex 1-2-pedalis, sericeo-tomentosus. Folia \-\\ unc. longa ; 

 foliola 2-6 lin. longa, terminate geminum, fere duplo longius. Racemi 

 subaphylli. Flores solitarii vel gemini ; pedicellus 1-2 lin. longus. 

 Calyx sericeus. Corolla calyce longior ; vexillum extus sericeo-hir- 

 sutum, purpureum. Semen olivaceum, 1| lin. longum. 



4. Tephrosia, Pers. 



T. Apollinea (DC. Prod. ii. p. 254). Suffruticosa, diffusa, araulis 

 suberectis ; foliis petiolatis, 3-4-jugis; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 cuneato- oblongis ; floribus racemosis vel 3-4 axillaribus, pedunculis 

 brevibus ; calyce campanulato, dentibus subulatis ; corolla calyce 

 longiore ; leguminibus patulis, linearibus, rostratis, planis, pubes- 

 centibus, 5-12-spermis. — Galega Apollinea, Delil. Fl. M%. p. 144, 

 t. 53. f. 5. 



Hab. Aden, in rupibus (Hook.fil. !). 



Distr. In Arabia Felici et Petraea ! Scinde ! Abyssinia ! ZEgypto supe- 

 riore ! 



Suffrutex incano-tomentosus, stipulis subhcrbaceis, acute subulatis. 

 Folia 1-2 unc. longa; foliola \- 1| unc. longa, l|-4 lin. lata, petiolo 

 longiora. Corolla: vexillum extus sericeum, purpureum. Legume?i 

 14—3 unc. longum, 2-3 lin. latum. 



