810 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
rhachis 6-8 in. long, including the 1-13-in. petiole ; leaflets 1-13 
in. long, opposite, petiolulate, very silky beneath. Racemes 
dense, produced from the tips of the leafless branchlets ; flower- 
pedicels 4 in. long. Calyx 3-4 in. diam, campanulate, sub- 
glabrous; teeth deltoid-euspidate. Standard 4 in. long and 
broad; wings as long, } in. broad; keel broad, incurved at the 
tip. Pod sessile, 3-4 in. long, above 2 in. broad.—Androna, 
Baron 5444! 
Mucuna (§ Crrra) MYRIAPTERA, n. SD. 
Sarmentosa, ramulis gracilibus glabris, foliis trifoliolatis glabris, folio 
terminali oblongo, stipellis setaceis, calyce hispido tubo eampanulato den- 
tibus tubo zquilongis vel brevioribus, legumine magno lineari-oblongo 
lamellis copiosis transversalibus hispidis preedito et apice cuspide pungente 
subulato instructo. 
A climber, with slender sublignose terete stems. Stipules 
small, lanceolate ; petiole 2-3 in. long; leaflets glabrous, mode- 
rately firm in texture, turning rather black when dried, 3-4 in. 
long. Pedicel long, woody, drooping. Calyx-tube above 4 in. 
diam., with a few fragile bristles: one tooth as long as the tube, 
the others shorter. Pod 8-9 in. long, above 2 in diam., with 
copious transverse cuspidate lamelle, with a few fragile stinging 
bristles ; pungent terminal cusp an inch long.—North Androna, 
Baron 5801! Near M. flagellipes and paniculata. 
VIGNA BRACHYCALYX, n. sp. 
Herbacea, sarmentosa, caulibus gracillimis breviter pilosis, stipulis lan- 
ceolatis persistentibus calcaratis, foliis trifoliolatis membranaceis parce 
pilosis, foliolis acutis oblongis integris vel hastatis, floribus solitariis longe 
pedunculatis, calyce tubo campanulato dentibus parvis, petalis rubellis 
calyce triplo longioribus. 
A very slender herbaceous climber. Petiole 14 in. long; leaf- 
lets 1-13 in. long, acute, entire, or bluntly lobed on both sides 
at the base. Peduncles about 3 in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, 
4 in. diam.; teeth deltoid-euspidate, shorter than the tube. 
Corolla above à in. long; standard obovate, bright red; keel 
broad, whitish, not rostrate. Legume not seen.—Valalafotsy, 
Baron 5226 ! 
VIGNA POLYTRICHA, n. sp. 
Herbacea, sarmentosa, caule gracili piloso, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis 
trifoliolatis pilosis, foliolis integris lanceolatis basi rotundatis, pedunculis 
elongatis pilosis, floribus 2-3 sessilibus, calyce dense piloso tubo brevi 
