H. Harms, Leguminosae africanae. VI. 449 



brevissime pedicellati, calyx hirsutus, 5-dentatus, dentibus inter se fere 

 aequilongis, tubo paullulo brevioribus vel fere aequilongis, infimo late 

 lanceolato acuminata, lateralibus et superioribus basi breviter connatis 

 circ. 4 mm longus; corolla glabra, vexillum suborbiculare, 12 — 13 mm 

 longum, carina acuta; ovarium lineare pubescens, stylo superiore parte 

 intus barbato , apice mucronulo sursum flexo fere erecto instructor stig- 

 mate subgloboso interiore facie sub apice afflxo; legumen lineare brevis- 

 sime puberulum, circ, 3 — 5 cm longum, 2 — 3 mm latum. 



Britisch-Ostafrika: Mombasa, Mzizima, Korallenfels, Sand (F.Thomas 

 n. II. 16. — Jan. 1897; Bluten rutlich-violett) ; Wituland, Wange, Sand- 

 klippen (Teede) n. 3. — Aug. 1896). 



Die kleinblutige zierliche Art habe ich anfangs wegen der gelappten Blattchen fur 

 V. triloba Walp. gehalten, die jedoch durch gespornte Nebenblatter und groDere Bluten 

 von unserer Art abweicht. 



V. hygrophila Harms n. sp. — Herbacea, annua, caule erecto sursum 

 volubili, satis flaccido, subglabro vel pilis longis retrorsis saepius dissitis 

 vel haud densis hirsuto vel (imprimis statu juniore) densius hirsuto; folia 

 petiolata, petiolo hirsuto vel subglabro, 1 — 4 cm longo, 3-foliolata, 

 foliolis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, vel rarius oblongis, basi obtusis 

 vel rotundatis, apicem versus sensim angustatis, apice acutis vel obtusius- 

 culis et brevissime mucronulatis, interdum basi leviter subhastulatis (late- 

 ralibus ± obliquis), parce adpresse puberulis vel subglabris (juvenilibus 

 densius pubescentibus), 2,5 — 5 cm longa, 4 — 10 mm lata (inferiora saepius 

 superioribus latiora, ad 12 mm lata); stipulae parvae, ovatae vel lanceo- 

 latae, acutae, basi paullo obliquae; pedunculi axillares, saepe elongati, 

 3—15 cm longi, puberuli vel subglabri, apice pauciflori (2— 5-flori), pedi- 

 celli breves; prophylla ad basin calycis gemina parva lanceolata; calyx 

 pilosus i-dentatus, circ. 3 mm longus, dentibus tubo circ. aequilongis, infimo 

 late lanceolato acuminata, lateralibus deltoideo-lanceolatis, acuminulatis, 

 superioribus in unum latum confluentibus; corolla glabra, vexillum breviter 

 unguiculalum, suborbiculare, basi bicallosum, 6 — 7 mm longum; ovarium 

 pubescens, stylo inferiore parte glabro, superne intus barbato, apice mucro- 

 nulato, apiculo leviter vel vix sursum flexo, stigmate parvo interiore facie 

 sub apice affixo; legumen immaturum lineari-lanceolatum , hirsutum vel 

 puberulum, ad 3 cm longum, 3,5 — 4 mm latum. 



Deutsch-Sudvvestafrika: Okahandja, 1200 m, sumpiige Cyperus- 

 wiese (Dcnter n. 495. — April 1907; an Cyperus-Stengeln windend, oft 

 niit dem FuB im Wasser; Bluten gelb, unscheinbar); ebenda, in Wiesen 

 von Cynodon dactylon (Dinter ohne Nr. — Marz 1902). 



Die Art erinnert an Vigna Junodii Harms, die jedoch deutlicher gelappte Blattchen 

 besitzt. 



V.Jaegeri Harms n. sp. — Volubilis, caulibus pubescentibus vel 

 puberulis, folia longiuscule vel longe petiolata, 3-foliolata, petiolo pubescente, 



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