132 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
4 in. long and broad; pedicels very short. Calyx 4 in. long, slit 
down nearly to the base into 5 lanceolate-acuminate plumose 
teeth. Corolla not longer than the calyx. Pod of a single 
dehiscent orbicular sessile joint $ in. in diam.—Ambohimanga, 
Central Madagascar, Dr. Parker. Both this and the last are 
small trailing species with the habit of D. triflorum, DC. 
Mvcwna (§ CITTA) PANICULATA, n. sp. 
Volubilis, fruticosa, ramulis brunneo-velutinis, stipulis minutis lanceo- 
latis, foliis pinnatim trifoliolatis nigrescentibus stipellatis utrinque tenuiter 
pilosis, foliolo terminali orbiculari cuspidato, floribus in paniculas longe 
peduneulatas ramis dense racemosis dispositis, bracteis magnis caducis, 
calycis magni labio superiore deltoideo, labii inferioris dentibus lanceolatis, 
carina acuminata quam calyx 2-3plo longiore, alis carina paulo brevioribus, 
vexillo alis distinete brevioribus, legumine lineari-oblongo lamellis trans- 
versis multis preedito pilis hispidis dense armato. 
A shrubby climber, with slender pilose leafy branches. Petiole 
13-2 in. long; leaves moderately firm in texture, turning black 
when dried, obscurely pilose on both surfaces; end leaflet 3-4 
in. long and nearly as broad. Flowers in a long-stalked terminal 
panicle with dense racemose branches densely clothed with short 
brown pubescence, the end one half a foot long, the side ones 
shorter, ascending; pedicels 4-3 in. long. Calyx with a cam- 
panulate tube 4 in. long and broad ; upper lip deltoid, 4 in. long, 
bifid at the apex; side teeth deltoid; lowest longer, lanceolate. 
Corolla turning black; keel 21 in. long, acuminate; standard 
1-i in. shorter than the keel. Legume 4 ft. long, 1j in. broad, 
many-seeded, with crowded oblique transverse lamelle densely 
clothed all over with brown fragile bristles.— Central Madagascar, 
an imperfect specimen sent in 1870 by the Rev. W. Ellis, and 
now rediscovered by Mr. Baron (1605) ! in woods 25 miles from 
the east coast. 
Ruxxcuosia (§ COPISMA) VERSICOLOR, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis lignosis dense breviter pilosis, stipulis parvis lanceo- 
latis, foliis trifoliolatis subcoriaceis tenuiter pilosis, foliolo terminali cordato 
late ovato, racemis laxis copiosis axillaribus et terminalibus bracteis 
caducis, calycis pilosi tubo campanulato dentibus lanceolatis, petalis versi- 
coloribus, vexillo pulchro lineato, legumine lineari-oblongo piloso. 
A small shrub, with densely pilose slender brownish woody 
branchlets. Stipules spreading, brown, scariose, 3, in. long; 
petiole under an inch long; end leaflet on a petiolule 4-3 in. 
long, ovate-orbicular, subobtuse, slightly cordate, 1-1j in. long, 
