46 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). — [ Argyrolobium. 
the back. Staminal tube closed. Pod (only seen immature) linear, 
densely silky, 8—9-seeded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
General habit of A. Schimperianum, from which it may easily be known by its 
smaller subsessile flowers. 
4. A. Schimperianum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1326. A 
small shrub, with long woody branches, the young ones densely clothed 
with brown silky pubescence. Stipules small, linear, silky, persistent. 
Petioles 4-1 in. long. Leaflets oblong-obovate, central {—1 in. long, 
4-3 in. broad, apex rounded mucronate, the under surface thinly silky. 
Flowers in dense terminal heads of 3-8 flowers. Bracteoles linear, 
silky, equalling the silky pedicels, which are 14-2 lines long. Calyx 
$ in. deep, silky, lower lip cut halfway down into three linear teeth, 
two upper teeth shorter and lanceolate. Corolla yellow, half as long 
again as the calyx. Pod 12-15 lines long, 24 lines broad, densely 
clothed with brown silky hairs, 7—8-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1. 
163; Cytisus Schimperianus, Steud. infSchimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 990. A. 
dasycarpum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1826. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon. Kordofan, Cienkowsky. 
5. A. equinoctiale, Welw. mss. An undershrub about a foot high 
with many erect slender dichotomously-forked branches densely clothed 
with spreading grey-brown silky hairs. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 6-7 
lines, persistent. Petioles 3-8 lines. Leaflets obovate-oblong, 12-18 
lines long, acute, upper surface thinly, lower more densely clothed 
with grey and brown silky hairs. Flowers 6—12 in close heads on 
leaf-opposed peduncles 1-2 in. long. Pedicels densely-silky, 2-4 
lines. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 2-3 lines. Calyx 2 in. long, 
thinly silky, the two lips equal, with lanceolate teeth reaching halfway 
down. Corolla yellow, }$ in. long, the standard 5—6 lines broad. Ovary 
linear, densely silky, multiovulate. Pod not seen. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
6. A. ramosissimum, Baker. A very densely branched low shrub 
with slender finely silky twigs. Stipules minute, setaceous, persistent. 
Petioles a‘line or less long. Leaflets oblong or oblanceolate, acute oF 
bluntish, 2-4 lines long, finely silky principally beneath. ” Flowers 
1-4, mostly terminal on leafy branches, rarely on short axillary pe- 
duncles. Pedicels a line long, with minute setaceous bracteoles. Calyx 
2-24 lines deep, bilabiate two-thirds of the way down, subglabrous, the 
teeth of the upper lip linear. Corolla bright yellow, nearly twice the 
calyx. Ovary linear, densely silky; ovules 6-8. Mature pod not 
seen. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
ne A. virgatum, Baker. A copiously branched shrub 13-2 feet 
high with very slender twigs which are finely silky when young only. 
Stipules 2-3 lines long, ovate-acuminate, persistent. Petiole 3—6 lines. 
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